29. Trust Who?

ROOHI

They heard cracking sound of a door in my dreams as I felt someone's presence around me physically. I was half asleep so I was grasping the situation around me well. I forced myself to open my eyes and put all the effort in me to look at the person with the sleepy head and eyes. And made out.

Vanish.

My dizzy eyes shot open wide as I saw the person in front of me.

"Where the hell were you!? "

"Don't trust Rudram. Please don't trust Rudram. He is all about lies." he said to me in whispers. And kept looking around the room. He went here and there as he looked around the whole space and removed something from the table lamp, windows edges, and then in a light above at the ceiling.

Camera and audio bugs.

"He had them hidden here. He already knew you were here in the Hotel as soon as you arrived the day before. He is trapping you. Don't get involved and ruin yourself. He won't stop at just your company. He is aiming at your brothers too. He is determined because he knows he is going to get nothing from his grandfather. You know they hate him. So don't be a fool. Runaway. Like me run away. " he said as he handed me the bugging device.

And in a whoosh, it was gone.

And suddenly I again sat up. My body was all sweaty the room around me was bright with the sun's rays.

It was a dream.

It was a dream.

I looked around and saw Rudram still sitting on the chair.

Didn't he leave yesterday after yelling at me?

"You are awake," he said as I rubbed my eyes and looked at him for answering why is he still here at dawn. "Yeah I have no pride for staying with you even when you called me a con artist,"  he replied to my look. And the dream replayed in my mind.

Usually, I forget about dreams as soon as I wake up but not this time.

Why??

Why do people keep telling me is not a good person? In reality or a dream.

And why do I want to believe that he is?

"Get ready we leaving at 7:00," he said and stood and walked out of the room from the actual door.

If this room is attached to his. Why will the hotel rent it to someone else? Won't he have the whole set?

How come he had two rooms but not mine? Maybe he was informed ahead of my arrival so he set this whole thing up.

My mind got clouded with doubts.  The dream was created in my head and I got off the bed and checked the lamp on the table to see for audio bugs and then the windows and lights.

Nothing. There is nothing.

Am I putting too much thoughts about a dream?

I can't trust anyone right now, can I?

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We walked outside the car and I saw his plane waiting for us to depart.

Rahul. When he booked my tickets at the airport last time.

My documents. I never gave him my docs. How was he able to do it?

Maybe they already had tabs on my documents. Maybe he knew about me being here.

Stop it

Stop it!

Stop it, Roohi!

Stop running around with your head over all things.

Please stop It.

But Still why why in the hell was he hell-bent on changing my name then?

Some stupid reasons can't justify.

It's big. It's hell big.

What is it?

Who is it?

"Still doubting on me. Still trying to find every nonsensical thing to put me in the blame pit of yours," he said out of the blue as I realized I was somewhere and in reality apart from my mind and that somewhere was in the air with him.

"If not you then who?"  I said putting authority in my tone as he scoffed.

"Vanish. Who else -"

"Vanish is not the one. He is not." I cut him on between but he stood up in anger. The plane was between the white clouds as he walked towards my side.

"You still stuck over him that you believe him more than me. "

"I believe no one. It's just that he is trustworthy because I have seen him through. And you. I have only been with you for 8 days. All the while. Just 8 days. How in the hell am I supposed to put my trust in you?? " I said to him. My logic of beliefs as he scoffed.

"Fine don't trust me. Abandon me just the way people do," he said as he walked back towards his seat.

There is no way he is getting his way in the Mannan empire. Maybe he is trying to get his hands on other things.

"You trust me or not? Doesn't matters anymore. But don't trust Vanish."

Here it goes again.

Vanish says don't trust Rudram.

Rudram says don't trust Vanish.

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