43.Confrontation

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Kaka-  Uncle.

Kaki- Aunty.

Hukum- Respected term.

Lado- A term used for girl child meaning beloved.

A small girl was weeping kneeling down in floor, a man mercilessly pulled her up by her hair, that girl whimpered in pain. Her knees, elbow and palm were already having bleeding wounds.

"Only you are left, your family is dead, you little girl. Only you are left but don't worry, we will send you to them.", he laughed seeing her shivering in pain.

"You all are so bad, you all are bad persons.",that girl struggled against his grip crying profusely.

He turned her harshly and made her look at the dead bodies lying at a distance, "Look. Look at them, look at the blood flowing there. They felt so much pain, so much fucking pain. Do you want same pain? If no then shut up. Stop your annoying voice."

His hands digging in her wounds making cry in agony but that pain was feeling nothing what she was feeling after seeing them lying lifeless in between the pool of blood.

She was tired, tired of running away, tired of crying, tired of all the tortures, gradually she stopped crying, her body feeling light so did her mind.

"What happened to you? Stand straight.", that man shook her small body, a jolt of pain arising from her bruises.

"I said stand straight.", that psychopath was annoyed, he jerked her body.

She was not in her mind, her body fell forward but before she could hit the ground which was covered with glass shreds, somebody caught her.

She looked up at him, a man with a gun slinger moustache was there.

He roared, "You bastards. How dare you?"

"Give that girl back to us.", that man said.

But soon a bullet pierced his chest followed by second one and then another one. That man fell on the ground lifeless.

She closed her eyes in fear.

"Khan!! Give her to me.", she looked up to see the person who spoke.

A man was standing there holding his gun straight, a light smoke of gun powder was coming out from his gun due to the recent fire. He dropped his hand , at that moment she noticed the tattoo of sun on his forearm.

She was passed to that man, he hold her securely in his arms, his eyes softened on her sight.

"Kaka Hukum.",she whimpered sticking to him.

"I am here Lado.", he rubbed her back.

He pressed her head in his chest when the gunshots started, carefully he started going out of that place when a bullet hit the glass vase near them making her scream in terror, "Aaaaa!!!!"

Raina sat straight with a jolt, the jug on her bedside table fell down due to the sudden movement of her quilt, she screamed on that sound, that sound was familiar , it was sounding just like that glass vase of her nightmare.

She trembled in fear as some incoherent sounds escaped her lips. She tried to stood up with a bit of difficulty, her head was pounding. She groaned in pain going through her bag, finally after five minutes of struggle she found her medicines.

She took them and slumped on the sofa, her whole concentration was on her escalated heartbeats, slowly slowly her heart beat and breathing was back to normal under the effects of relaxants.

Her mind was now calm, calm beyond the normal limit. She got up and walked to the mirror, a small bandaid was wrapped on the side of her head, maybe the injury was not too deep.

Few drops of dried blood was on her top,she looked around her in shock as soon as yesterday's events came in her mind, she was there in that isolated street, she was hit and then she passed out while asking for help from someone she didn't know. But then who took her back?

She turns her gaze and walked to window. She removed the curtain and pitch darkness of night along with a cool gust of wind welcomed her.

She tried to remember who helped her but it only made her pain intense.

Her gaze fell on her backpack kept on the table, she unzipped it and took out that file, if it would have been some other time then she would be found trembling but at that time that relaxant medicine was proved more helpful in calming her nerves.

She took out the file and turned the first page after taking a deep breath.

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Adhiraj was seating on the couch in  his father's study room discussing something whereas her mother was seating with his father beside his big desk giving advices whenever needed.

Adhiraj's cell rang, he frowned seeing that Akshit was calling him. He picked up, "Hello!! Adhiraj!!"

"Yeah Akshit, it's me."

"Sorry to disturb you this late but can you please check upon Raina, actually we decided to have dinner together but she didn't show up, even she is not responding to my texts and calls. I am just worried about her.", Akshit rambled in anxiety, after yesterday she didn't meet him and Dia, and also was missing on their dinner program.

"Calm down Akshit, let me just check, I will inform you in sometime.", he assured him and hung up.

"What happened to her now?", he thought, he had seen her in the office, she took half day leave and he didn't object thinking that she was going to spend sometime with her friends, and it was past 11 o'clock in night, he then remembered that she wasn't present for the dinner too.

A knock interrupted his thoughts, Uday Singh gave permission to come.

Ahmed Khan entered and went straight beside the king in hurry, he bent down to his level and murmured something in his ear.

Adhiraj was confused at this level of secrecy, Uday Singh furrowed his eyebrows and muttered something back to him with stiff jaw.

Ahmed Khan nodded and went out, after a minute he came back and stood at a corner with his hands crossed against his chest ,looking down , thinking something deeply.

His blue kurta payjama was looking a bit untidy in contrast with his usual clothing discipline.

"What is it Baba sa?", Adhiraj asked seeing the two men little tensed.

"Wait for few minutes Yuvraj sa.",Uday Singh replied in strong voice. Vasudha was sitting quietly observing them. Adhiraj too chose to stay quiet.

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Raina closed the file and leaned back to the sofa, her eyes fixed on the length of wall.

Life is so tough to understand, so much tough. She was away from everything, but suddenly after 13 years she came here, she came here to do a simple job, unknowingly she got entangled in her past, she tried to get a closure but discovered the new dimension of her past, something more confusing.

Her patience was slipping off, her tolerance was wearing off, everybody has a limit so does she. A person can bear pain only to an extent and now fate was doing injustice to her, destiny was enjoying seeing her in pain just like a sadist.

Door created open forcing her to look at the person, a maid entered the room. Raina knew her, she was the one who brought late night coffees to her room always.

"Bai sa, thank god you are awake. How is your head?",she smiled a little.

"Who brought me here?",her question was straight.

"Khan Sahab brought you here, and then I dressed up your wound.", She informed.

Raina nodded.

"Khan Sahab has called you in the study room of Rana sa.",She said.

"Why?", she asked confused.

"I don't know but he was looking angry.", she replied.

Raina nodded her head getting up taking the help of wall, that maid rushed to help her but showed her hand and said, "I will be there."

Her voice came out more sharp and strong, that maid ushered out of room.

She tapped her head to ease the pain, maybe she knew why he was calling her. She took her backpack and put the file back in that and went near her cupboard, she took few things out from the most secured place and put them in bag too, taking the backpack she looked in the mirror.

She had no way left, she has decided what to do. She went out of the room, eyes full of determination. This was like a web,earlier she didn't know who was her friend and who was her foe and now she got some clue. She had many confrontation and confessions to do.

Adya and Adhvan was standing near the gallery chatting about something when Adhvan saw Raina.

He nudged his sister, "Adya jiji, look there."

Adya moved her eyes where he was pointing, she gasped after seeing the injury on her head, "What happened to her?"

"Raina!!! Stop. Raina!!", she shouted but she continued walking away deeply occupied in her thoughts.

"Jiji sa, let's go behind her.", Adhvan suggested , Adya nodded and both followed her.

She entered the room after knocking on the polished wooden door, she took a deep breath sensing four pair of eyes looking at her.

"Raina, take the seat.",Uday Singh looked at her and said in a emotionless voice.

Raina straight went near his desk and sat on the chair opposite to king and queen.

"Coming straight to the point, may I know the reason of your presence at such dangerous place?",he asked.

Raina was looking down at the surface of table, she had a tornado of questions running in her mind, many things she wanted to say, but she didn't know how to utter those words.

Adya slowly opened the door and entered followed by her younger sibling, both went near Adhiraj and stood behind his couch, Adhiraj sensed them entering the room but didn't say anything.

His mind was dwelling on the probabilities of things happening in front of his eyes, Adya and Adhvan chose to stay silent sensing the over serious atmosphere if the room with Raina sitting in front of their father looking down, their father was glaring at her and Ahmed Khan standing in a corner with his eyes fixed on Raina.

"What happened to your head?", Vasudha asked out of concern seeing the white bandage, as soon as she said that Adhiraj eyes snapped to her head, he furrowed his eyebrows seeing the droplets of blood on her off white shirt.

She moved in her seat uncomfortably, uncomfort due to the gazes on her and due to the pain she was feeling in her head.

"Answer her, what happened to your head? How did you get injured.", Uday Singh asked, Vasudha looked at him with wide eyes, he was angry.

"Answer me, what is your relation with Sarvesh Rawal? What we're you doing with his men?", he growled in anger.

Raina mustered courage and put that backpack on the table, she unzipped the bag and took out papers, charts, files and newspaper cuttings, everything she had collected in couple of months.

Uday Singh picked few of them, his eyes widened on seeing some detailed study of Chauhans, murder case of Chauhan family, business details of Jayant Chauhan and much more.

"What is all this?", Uday Singh asked unbelievably.

"I don't have any relation with Sarvesh Rawal, if I would have then I wouldn't be running away from his men.", she said taking a small wooden box out.

She opened the box and took out a beautiful dagger whose metallic  cover was engraved with some blue and pink coloured stones with designs on it.

"Hope you remember this.", she said looking at him.

His gaze was on the dagger, Ahmed Khan took few steps ahead to see about what she was talking. He looked at it and his eyes widened, he stumbled back in shock colliding with a book shelf.

"Ria?",Uday Singh uttered that name still in a daze.

Vasudha covered her mouth with her hand finally recognise that dagger, her eyes turned glassy.

"Ria? How did you get this did you met her somewhere?", she asked.

Raina moved her gaze from king to queen, Vasudha looked in her eyes, she noticed the structure of her face.

Suddenly she was able to grasp some familiarity in her face, structure of her nose and

her eyes, those beautiful eyes seemed just like her. Just like her.

"Are you her? You are Ria, right?", she started with a question but ended up making an statement.

Raina took a breath and nodded her head, "Jii Kaki Hukum, I am Ria, Ria Chauhan. Daughter of Raghav Chauhan and Naina Chauhan."

(A/N: Jii- Yes.)

She was needed to say that only, after her statement Uday Singh slumped back in her seat, he closed his eyes, it was feeling like a weight lifted up from his chest. His guilt fading away, guilt of not protecting her, guilt on not fulfilling the promise he made to his brother like friend.

Khan Sahab let out a chuckle of tiredness, he ran his hand on his face. "You returned,finally you returned back after years."

A heavy silence prevailed over the room. A thick silence.

"I didn't expected to meet you like this, injured and when I was doubting over you.", finally Uday Singh said something.

"What is going on here?", Adya muttered baffled.

Adhiraj showed his hand telling her to stay quiet, even he didn't know what was going on there but he decided to go with flow and not interrupting it.

"Look at you, all grown up.",king smiled seeing her.

"Why didn't you come back soon? Why the delay of so many years?",Vasudha asked.

"Kaki Hukum, I was not in the condition to do anything, nor physically neither mentally. I never wanted to face this city ever in my life but life is cruel, I am here. Moreover, does it make any difference? I am probably dead in the eyes of people.",she chuckled dryly in the end.

"What are you saying?", Ahmed Khan asked finally recovering from his shock.

She took the file she recently got hold upon and turned the page. "Here Khan Baba, see. It has been written in this government record that I am dead."

Uday Singh turned serious, he shook his head, "Ria, You are putting yourself in danger just like you did in evening. What would have happened if Khan would not reach there on time?"

"I am just trying to know the truth.",she looked at him.

"No need to know anything. There is nothing to know. Stay away from all this.", his voice came out more harsh then he intended to.

It riled her up, here from approx. one and half month she was trying her best to know the whole truth, risking her mental health and he was saying that there was nothing to know.

"Kaka Hukum, I was staying away, I didn't look back when once I was away from this place. What does it gave me? Sleepless nights, bizzare nightmares and unbearable pain.", she was saying everything calmly but her red eyes full with fury was staring through the soul of king.

"You are telling me that there is nothing to know then may I know why your have a direct control over my home? You are looking after Papa's NGO but what about his business? Why is the case of murder of my parents is closed when you know it was murder? Why my uncle is the prime suspect in the case? Who is this Sarvesh Rawal? And the biggest question, why do you hate Kaka sa so much? And if you hate him so much then why are you marrying your elder son to his daughter?", she put her hands on the table in anger. She asked many questions, all those were messing up with her mind.

She knew about the courtship of Adhiraj and Divya, she had listened all those rumours. At first she didn't believe it but once she heard Adya and Adhvan talking something about it.

The trio of Royal siblings were shocked the way she talked and the things she talked about. She was well aware and well related to the things.

When even after five minutes she didn't get any reply, she stood up, "My apologies Rana sa Hukum for wasting your time. This is my war and I should fight it alone, I will get my answers myself."

She was going to turn to walk away, Vasudha hold king's hand in anticipation. He stopped her, "Wait Ria."

Raina stopped and looked back at him, he motioned her to sit at her place again. She sighed looking at it foe few seconds but the sit there.

"First tell me, do you remember that day?", he asked measuring his words, not wanting to hurt her in any way.

She nodded her head, "I can't forget that day in my whole life."

"Can you tell me clearly what had happened?", he asked her.

Many things to grasp ,right?

Let's see what happens next and that dagger is beautiful.

Believe me it has more importance then it is looking. 😉

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