A Week LaterA week passed since Rohini had left India. Both the sisters did facetime, talked for several hours to feel the warmth of love. Still, they didn't stop missing each other. Ragini and Sudhir had their fair share of time over virtual calls too. "Out of sight is out of mind." No matter what, this phrase was never correct for their family. No matter how far Rohini was, she was still close to them. With all such thoughts, she was tossing herself on the bed as sleep was far away from her eyes. To take some fresh air she decided to step on her balcony to find something soothing. The moon rose high with its silvery ray flooding all the objects around her. She wrapped her arms around her chest and inhaled a sharp breath. How often she used to stand on the balcony to enjoy her moments. She would surely miss all such things after being married. Next Day Suhani was having her breakfast peacefully when her father seemed tense while reading the newspaper. It was something that took h
Suhani was trying hard to digest the sudden rush of information that Rajveer just passed. Adarsh Madhban. The name was enough to tell the story. He was not a clean chit and never was. But somehow he managed to stay out of legal proceedings till then. Why would he be involved with a murder case? People had mostly seen him as a cool Casanova."Are you sure Veer?""Not exactly. But Dhiraaj has a strong point. He might come to discuss it with me." "Can I stay?""No. not." He spoke the word with such a loud bang that Suhani flinched at her place. Rajveer immediately regretted his decision of speaking so loud. Bringing back his calmness he looked at Suhani."Suhani, I know you want to help me. But let me get the thing first. I can't pull you in the same dirty mud where I would jump." He held emotions in his eyes and Suhani forgave his previous behavior. She knew how badly he was concerned about her. She had never thought of joining as a Criminal Lawyer. But seeing the first case, she could
Rane MansionA day had passed and neither Suhani nor Rajveer, no one had decided to fight over the matter of assisting the case. As she was giving him time to settle down, he was still not sure of involving Suhani in such a complicated matter. Suhani didn't even ask whether Mr. Dhiraaj had paid a visit or not. She knew Rajveer would have told her if such things hold importance. Suhani walked to his father's study room instead of going early to Rajveer's law firm. She saw him shuffling through papers in a hurry. Looking at his busy appearance she was about to leave the room silently when her father called her name."You came here to say something, dear. Why are you leaving without telling me?" Sudhir raised his face to look at his daughter. "You are busy papa. I will come later." She tried to explain when Sudhir stopped the shuffling and came near her to speak."Nothing is more important than my daughters' words. Tell me, my little girl." The adorable father and daughter love looked
Juhu Police Station, MumbaiWhen Suhani reached the police station it was already filled with enormous people and a large number of media personnel. She parked her car a bit away and stayed inside the car before going out to the gathering. Two equally powerful business groups were involved. One was accusing and another was defending. She took a sharp breath and stepped out of the car. Taking some long strides the moment she almost reached the main entrance a good amount of camera flashed immediately. Some turned their mouthpieces towards her and she felt like cursing her actions. The crowd almost surrounded her to ask questions. Unable to understand the situation she pushed herself more into the crowd to enter the police station. Two constables were standing to restrain the reporters from barging in. The moment they saw a female coming towards the gate almost wrapped in a claustrophobic situation, one of them stepped down to help her to push others away."What is your opinion about th
It was the first hearing of the case. Suhani didn't need to ask Rajveer about his decision. He allowed Suhani to work but indirectly. He didn't allow her to assist him openly in the court but back in his office, they both worked their ass off to get the things done. She was determined like anything to find out every single truth buried behind that. Rajveer looked at her with adoration. Even the charge sheet that was made earlier has been changed now. Pulling all the strings that they both could, finally something fruitful came to their pockets. Suhani took a break and leaned on the sofa when Rajveer brought two cups of coffee. One with sugar and one without. He passed the cup and she grabbed it greedily to make her mind work again. As soon as Rajveer sat on the couch she greedily threw herself on him while sipping the hot liquid. Rajveer put one hand on her scalp to massage her head while she was busy calculating something. All of a sudden she asked a genuine question to Rajveer."Wh
Rajveer and Suhani both were sitting dumping their heads in the piles of documents. Starting from the project details to the turnover figure, nothing left their eyes. Every single piece of information felt worthy of sharing. A draft was successfully sketched by them.Aryaan was offered by R.R. Groups to join their company as the Vista project was the apple of their eyes. As per Adarsh's statement, he denied that offer and they didn't bother him. As per Banshali's secretary and also Banshali's son Rishi, Adarsh kept on pursuing Aryaan. Ultimately the entire situation turned into an ugly mess that led the murder to happen.Jotting down all evidence Suhani looked at Rajveer. "Veer...." A whisper merely came out. "Yes." He looked at her and she lost her words. Since the first hearing day, only one voice was roaming inside Suhani's mind. "Take my suggestion. Stop getting involved in this case with your future husband."Why would someone try to threaten her? Technically she is working w
9:00 A.M.Suhani was pacing in her room since 6:00 a.m. After yesterday's phone call she was not in a mood to initiate any sort of communication with anyone until she was complaining Anirudh Madhban. Her mother kept on calling for breakfast but she refused to step down saying that she had lost her appetite. Before the next hearing, she had decided to put a restrain in Anirudh's growing ego and power. How dare he call her to threaten. Above all how foolish he could be that he didn't even think for a second that the call can be traced out and he would be under custody for manipulating and threatening the opposite party.A man blinded by ego often made grave mistakes and thus Anirudh dug his own grave of miseries. She dialed Rajveer's number. After a few rings, he picked up the call and wished her "Good Morning" in his usual tone."Good morning," Suhani replied when Rajveer started flirting shamelessly."What happened? Couldn't I sleep at night?" Just by hearing her voice, he sensed her
I cursed myself for every step that I had taken in the past twenty-four hours. I received two threats from Anirudh's side but I didn't bother to inform anyone. I hid everything from Anirudh and when I decided to open up, all my chances washed away. I should have known this fact from the beginning. If his brother could murder a person, kidnapping someone would never be a big deal for him. After all, he would eventually know how to strike the deal out. I wonder when he followed me or my everything. The way we met at the party, the way I found out about him, all point to one thing. "Destruction."He brought destruction in my life just by stepping inside. I remember how many times Rajveer told me to avoid this case. How many times have my parents told me to keep a bodyguard? How much they would be worried seeing that I hadn't returned yet. Will they blame the driver who prohibited me before going alone?I tried to push open my eyes but found a blindfold on. My lips were sealed with duct
Three Months Later Mumbai High Court"Hi dad, yeah... I will be back soon. No... No... It's fine. I will manage." Suhani was rushing out of the courtroom to discuss a matter with her colleague."Hey, Srishti. Yeah, tell me." Her old pal Srishti was waiting for her to get some help on a matter before going for her next hearing."Yeah. Just go through it once. I am worried about this point only. I am sure the opposing lawyer would drag it." Srishti explained the matter."Oh, yeah. Do one thing. You can counter that with this. Anyhow your opponent is already accused of tax fraud. Bring that record out. It would make your point stronger." Suhani explained the rest of the matter. "You are seriously a gem Suhani. Rajveer has trained you well." Just after seeing the changing emotions of Suhani, Srishti regretted her own decision of blurting out her dead fiancé's name."Sorry. I didn't mean to drag it." Srishti added again with an apology."It's ok. I can't deny his contribution to my life.
Paris, France "What time zone is Di?" Rohini asked from the opposite side of the call."It should be CET (Central European Time) but Madrid, Paris, Brussels come under Romance Standard Time," Suhani explained. This was the second call of Rohini she was attending after her parents called twice and took a nice note of her well-being. None of them knew that Anirudh was present with her during the journey."Wow, Di. Romance. How are the boys in Paris.""Pretty nice." She spoke while looking at a crowd of boys standing a few meters away. "Send some to the US. I am bored of these American pies."They had a pretty nice conversation before dropping the call. Anirudh had followed her gaze. Once she dropped the call, he grabbed her attention by saying."Why were you gawking at the group of boys?" Suhani's mouth fell open hearing that. She couldn't control her laugh and burst into tears. Leaning on him she kept on laughing clutching her stomach."Are you jealous? Seriously? I was looking for
"I thought you would ditch that plan," Suhani spoke, astonished, after seeing Anirudh standing at her hotel lobby."Keep dreaming," Anirudh replied curtly. "I wonder why I even offered you to join." Suhani shook her head in annoyance while looking for some other stuff in her room. Anirudh was standing at the doorstep. He came to take her out to visit Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum which is one of the major tourist attractions in Aachen. Suhani was shuffling through her things when she noticed him standing away."I don't think I have a bomb planted in my hotel room. You may enter." She threw her words without raising her head in Anirudh's direction."Just wanted to confirm though." He gave a sarcastic smile while stepping into the room after closing the door. "What are you searching for by the way?" He asked, standing near the couch placed in the room."Your head.""Oh. But it's here. Look." Anirudh pointed at his head when Suhani finally raised her head and Anirudh got a proper glimpse of
Aachen, Germany Suhani was standing near the Aachen Cathedral admiring its architecture. Due to its position near Dutch and Belgium Border, it has a different charisma to attract tourists. Those beautiful gothic sculptures and mesmerizing creations were enough to catch her eyes. It was mid-January and many people didn't intend to visit Aachen during this period of time. It is known as the chilly month where the amount of snow or rain remains 59mm almost. Rubbing her palm even after wearing thick gloves Suhani tried to generate some external heat. The white layer of snow around the church area was giving her a vibe of a snow-white movie. As the little amount of snowfall started she wrapped the big fur jacket more tightly around her body. Walking through the medium layer of snow she stood in front of the cathedral to capture a few more glimpses of what she was viewing.It was a weird decision to come alone on her pre-booked honeymoon. These moments were supposed to be cherished with Ve
"Di, did you go to meet him?""No, just met him before his departure." "And then?"Nothing. I gave him a bouquet and told him not to return to India." Suhani wanted to avoid this conversation from the beginning. She remembered the expression on Anirudh's face when he mentioned his departure with an expectation from her side. She kept her face straight and replied with a single word. "Oh. Great. What took you so long to stay back." She knew it was the most pathetic and harsh statement that she had ever passed to someone. He didn't retort, rather have a weak smile to reply."Vista Project. I had to settle the matter as Adarsh was still naive in that matter. And the other reason is that I need an explanation longer, I bet." "Good to see you Anirudh." That was Suhani's last reply before they drove out of the place. Stopping at a nearby flower shop, she gave him a bouquet of beautiful flowers along with a small expensive pen."I hope you know a pen is mightier than the sword." She menti
2 Weeks Later "Anirudh Madhban made his way to the top list of World's young billionaire list after his remarkable job in grabbing the Vista Project." ~ India Today and Tomorrow"Anirudh Madhban, a German-based business tycoon, got his name engraved in the list of top 10 richest men of the world." ~ Times Now Suhani kept those newspapers aside while concentrating on her breakfast. "Huh. There should be a name for Rohini too. The youngest devil made her name by hacking into Madhban's system and also helping them to hammer out the deal." Suhani mumbled under her breath while chewing the hard toast thinking it was Anirudh's ego and attitude. "Are you angry over Anirudh's success?" Sudhir removed his reading glass and kept the newspaper aside while asking her daughter."No.""You shouldn't be. For the past one month, you both were..." Her mother was trying to say something when she cleared her throat."Excuse me. It was purely business. I wanted to put Rishi behind the bar and he want
Mumbai High Court "Mr. Rishi, Do you have anything to say on your behalf?" The judge asked him for one last time while looking at the rest of the documents. The courtroom fell silent. It was the second hearing for Banshali's. Suhani was standing a bit away from the witness box where Rishi was standing. She was the person who made sure of bringing him to his knees. Every single question, every single point took a turn to hang Rishi from every angle.Sudhir and Ragini were sitting with blank expressions on their faces. From Banshali's side, Dhiraj was sweating like a pig. The calmest person was none but Anirudh. The whole courtroom was shocked when Anirudh was called into the witness box by Suhani for some question-answer rounds. Every single time she threw a question, their eyes met and at least one of them stumbled to carry forward their duty. She had no plan to bash on him. She took only that much of what was required to make the case strong. Neela's family members were also present
"Unfortunately I can't believe that you hid another major fact from Rajveer too. Your secret interaction with his father, Vinayak. I bet Rajveer knew nothing of it."Suhani froze at her place when Anirudh perfectly wrapped his words around her disheveled state. It took months to gather up such information. Even though he wasn't sure of everything, he knew Vinayak and Suhani had something going on between them. He didn't know what but his guess wasn't wrong in all aspects. Sudhir backed off from helping Vinayak in Vista Project the moment he got to know about the black money that would be involved in that matter. Syndicate already had sweet and sour terms with Rane Enterprise due to Sudhir's way of handling business with too much pure ideology. Now the only person who could dare to ask Sudhir to help Vinayak out or to support was none but Suhani. If Sudhir had ever listened to someone then it was Suhani. Anirudh wasn't sure he just tried to beat around the bushes but immediately calcul
"Correct. And Adarsh was not the murderer. At least not in the case of Aryaan Mathoor." Anirudh spoke, making Suhani's eyebrows knitted with confusion. As much she remembered Aryaan Mathoor was murdered by Adarsh though he was not proven guilty. She arched her brows and kept a minimal distance in between them to avoid engaging in any unlawful activity. "I don't believe it." "I can't help it. The murder weapon was not found and he died because of one-shot not because of stabbing.""What do you mean by that?" Suhani started getting a grip on that matter. Aryaan Mathoor had two injuries even though the forensic report declared the cause of death as a gunshot. That bullet was fired from a distance of a few meters approximately. But it was mentioned whoever had fired he was not standing close to Aryaan but whoever had stabbed him, he was standing close. "Wait. Someone stabbed him and someone shot him dead. Do you mean to say....." Suhani stopped in between her words."Of course Adarsh h