Chapter 6: Caught in the act

Mahira had already hailed a cab and was headed home, her heart was on a wild rampage and she still felt breathless, “This can’t be...,” she placed her hand on her chest and tried to calm down,  “How ? just how did this happen.. after all these years why did he have to just pop out of nowhere,” tears flowed out as she shuddered at the thought of the fateful night when her life turned topsy-turvy,

“No , I cant let this happen, I need to do something about this.” up untill now she’d been successful in keeping her whereabouts a secret, but Tazz finding her might cause her innumerable problems that she was not ready to face yet. She quickly dialled a number , the call was answered after a few rings, “Hey gorgeous , whats up! you done so soon?”, ‘Ana, you got to do me a favour, can you keep Jia with you for a couple of weeks, Ill send across her stuff tomorrow, please,” she pleaded

“Hey , Id love to, you know I can’t refuse an opportunity to be with Jia, but what about you, are you ok?” Ana felt something was off, Mahira did not want her to panic “yes all ok, I have an assignment that I have to travel for so I’ll need you to butt in for Jia, its good money so I didn’t wanna refuse, thanks for always being there Ana, Ill drop her stuff tomorrow first thing,” Ana knew Mahira would not share her problems with anyone, she was a tough fighter and would face it all alone, she sighed “alright Mahi, Ill believe it if you say you’re ok, just let me know in case of any problem, you know I am just a phone call away.”

Mahira smiled, despite all that she had to face and fight alone, she was thankful to God that she came across people like Ana and Mak, they had been her support system through all these torturous years, “Thanks Ana,” they spoke some more time and hung up.

The cab stopped at a gated complex, Mahira paid and got off, lost in deep thoughts “If I know him well, he will definitely try to find out about me, I don’t want him to know about Jia,” she remembered how she felt when her eyes fell on Tazz in front row, she thought she would just melt away,  how hard she had to suppress the urge to run to him and throw herself in to his arms and feel the warmth and security they bought her.

She did not want to remember all that she endured during these past few years, from changing her identity to hiding away and preparing herself to face that evil person. Mahira was actually her twin sister’s name, the sister who became a victim of fate. Maya did not want to go through hassles of making new documents with new name, Mahira looked exactly like her and the docs were readily available, Mahira had applied for and worked toward her PR status in Singapore, unfortunately she could not fulfil her dream, but her efforts did help Maya and Jia, so she became Mahira from Maya and she never wanted to be reminded of her past self, for all the misfortune she bought about in her and her family’s lives,though she wanted to avenge Mahira’s death but then she realised that she was pregnant with Jia, so the revenge had to wait and Jia had to be kept safe. Hence she was Mahira now... just MAHIRA.

Tazz couldn’t sleep entire night, he reached office early the next day , even before the cleaners reported, he was restless, he dialled a number “did you get the info I asked for, send it to me right now,” he literally growled , he received a mail notification immediately and took a printout. He slapped the page on desk almost immediately as it was half empty with not much info except...

Name: Mahira Saha

Address: Satellite tower, South beach complex

Status: Married

Profession: freelance Marketing & Event Consultant at TSK group, Dance & Art Teacher, Radio Jockey at ‘Radio Hi people!’

There was nothing of relevance to him, he knew well that she was Maya, but one thing caught his attention.. “married, how can that be? did she really leave him for another guy and marry him ?” the letter did not mention the husband’s name, “could it be that Maya is faking it all..,” his mind was blocked , much as he hated her to the core, he still needed to get his answers and revenge ...  he left the office .

He gave the address to Manoj  and geared up to meet Maya alias Mahira.

Manoj had never seen Tazz so lost , atleast not in the last 3 years that he had begun his job as his special assistant , eventually he had come to be Tazz’s close confidante too, knowing he was in a sour mood now, he thought it was better off than to ask him anything . Although he had heard that his boss once had a marriage which never happened and he had become the laughing stock of the town, it was also said that he had lost his sanity and had to undergo treatment for  a good couple of years to become normal... but they say that though he became sane, he never became the old self, this was a new version, ruthless to the core.

Mahira woke up earlier than usual and had quickly packed Jia’s stuff in one suitcase and hers in another, she planned to drop Jia’s suitcase at Ana’s and head to Mak’s house to stay put for a few days to avoid Tazz. she checked around the house for any switches or open windows and walked to the door in a hurry, like she had some kind of a premonition.

  Alas! just as she opened the door she froze as she saw Tazz standing there with that smile on his face, a beautiful and proud smile on his face. He still looked as handsome as he used to be, or maybe even a bit more, seing the women widen her eyes trying to escape, he knew he had a thief caught in the act.

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