Rishte...

Chapter 3

Year: 2021

Khanna and his guards searched for him the entire night in the words breaking the restriction that men are not allowed. They searched everywhere, But they couldn't find him. The search went for almost 12 hours all over the forest. Since the men were not allowed, Forest officers had no idea about the forest. They felt like going rounds in the forest but couldn't find him anywhere. But at last, They found an old hut. Instead of going to that haveli, Khanna entered into the hut, First. There were footprints of shivaay in the dust but he wasn't there. They finally got a clue about him after 12 hours. 

Khanna urged the guards and asked them to go inside the haveli which was 1 km away from where they are in. When they were all set to go, They saw shivaay approaching towards them with some packages in his hands. Khanna was relieved to see him there. But he looked so lost. 

"SIR..." - Khanna called and ran towards him. But he didn't respond rather he looked at him lost. Khanna tried to take the package he was carrying in a sack bag from his hand but shivaay denied to give it from him. 

"Let me..." - He said, No words came from him for the next half an hour of travel. Khanna tried to ask him. but he didn't speak anything. Villagers looked at them shockingly as they are the first group of men came from the forest alive. But shivaay was still lost, He neither cried nor speak anything. He just held the bag tightly in his hands and gazed at it with pain. 

"Sir, I have one information to share about that journalist." - He said, Shivaay eyelids raised in a jerk as his heart woke from the deep sleep after hearing it. 

"Who? An...Anika?" - Shivaay asked in his low tone. 

"Sir, Actually. Our guards broke into the house when there's none inside. Unfortunately, They found this note in the floors." - He said and gave his phone to him which had the picture of the letter written by her father to her. Shivaay gets that phone from him and reads it in a go. But it took time for him to understand the meaning as it wrote that her own father sold her to someone else. 

"WHAT THE HELL?" - He asked khanna shockingly. 

"Yes, Sir. Even I was shocked. We are searching for her all over the city. Hope we will find her soon." - Khanna said consoling when he started to suffer clearly seeing that image. He was in his worst condition. 

"First find, Whose this Mathur? What the f*** he wanted from Anika? I can't let her suffer in pain, This time." - He said, and the last few words of him turned into a whisper but it was heard by khanna who was still in his shock looking at his newly budded feeling for some lady in his life for the first time. He was there with him for the continuous 5 years. But never saw this phrase. Khanna immediately made a call to a private detective to know about Mathur. On the other hand, Shivaay took his phone and proceeded his own way to search for her. 

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Before 2 days

Anika was clueless when she found the letter written by her own father to her. She left with nothing, Not even a decent bank balance. Now, After experiencing everything she felt that she shouldn't have trusted her father this much even after know that he was responsible for her mom's death. She had a cardiatic arrest after her father sold all her jewelleries and mortgaging the house with his gambling habit. Neither her tears accompanied her this time. She was clueless, None of her family members accept her when they came to know that her father sold her to the dangerous don. She ruffled her hair when she finds no other way to go. One side of her became so tired to run life long. She was ready to give up, At that point, She had no hopes with life other than giving up. But the warrior part of her asked her to fight till the last breath. That's it, She was ready to leave.