Love or Revenge

Chapter 47

Arshad took her to Malad apartment and Zoya tried to call Aditya but there was no response from him. She didn't even know where he was? She pace up and down in her apartment, Arshad who is sitting on the couch said, "Siddiqui, give him some time, he'll come around... You gave him so much information to process... Anyone would be shell shocked to know that his wife killed a few... It's not like everyone would be happy to hear such news..."

"Arshad... My life is not a joke... I'm worried... He is not answering my calls... I don't know where is he?" Zoya said frantically. "Um... calm down... You need to rest... Your baby is also getting tensed because of you..." he said and stopped her as he takes her shoulders and made her to face him. "Siddiqui, he loves you and cares about you... So, I'm sure that he'll come around... Just take some rest" he said.

Zoya nodded and went to bedroom. She lay down but her mind was thinking about Aditya. All she wanted now was Aditya to be there next to her and holding her, comforting her. She drifted off to sleep thinking about Aditya.

Next morning, she woke up startled to her phone ringing near her ear. She answered without looking into the display. Harsh said from other end, "If you want to see Aditya alive then come to the construction building in Worli, alone..." and he disconnected the call. It took some time for her to process.

She hurried to the living room and woke Arshad up and filled him in about the call and said, "He is stupid. He is so stupid. He must have gone to Harshawardhan to confront... Why did he go to him?" 

"Hey Siddiqui, calm down... Don't worry, did you call Aditya? Just call him and check with him..." He said. She nodded and called him but the call went straight to voicemail. She tried again and again but every time it went directly to voicemail. "Arshad, it's going to voicemail..." she said as crying.

"Siddiqui... don't worry... nothing will happen to him... We need some strategy before going there... I know that construction site... You will go alone inside as he wanted... But I'll come there after 10 minutes... I know what to do... That's a construction site and I'll ignite a fire from outside and I can make it look like short circuit caused the fire and it's a remote area, so, we don't need to worry about people calling fire brigade and even if anyone call them, it'll take them to reach there at least an hour... and we don't have to worry about that but the building can hold up to 30-40 minutes before crashing down... You have maximum 30 minutes window to deal with Harshawardhan and get out with Aditya..."

Zoya nodded and said, "I don't know what to do, Arshad... I can't lose him too... I don't want to lose him..." Arshad pulled her to him and embraced her. "Siddiqui... You can do it... This is it... This is your last chance to bring peace to your parents' soul... You can do anything if you keep your mind to it... I know you can do it... I'm right there outside... all you have to do is get out once you're done with him..." he said determined and Zoya inhaled heavily and nodded.

"I'll be back in a minute", she said and went inside. When she came out she was wearing her black jeans, tank top and jacket for one last time. "One last time, I guess..." she said looking at herself. Arshad nodded. "All the best... I'm there with you in comms... if you need any help or if you want me to come inside just let me know through comms... I'll there in a minute... now let's get going..."

Zoya left the apartment and drove to Worli with Arshad on her tail.

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The construction site looked 2 months old. Basement and pillars have concrete, but ceiling and other top floors are under construction. Zoya understood why Arshad said the building will come down in 30-40 minutes. With the structure she was looking at, she wondered will it even hold for that long.