Petrichor to his Heart

2.4

It took them a good half an hour to reach the location with Farhad steering the car like a storm. It was a miracle they didn't hurt someone or themselves at that speed.

Meanwhile, he called Swami to keep an eye on his family who was too stubborn to understand the danger looming on them and chose to stay away.

He was trying to calm himself; with the fever and the occasional sneezes, it was no good if he was not in his senses to give the idiots their lessons.

They arrived at the location Harish has given them but he was nowhere in sight, the car's front dashboard was open, perhaps Harish needed the revolver but he was nowhere in sight.

Dread and fear started gripping Raghav and he could see two lifeless bodies in front of his eyes, his body was burning with fever but he could not afford to hallucinate or fall when she was in danger.

Leaving the jacket behind he rolled his sleeves till the elbows and had a few sips of water.

"Farhad, ready ho ja." he told Farhad who understood him in no time and handed him the revolver and hid his in the waist, and together they walked to the building.

Lately, He was trying not to hurt people but if they came behind his life he was not going to spare anyone.

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The building was rather alone in the locality so it was not possible that someone took Pallavi and Harish could not see, Harish was an idiot at times but he was no coward and he would go to any extent to save her.

With such thoughts, Farhad looked closely at the recently sewn cloths and material kept on shelves.

They had searched all three floors but there were no signs of Harish or Pallavi or anyone.

"Farhad, Gorilla said there were women on the next floor, was he conned or is there some way to leave this building?" Raghav asked as they came back to the ground floor and his sight blurred due to the fatigue.

"Anna, I'll check through these shelves one more time but it seems he was fooled; there were no women here but he did mention there was a woman on the reception... I am checking her counter, we might get some information there." Farhad said and walked to the counter and Raghav covered him to save him from any sudden attack.

Meanwhile, Raghav tried to focus his recent encounters with anyone who might be a threat to Pallavi but he could not think of a single face. Perhaps this one was from his past.

"Evaru rā nuvvu?" pushing his fingers on his temple he asked himself frustratingly. (who the hell are you?")

"There is nothing... it is a small boutique, Anna. and some old couple handles it." Farhad told him as he turned on the computer screen.

"arey to is budha budhhi ka pata kar... ye sab sahi nahi lagta mere ko." he told him as saw something and walked towards it.

"haan Anna." Farhad nodded as he got busy finding out some clue to locate the elderly couple.

The shelves were indistinguishable but the small one in the left seemed nearly empty and clean and it caught his sight, he touched the corners, and as his instincts said the upper side had a small crack enough to enter his fingers and maybe push or pull.

A few efforts and whole shelf stirred, he didn't believe the idiots were this much of an idiot but then never underestimate your enemies.

"Farhad, close the main door and cover me... I don't want us to fall in trouble if they have planned something," he told Farhad as the shelf opened into another room hidden behind it.