More Than Meets the Eye (An Ishqbaaz FF) ||✔||

13.

After the police left, the Oberois and Kapoors stood in the house for several minutes, the information still sinking in. The first one to snap out of it was Saumya, followed by Tia. They went towards Svetlana.

"Di, you're bleeding, dikhayiye mujhe." Tia demanded.

"Tia, relax, it's nothing. Abhi please yahaan se chalne ki sochi?" Svetlana suggested.

"She's right. Hume jald se jald yahaan se nikalna chahiye." Bhavya said.

"Niklenge tab jab pata chalega ki aaye kaise." Rudra said.

"Kya?" Bhavya questioned.

"I think what he means is ki tum chaaron yahaan kaise?" Om asked.

Gauri glared at Om angrily. "Hume laga aap Bholenaath ki tarah bhole chirraute hain par nahi, aap toh moorkh nikle. Itni badi saazishbaaz aurat aur uske Raavan jaise bete se bhhidne pahonch gaye aur hume batana tak zaroori nahi samjha? Ka soch rahe the aap? Soch bhi rahe the ki nahi? Akal ghaas charne gayi thi ya in jataaon mein gum ho gayi thi?!" Gauri scolded Om, steam coming out of her ears. She turned towards Rudra and chided, "Aur aap bhi kuch kam nahi hain, Rudy bhaiya. Aapki patni police officer hain aur aapne ise hi nahi bataya."

"Bhabhi, Rudra se toh hume ummeed hi nahi thi likin Anika bhabhi aap toh hume kuch bata sakti thi." Bhavya said with disappointment.

"Arey main tum dono ko tab kuch batati jab mujhe khud kuch pata hota. Pehle woh 8-foot ka vanmaanush mujhe utha ke le gaya Anarkali ki tarah cement mein chunwane ke liye, wahaan se bach kar nikli toh woh lucchi-tuchi Bua mujhe kuch patti padha ke yahaan le aayi aur yahaan toh seedha Shivaay aur Svetlana ki shaadi ho rahi thi!" Anika defended herself.

"Di, aap toh hadh hi karte ho. Aapne toh Bade bhaiya ke saath milke mujhe depot karne ka poora plan hi bana liya tha." Saumya scolded her sister.

"Aur humse share karne ke bajaye Daredevil ban ke museebat mein kid padi. Yeh toh achha hua hum yahaan time par aa gaye." Tia added.

"Likin tum log yahaan aaye kaise?" Om asked again.

"Saumya ko thanks kahiye." Bhavya replied.

"Saumya?" Rudra questioned.

"Haan, Saumya. Iski sad-buddhi se aap sab ki nayiya doobne se bach gayi." Gauri added while Saumya did little hair-flip.

"Ek..ek minute, Gauri kya... Saumya ne kya..?" Anika asked, feeling confused.

"Dhyaan se suniye, samjhate hain." Gauri said.

Flashback
Same day, noon.

Gauri and Bhavya returned from the Mandir to an empty and silent Oberoi Mansion.

Gauri called out, "Omkaraji".

"Rudra. Kahaan hain aap sab?" Bhavya called out as well.

They got no response.

"Maaji, papaji, chhoti maaji, chhote papaji; koi nahi dikh raha." Gauri said.

"Naa hi Shivaay Bhaiya aur Anika Bhabhi. Bhabhi, kya unhone aapko bataya agar woh kaheen jaane wale hain?" Bhavya asked.

Gauri shook her head. "Hume toh kuch nahi bataya. Aur kaunsi jagah ho sakte jahaan sab jaayein par hume na le jaaye?"

RiVya were trying to understand where the family members disappeared to when they heard two familiar voices.

"Anika Bhabhi!"

"Shivaay! Pinky Aunty!"

"Tej uncle! Koi hain kya?"

RiVya looked in the direction of the voices and were shocked to see the Kapoor sisters, Tia and Saumya in Oberoi Mansion.