THE RICH DOCTOR VS THE WITCH DOCTOR

CHAPTER 18

"What happened? you didn't sleep last night?" Varshini came to Shruthi's room with a cup of coffee "Great night huh..?" she winked But the sad face of Shruthi worried her.

"What happened?" she was worried

"Enough of the lies ma, enough of the hiding, something tells me that, something very bad is gonna happen because of me"

"Don't say that hima.. Don't say that"

"Why is life so unfair to me? ALL I wanted was to do good, & expose the evil. But I don't know how"

"Think of your mom, your dad, how much they have sacrificed to save you."

"What do you want me to do?" She asked

"Why did you stop? You never stopped before. What are you afraid about? You are alive today because you fought without stopping. Now whats stopping you? tell me" Varshini's words gave shruthi some comfort.

But her confidence was shattered when she saw Sk in a press meet accusing her and she felt she had let down many by publishing the Rich doctor content.

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Vimal could not believe his eyes, he never believed that he could be on the receiving side of so much love. Ri had moved in with him and he felt at peace. He was given a desk job at The MMSH which he hated but he got to see his Ridhi often.

Vimal always woke up before Ri. He liked to watch her cuddled next to him. The way she would wake up smiling when he would kiss her. The memories of the night before were laying all around the room.
"Good morning gorgeous" he brushed his lips over her's

"Good morning, handsome" she woke up with a smile stretching, that led her sheets slide down exposing the mounds, that made him go crazy

She pushed him away "got to go to work" She said trying to get away
"5minutes", he pleaded

"5 hours, after we come from work" she got up from the bed

"I'm working on strengthening my legs, once they are ready, Ri you can never escape from me", he warned her with fake anger

"Oh im waiting to experience that too" she winked before disappearing into the bathroom.

Vimal took his mobile checked for updates and found SKs press conference. 'What would that be for', he thought.

At the hospital premises Vimal found it hard to keep Ri in control she was angry listening to Sks acquisition of the Witch Doctor.
"I'm going to kill him, for sure she", swore. "That Prashanth and his Dad! what did they think? They could Waltz away with all their doings by blaming on someone? Fuck them"

"Shut the fuck up! Ri, we need a plan. don't screw up, even walls have ears. be careful what you say", Vimal warned her

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Rishi found time in his busy schedule to visit Helping hearts hospital. He had a very challenging case that Shruthi wanted him to look at. Anita a 16 year old girl, whose reports were totally normal, but was bed ridden after a mild fever. No nervous or ortho involvement was seen. Doctors had tried their level best but it was useless. Sam was now in charge of the case and he was happy to hand over the case.

Shruthi handed the case to Rishi.

Working with Criminals or high profile patients Rishi found dealing with the girl was tough. Any laws of psychology did not apply to her. She was a tough nut to crack. just in a day Rishi decided that this would be the challenging case he had ever taken.

Shruthi was not as happy as the day before. She was gloomy and moody. It was not a busy day so whenever Rishi tried to talk to her in person Sam would join too.

"It was so wrong", Shruthi told Rishi it was as if something that has been inside of her bursting out.
"You may admire Sk, but I hate him to the core. Its cheap business tactics what he did. I feel like burning my hands off for he once touched it."

"You want me to convey this to him?" Rishi asked her. "You really think a man who could stoop down soo low would listen to your words?"

"It was in my mind, since morning. thank God! I'm out of that institutions I'm feel relaxed"

"You should be happy, its Mercina who is pulled into it, you both hate each other right?" he asked eyeing her carefully

From the corner of his eyes he could see Sam signalling her to shut up.

"It's not about her. Its about Sk and his cheap tactics", she said without looking up.

"Thats the way business people think. You have a great heart a bigggg heart",he stressed on the word Big

"I have got some work", Sam walked out

Shruthi looked at Rishi "what are you trying to say?"

"Your heart melts, business people see opportunity in each and every small event to boost themselves. So leave thinking about what had happened, and lets try to move on", as he said he felt like he had struck something valuable

"What is it?" shruthi asked

"I know how to make Anita walk!"he said

"Rishi not too soon, it may take time."

"Wanna bet?" he asked

"Remember what happened last time? when we had a bet", she raised her eyebrows

"Yeah you won! but this time its gonna be me", he said with confidence

"Ok whats the bet?"

"You are cooking me dinner, at my house", his eyes had a strange sparkle Shruthi thought he was over confident

"Then if you lose you will cook for me? thats not fair",she said

"I won't lose and if I do its your terms", saying he fled to Anitas room.

Sam walked in as soon as he left. He gave her some small bed bug sized magnetic Spy bugs

"whats that?"She asked

"If you lose, place this in his house. There are a lot of chatter between him and the the Chicago police department so I want to monitor it. place it in his study or where ever he works."

Shruthi looked at him and the bug and smiled "I'm happy that I found you. You always keep me on the right track, Sam thank you!" and she hugged him.

"In a way I can listen to you both and walk in on you both when ever I want to", Sam laughed and shruthi pushed him away "You pervert",she said laughing.

She was upset for she actually anticipated such things would happen if the tabloids picked up on Witch doctor. Now they were tarnishing her credentials her work and her name. The once reliable source became a revenge site and people posting all their thoughts on various articles. Now she had something to look up to.

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When Prashanth and Mercina landed from Hyderabad there was a huge gathering of Journalists and media persons all wanting to know about the Witch doctor and his Personal life.

Prashanth tried to navigate through the crowd, when Sk and Urvashi came to their side.
"Please give them some time, they will meet you soon, please give them some space", Sooraj Kumar asked the reporters

Prashanth was so furious "Im gonna tell them the truth", he whispered in his moms ear's.

"Alright what do you want to know?" he asked the media personnels "I will tell you everything, you want know", and he felt something pass by his arm and Mercina was down screaming in Pain.