chapter 20

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savita aims the gun at kavin, her hands start to shake, as she swallows down her throat. meghna, looks at kavin concerned, trying to figure out what words could she use to save her son's life, when she notices his eyes flutter open. 

"dekhiye please mere bete ko chod dijiye, hum, hum bachayenge na dushyant ko...hum nahi hone denge aapki beti ko vidhwa.." attempted meghna to assure savita, as she only seemed to get more enraged, pointing the gun at her now, making sameer panic completely. 

"dekhiye, aap meri baat maaniye! koi faydaa nahi hai unki baat maankar! aur waise bhi, sochiye zara, iss aurat ko koi marwane ki itni mehnat karega?" attempted sameer to explain, as meghna looked at him in disgust. 

"sameer arora tumse zyada waahiyat aadmi maine zindagi mein nahi dekha! abhi bhi tumhe meri burai hi karni hai, jab hum sabki jaan khatre mein hai!" yelled meghna at him, as sameer looked at her with utter bafflement. 

"main tumhari jaan bacha raha hoon bewakoof aurat!" yelled sameer back at her, as meghna was more enraged. 

"oh please, jaise tumhe meri chinta hai!" retorted meghna, as sameer looked at her with disappointment, clearly he did care, if only she knew. 

"yeh kya ho raha hai! mereko behoshi mein bhi meri maa aur sasur behes karte hue dikh rahe hain, huh...ahhh...." stated kavin, as he attempted to get up. 

"kavin? beta, tum thik ho? beta tumhe hosh aa gaya!" exclaimed meera relieved, as sameer was more frightened to look at savita. 

"dekho, main aur tum dono jaante hain, ki agar tumne humein maar bhi diya, toh bhi koi gurantee nahi hai ki tum ya dushyant kabhi ishita se milenge bhi ya nahi..unmein badla lene ka khoon sawar hai! unko hum mein se kisi se matlab nahi hai...hum log saath mein bhaag sakte hain...huh?" explained sameer slowly and calmly, taking steady steps towards savita, as her hands started tremble, making it difficult for her to ever press the trigger. 

"please, gun mujhe dedo, hum sab yahan se bhaag sakte hain, surakshit apne gharwaalon ke paas jaa sakte hain.." attempted sameer to manipulate her, slowly taking the gun from her hands.

"ab bas, hum sab saath mein ghar sahi salaamat pahaunchenge, hmm?" assured sameer, as savita nodded reluctantly. 

"papa gun lekar kyun khade hain sasuma ke saamne!" yelled dushyant, surprising meghna, who just noticed he had sat up. 

"cheek kyun raha hai!" screamed, helding onto his pounding head. 

"yaar main behosh kya hogaya mera baap meri biwi ki maa ko maarne chala gaya....hadd hai..." grumbled dushyant, taking a huge sigh of distress. 

"woh unhe maarne waali thi! woh bhi tumhare chakkar mein! sabki jaan bacha rahe hain woh!" yelled meghna, as kavin and dushyant looked at her with bewilderment. 

"dushyant, tumhe hosh aa gaya?" asked sameer gladly, as dushyant nodded, savita too smiled. 

"humein nikalna chahiye jaldi..." reminded savita, as dushyant and kavin got up completely confused. 

"arre par hua kya hai?" questioned kavin, as meghna just made him run along, everyone followed, only for a gun shot to stop all of them again. 

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ishita continued to have her eyes on the road, driving the car, as purvi looked outside the window. 

"hum pahaunch rahe hai..." informed ishita, passing a light smile to purvi, giving a sign of assurance. 

"i can't believe this..." responded purvi, reclining back on her seat. 

"8 saal baad yeh aake iss tarah humein haunt karega...kabhi socha nahi tha..." remarked purvi, as ishita continued to drive. 

"and..how could have mom talked to anyone related to those people, they did such a horrible thing to kavin....kya baat ki hogi unhone?" questioned purvi, as ishita decided not to respond, something she knew would be better left unsaid. 

"bas 30 minute aur..." informed ishita, as purvi took a huge sigh, they both knew, this was it. 

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dushyant opened his eyes uncomfortably, after his eyelashes had been fluttering for a few seconds. he got utterly astonished after only a few glances around as he realised he was tied and put in a van, with his mouth covered too. he looked around and found kavin next to him, he attempted to elbow him, in order to wake him up too, when his glance fell on meghna and sameer who were unconscious as well. but all of them were sat up, tied by their feet and mouth, in a vehicle they didn't know who was driving, but he found the most horrifying sight only when he looked down. 

A stabbed and brutally murdered deadbody of savita. 

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