Kissing A Devil (Complete and Continuing In The Sequel)

Chapter 59

Arvind says, "Today when I went to the attic with breakfast, he was gone. I don't know where he is now."
Sidharth runs his fingers through his hair and mutters, "We need to find him as soon as possible. We need to get to him before he does."
Arvind asks, "Before who?"
Sidharth looks at him and replies, "Ashmit."

Sidharth rubs the back of his neck and starts pacing up and down the room.
"We need to find Rajiv, as soon as possible. Ashmit has lost his mind. He can do anything ........"
Arvind asks, "What has Ashmit got to do with Rajiv?"
"Nishikant Balajee Rao. The guy whom Rajiv called works for Ashmit."
Richa says, "You have his mother, he won't do anything."
"He will. He told me so. He wants to destroy me. I had told you, he wanted revenge on Raghuvir Raichand. As his son, he wants me to suffer. And now that he couldn't get his mother, he will be dangerous."
"Did he threaten you?"

Before he could answer, Peter knocks and enters the room.
"Did you find anything?"
"Not yet. His cell phone is switched off. Boys are looking for him everywhere."
Arvind says, "I have his phone with me."
Sidharth thinks for a moment and asks, "What about the tracker on him?"
Peter gazes at him and says, "It had stopped working last night at around 4am. And its last location is a phone booth near the Port."
Sidharth rubs his temples.
"He is with Ashmit."
Arvind asks,"How can you be so sure?"
"Because Ashmit was at the Port last night."

"How did you know? What was he doing there?"
Richa asks.
Sidharth doesn't reply and she asks again, "Sid, tell us what is happening?"
"I called him to meet him there last night ."
"What? Why?"
"I had promised him that I would make him meet his mother."
Richa stands up and goes to him.
"Please don't tell me you gave Rucha back to him."

Sidharth shakes his head, "I didn't. And by not giving his mother back, I have made him even more desperate."
"I still don't understand the reason behind his enmity. What did Raghuvir do to him?"
"He says he suffered because of Raghuvir Raichand. It was him who put him in the orphanage and locked Ruchika at the asylum."
"Raghuvir knew him."
He stares at Richa for a minute,
"Yes. As per him, he knew him. He knew him before his birth."

Previous night

Sidharth sits on a chair with his men behind him at the port area. Kabir stands beside him and Peter a little behind with Ibrahim. A black car, followed by a van and a SUV stops a little away. A few men get out and they open the door of the car. Ashmit gets out of it and comes to Sidharth.

"Welcome Ashmit. So you taking over your fu***** master's position while the as******* lay hidden in some gutters. Interesting."
Sidharth says with a smirk.
Ashmit clenches his teeth, "Shut your f***** mouth. Just give me what I came here for. I am in no mood to see your face."
"Feelings are mutual. But what's the hurry? Get him a chair."

A chair is brought in and placed where Ashmit stood, right in front of Sidharth.
"I am not here to sit and talk with you. I want.."
Sidharth cuts him short, "Do you really think I care? Keep your wants with yourself. You are standing in my area. I can kill you and bury you now. And no one will ever know. Waise bhi tujhe kaun dhundne aane wala hai?"
"Then do that. Kill me. But you can't. You follow rules. And as per the rule of the syndicate, you cannot touch me as I came to settle things on your call."

"Right. And I am giving you the honor of sitting in front of me. Tere ko shayad respect pasand nahi. But when I say something, people follow. That's the rule here. Sit."
He stares at him and he slowly takes the seat after a middle aged man accompanying Ashmit signals him to. The man wears a white kurta with sleeves folded till his elbow and a black half jacket over it. He wears a white Gandhi topi over his salt and pepper hair and has a full beard.
"Sidharth Raichand, we aren't here to talk. Give him what this man seeks and in return he will leave Mumbai."
"Sidharth Raichand doesn't talk to pimps. Ashmit, If you can't talk for yourself, f**** off, leave now."
"Don't you know who I am, kid? "