Sukoon (completed)

Part 27

Sidharth had planned a dinner with the directors, mostly all the directors had joined him for dinner.

Sidharth: Thank you all for your support. I hope that you support Sajia as well.

Director 1: Sidharth, kya aap chairman ke election mein nahi khade ho rahe? Hum Sajia ko kaise support karein...We have vowed to support you not Sajia

Sidharth glared at the director 'Aapko har Khan ko ek jaisa manana chahiye. Aap agar mere ya Sajia, kissi ke khilaf jaate hai to aap Abbu ke khilaaf hai.

Director 2: Sidharth, Aap samjh nahi rahe hai...baat sirf hum 10 director ki nahi hai. Staff bhi Sajia ki baat nahi sunega wo abhi choti hai aurrrr ( he got silent after this)

Sidharth: Aur kya director sa'ab, wo 'ladki' bhi hai. Sidharth said sarcastically.

Director put his head down not meeting his eyes.

Sidharth: Sajia, Khan beti hai, ladko se jyada kabil hai. Aur aap log agar sochte hai ki koi ujbak meri behen se behtar hai to aapki galat fehmi kuch din mein dur ho jayegi.

Directors: Wo sab to theek hai Sidharth beta, par shareholders ko kaise manaoge?

Sidharth: Aap sab bhool to nahi rahe abbu aur ammi major share holders hai. Infact, Abbu aap sab ki bahut izzat karte hai isliye aap sabka faisla maante hai but yakeen maniye humare shares itne hai ki humari marzi ke bina ek patta bhi nahi hil sakta.

All directors went back and Sidharth stayed back with a director who always supported Suleiman.

Sidharth: Aap ye baat apne "BOSS" ko bhi bata dijiyega; humne majboor naa karein warna agli baar faizabad se nikal kar ghar baitha denge. Abbu ke bade bhai hai; rishta naa kharab karein.

Sidharth left after giving a stern warning. On the other side, Shehnaaz met the PR agency and came with a plan to promote the hospital; they decided to reach out to NGOs they had serviced in the past to show their free services are not for show but actual work. They also thought of some #tags to help promote on SM.

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1 week later

Shehnaaz was pacing around the room worried when Sidharth entered the room; 'Kya hua jaan? Sab khairiyat?'

Shehnaaz: Sidharth, main kuch nahi kar paa rahi. Kuch trend hi nahi ho raha; ye media itna bikau hai sab cheez ko negative trend kar deta hai.

Sidharth: Shhhh baby, calm down. (he pulled her in for a hug) its ok; humko pata tha naa ye time lega; itna stress kyu le rahi hai jaan.

Shehnaaz: Aap SM se dur rehte ho to aapko pata nahi chalta hai but sab bahut ganda bolte hai aapke liye. Humne ye bikul bardast nahi hai. Mann karta hai sabka muh tod de. She started sobbing.

Sidharth: Baby, please you can't cry. Zaroori nahi hai naa humne sab pyar karein; 1-2 bhi karte hai to bahut hai. Aur tum ho, humari family; kitne to log hai jo humare saath hai tab bahar wale kya bolte hai isse kya fark padta hai.

Shehnaaz (while crying): Aapppko far..fark nahi padta ho..hoga; parrr humme pad...ta hai. Hum aapki tarah...ma..mahan nahi hai.

Sidharth: ohhho; chalo theek hai ro lo. Bol log mujhe rahe hai aur meri jagah ro tum rahi ho

Shehnaaz: Haan- kyunki aako aapse jyada hum aapse pyar karte hai to bura bhi humne jyada lagega naa

Sidharth was speechless; it was such a simple sentence; nothing romanticized but still showed the depth of love she had for him. (I always felt in BB13 aswell, Shehnaaz always expressed herself in such simple words without any drama that people did not understand how strongly she felt. And it was true for all the emotions love, hurt, anger or jealousy. She was always judged for the reactions she gave; she was always heard but never listened by anyone except Sidharth and Salman).

Shehnaaz calmed after sometime 'Hum ab jo karenge, aap humne rokenge nahi. Let me do things my way'

Sidharth: Oye pagal aurat, kuch illegal aur unethical mat karna

Shehnaaz: amma, aap kya sochte hai humare barre mein. Hum aisa kuch kar sakte hai. she asked annoyed

Sidharth smiled as she was now angry forgetting about the sadness she had few minutes back: Arey nahi Jaan, main aisa bol sakta hu; marna hai kya mujhe. he teased her

'Kitne gande ho aap, hum jaa rahe ammi ke paas, aaj ke liye bed chan kinghe said hitting his biceps and teased him showing him her tongue. 'NAHIIIII, koi BED CHANGE nahi ho raha hai. Jo karna hai karo....kissi ka murder bhi karna ho to karo but bed change nahi ho sakta' he squealed like a small baby who was snatched off his favorite candy. He immediately locked her with his legs not allowing her to move out of bed. Shehnaaz smiled at Sidharth and brushed her fingers on his lips 'Aap naa BIWI ke saath iska use baaton ke liye nahi kuch aur kaam ke liye kiya kariye'. 'A word from you is world for me' he said and followed his queens command; giving her a breathtaking kiss.

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The next day Sidharth received a call.

Man: Sir, what you suspected was right. Sumit was murdered.

Sidharth: And do we have the culprit.

Man: Yes, we suspect Dheeraj, his chacha did it.

Sidharth was beyond shocked: Are you sure? kissi ne contract killer hire nahi kiya tha?

Sidharth thought 'How can this be? mujhe laga tha taya ji ne karwaya tha. Sach much sirf fake allegation hi hai...something is not adding up.'

Man: No sir, koi contract killer nahi involved hai. Dheeraj ek alternate number use karta hai, he got that using a fake ID proof. We tracked the phone location and Dheeraj ka phone location match karta with Sumit on the day of death. Also sir, Sumit was not blood related to his father's family.

Sidharth was beyond shocked now: What???

Man: Sumit ke real father ki death ho gayi thi when he was 4, his father was a rich and left all his property under his name. Deepak was his stepfather; Sumit was planning to get married to a girl next month. Uski shaadi ke baad he was planning to move out of family home, also shaadi ke baad property uski wife ko milti incase of any accident. I think it is a case of murder for property; isme uske stepfather and uncle both were involved.

Sidharth: Ok, yeh dheeraj aur Deepak kya karte hai?

Man: Sir, Deepak bank mein manager hai but dheeraj kuch khaas kaam nahi karta hai. Kabhi kabhi contracts leta hai for small scale construction.

Sidharth: Ok, great job. Share these evidences with the police but ensure aapki involvement ka kissi ko pata nahi chale. Directly give the evidence to commissioner. And continue with the investigation. Aap dekho koi aur to support nahi kar raha hai Dheeraj aur Deepak ko. Sumit ki chot dekh kar lagta hai koi medical field se involved tha. Try and look further...there is something which is not meeting the eyes.

Man: Ji Sir.

Sidharth: Sorry Sumit we were not able to save you, but I hope you will feel better knowing that the real culprits are behind the bars. What a hopeless world this world has turned into.