Dil tadap k kehta hai

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[Annika - A, Shivaay - S, Gauri - G]

Annika was spent, it took all her energy to keep composed and look after Gauri. Once they reached home, she went straight to her room and crumbled on the bed. Shivaay entered and saw how badly she was hurting. He took her in his embrace, her shoulder to cry on. She fell asleep in his arms after crying her heart out.

Meanwhile, Om and Gauri told the family everything that happened at the courthouse.

In the middle of the night, Annika woke up and freed herself from Shivaay's arms who was in deep sleep right now. She wrote a note for him and slipped out of the house.

Around 5 am Shivaay moved in his sleep. Not feeling Annika beside him, he woke up with a jerk. He found her note

"Going out for some time, need to be alone. I'll be back soon, don't worry about me. Love you".

S(in his mind): Where are you Annika? When did you leave?

He traced the location of her phone, it pinged at her old house. Knowing her whereabouts brought a sense of relief. He decided to leave her alone for some time, give her some space to process.

Around 7 am, Shivaay knocked on Om's room and told them about Annika. The three of them left for the Trivedi house.

When they reached there, the door was unlocked. Annika was sitting on the floor in the bedroom surrounded by papers and files

Om: bhabhi, what are you doing here?

A: Gauri do you remember papa's friend Mehta uncle, who used to come over for dinner? He worked with him

G: Yeah vaguely, why?

A: He must know when papa transferred the house in our names.

G: you're right di

S: Do you have any contact information for this guy?

A: I'm looking for it. Here you guys check these papers

She passed them a box of papers that belonged to Harshvardhan while she rummaged through another.

30 minutes later

Om: bhabhi, I found it. Look this file has his full name and contact number

Annika inspected the papers, she remembered the name correctly. She dialed the landline number mentioned but the number was no longer in service

S: I'll get Khanna to get his current contact information.

They went through all the other boxes as well but didn't find anything useful. Another 30 minutes later, Chanda and her mom came in with breakfast for everyone

Chanda: Breakfast guys, you need the energy to defeat those bastards for good

Shivaay fed Annika while she kept going through the boxes.

S: As per Khanna's research, Mr. Mehta retired years ago, he no longer lives at the address where this landline is registered and the current owners have disconnected the number.

G: so we're back to square one (she was disapointed). How will we find him jeeju?

Annika brought one last box but she didn't have a lot of expectations from this one. Inside the box, Om found a photo album

Om: Shivaay, if we find a picture of Mr. Mehta, can we find him?

S: That would take days Om and we might still not find him this way