Always and Forever

Chapter 38

Khushi woke up and looked around. This is not her room, this is not even Raizada's house. Where is she? That's when she remembered someone grabbing her and putting something over her face.

Who else can stoop this low other than Shyam? She looked around to familiarise herself.

She was in an abundant warehouse. It was dark and smelly. She got up and realized she is not in pain. This means she has not been assaulted while she was unconscious. Khushi felt relieved. She slowly walked around and heard someone across the room.

"Shyam Ji, what are we going to do with this woman? Aren't you going to call her family and ask for ransom?"

"I have sent her photos to our customers and I am waiting for them to finish bidding. Once the bidding closed tonight, she will be sold. I have no plans to call her family for ransom. She and her husband hurt my ego big time. I would die but will never let them back again in each other's lives"

"But Shyam Ji, her husband is Arnav Singh Raizada. If we got caught, believe me, dying will definitely be a better option. He will bury us alive"

"He is my brother-in-law, don't you think I don't know him? That's the reason I am not asking him for Ransom. I have no intention to go back to that family. I can sell this one for a good amount of money and from that, I can get myself a well-settled life somewhere out of India"

"As long as you promise we aren't going to be caught, I am fine with any of this. I just want my 10% that's all. Also, in case I got caught, as you promised you will have to give 20% to my family in return I'll keep my mouth shut"

"If you want your 10%, then make sure nothing can go wrong. I will leave now. If you want to contact me, try XXXX XXXX XXXX. I chucked away the other sim so that no one can track me"

As soon as Shyam mentioned his new number Khushi wrote it down on a dusty broken table top. She just needs to wait till this other man goes to sleep and then she can sneak around to grab his phone.

After a couple of hours, the man dozed off after having a few more glasses of alcohol. Khushi silently walked towards him and grabbed his phone praying not to wake him up.

She knew Arnav must be searching for her inside out. She didn't know from where she gathered the courage to do all this but the invisible strength was nonother than Arnav. She just wanted to hear his voice.

Arnav on the other hand has gone mad. It has almost been 24 hours since Khushi disappeared. Now the rest of the house keeps asking about her. Anjali and Akash are trying their best to keep this news away from Manu, Devi, and Sirish.

Arnav was sitting by the poolside thinking of Khushi when his phone rang. The call was from an unknown number. Usually, Arnav does not answer calls from unknown numbers. But today even if the call said devil, he would answer it.

"Hello? Who is this?"

"Arnav Ji, it's me Khushi"

As soon as he heard the voice he was dying to hear he couldn't stop but tears came running. His Khushi is alive, she is safe. Thank You, God!

"Omg Khushi, are you ok? Where are you? Did he hurt you? Are you fine? Khushi talk to me"

"Arnav Ji, I am fine. They haven't done anything but..." Then she explained everything she heard.

"HOW DARE HE, Khushi I am going to kill that battered. I am not going to let him see the sun. Tell me exactly where are you?"

"I don't know Arnav Ji. This looks like an abandoned Warehouse. Very dark, and smelly. I feel claustrophobic Arnav Ji. What if they succeed in their plan?"