Lost Identity

Chapter 60

After a while, the drug started to show its effects. Ashish's vision became foggy and his head was spinning, and he felt dizzy. He grabbed his head, "W-what is going on? M-my hea is s-so...uhhh...". Through his hazy vision he saw Joanne giggling at him and asked her, "What have you-" and collapsed. She then called the three men inside and the one who was already inside came up to them. He informed them about a hidden room. The other men picked up Ashish's body and, along with her, went to the hidden room. There they found Mr. Bose, chained and unconscious inside a huge metal cage. She became furious and told the men to switch him for Ashish. She woke Mr. Bose up and presented him with some water. He was stunned and terrified, but accepted the glass hesitantly. She then asked coldly, "Do you wanna live or die?". He answered immediately, "Live! I wnat to live! Please spare me!" and started weeping. "Hmm... Then get me another HQ. I might reconsider then", smiling sweetly at him. He stared at her for a while, lost in thought and stated, "I can do that! There's a second branch of our SS organization. The building is nice too! But...it is located in a remote area". Her face lit up hearing that, "That's excellent! Just what I need!". She had their convo recorded. She then patted him on the shoulder and added, "Make arrangements now. Here (gave him a cell phone), do it!" with a domineering voice. He snatched the phone from her hand and hastily made a few calls to do just what she asked. Meanwhile, Joanne walked over to the cage where Ashish was lying helplessly and kicked the bars real hard. It jolted him awake. He couldn't believe his eyes. He was chained in his own metal cage, while Joanne was standing right outside, looking down on him with pity. He pounced onto the bars, crying, "What do you want? Why are you doing this to me?". He noticed Mr. Bose outside and continued, "Why did you let him free? You don't know what I had to do to get my hands on him!". She replied calmly, "I know! You even went against me by keeping him alive. You don't seem to treasure your health at all! If you had-" and Mr. Bose cut her off, "Joanne!", since he was done with his job. She shot him a glare and he flinched and immediately corrected himself, "M-m'lady, I've made the arrangements. The legal papers will be mailed to you today by midnight" (bowing). Her expression softened, "That's more like it! I shall reward you well. But not now" and turned her gaze back at Ashish. Ashish was sweating at her terrifying aura. She called forth the four men and ordered, "You are all going to stay over to look after these two. (softly) Don't touch the old man. I want him alive and well. (loudly)And as for the other one, he used to be a Grandmaster. He's really durable and open-minded too! You can help yourself with whatever you're interested in or not. I'll come back tomorrow. Take care!" and she left waving at them. The four men, all together, loudly and bowing, "Yes ma'am!".
She returned to the hotel. She was somewhat relaxed after this and so she took the boyband out to a bar and was more attentive towards them than before. The boyband, too, was relieved to see her cheerful after a long time. She soon received an email just like Mr. Bose had told her. And to verify their authentication, she took help from Levi and also hired a lawyer who previously worked for the SS organization, for the name transfer procedure of the property. She called the lawyer and told him to meet her at the nearest train station to the slum, from where she would bring him to Ashish's house, and there she'd sign the legal papers with Mr. Bose. She called him only after knowing that those papers were legit.

Next morning, she took the car and set out to meet her lawyer. She had told the boyband everything before leaving. She soon picked him up from the train station.

[Italics: Bengali language was used by the characters]