Fortuitously Yours (Previously known as Accidentally Yours)

5.a. Papa's Wish (Part 1)

From the Gate of the mansion, the two brothers could hear a lot of serious murmuring going on. They were concerned about the Mathur family and wanted to know what was troubling them. So, they entered the house and were going to meet Rajeshwari, when they saw Shanti storming down the stairs. 

Shanti: 'Rohit Bhaiya, Mohit Bhaiya, you came… please help us find Priya Di, she has been missing since morning!' 

Rohit: 'What??? Missing??? But I met her just in the morning!!' 

Shanti: 'Where??' 

Rohit: 'In the seashore. I could sense she was not fine though! She was really upset about something'. 

Suddenly came a voice from behind, half screaming, 'Did she tell you anything?'... And down came Rajeshwari, who was looking totally helpless. 

Rohit: 'Nothing much Aunty, Sorry'. 

Rohit could have told Raji whatever he had heard the last night, and even his conversation with Priya herself in the morning, but he preferred not to do so. He was not sure if Priya would have wanted to share those things with anyone, and Rohit preferred to protect her privacy of thoughts. 

But, on the other hand, he was deeply concerned about her wellbeing. He had always felt a strange curiosity about her whenever he had met her, and the feeling of deep hurt which was evident in her eyes this morning was still fresh in his mind. He was worried, and wished if she had not done anything serious to herself. 

'We should help them find her' Mohit told Rohit, to which Rohit readily agreed. 

(After 6 hours…) 

Rajeshwari, Shanti, Mohit and Rohit have been looking for Priya for the last six hours now, but they still had no traces of where she had gone away. It was as if she had just vanished into the thin air! They had called every friend of her to enquire about any information, Rajeshwari had talked to the hostel warden of her college, they had contacted the nearby library, searched all her favourite places, even informed the police, but none of their efforts could show any positive result. Time was running out and Rajeshwari was now feeling terrible. She was frequently sobbing and blabbering, praying to God to send back her daughter by showing some miracle. 

In the middle of all this chaos, Rohit was quietly thinking where could she have actually gone, and more importantly, why had she taken such a drastic step. He had a lot of questions, and he knew that only Priya herself could answer them. But, the problem was, he was not able to find her! After thinking for a while, Rohit turned towards the clock, and saw the hour hand touching 7 in the evening. It was already dark outside, and Rohit knew that they needed to find her out really soon. But, where? 

Without wasting any time further, Rohit set out towards the beach, where he had last seen her in the morning. When he had gone there searching for her in the afternoon, he couldn't find her, but, this time he was determined to find out at least some information either by hook or by crook. 

Firstly, he went towards the stone bench where she was sitting in the morning. He searched the entire place thoroughly hoping if he could find any clue about her. But, there was nothing on or near that bench. So, he was going towards the sea when suddenly something struck under his shoes. Rohit noticed that it was a cellphone. He bent down, and took it in his hand, his brain was rushing, if it is true then it is definitely alarming! He had just found out Priya's phone. Rohit had seen this phone with Priya today morning. 

It was now lying on sand in switched off condition. 

He hurriedly switched it on. But, soon he realised that it was protected by a strong password, so practically, it was of no help. Rohit had started to feel slightly helpless now. He couldn't understand why was he so tensed for a girl whom he had just met yesterday, but he had a very strong urge to save her at any cost. So, he thought… and thought… and then, expecting the worse, started to go towards the small wooden huts of the local fishermen which were located just behind the sea shore.