Chapter 4

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             Aaryan and Aarav looked at Sushmita with an expressionless face. "Excuse me! Who are you?", asked Aarav. Sushmita sighed for a moment and said, "I'm Sushmita. I'm working as a maid at Mr. and Mrs. Singh's house. I mean where Sanjana lives." After hearing that Aarav and Aaryan looked at each other for a moment. An awkward silence was formed between them. Soon this silence was broken by Sushmita. "Mr. And Mrs. Singh..... They are not the parents of Sanjna. Her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Malhotra, died in an accident." Upon hearing that, both the boys were shocked, especially Aarav, he said, "Sanjana, she is Mr. And Mrs. Malhotra's daughter??" "Hmm... And Mr. and Mrs. Singh is Mrs. Malhotra's elder brother and his wife."

             She was so sad while saying this. Again some silence took place. After some time, Aaryan said, "Why did she do all this??? Is there is any reason for this or it's just mischief done by her?" Sushmita didn't answer his question. She kept looking at the floor. Aarav and Aaryan looked at each other in confusion. Soon Sushmita said while crying, "Please save Sanjana from there. Please otherwise they will kill her. Please help her to find her brother."

            By her sudden crying Aaryan and Aarav got shocked. Aarav said, "Please stop crying. Let's go to the nearby cafe and talk there." Then they took Shushmita to the nearby cafe. "Now tell us what's the matter. What's wrong with Sanjana?" asked Aaryan. After calming down, Sushmita took a long breath and said, "Mr. and Mrs. Singh don't treat Sanjna properly. They always make her do the household chores and treat her like a maid. They even torture her. Beat her with a belt for no reason. They didn't even let her go to school."

             By hearing all these Aarav and Aaryan for shocked. "What?? Is it true??" asked Aaryan. "Yes. There is a girl named Anjali. I take Sanjana to her without letting Mr. and Mrs. Singh know about it, and she teaches her. Living in that house is like hell for her." Then Sushmita told everything to Aarav and Aaryan. The way they treat her, how she escaped from that house, and she even told them that Mr. Singh will send her to an unknown guy for a night. After hearing all this both the boys got angry and felt pity for Sanjana. "Why don't you give a complaint about it?" asked Aarav. "All the police officers of this area are with Mr. and Mrs. Singh"

          Now Aarav and Aaryan know everything about Sanjana. Without thinking about anything they said, "We will find Sanjana's brother and hand over her to him." "I will be so thankful for you if you do this. After yesterday's incident, Mr. Singh beat her with a belt and locked her in the store room. She didn't eat or drink anything after that. They didn't let me give anything to her." Aarav felt so sad, and said, "Don't worry!!! Today itself we will come there and take Sanjana with us." "But how? " asked Aaryan.

         "Sushmita aunty, today are you the one who locks the door at night when everyone goes to sleep?" "Yes," said Sushmita. Then Aarav smiled and said, "Then today don't lock the door, we will come there at that time and take Sanjna with us." "That's a nice idea. At what time does everyone go to sleep", said Aaryan. "By 10 pm", Sushmita replied. Then they planned everything...

            At night, everyone went to sleep and according to the plan, Shushmita didn't lock the door. She was even worried about Sanjana, as she didn't eat anything for a long period. Soon Aarav and Aaryan came there. "Finally you are here. But there is one problem", said Sushmit."What kind of problem? " asked Aaryan. "The storeroom is locked and I don't have the key. It's with Mr. Singh", Sushmita said. After thinking for some time Aarav said, "Is there any window in the store room that can be opened fully?" After listening to his question, Sushmita said that there was a window like that. "Then, the store room is this side the window should be at the backside of the house."

          Then three of them went to the backside of the house. "See it's that window," said Sushmita. Then the boys saw a ladder that was kept there. Aaryan took it and luckily that ladder was helpful for them to get inside the store room.

           Soon they climbed over the ladder and went inside the store room. "It's so dark inside, " said Aaryan and tried to switch on the lights but later they got to know that there were no lights in the store room. "Ahh I don't know how they can do this to a kid," said Aaryan. "Hmm... You are right", Aarav replied and they both switched on the flashlights on their phones. Soon they saw Sanjana on the floor who was unconscious. They went to her and tried to wake her up. But she was not waking up. Aaryan is a medical student that's why he said, "She is weak because she didn't eat or drink anything till now. We have to take her out from her. As soon as possible. And we need another ladder to climb up there, as we have to take her up." "Hmm," said Aarav.

          The boys looked everywhere and luckily got another ladder. Aaryan took Sanjana and climbed up the ladder while Aarav held the ladder so that it wouldn't fall. Soon they came out of the Store Room.

          Sushmita saw Sanjana unconscious and got worried and said, "What happened to her?? Sanjana! Sanjana!! Why she is not waking up??"
"It's because her body is weak as she hasn't eaten or drunk anything yet. We will take care of her don't worry.", said Aaryan. "Yes, and now we have to go from here otherwise we will get caught by anyone and you should also go from here", said Aarav. They were about to go from there but they saw a person standing there. He was the guard of this house. They were shocked by seeing that guard there. "Don't worry, I won't say anything to anyone about this. I also wanted Sanjana should go from here otherwise Mr. and Mrs. Singh would kill her one day. I know that they are doing all this because of the property of Mr. and Mrs. Malhotra which is in Sanjana's name now. When she is 18, Mr. and Mrs. Singh will make her sign on the property paper and make those properties in their name and after that, they will kill her. Malhotra's family died because they were killed, it was not an accident. The police are also on their side that's why even if Sanjay was been shot by a gun, they closed the case."

           That person's name is Raghav. He has been working under Mr. Singh for years. Even Mr. Singh shares some personal things with Raghav because he trusts him. But Raghav had to open up with them because he knew that whatever was happening in that house, with Sanjana, was not fair. But still, he doesn't know that Sanjay is alive. And soon after hearing all these from Raghav, Sushmita said, "I am so happy that you also want it and you know that Sanjay is alive. They are taking her to him. And I will tell you about it later. We have to leave from here otherwise we will get caught."

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