Under the moonlight

• 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞

After hearing Santu crying over the phone, Vyom took a U-turn as fast as possible and we reached his home.

We ran towards the door and Vyom pushed it open, without even caring to ring the bell.

The sight ahead of me made my heart beat faster.

Santu was sitting on the ground, and with trembling hands she was holding the phone to her ears and mumbling something to the person over call. Her cheeks were wet with tears and even the collar of her shirt seemed wet.

We immediately ran to her and I sat down on my knees, lifting her face such that her eyes met mine and she bursted into another fit of tears.

The phone from her hand fell off and she snugged closer to me, crying inconsolably.

"What happened Santu?" Vyom asked her, with a hint of worry in his tone.

Santu tried to speak something but because of the excessive crying she fluttered and stammered at each word. We could not even make a word out of what she said.

I signalled Vyom to get her a glass of water and he did as I said.

After drinking, she seemed to calm down a bit and said,

"They came to know I am here, they barged in inside this house and beat Cheetah till he was consciousness, and they.. they took him away.."

Her words shook us to the core. There was pin drop silence in the house and anyone could easily hear my heart loudly beating inside my chest. I glanced at Vyom who stood next to me, with his brows furrowed together and his eyes shooting daggers.

"Who were they." Vyom questioned or more like ordered Santu to answer, his voice an octave deeper.

"My brother and his friends..."

"What that bastard is doing in Delhi!" He exclaimed in anger.

"wait a minute..." my heart was on the verge of exploding "Why did your brother..?"

"He didnt want me to date Cheetah. He would take him to my father and they will kill him" Santu said crying loudly.

I knew what to do now. I stood up fast and dialed Haseena's number while on the other hand I ran back to my house and rang the bell multiple times.

Bhaiya opened the door and at the same time Haseena picked up the call too.

"Cheetah has been kidnapped!" I told them together.

"What?" Haseena said over the phone.

"Santu's brother took him away to idk where. Haseena just trace his number quick"

Anu bhaiya got alerted too, he called one of his source at the headquarters and ordered the police to be alerted and check every car passing by the highway to Lucknow.

Santu once told me she came from a town Shajahanpur, so any car on route to Shajahanpur will go by the Delhi-Lucknow Highway.

I was pacing up and down in the hallway of my house when I saw Vyom stepping inside the frontyard. I ran towards him.

"Santu is really scared Karishma. Can you please contact Haseena" he said.

"I already did Vyom. And bhaiya has also alerted the police at the national highway and all expressways. You go and take care of Santu, dont leave her alone.. I'll handle the situation"
I placed a palm on his right cheek.

For the first time since I met him, Vyom looked like he lost the energy.

"I am worried about Cheetah" he said, but expressionless as always.

"Dont be, he'll be fine Vyom.. You go, leave everything on me"

"You sure?"

"Yes" I caressed both of his cheeks and stood on my toes to reach a bit to his level, he understood my intention and bent his forehead as I placed a kiss on it.

He kissed my palm and then went back to his home where Santu was.

Few minutes later Haseena called to inform me that Cheetah's location has been traced, and she sent me the details.

Anu bhaiya immediately took out the car from our garage and both of us drove towards the spot where Cheetah was taken to, all thanks to Haseena. Hopefully, she reached there too along with some officers of her station.

The location was that of a hotel, probably where Santu's brother and friends stayed for the meantime they were in Delhi. We cross checked with the receptionist and she told us the room no. 141

Haseena and her team reached there too. We all barged in the room 141, bhaiya and Haseena had their guns loaded.

Santu's brother and two of his friends were drinking, while Cheetah lay unconscious on the ground. They were all startled to see us.

I ran upto Cheetah, and placed his head on my lap tapping on his cheeks inorder to wake him up somehow.

I took a water bottle kept near and sprinkled some water on his face, he seemed to gain consciousness. Slowly he rose up, mumbling only one name - 'Santu ji'. At first he couldnt process what was going on but slowly everything came back to his senses.

Haseena arrested Santu's brother and his friends and handed them over to the officers. Her brother however was continuously fighting with Haseena despite receiving 2 tight slaps from Anu bhaiya. I took out my phone to tell Vyom I found Cheetah, but before I could do it one of them picked up a wine bottle and hit me.

My vision blurred and with a thud I fell down. I could hear Haseena and Bhaiya crying out my name, but their voice too damped off soon.

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Hey all, I am sooooooooo sorry for the super late update. In simple words, I was caught up with some things in my life hence couldnt be active on wattpad. I am not quite liking the story so was thinking to end it up, but lets see.
Well, please vote and comment.