The Forgotten Star

8. Game On

Dhruv:

My friends looked at me as if I lost my mind. They think Nilani and Amara are the same person. Logically it is correct. But what we know as Nilani her habits, her thought process, and the way she reacts to situations are totally different from how she reacts as Amara. It is as if both are not the same person.

You consider it like Nilani is a childish, dreamy person who sees the world fully from the point of view of love. But Amara is a Grown ruthless person who sees the world. It is as if the whole world fully betrayed her hope, and she has died and grown up alone in this cruel world. Amara sees everything with logic and evidence, she has a No-nonsense attitude about everything around her.

"We forgot to get to Know about Amara. We have planned and took every move against Nilani to stop her from escaping Chennai. But we forgot the fact that Nilani has now changed into Amara. Amara has different habits, different characters, different connections, and different powers. We underestimated her thinking she would be behaving like Nilani, but she is not at all behaving like Nilani. No, we need to get to know about Amara and we need to move against Amra. She is not following whatever she used to do as Nilani anymore." I declared to them.

They both looked at me as if I was speaking in some of the Greek Latin language. But within a few minutes, Samrat understood what I was saying. He looked at me and asked. "What did she see and heard that night?" What she went through that day to change this much. That's a Million Dollar question and even I want to know the answer to it.

The day before our marriage, at my bachelor's party. Nilani came to crash the party. I didn't expect that. We didn't think she would come 200 kilometers, away from her bachelor's party to crash mine. If she had come in we would have been surprised, obviously, but before coming in I think she heard something or misunderstood something. I'm not clear about what happened that night. After hearing a conversation or something, she just ran out. One of my cousins came in asking me why she was running away. What did we say to her to upset her this much? Because he was very protective of her. He likes her a lot because she becomes his mentor in life most of the time. I was totally confused. I didn't know she was in the party. When I came out to speak with her or try to catch her shadow she was long gone. She was already in her car getting out of the resort at a very crazy speed.

I didn't think about anything. I just got into my car and started chasing her because I felt something was going wrong. It is not right. She doesn't act crazy like that in any situation. She is a very level-headed person at all times. Even if you go and say there is a Zombie attack coming she will very calmly plan what to do next. She's a person who follows people even when there is no one in the road and she is going crazy over the speed limit, just out of a resort in a very traffic area.

I nearly caught up with her. When I was near her car, started to call her. When I was near her audible distance I tried to speak with her,  I kept on calling her but she didn't respond to anything. She was not picking up any of my calls. I was shouting at her. She's not responding to me. I was flashing her lights, and I was honking the car. She was not slowing down at all. And I don't know at which turn but she lost me. I couldn't believe this but, I lost track of her and within the next half an hour, I searched for her everywhere. I even asked my family just my cousins to help me out.

I don't know what is wrong with her. She never avoided me before. She never got angry with me. upset yes but never angry and never this angry. I am feeling a bit scared now. I feel like something bad is going to happen. I know I just need to call her and speak with her to understand the situation and solve it together because I know whatever it is can be solved. Something that's going on in her mind, and she's very upset about it and it's just a few hours away from her marriage. I don't want any misunderstanding to be in between us. After many obstacles from my family's side, this marriage is going to happen with her. this is the most anticipated moment of my life till now and I don't like the way the situation is right now.

But the next news I heard was about her car. When I reached the location my heart literally was going to stop. I noticed her scarf flying from the driver's seat, only the last wheel was still on the ground and the car was nearly going to fall off the Cliff. I don't know how I reached the Cliff, but somehow, I reached the spot Samrat was with me all the time and when I went there, I was not able to stop her car. I saw it fall down the cliff with my own eyes. near my legs, I found the bracelet I presented her on our first anniversary. apart from this no other evidence of her being in this place was available anymore.  It is as if her car was not here at all if you avoid the tyre marks.

I don't know what happened after that. I don't remember anything. I just remember I was frozen in the place all night. So many people came. Samrat was helping me, trying to get the car up or sending people down. We were using our choppers. We were searching the whole cliff to find it, but we were not able to find out at all. Under the cliff, there was a river, and the car nearly went away in the water and we were not able to find anything related to her. 

Everyone thought she was dead that night, her parents, my parents, and everyone who knew her concluded that she was dead. After three to six months her death anniversary rituals and everything other things were completed. People stopped mourning for her and started to live their lives. But I didn't believe it at all. I know she is not dead. I can feel her. I was able to feel her. I don't think she was dead. I don't believe she would leave me and go. She was not supposed to leave me and go. We were supposed to get married. We were supposed to spend all our time together. I don't know what happened that night, but she left me and ran away and I can't find out the reason till now.

People were thinking I was just obsessed with her. But no, I'm not obsessed with her. I know her. I know everything about her body, I know every bit of her thoughts, I know her character, I know her habits, I know everything about her, And I also know that she is not dead.

And now, after nearly four to five years. I found her again. She is in India. She is flesh and bones in front of my eyes and she again ran away from me like how she ran away before our wedding. This time I'm not gonna believe anything. This time I'm not gonna let anything any reason in between us. I want to clear up this misunderstanding. I want to speak with her and I'm going to find her again. If she wishes to speak with me or not, she is going to speak with me.

I came out of my thoughts and noticed my friends were still with me I informed them. "I need every detail about Amara. Whatever she did, where she started her business worth dealing with, she did what projects? Financial status? Who are all social connections? Who are her clients? Who are her employees? I need to know every bit. Look at, the details about her. I don't want to exclude anything. Her favorite color, her dresses, her shopping list, her receipt when she is in India, what she uses, including what meal she eats. I need to know everything. Is it clear?"

Vijay was surprised to see me again in this kind of Mode. 

I used to do this kind of research only in front of nilani and to find nilani and now I'm turning into the same obsessive person for Amara. My friend still doesn't believe 100 percent that Nilani and Amara are the same person. They might look similar; they might be a different person or something. He thinks we still need a DNA test to confirm it, but I'm sure that is Nilani. I can feel her and I'm sure that Amara is Nilani.

Both left me alone to search for information about Amara. I can leave this to them. I know they can do everything and find everything on the surface of the Earth. They know how important it is for me right now and I'm going to leave it to them.

No, I need to think. Where is Amara now? If she is Nilani, where is she going to hide from me? I think I have a bit of an idea where she will be hiding and I'm gonna use my moves against Amara now. I don't think I'm going to lose the game again with her. She might have escaped from me last night, but no, she's not gonna hide away from me for Long. I'm going to find her soon, and then when I find her, I'm going to get answers for all the mystery surrounding that night.

And I'm gonna make sure. To let her know I was not happy to be away from her for four years and this time when I find her, she is not gonna have an option of being away from me anymore. I'll make sure of that.