Love or Retribution?

Chapter - 32

"Finally, a place where I can sit without hurting my bum", Harshit exclaimed as he sat down on the single seater of the 5-seater set sofa.

Indira did not spend much time into furnishing her house as she had other things to concentrate on, but now that Subhashini, Harshit and her mom had moved in with her, she had bought a 5-seater sofa, with three full seater and separate two one seaters, which is where Harshit placed his bum comfortably, making them all smile.

"Did you find anything Nikhil?", Indira asked looking at Nikhil who was sitting on the single seater.

"I've successfully identified the present owner of the land where the school used to stand. Now, it's transformed into a massive supermarket. According to the current owner, the school was demolished several years ago, and since then, the property has changed hands multiple times. I am currently trying to contact the last owner during the school's existence.", Nikhil shared his progress while typing something on his laptop.

"Well?", Indira asked slightly frustrated.

"Well, what? I just sent him a mail this morning, hopefully he will get back to me soon", he replied sharing her frustration.

"I am sorry Nikhil, we have been down this rabbit hole before, but somehow, we are not able to find any connection and the trial date is nearing, I am worried. Were you able to find anything Subha?", she asked looking at her sister.

"Well, I have been combing through many sale deed documents of the land that are available online since digitalization of the records to check if any of the owner had any remote connection to our family tree, but so far, nothing. I am still waiting on the parent document, the original sale deed and some more documents that were not available online, the registrar from Chennai has couriered it to Coimbatore register office, Bhargav is there now, in fact, he should have been back, something is delaying him."

"I am here", Bhargav's voice came from the entrance at the same time, followed by him.

"Ji, finally!!!! what took you so long and where are the documents?", Nikhil asked looking at Bhargav's empty hand.

"Sorry, I tried my level best, but the registrar is not ready to let go of the government copy without a substantial bribe, but...", Bhargav said, while looking around the room, trying to find a place to sit.

"Well, can't Arun help?", Subhashini asked worried, interrupting Bhargav.

"Arun had been transferred back to Darjeeling, thanks to the leftover influence Madhavan and Raghavan still has, he said he will join, apply for leave and come back as soon as possible, but he cannot be of any help in his official capacity.", Sathya said, while coming out of the kitchen with a cup of tea for Bhargav.

"Sit and drink Bhargav", Sathya said seeing Bhargav still standing.

He looked around, the only place that was left was next to Indira, he hesitated.

"Harshit, Harshit", he patted, trying to get his concentration away from this mobile game.

"Jiju, please, just a second, I need to finish this level", he hissed at Bhargav.

"Sit next to your sister and finish your game, now!", Bhargav said in a commanding voice which shocked everyone there except Indira, who deliberately avoided making eye contact and instead focused intently on the blank piece of paper in her hands.

"Whatever, I lost anyways", Harshit screamed and left the room, feet stomping, not an iota of thought to what was happening there.

"What's it with you two?", Subhashini asked, confused and intrigued.