CHAPTER 16 (PART 2/2)

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Please re-read the previous chapter once.

It was evening and time to leave for their long drive, Pallavi was walking into the showroom and made her way to his cabin when she heard Farhad throwing a fit.

F: anna, aap samaj nahi rahe ho! Abhishek pakda jayega! Pakda Gaya toh encounter ho jayega and phass jayenge anna!
R: Farhad, shuru mat ho ja wapas! Abhi Tak kuch hua hai kya? Kuch nahi hua na? Kyu pareshan hokar mujhe pareshan kar Raha hai? Mujhe Pallavi ke saath plans hai bahar jaane ki, nikal yaha se?
Farhad taked a vase and crashes it to the floor shattering into million pieces. He was enraged! Raghav never saw him like this and Pallavi had a mini heart attack at the sound of the crash.
R: Farhad! Tera dimaag kharab ho Gaya?
F: dimaag Mera nahi! Tumhara kharaab hai!
Tujhe samajh nahi aata hai kya seriousness?
City me nayi officer aayi Hui hai, ek bhi ladka pakda Gaya na, sab kuch cease kar denge! Aur pallavi bhi chodd degi aapko ki hum smuggling karte hai!
R: Farhad bas!

He stomped out when he opened the door, Pallavi was standing trying to process what exactly happened.

Both men stood frozen wide eyed at her.
Farhad snapped out of it and walked out of the showroom. He was walking so aimlessly without seeing where he's going and ran into Amrutha.
They exchanged glances and she realised something is not right.
A: farhad!
F: sorry! I didn't see you.
A: tum theek ho?
He looked at her and thought if she'll ever forgive him if she gets to know.
His eyes were looking so exhausted but his shoulders were tense as if something really big happened but he is too scared to share.

A: Farhad??
Her hand nudged his arm, and he was too caught up with his thoughts but he just walked away without saying a word.

Pallavi just walked out of the showroom with Raghav tailing behind her desperately.
R: Pallavi! Pallavi! Meri baat suno!
P: kya sunu? Kya explain karoge? Ye ki business me common hai? Tumhe pata hai kitne logon ki life risk kar rahe ho?
R: Pallavi, lekin...
P: lekin kya Raghav? Just leave me alone! Mujhe Ghar jaana hai. I really need time.

And she just sped off in her car.

It's been 2 hours, the clock is ticking 10:00 at night and Farhad restlessly comes out of RR mansion unlocking his car and pulls at Amrutha's house. He gives her a call hoping her to pick up.

A: hello?
F: Amrutha?
A: Farhad, bolo na?
F: ghar PE ho?
A: haa
F: ek baar bahar aa sakti ho?
A: aa rahi hu.

She walked out in a black pyjama suit and has tiny white polka dots on it. She looked so cute like an 8 year old, his gaze softened looking at her.
He got down the driver seat and opened the passenger seat behind and he also got in the back seat.

A: gussa thanda ho Gaya?His shoulders slumped and he helplessly sighed

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A: gussa thanda ho Gaya?
His shoulders slumped and he helplessly sighed.
A: you don't have to tell if you are not able to
F: promise me that you won't judge us to be criminals.
A: ofcourse I will not Farhad.

He then explained her everything how they had to begin and how it's going and how they should have stopped long back but Raghav was being adamant and not listening, and how they're at a risk of losing a lot because of it.

F: Pallavi got to know it in such a way and main nahi chahta ki tumhe bhi aise pata chale, it will change the entire perspective.
A: Farhad, it's okay.
F: kya?
A: haa! See as you explained diamonds are demand and supply chain and you just couldn't stop doing this because of both demand and the designs you had. Everything is understandable. Only problem is that you should have started to slowly limit it to certain extent so that Aaj ye situation na aaye.
It's okay, I don't see anything wrong, and buisiness means these risks and ups and downs and it's all a part of journey. This is how you learn as well.

F: toh you are not mad?

A: no. Infact you are not the only company who does this, every jeweller will have to do this for the sake of their business.
And Pallavi will be mad for obvious reasons because she idolized raghav as a inspiration. She will also understand slowly, she just needs time to think. Both are impulsive so it's normal to react like how she did.
And rahi baat you were warning Raghav to stop this but he wasn't listening, he didn't have strong enough reason to stop. According to me he can't continue this at the cost of losing his love. I'm sure, he will appropriately take his decisions regarding this. And I don't think you really have to worry about this anymore.

F: I really thought I lost you as well.

His voice cracked, his eyes holding back unshed tears.
She opened her arms for a bear hug and he jumped into her arms in no time.
She calmed him down rubbing his back, never in his life he felt like this.

After having a moment for themselves, they got down the car as she waved him and another car pulled up at the deshmukhs.
Raghav got down the car.

Amrutha stopped in her tracks and all three of them looked at each other.
R: Amrutha, pallavi ko bulaogi?
Meanwhile Pallavi walks out wanting to take a walk.

R: Pallavi!
A: ek minute. Pallavi, jaake Farhad ke gaadi mein baitho.
And Amrutha got into Raghav's car.
All the 4 of them had an exchange of perspectives and calmed down for the sake of God when there was a huge sound from inside the house.

All the 4 of them ran inside only to see milind on the floor struggling to breathe clutching his chest.

Within no time he was taken into emergency surgery and Pallavi was sitting helplessly in a waiting chair when Raghav came by and sat beside her.
R: Amrutha kaha hai?
P: billing ke pass hai
R: you want to talk?
P: it's so weird. Like you both were there as god sent you.
R: that I agree... I just informed amma and Keerthi, they told us to stay for the night
P: baba ko kuch nahi hoga na?
R: aise kyu puch Rahi ho? It's good that they took him into bypass straight away...
P: I told you that doctor told that third attack will be having life risks.
R: tumhe pata hai sherni ka baap kon hai? Babbar Sher! Unka life goal ye hai ki tum dono ki shaadi karna, wo dekhe Bina he's not going anywhere. So he'll be fine.

She finally chuckles and locks her arms in his biceps and leans onto his shoulder.

Here Amrutha is losing her mind, she's trying to swipe a card and she's punching in the wrong pin for the wrong card.
Her hands were shivering when the receptionist went
Re: ma'am do baar galat punch kar Diya, teesri baar block ho jayega card. Shaant ho jayiye

Farhad extended his card, and she slumped into the chair there. He kneeled in front of her kissing her knuckles.
F: he'll be fine Amrutha, kuch nahi hoga...

She just nodded tired and helpless
F: coffee?
A: ok

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