Junoon - Tere Ishq Ka

Chapter 20

Heyaaa guys! I know I know, you all wait for updates for days, but you know the updates are around 12-15 pages long in word, which takes me 3-4 days conveniently to complete writing them. This update is 19 pages long too, which is why I updated after four long days. 

Now, enjoy reading the chapter and Abhay ko khub gaaliyan dena! Hehe :D

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Author's POV

Same day, Sicily (2:00 pm)

"Randeep chacha sa!" Adheesh exclaimed in deep shock surprising Ariaa, who sat beside him looking at the old picture with curiosity and questions in her eyes. Seeing him recognizing the person, she asked Adheesh, "What? He is your uncle?"

Adheesh spoke, "Yeah, he is my uncle. Randeep Singh Suryavanshi."

He was looking at the picture with such focus, almost expecting it to disappear or transform to another man's pic. Ariaa asked him surprised, "I thought there is only one evil uncle in the house, Jai chacha sa. Now you're telling me there's one more? Like...why has anyone never mentioned him?"

Adheesh was expecting the questions, and answered looking at the man whom he saw only in pictures, "Because he died at a young age – at least according to the stories we were told. He was around two years younger to my father. When Baba sa became the king at the age of 21, Randeep chacha sa was sent to America to complete his further studies. But while coming back after his graduation, the private jet crashed and the whole family was told there were no survivors. Dadi sa, Baba sa and Chacha sa were all broken, as they already lost my grandfather long time ago. So, no one mentions him much ever. We always thought he was dead, but if he was the Boss 12 years back then that means..."

He didn't even need to speak further, and Ariaa completed it for him, sprouting the similar expressions on their mind, "That means he was alive all along. His death was a fake one, an orchestrated charade to make you all believe he is no longer alive."

Adheesh spoke not able to think of a logical reasoning, "But why would he do so? Faking death in front of his family."

Ariaa looked at the picture, trying to observe the details with an eagle's eyes and wondered out loud, "Do hi possible reasons ho sakte hain, one, he wanted to enter into the mafia world hence he left your world. Second, which is the high possibility, he wanted to backstab your parents and plan their destructions from the shadows. After all, the emblem belongs to his reign and even Steve's boss confirmed, he was behind your parent's death."

He nodded, silently agreeing with Ariaa. He wasn't surprised, nor shocked, imagining that Randeep would fake his death to backstab Maan, his father. Where royal families always bonded over love, responsibilities and culture, they were always disrupted due to sole reasons of lust and greed for power. The race to the throne. Randeep, in his greed for the empire, must've killed his parents. However he couldn't do much about it later, Adheesh and the kids being alive.

Ariaa continued, "Adheesh you mentioned, the night your parents died, the attackers tried to harm Abhay as well, and they kidnapped Aadit. That means, they wanted to wipe out the possible heirs to the throne after Baba sa. But their plan failed with you being in the palace, and they couldn't harm you."

Adheesh nodded, and asked the man silently listening on to their conversation till now, "Do you have any details of his whereabouts? Is he alive?"

The man shrugged and apologetically stated, "Sorry Re, as I said, he is out of the radar. We couldn't find anything about his current location. He might be alive, and might be dead."