Threads of Destiny❤️

Part 23

Midnight,
Scene starts in Oberoi mansion,

Namit came inside the house..tip toed even though there was no one who could hear him.
Namit(mumbling): Wahh yaar....yeh toh meri umeed se bhi zyada bada ghar hain. Singhanias ke ghar ko takkar de rahi hain. Bohot kharcha kiya hoga interior pe.....(sighing)...par kya faida? Bann toh yeh khandahar hi gaya hain. Chalo chodo....mujhe kya....

Namit went upstairs....there were spider web all over the cupboards, white bedsheets having a pale yellow colour and tattered at ages.

Namit tried to open the cupboard but it was locked. He took out a hair pin which he stole from his mother's dressing table this morning for such situations.

Namit opened the lock and started coughing vigorously due to all the dust.

The cupboard had clothes which were at sometime very expensive. There were some books and some files.

Namit(sighing): Na jaane kya kya thus rakha hain cupboard mein. Almari chahe middle class ki ho ya fir ameeron ki...almari toh almari hoti hain bhai. Duniya bharr ki cheezein....(trying to find something important).....ek hi almari mein rakhi hui hain.

Just then some pictures fell from the top of the cupboard.
Namit: Ouu! Photo frames aise kaun rakhta hain? Yeh toh...(picking up the photo frames).....family photo lag rahi hain Oberois ki. Yeh Lakshmi maasi, yeh Rishi mausa, yeh badi nani(Harleen), yeh meri nani (Rano), yeh Ayush uncle, Karishma dadi, Ahana aunty, Sonia aunty....aur yeh...(frowning)....yeh kaun....

"Mm....mmmm...mm........"

Namit(mumbling): Yeh awaaz kaha se.....mere kaan baj rahe hain kya?

"MMMMMM!!!!!"

Namit: Awaaz aa kaha se rahi hain?
Namit tried to find out about the noise...putting his ear on the floor....locked cupboards but couldn't find anything.

Namit(mumbling): Awaaz aa kaha se rahi thi? Yaha toh....(frowning)....yeh deewar....itne bade khandahar mein....yeh deewar painted kaise hain yaar itni perfectly? Kahi....
Namit kept his ear on the wall and heard faint sound of breathing in the stilness of the night.

Namit: Matlab iske peeche.....
Namit took a iron rod lying on the floor...and broke the fake wall only to find a man restrained inside the wall....his hands tied above his head and his face was covered with a sack.

Namit opened the restraints and the man fell in his lap. Namit pulled off the mask and was beyond shocked to see the person......

Namit(whispering): Man...preet...dada...jii?

Scene shifts to the police station,
Aarav was sitting at a corner on the floor of the cell. He knew no one would come to bail him out but that was not his primary concern. His primary concern was....would Namit find anything valuable in the Oberoi mansion?

Aarav's trance broke when he heard the cell's door being opened by an inspector.

Inspector: Aarav.....
Aarav: Hm..jii?
Inspector: Bahar aa jaao......Mr.Singhania aaye hain tumhari bail le kar.
Aarav(frowning): Mr.Singhania?
Inspector: Haan...ab jaldi bahar aao....

Aarav came out from the cell. As soon as he lifted his eyes from the floor in curiosity.....his heart thumped seeing Ayush standing there with his usual stern face.

Aarav quickly lowered his eyes and stood at a distance from Ayush.

Inspector: Yaha sign kar dijiye Mr.Singhania.

Ayush signed in the register and looked at Aarav without any words. There was a tense silence in between the son and father and it seemed to be prolonging with every second until.....