Seize Her And....

Chapter: 61

A Devine Reunion.

The bone chilling cold wind envelopes her. She has a shawl wrapped around her but that certainly doesn't seem enough. The furry material of her night suit is acting like a normal piece of cloth. This is the darkest hour of the night which means morning isn't far enough.

This floor is weird, deliberately secluded, empty and uncannily dark. It's more like a huge, long and neverending veranda, that has some rooms on its adjacent wall, mostly locked. Pihu peeks out from behind the entrance door of the floor. Infront of her certainly lies the view of the mountain but she can't see a thing due to the dense fog. Sometimes the tiny star like lights from way below the town become visible for a millisecond but gets covered by the fog almost immediately.

Her eyes remain fixed at Aadhya. She glances around her once again, her eyes pause at the entrance door to the floor and lingers there more than needed. Pihu's heartbeat increases. She doesn't want to get caught, she doesn't have enough time to wait and  repeat this entire endeavor.

To her relief, Aadhya slowly turns to the door infront of her.  Her hand fumbles inside her sweat pant's pocket and then she brings out a key. Only one key. Pihu sees as she carefully opens the huge lock hanging from the door infront of her.

"What's she up to?" Pihu thinks to herself. She'll be very disappointed if this entire thing turns out to be a mere theft or something. That would mean she wasted her time.

Aadhya gets inside. On cue, Pihu moves towards that room and stands beside it, hiding. Her back against the wall, not daring to peek just yet. And the she hears it, Aadhya talking to someone. Pihu tries to hear as much as possible but to no avail. She can't hear it clearly. She needs to peek in.

She takes a deep breath and peeks inside, only to find Aadhya kneeling infront of someone or something, talking. Pihu's eyes narrow when she notices her teary eyes.

"It was unplanned. Something is happening and whatever it is, doesn't feel right. He has called his son here, for the first time. There is also a woman named Pihu. I don't know why she is here though, but he brought her at a very odd hour. This is a first Maava. Totally unexpected. The entire thing has to be cancelled now. I am so sorry." Aadhya wipes her tears with the palm of her right hand and Pihu furrows her eyebrows in confusion.

"But don't worry Maava, I'll make things right, I'll make a new plan. I'll.. I'll pull you out of this hell hole. The entire village is looking upto me, I have to." She mumbles to herself and furrows her eyebrows in frustration.

"But you won't utter a word, not even now, will you? How can you look at me and say nothing everyday? I ruined your chance at freedom for the umpteenth time. Say something Maava! Shout at me, scold me. Why don't you say anything?!" She says and for some reasons Pihu's heart clenches at her pained voice.

What plan? Whose freedom? Villagers are looking upto her? For what? Pihu couldn't control anymore and emerged out of her hiding sport behind the door.

And what she saw, rendered her speechless. Her eyes teared up, her fingers started trembling. She felt like collapsing then and there.

He looks just like Manik.

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"This place is practically too vast and nearly empty. I found only a small village at the closest, that too will be some two and a half kilometers away from where her location is showing. Even the mobile network is shit up there. I had to come down to the village to contact you." Vivek expresses worriedly.

"Did you find out the particular place she has been taken to?" Vulcan asks sitting on the small couch. His voice means business. The entire drawing room is still and filled with thick tension. The long sofa has been occupied by Arjun, Daivik and Purnit. At the foot of the sofa sits Ritwik, with Leo sitting right beside him against the wall. Teressa has taken Brinda inside, saying 'you need something in your stomach to be patient and healthy enough to bring your didi back'. Some online food has been ordered by Daivik but the food packets remain untouched on the dining table.