Revenge of A Butterfly

Part 8: Flashback Pt 5

She woke up next day on a very soft bed, with little amount of sunrise coming inside. The smell of food made her stomach growled. But then she jerked all of a sudden to see her surroundings. She felt her head heavy and then she recalled that she was sedated last night before getting kidnapped.

Even before she could get out of the bed, a woman came inside:

"Oh! You are awake! Please stay inside. I will inform the boss."

"Wait..." she called behind her but she had already left.

Just after a couple of minutes she heard rushing footsteps and a man in his 40s appeared. He did not speak anything, just watched her with love, and sympathy. To rhea, he looked quite familiar but could not put her finger on it. Then finally he broke the silence.

"How are you feeling little princess?"

"Am fi...." And the realization hit her! There was just one person in the world who called her that and she replaced the pieces and got the answer about the man. He had to be him; Rish's father, Mr. Shanghvi. And tears welled up in her eyes.

"Mr. Shangvi?"

"You definitely have a sharp memory Little princess." And he hugged her, comforted her.

"Eat your breakfast princess, we have lots to catch up and things to do." He said in a serious tone.

She nodded with lots of questions in her mind. After her breakfast that was quite too much, she was called to the board room in the house and was guided by the same maid.

There sat Mr. Sanghvi.

"How are you feeling now?"

"Better. Thank you. I have a few questions to ask if you don't mind."

"I understand princess and I will give answers to all your questions which I find appropriate to since it is important for both of us to understand some points here. And you won't repeat the question that I opt not to answer."

"Okay. Thanks. What are you doing here?"

"I will answer this later."

"Okay, How did you find me out?"

He did not say anything for long time and just kept glancing at her wrist watch. When Rhea felt that she was not going to get this answer a well she prepared herself to ask another question.

"Why do you think Rishi give you this watch to you?"

She stared at him with her mouth opened and eyes wide, not knowing the answer.

"This is not any ordinary watch. This watch has a transmitter, and a microphone which not only traces your location but makes us hear whatever you are talking about."

She opened her mouth to speak but Sanghvi raised an hand stopping her there itself.

"That morning of the case hearing, he mailed me telling his doubts and fear. Among these was a good news as well." And he smiled at her and she blushed. He knew about the baby and he would have also heard all their personal talks as well. She was so embarrassed.

"Don't worry, the microphone can be muted anytime." She blushed hardly realizing she was so evident.

"And I had strict instruction to my men that they will just be nearby and ignore the personal things you shared with Rishi. Since I was so far, I could not hear or see the things but my few trusted men took care of my son without being noticed, even when I was not here physically. Apart from that, he also mailed me when he felt like talking to me and I would make sure that I revert back. His last mail was all about you. The incidence that happened, your suffering, relationships you both shared, the fear he had. He had his inner doubts that this is not a normal scenario when all the defense had demanded to call all witnesses just to make sure that the people existed. He doubted that they would be able to reach the court on time. That is why he had planned to go quite early. Apparently Singhal and Mir were much smarter. They were present there long before you reached. Rishi, on purpose, had given the location so that my men could hear that even when they had traced the location. Since this was political issue, Rishi had strictly prohibited me to get involved in any way without any back up or preparation. He had also mentioned that something awful could have happened and he was prepared for the worst- his death, so that you and his baby could live. But what he did not expect and know was that those maniacs would behave like animals again. That was why he made you wear his watch so that we would be able to trace you. After getting his mail, I took the very next flight to India to take the situation in my hands. Since my Rishi, princess and my grandkid is on the way, I thought it would be the best."

She kept silent for some time, processing the whole information. And after some time when Mr. Sanghvi did not utter any word, she asked her next question:

"What next?"

"Now that is what we need to discuss. Before that, I would like you to know and understand that I am very serious about it and if you too want this then I would expect 200% from you."

She nodded and Sanghvi continued:

"For a year and half, you won't have any vigorous physical training to do but we will be doing mental and emotional training for you. This will include lots of reading, case studies, understanding and reading people for which you will be provided with "samples". Apart from that, you would have to be updated with the latest technologies such as- computer and internet, mobiles, every other thing related to spying and hacking. This must be achieved by the time you baby is six- eight months old."

"During this time, you will eat healthy and think positively but you won't be leaving this house at any cost. Everything will be provided to you including your health check up, yoga instructor and personal trainer for each of these. After this, your physical training will start for which you will be moving out of the country."

"Please wait. What about my baby?"

"Your baby will not live with you princess. This is a revenge plan. Rishi would not have liked to get his baby involved. We want the baby safe. This will be very dangerous. In case if you don't agree to this, I would hire someone else but I would do it."

"I am with you Mr. Sanghvi. I know it will be tough but I will do this for Rish."

"I appreciate your bravery princess. Now, rest for some-time before we proceed further. Once you are done resting we will talk about your training and a new identity in detail." And with that he turned to leave but came back again,

"And yes, I would like you to meet someone whom you can rely on in case I am not available."

Before she could respond, he left.

That evening she met the guy apparently whom she could trust. If only you asked her. She was not going to trust anyone. Rishi's father was a different story but apart from him, she had her own set of parameters whether she could trust or not the given person.

She did not want to be weak or victim anymore.

Her biggest strength here was her loss. She already had lost everything and had nothing else to lose anymore. And when one doesn't have the fear to lose, the person becomes the most dangerous one. That is what she had become.

The person whom she met was introduced to her as Prithvi.

Apparently he was her love's childhood friend who was still in contact with him via mails.

And there goes another person whom she did not know at all but he knew her. Very well for her liking. It looked like Rhishi used o share every small detail about her with this person but why, she had no clue.

If she left the difference in physical appearance, she could clearly tell that Prithvi knew and understood her just like Rhishi which was kind of creepy for her. He knew everything about her, from her likes to dislikes, from her love life to the tragedy and the baby as well.

Sharing information was one thing but understanding and following it was other. She was sure that if Rhishi had ever mentioned likes or dislikes of any person to her, she would have listened but not paid attention like the person in front of her had paid to information regarding her.

Therefore, she had kept the conversation as clipped as possible. Even she needed time for her own observations. It was like old times, how she would sit and read a person.

And she could tell that he was happy, angry and very angry. Happy o see her safe and angry because of the loss of his only friend and the things that had happened to her. He had refused to mourn, instead, had vowed to avenge.

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