When It rains (Continuing in The new book)

Part 13A

Anika took a long pause, Silence prevailed in the room for a while. It was snowing heavily at outside. Shivaay broke the silence,
" But how came you know about the whole incident ? a..and.. How could you claim to be Sahil's sister ?"
"Thats none of your business, Mr Oberoi" Anika looked away "But no.. actually You should know. I had to take some help of our family advocate, He helped me to get the legal custody of Sahil and before that, He made some papers with the help of an orphanage, which declares me as Suresh Chaturvedi's adopted daughter. actually after that mishap, I went to their chawl to meet Suresh's family, there I came to know about their condition from some neighbours. After that, I thought to take Sahil with me to our residence. but since Sahil's aunt had been creating a scene in the chawl when I let her know about my decision, I changed my mind and asked for our Advocate's advice. Till now, We are in touch, in fact I get all sort of infos from him only, be it my Dadaji's health condition or Company deals. I still have not contacted with my Dadaji till the date, did not reveal my identity to anyone except to Mitali and You"
Shivaay got shocked to hear Mitali's name.
She remained silent after narrating the occurance. But Shivaay became a lil restless and started walking hastily. "Only I had wanted to be Sahil's sister until I did that treachery, I got afraid of the aftermath of breaking trust of yours, Thats why I have come here, leaving the memories behind. For you, and your company it was just an act of breach of loyalty, even in the eyes of law. But for me, It was a punishment, I made you taste your own medicine, How was it? You must be thinking about how I came to know about that office incident, Huuhhh! Actually that time Mitali had already joined the company, since She was also working under Accounts Department and had a good rapport with her senior officers, and She once came to visit Sahil's house and meet Suresh, but instead of that, She got informed about his accident. She revealed that incident to me as She herself had witnessed it all."
A tear drop escaped from Shivaay's eye but He forgot to wipe it off. Anika smiled sarcastically,
"There's no use of crying now. Its all over."
"Where's Sahil ?"
"You think I would tell you that.. " she rolled her eyes.
Shivaay was about to say something but Anika left the room.
Shivaay looked at the grand father clock standing near a corner which was only tick-tocking, otherwise there was pin drop silence in the room. Shivaay still could recall how he trusted Suresh, He was one of the most loyal and trusted employee working since decades. Shivaay used to call him 'Suresh Sir' as he was more experienced and older than him. He further recalled when Mr Kapoor informed him about the fund misappropriation. Hence everyone started suspecting Suresh and finally All the employees literally brought him by holding his collar and dragged him to the cabin. He was pleading, telling everyone that He was not liable, He had not done anything. But No one cared to pay heed.
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Mumbai
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24/12/2017

"Beigani Shaadi mein Rudy dewaana, (Proverb which means Unnecessarily busy in other's cause I GOOGLED IT :D) Aisa halat hain mera" Rudra snorted, getting all frustrated.
"Rudy tu na bohot fizool ke baatein karta hain, aur wo kya hain? Beigani Shaadi mein Abdulla dewaana, yeh ek Mahavara hain, as simple a..." He could not complete,
"Aap chup rahiye O ! We the whole 'Mahaan' Oberoi Family have no idea about this Shaadi, Suddenly You asked us to get ready for a grand wedding, You did not even told us about the Dulha Dulhaan, whose Shaadi we are gonna organise? Kahi jo main soch raha hoon wo toh nehi" Rudy narrowed his eyes and whispered near Om's face,
"Aapko dekh ke aisa lag raha hain ke Aap hi Bridegroom ho, hawwww" He realised what he had said, He cupped his own face and astonished.
"Daffar Rudy, Jitna bola gaya hain, utna soch aur kaam kar" Om lightly slapped behind Rudy's head and retreated from there.
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Kashmir
Near Dal Lake
Srinagar
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Next Day after that revelation Anika felt a bit free, it was like She had just got rid of a mental burden. She was strolling along the path beside the lake, It was winter time, cold breeze was blowing making everyone's bone chilled and shiver. Tourists had started visiting Kashmir, Dal lake already got half frozen. At a distance in a group of tourists, some kids were pleading hard to their parents to let them go and play on the snowy field of Dal Lake. But thinking about their safety, Their family was forbidding them. Anika smiled looking at the children group, It reminded her of Sahil and her Day-outs. They used to play with the little waves at Juhu. How They devoured into those bhaji, bada pao, ice creams and Sahil's favorite fried peanuts. She was missing him badly. She thought to call him right away but something took her attention away.