Horizons of Love✓

Part 8

You may be deceived if you trust too much but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.

After two days, two persons from detective agency came to RM with final set of reports. Sumit himself could not come due to 'other case'. Arnav was thoroughly pissed at this. He thought it was unprofessional. He didn't know the amount of work these people do. They have to interact with all sort of people using all kinds of means available. And the danger involved is another level. So, the assistants paid little attention to his rants. They were habitual of all sorts of reaction before and after investigation.  Anjali gathered everyone in the living room and whatever was presented in next two hours was enough to make Raizadas pee in their pants. Honestly speaking, the assistants themselves had never seen such a bunch of rich fools! It was God's grace that they were safe after so many attempts on their lives. Anjali was truly 'jaako rakhe saiyan maar sake na koi'.

(No one can kill you if god wants you to live. )

Arnav was  shocked at the contents of the first report unlike others, who somewhere had not taken a stand in this regard merely on the basis of a photo as proof.

Report 1 : 

Garima lived in Jhansi, her native place with ill and retired father who was eager to get her married before his death. Her elder sister, Khushi's mother was married to an accountant in Lucknow.

Maliks supplied cloth to a garment factory in Jhansi, where Garima worked. Arvind met her when he came to Jhansi on one such visit. He was enchanted by her beauty. He enquired from the owner about her and understood that she was easy prey. He frequented his visits then. He would pretend to treat her respectably but would every now and then let it show that the treatment was special from other workers.He knew Garima had no emotional support to rely on so he visited their house many times as to show how much he cared for her father but just as a 'well-wisher'. No bad intentions. Garima, who was young, just 18, impressionable and without any guidance, fell right into his trap. She thought it was her good luck that brought this guardian angel in their life. Such a pity it was that he was still unmarried. He had told her that he lived in Kanpur and was an orphan. She wanted to set him up with her neighbor who was in in late 20s and unmarried too. When her father brought this proposal to Arvind, he instead told him about his interest in Garima. Though hesitant about the age difference, her father agreed thinking about his own illness. Garima had mixed feelings. She had wanted to marry someone her age but Arvind was a very good man, will keep her happy.  Roka was arranged at her home in 'urgency' as Arvind had to leave tomorrow and would 'come back only after a month'. 

Arvind was overconfident that people in Jhansi wont be knowing him.Kahan Jhansi kahan Lucknow. Her father was too ill to enquire around and Garima would hesitate to ask his details from others. He forgot to ask about his to be brother-in-law's  details who unknown to him lived in Lucknow. Arvind belonged to one of the richest families in Lucknow. And almost everyone knew about Maliks. The photo from Roka where Garima and Arvind posed was shown to Khushi's parents when they came to Jhansi after Garima told them about her engagement.

When Khushi's father Sudhir, who knew Arvind by face saw the photo, he went livid and came down heavily upon his father-in-law. What was need to get all this done in hurry without any enquiry?

He had foiled Malik's planning of two months in a second. He immediately informed Subhadra Devi, who directed her anger on Garima instead of her dear son, Arvind the great Malik. She insulted them thoroughly. Poor trying to trap the rich; how Garima couldn't spare even a married man who had teenage kids and blah blah. She was blind to whatever her sons did. Both, Malik men were rangeelas but kept their activities hidden from their wives. Arvind had dared too much this time by trying to get married second time but the hag refused to get the point. Guptas felt humiliated but fearing about reputation of young girl(Garima), went back home. It was decided that Garima and father-in-law will stay back at Lucknow. She was soon married off to Shashi, a widower. He was Sudhir's trusted friend and 13 years older to her. Garima soon forgot everything and now lived in Lucknow peacefully with Payal and Shashi.