An Aesthetic Love: A Collection Of Shivika Short Stories

23.1| you're my life. [Part 2]

The next day....

"bhaiya."

Shivaay looks up from looking at his and Annika's wedding album, with tears in his eyes, to see Bhavya standing at the door.
She comes forward and sits beside him, "bhaiya..."
"Bhabhi ki location trace nahi ho paa rahi hai." She says, and he looks at her in shock.

"L- location trace nahi ho paa rahi hai matlab? Aisa kaise ho sakta hai?"

"Hum puri koshish kar rahe hain bhaiya. Abhi tak koi result nahi aaya hai but we are trying." She says, and he nods at her.
"Aap himmat mat hariye bhaiya. Bhabhi ko kuch nahi hoga. Mil jayengi woh." She says, and leaves.

Shivaay goes back to looking at the pictures.

"Kahan chali gayi ho tum, Annika? Tumhare bina kuch theek nahi lagta."

Exactly at this time, Om enters his room with a plate of food.

He sits beside Shivaay, who is looking at the pictures, "Shivaay, kuch toh khaa le. Tune kal se kuch nahi khaya hai."

"Mai kaise khaa sakta hoon, Om? Annika musibat me hai, mai usse chhodke apne upar dhyan kaise du? Aur jahan tak baat khaane ki hai, tum log Annika ko dhund kar le aao, mai khaa lunga."

Om looks down sadly.

"Actually you know what," Shivaay says, closing the album and standing up,
"Police ko apna kaam karne do. Mai apna kaam karta hoon. Annika ko mai khud dhund kar launga."

Om looks at him.

"Shivaay tu pagal ho gaya hai? Agar kisi ne tere office se bhabhi ko kidnap kar liya, tu soch bhi sakta hai ki woh log kitne dangerous hain? Police ko apna kaam karne de, Shivaay." Om tells him sensibly.

"Kaise, Om? Mai yeh sab police pe nahi chhod sakta. Pata nahi kitna time lag jayega. Mujhe jo karna hai khud hi karna hoga." He says, and goes to leave when Om calls him out.

"Shivaay, kuch khaa toh le!"
"Ab mai Annika ke saath hi khaunga Om."

And ignoring his family's constant questions through the living room, he leaves, with a determination to come back with his Annika.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, Roop has trapped Annika, and taken her from the forest where she was earlier to a dark room.

"Yahan se Shivaay kabhi tujhe dhund nahi payega," she says, and pushes Annika into the room, locking the door from the outside.

Inside, Annika smirks.

"Yeh sab plans banane walo ko thoda intelligent hona padta hai bua ji," she says, trying to open her blindfold, "aapne toh bas iss kamre me mujhe band kar dia. Yahan se nikalna toh mere liye-" she pauses, removing the blindfold and opening her eyes.

"Kitna andhera hai yahan," she says, in a voice in which one could clearly feel the fear.

"Ab pata chala, Annika," she hears a voice from outside, "ki maine tumhare haath pair kyu nahi baandhe?" Roop says, in her wicked voice, "all the best!" Is the last thing that's heard before there is complete silence.

Annika sits back with the support of a wall, tears now falling from her eyes, "Kahan hain aap, Shivaay. Ek din ho gaya hai maine aapka chehra nahi dekha, aapse baat nahi ki, aapki cheapdi baatein nahi suni. Aap hi ne toh kaha tha na, Shivaay Singh Oberoi suraj hai. Kahan hai yeh suraj ? Kab aayega mujhe iss andhere se bachane ke liye?" She screams out.