MANAN- Strings of love

37. Strategy

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Recap

      Yuvraj showed us the documents of Tiwari family resignation from secret factory. "I don't know whom they selected, but when Khurana got to know I was dating his daughter, he framed me as a culprit of illegal transaction taking place"

Today's update

     "What did he frame you with?" I asked so that we can use this and stop Khurana from doing further damage. "He framed that I have a connection with drug mafia. I am living here with different identity. I have an arrest warrant in my name. I am hiding from them" His statement made me pity him.

     "I have acquired some proofs against Khurana, but he is like a fox, for every proofs he has a counter proof so I am not able to prove my innocence." I nodded and started seeing the proofs he collected. 

      "These are not enough. We need more." Manik statement was true, but how are we going to get the proof? "I have a plan. We know the fluctuations in Khurana's account, but we need to prove that it is not coming from his firm, but from dangerous organization." I nodded to it.

    "Every month end he goes to a temple, but inside the temple he disappears to somewhere which I cannot go." Yuvraj's statement got our attention. Okay first we will follow him, but we will place a tracker in his coat. We can track his location and collect proofs.

   "Month end is in just 7 days. We need to be prepared." I said and started storming my brain for the dos and don'ts. "Manik, if you don't mind please submit this to your higher officials. This is the proof of my innocence." I was about to take the files from Yuvraj, but Manik stopped me.

    "I definitely mind. After punching me like a I am some punching bag you want my help? No I am not taking this." So childish. "If you don't take it then I will put in Facebook that you don't know how to ride a bicycle." Manik scowled and snatched the file from Yuvraj.

    "Seriously, he don't know how to ride a bicycle?" Yuvraj asked me laughing clutching his stomach. "I am reconsidering the decision of sending this file to officials. I am thinking of burning this." This made Yuvraj stop his laughing session and he indirectly kicked us out saying he need to go somewhere.

   "It is your job to place the tracker." I said and moved to sit in passenger's seat. "Nandini, I want to kiss you." I chocked on the water which I was drinking. I looked at him if the said statement is true or I just experienced an illusion, but the pout and the puppy eyes he was giving me was the proof that my ears are in good condition.

    "Now a days what do you see? You only think of pron." I said and kept the water bottle in it's place. "So are you ready?" He almost touched my lips when I pushed him. "Manik, what are we? I am confused. We are not engaged, not in relationship if not all this we are friends and friends don't kiss. I....." 

    All my words vanished when he was staring at me with a smile. I blushed under his gaze. I waved my hands in front of him to bring him back and it worked. He shook his head, but drove ahead. I was thinking of the ways to prove Yuvraj's innocence when I came across the road that changed my life.

     The road where I lost my whole family except Shikha. I don't know what happened next but I didn't want to be in the car. "Manik, stop the car." I softly said, my palms were sweating. "What happened?" he asked without looking.

    "Manik, please stop the car." Now I was seeing things which should not be there. It was dark, Anna sat beside me and I visualized Attige and Amma sitting at back seat. My breathing became ragged. I was seeing Manik and my Anna both in the driver's seat. 

    Tears started forming and I held my hand bag to my chest. "Please stop this." Now I was pleading no one but myself to stop that awful memory. But it continued. Then water started flowing on my head. I looked up and saw someone was pouring water on me. 

    I wiped the water from my face and eyes to see clearly. I saw Manik who was pouring water when I called his name he stopped pouring the water. I looked around and I was no longer sitting inside a car but I was sitting on the grass grown on the sides of road.

    "Are you ok? Shall we go near doctor?" I nodded no, I just wanted to go away from this place. "I want to go home. Please." I just followed Manik who held me by my shoulder. My legs were shaking, if not for Manik I would have fallen flat on the ground.

   When we reached home, Manik brought me warm water and brought pasta which he found inside some container. The dinner was in silence, but every time I closed eyes I felt blood around me. 

   "Do you want to share? I will not force you, but when you tell this to someone you will feel a burden lifted from your shoulder. " Manik's words were true. I never shared this with anyone. I feared that I will be weak in front of others but Manik, I feel being myself not the false me who jokes and fools around. 

    The mask I wear just to show I am ok, just to show I am happy in front of Shikha but in real I feel empty, I feel someone will come and snatch even Shikha from me. I feel care free in front of Manik. So decided to tell the past which haunts me every night as nightmare.

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So, How was it? 

Character's opinion

Lotus_dream: Do you still love Soha?

Yuvraj: Of course, I love her. I know even she loves me. 

Lotus_dream: How do you know she loves you?

Yuvraj: During my birthday, every year we used to visit a temple. After her father accused me, I blacklisted and never contacted her after that, thinking even she was involved but I have a doubt about her doing all this. Even now she visits the temple on my birthday and searches me but I am not coming in front of her.

Lotus_dream: So if she is not involved with her father then will you accept her?

Yuvraj: I don't know. I have to think.