Part 16
Ram had been running
around frantically the whole day in order to find something that could show him
where Kush was since Rajat was not confessing. He decided to go back to the
jail once more before going home too see if Rajat was ready to talk but to his
surprise Rajat was sitting at the desk signing some papers. Knowing immediately
that Rajat had used his influences and
arranged for bail, he storms to the desk and grabs Rajat by his collar.
Ram: you bastard, where is my
son? You can’t leave like this, you snatched everything from me and now you are
just going to run back to Dubai. NO!! NO!! This is not how it ends…
Rajat (grabs Ram’s hands on his collar and
tries to loosen his grip): Ram you have to listen to me, I did not do anything..
By now two police
officers rushed to Ram and Rajat pulling them apart from each other. Ram
continued yelling with the police officer holding him…
Ram: STOP LYING, YOU GOT YOUR
DRIVER TO KIDNAP KUSH SO THAT YOU CAN GET BACK AT PRIYA AND ME! I KNOW IT!
Rajat: I DON’T KNOW WHERE THE HELL MY
DRIVER IS!! IN THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT FIGHTING WITH ME, WE COULD HAVE BEEN OUT
SEARCHING FOR KUSH…
The two kapoo/ur’s were at each other’s throats yelling at each
other from across the police station. Both police officers were having a really
hard time containing the two influential people. Cady and Rahul came running
into the police station and witnessed what was going on. Rahul ran to Ram’s side and Cady ran to
Rajat’s side. Their presence
was just the weapon needed to silence both men deducing their battle to angry
glares at each other.
Rahul: Ram uncle…Woh Priya aunty… I think her life is in
danger.
Ram: WHAT?! Rahul, Priya is at
home… I will call home right
now to prove it.
Ram takes out his
cellphone and is about to dial the number but Rahul places his hand on the
phone and lowers Ram’s arm to his side shaking his head in disapproval. He and Cady
both take turns explaining the details of what had happened… Both Rajat and Ram stood
there in shock…Ram cursed his fate, after 5 years Priya came back into his life
and now she has been snatched away from him yet again. Rahul waved a piece of
paper in front of his eyes making him snap out of his self-pity.
Rahul: I think that both her and
Kush might be at this address. The kidnapper called yesterday blocking his
number but I was able to retrieve it. He called using this number (1234567) and
he is at this address (XYZ Any Street)…
Ram snatched the paper
from Rahul, before leaving he told Rahul to inform everyone at the KM… Rajat stopped Ram who
was leaving, by placing his hand on his shoulder telling him that he is also
going to come with him to that address…Ram didn’t protest, right now was not the time. Ram and Rajat got in the
car and drove off to XYZ Any Street, the Mumbai police force followed them to
provide back up. Rajat was driving the car and Ram was trying to call Priya on
her cell but it was shut off. He got angry and slammed his hand on the
dashboard.
Rajat: Don’t worry Ram, we will find
them even if we have to look for them the whole night I don’t care but we will find
them…
Ram sat there silently.
He wasnt sure what to say or what to do. Saddness, anger and confusion is a
dangerous cocktail that he wasn't keen on sipping at the moment. They reached
the destination, which was an abandoned cottage surrounded by numberous trees
and bushes. The stars in the night sky provided them with a hint of light that
the darkness engulfed simultanously forcing Ram to switch on the flashlight
application on his phone. Everyone searched for Priya and Kush calling out
their names to no avail. Hope is the most paralyzing emotion and with every
passing minute without any sign of Priya or Kush, Ram's body was becoming numb.
Suddenly a police officer
called out to his boss, "Sir, i found something". The anticipation to
analyze the discovery was brought down faster than it had built up inside Ram
as he stared at the dead body on the ground that the police officer had found.
Rajat: that's my
driver...
Ram looked up sharply at
Rajat, this meant that Rajat was telling the truth, his heart quivered at the
thought of what this man would have done to Priya and Kush… Another police officer
walked up to Ram and Rajat with two cellphones in his hands.
Police Officer: does this belong to
anyone you know?
Rajat: yeah that phone is my
driver’s and I don’t know about the other o… (interrupted by a
frantic Ram)
Ram: that’s Priya’s phone
He dropped down to his
knees and covered his face with his palms. It was evident that he was drained out.
Rajat (places his hand on his
shoulder): Ram saamalo apne aap ko..
Let's go home… we will try to look for another lead.
Ram (brushed his hand off his
shoulder and stood up quickly): no we are not going anywhere until I find Priya
and Kush. I know that they are here. (he begins to scream) PRIYA!! KUSH!!!
PRIYA!!
Commissioner (takes the phones from
the police officer and tells him to go call an ambulance and take the body to
the hospital, then he shifts his attention to Ram and walks towards him): Mr. Kapoor
you have to calm down…
Ram: CALM DOWN, how the hell
am I supposed to calm down? My wife and son are missing, I don’t know in what state they
are and you are telling me to calm down? Instead of wasting your time telling
me that why don’t you look for my son, why don’t you do your job?
Rajat intervenes as he
notices Ram’s anger, although justifiable, was getting out of hand.
Rajat: Ram, commissioner is
right. We will achieve nothing by getting angry. We have to find Priya and
Kush. They were here, and now they are gone. But this is a good thing, atleast
we know that they are still alive.
Ram: Yaar mein kya karoo?
Everything is slipping out of my hand and I can’t do anything about it. (he gets emotional again)
Commissioner: We will do everything
that we can. The entire police force is here looking for Priya and Kush. We
will find them. They were here but maybe they knew we were coming and they
left. Either way they could not have gotten too far. Please go home, we will
call you if we find anything.
Rajat (squeezes Ram’s shoulders): Ram,
commissioner is right. Let’s go from here and let them do their job.
Ram and Rajat leave the
place and are driving back. Both were silent as ever but the pain in Ram’s heart was eating away
at his flesh. He just wanted Kush and Priya back. What will he tell Pihu? He
was angry at Priya for not trusting him enough to tell him about her
investigation. Why does this lady feel the need to do everything on her own?
What does she think of herself? A vision in front of his eyes at the side of
the road pulls him out off his emotional rollercoaster. He yells,
Ram: RAJAT, STOP THE CAR!!
Rajat who was also lost
in his thoughts is startled but immediately slams on the breaks. Ram does not
know if what he saw was an illusion, was he going crazy, was the stress getting
to him or was it really what he thought it was? He gets out of the car and runs
to what looked like a child hovering over a body lying on the side of the road.
By now Rajat also see’s it and chases after him.
Meanwhile in the KM
Ayesha is in her room sitting on the bed worried. She gets a call on her cell,
the number flashes as the phone vibrates Unknown Name 1234567… She heaves a sigh of
relief, closes her room door and answers the phone.
Ayesha: So you’re safe now. Right?
Man: yeah all thanks to you,
if you hadn’t called in time we would have never known that the police were
headed to the location. But how did you know?
Ayesha: I overheard Vikrams’ son telling Krishna that
Ram and Rajat were headed there with the police.
Man: thank god!
Ayesha: So is Kush and Priya
alive or dead?
Man: I don’t know why Priya always
gets so lucky, god must have written her destiny with a golden pen. I was just
about to shoot her making our mission even more easier BUT that’s when I received your
call that Ram was headed to the cottage I had to plan our escape.
Ayesha: she is so dumb, always
trying to interfere. Now our plan is harder with Priya alive. Now I can’t even blame Priya for
Kush's kidnapping so how will Ram hate her and kick her out of his life
voluntarily?
Man: Don’t worry about that. I
have another plan.
Ayesha: what about this
kidnapping plan, we’re just going to scrap it?
Man: we have no choice. This
Priya came and ruined everything. While we were planning our escape from the
cottage, she ran off somewhere with the kid. She is pretty injured and will
probably die in the jungle anyways. We would have chased her down, it would
have been easy but we could hear the sirens from miles away.
Ayesha: Arrghhhh… (she screams) Great now
what do we do?
Man: Don’t worry I will think of
something else.
Ayesha: How long will it take you
too think? Huh? Itne acchi plan tha aur Priya ne saab messed up kaar diya. Now
sid will be very angry.
Man: don’t yell at me! It was all
because of your sister. Sid has three more months in jail before he can apply
for parole. In that time we have to fix this…
Ayesha: I know I am so excited. I
can’t live without him. Kush
was a mistake, at the time Sid did not love me but now I am sure he does. He has
apologized so many times and he said next time we have a kid it will a symbol
of our love and not a symbol of his deception like Kush is…
She hears a knock on the
door.
Ayesha (whispers): I have to go
someone is knocking on the door.
She quickly hangs up,
puts on a worried look and opens the door to see Shipra. Let the acting
begin!!!
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