Three Days Later.

"Grandpa! " Virat squealed running to the door and everyone turned their attention on him and saw him hugging Shashi and the girls joined giggling adorably.

"Look at all of you...... You are all so big. " Shashi complimented and the kids nodded with smiles on their lips.

"Did you bring it? " Anya asked impatiently and Khushi glared at her and she shrugged as the others laughed.

"Yes, I brought you your favorite jalebi and gulab jamun for bhumi and Vidhi and kaju barfi for Virat, Vamika and Pooja. " Shashi replied handing all of them their respective sweets.

"Seriously won't you let you grandfather sit and rest before you start ambushing him for sweets. " Khushi scolded the kids but they didn't seem a bit bothered which annoyed her.

"Khushi leave my grandkids alone and stop scolding because you did worse than this. " Shashi said and all eyes was on Khushi who was begging her father not to expose her but payal did.

"Papa do you remember when Khushi was eighteen we went to meet you at the train station to welcome you after travelling to Kashmir to make sweets for your friend's son wedding and what did she do after saw you. " Payal raised her eyebrows and Shashi laughed.

"She grabbed my bags and shattered all on clothers on the floor just to get to the sweets I brought and she didn't even give me a hug but instead sat on the bench gulping every single sweet and not even saving some for anyone. "

Khushi looked so embarrassed seeing everyone laugh at her and glared at Payal for aiding her father expose her.

"Welcome papa. " Payal greeted as she lead her father together with Khushi to the dinning table where food was already set to be eaten.

"Grandpa where is Nandkishore Nani? " Virat asked as they all sat down.

"Oh I forgot to tell you guys she had to attend a friend's granddaughter's wedding to help her and she sent her regards infact she was the one who made the barfi for you. " Shashi replied and Virat and the others who were about to ask the same question nodded.

The door bell rang and Pooja rushed and opened the door and hugged Aarav/ Rohan and dragged him to the dinning table.

Everyone welcomed him including the youngsters and like magic he charmed the whole family with his intelligence and charisma which shocked the kids because their family never warms up to anybody as fast as they did to him especially their fathers.

The youngsters knew this could either be a bad thing or a good thing but they were now more alert than ever.

After the dinner, the adults sat at a different side of the mansion catching up on business and life while the youngsters were in the garden playing chess.

"Bhumi! " Aditya called out and she looked at him taken aback and he smiled. "Pooja told me you are huge into design how is that going for you? "

"Fine." She replied rudely and looked back on the cheese board and everyone was taken aback by how rudeness and Anya who was sitting beside her nudged her and she looked up and realized she mess up their plan." Am sorry Mr Mehra...... It's just that to me you are still a stranger and I need time to get used you and I hope you are not offended by all this. "

"No hard feelings...... I get it that in the past people has taken advantage of this family and because of that you are all very wary of people but I know you will someday know that I am not a bad person. " Aarav /Rohan said and Bhumi nodded and they all went back to playing but Aarav's eyes was on Bhumi who felt it and glanced at him with a frown and he smiled in return which creeped her out but kept quiet because she saw how Pooja was upset.

"Don't worry baby sis..... I won't let anyone hurt you because very soon, I will end Sheetal's reign of terror and it's going to take time because I have to destroy her organization or else no one will be safe. " he thought as they played the game.

Sheetal's House.

Sheetal sat in her chair with a smile on her face seeing the text message and voice recording Aarav sent her.

She played it to her men and they all laughed.

It contained the audio of the youngsters plans of going on a road trip to the family owned resorts and tourists attractions on the way after Arnav's birthday in three day.

"Arnav can enjoy his birthday with is whole family in three days but unfortunately for him, he will soon never see his children again and his whole family won't live to even find them. " she burst out laughing totally oblivious of their conversation being recorded. "I want all our men to be part of this as it will be our biggest operation and we will all retire and live comfortably afterwards with the ransom money and what we will get from selling the girls"

The men cheered not knowing what is about to befall them.

Taj Mahal Restaurant.

A man and a woman sat in a private area of the restaurant, the woman with a scowl on her face and the man looking defeated.

"Will you ever find it in your heart to forgive me one day. " He asked and the woman scoffed in disgust.

"Listen to me very carefully Arvind Malik, we are just working together and you better not push it..... I respect my superior because he believed in me when no one did and gave me an opportunity to be a good help to the country which a person like me would have never gotten and I have tolerated you because of him so stop trying to take advantage of the situation because the Anjali you knew is dead and buried and the fraud I knew is also dead case closed. " Anjali said in a dead serious tone and went back to finishing her food.

"Am sorry for upsetting you and I hope we will be able to put an end to Thakurs reign of terror soon even though it will mean I may never see you again but I will be happy I helped you solve you must challenging case. "

As much as Anjali hated the man in front of her, she can't deny he has been a tremendous held to the case and made them reach heights the agency never imagined they could in the case of Thakur.

"So you are still not going to tell me who your informant is? " Anjali asked and Arvind shook his head no.

"He wants to stay anonymous and his conditions are perfect to end Thakur for good...... With you and your men's manpower and his idea, we will end Thakur soon. "

Anjali nodded and focused on finishing her food as Arvind admired her which she felt and loved it but she hide her feelings and ignored it not wanting to give him a chance to think they could be father and daughter again.

Arvind's phone binged and he unlocked and read the message and the video attached it it shook him to his core.

"We have to go now. "

Anjali looked confused but followed him.

Five Days Later.

Arnav and the others waved the kids goodbye as the watched the or cars leave.

"Preeto stop worrying....... The kids will be alright........ Vamika and Pooja are there to protect them and so is Rohan...... Mohan and three of our men are there as bobyguards in case there is any problem. ........ They are all in safe hands. " Aman assured his wife and then turned to Khushi and Payal who had the same look of worry on their faces. "Same goes for you two....... They are growing and we have to trust them...... Anya and bhumi already have black belts and you think anyone would mess with their siblings and they will let them get away with it. "

This assured them a little but their motherly instincts was telling them something bad was about to happen.

Outskirts of Delhi.

Three escalades passed on the empty road out of the city with the youngsters in the middle car and Rohan behind the wheels and Pooja beside him but she realised something was off about his mood today.

"Rohan?..... Are you alright? " She asked concerned and Bhumi rolled her eyes at this which didn't go unnoticed by Vamika.

"Am so sorry. " Aarav/Rohan apologized and turned and increased the temperature as they all looked at him shocked.

Within seconds, fumes started spreading into the car and Aarav put on a mask as they all banged the windows coughing and crying and as half of them was hitting Aarav, the other half was looking for a way out but to no avail and within a few seconds , all except Aarav was unconscious.

Because of the tainted glass, no one knew what was happening and a few miles out of the city, they were ambushed by masked men and Mohan and the others were restrained before they could signal for help.

They all looked shocked when Aarav walked up to the woman who was clearly the boss of the men and she hugged him.

"Well done my son. " Sheetal said with a smile and Mohan glared at him and if looks could kill, Aarav will be dead but seeing Sheetal, He finally connected the dots.

"Oh my god you are Aarav. " Mohan exclaimed in shock and he will all his strength shook the men who were restraining him off and punched Aarav so hard that he fell down with a thud and bleeding nose. "You bastard, they trusted you and you still betrayed them....... Arnav even took pictures with you two days ago and it's proof of how they all trusted you and yet you betray them....... But am not surprised after you are the offspring of this demon and that fraud Shyam who is now burning in hell. "

Sheetal was pissed hearing the name of the love of her life being slandered and she pulled out a gun and was about to shoot Mohan but Aarav snatched the gun from her and yelled.

"Don't you dare....... You promised there will be no bloodshed. "

Sheetal glared at Mohan who looked shocked seeing Aarav saving him.

He saw regret in his eyes which confused him and before he could ask him why he helped him, gunshot rained with multiple of the masked men falling to the floor dead.

They all started shooting aimlessly because they didn't know where the shots were coming from but the more they shot the more their men fell dead to the floor.

Sheetal looked at Aarav and saw him smiling as he walked backwards away from Sheetal and she immediately realised her son betrayed her.

"You bastard...... You betrayed me. " Sheetal shouted and pointed a gun at him but a bullet hit her hand causing her to drop the gun and scream in pain as she heard her men moan in pain.

She looked at the direction where the bullet came from and saw the most shocking person.

It was none other than Anjali Singh Raizada known as Anjali Mehra by others in her agency.

Mohan and the others where shocked seeing Anjali especially without her limping as she walked up to Sheetal and behind her was Arvind Malik with his gun aimed at Sheetal .

Multiple men and women dressed in protective gears arrived and checked to see if any of the men were alive but unfortunately they were all dead with a few mortally wounded.

"Sheetal Kapoor aka Thakur you are under arrest for human trafficking, kidnapping, murder and extortion. " Anjali said and signalled one of the men who cuffed Sheetal and she was dragged away.

Paramedics arrived and revived the kids who were taken far away from the scene as possible but they could see police and ambulances passing by and a crime scene tape dividing them from the gruesome scene.

Vamika was consoling Pooja who was crying uncontrollably.

"Once again I let my family down. " she cried out.

"He didn't betray you. " They all turned to Mohan who was walking up to them. "He is working with the police and his mother is a big time criminal whom you already know....... Sheetal. "

The kids gasped in shock by the revelation and they realized Rohan was Aarav.

A police van passed by with Aarav in it and he had tears in his eyes as he watched them and they did the same watching the van disappear.

"Mohan take them home....... We will come to RM and explain everything. "

They all looked at the voice of the person and realized it was Anjali their aunt.

Mohan gathered them and were walking towards the Escalade but Bhumi halted and turned to Anjali who was walking away.

"Mum."

Anjali halted and turned with tears in her eyes.

To be continued.

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