Part 68 Trap?

Arnav called Alex, coming out of Amrita's house. He attended the call.

"Hello, Arnav..."

"Alex, Shyam made calls to my mother it seems"

"Is it? Who said?" Alex asked with shock.

"My mother herself"

"Oh..."

"Shyam is spreading very wrong about Khushi. Try to catch him soon Alex. It's not good for us to let him roam freely"

"He is not free... In fact, he could not even walk for a few days"

"What happened to him?"

"My friend who recognized him, followed him to help me. Shyam got to know that and tangled her neck. She stabbed him with a knife deeply. He must be absconded somewhere"

Something clicked in Arnav's mind.

"Alex, why should not Shyam be at my mother or father's place?"

"Do you think it could be possible?"

"I'm not sure but what harm if you check?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes... Do whatever... I want him to be arrested"

"Shall I get search warrants to search your patent's houses officially?"

"Yeah, do it..."

"Leave it on me..."

"Make sure both the places are getting raided at the same time Parallel. Or else, the other one will get an alert"

"Got it"

"Ok, how is your friend who stabbed Shyam?"

"She much better now"

"Convey my gratefulness to her"

"Sure"

"By the way, who is your friend, beyond our knowledge?"

"She is my neighbor"

"SHE? Is the person a woman?" It seemed Arnav didn't notice it when Alex mentioned it.

"Girl..."

"Oh... Girlfriend?"

"Mmm"

"Really?"

"She loves me"

"That's great..."

"Yeah... That's why she risked her life"

"Nice to hear... Bring her to RM"

"Sure... Before that, Shyam should be behind the bars"

"Yes... He is doing cheap things behind our back"

"I will get him as much as possible"

"Thank you" Arnav disconnected the call.

Alexander went to the commissioner's office to get the search warrant orders for Amrita and Avinash's houses.

Arnav came back to RM. He saw Khushi waiting for him in the living room. She rushed to him.

"Are you alright?"

Arnav nodded yes, blinking her eyes.

"Why haven't you slept yet?" Arnav asked.

"How could I sleep when the tornado is about to hit?"

"Did you watch the news?" He asked seriously.

"I'm talking about the tornado that is standing in front of me" she touched his chest with her index finger.

Clutching her hand, he made her touch her chest.

"Now tell me, am I looking like a tornado in front of you?"

Khushi smiled biting her lip.

"Am I not seem a breeze in front of you?"

Khushi's smile brightened.

"Don't change the topic... What did you do to your mother?"

"You don't have to worry... She is still alive"

Khushi looked at him horrified.

"Did you attack her?"

Arnav nodded no. Khushi huffed in relief.

"I was supposed to hide the truth from you... That idiot Nikita spoilt everything... She would not have run..." She said wearily.

Arnav folded his hands and gazed at her, meaningfully.

"Then what Arnavji...? See, what have you done? This is why I thought not to tell you about Nikita"

"Don't think of hiding anything regarding my parents from me, no matter what the consequence is. You don't know about them. They are very dangerous than what you know. They will do anything to get what they want. They won't mind destroying their own son's life too" Arnav said in a go.

"I'm sorry Arnavji... I just"

"Leave it... I had done what should be..."

"What have you done?"

"Leave it, let's go to our room" Arnav started walking towards their room, pulling Khushi with him.

At the same time, Alex got search warrants to search Amrita and Avinash's houses. He made two police teams and sent one to Avinash's house and came to Amrita's house with another.

They got thunderstruck seeing police at their place... That too at midnight.

"What happened inspector? Why are you here at this time?" Amrita asked Alex.

"We suspect you give shelter to a wanted criminal"

"Wanted criminal? You are mistaken"

"No madam... We got to know he is passing some information to you"

"Who?"

"Shyam..."

"Shyam?"

"Yes... He is a wanted criminal who harassed his sister-in-law..."

"You would have misunderstood..."

"We have the recording of his conversation with his sister-in-law. His wife herself filed a complaint against him"

"We don't know about it inspector," Amrita said nervously.

"Maybe... We are here to search your house... This is the order" he showed them the order issued by the commissioner.

"You can search, inspector," Amrita's husband said.

Amrita stood, squeezing her hands. She knew why the police were searching her house. It was because of Arnav. She didn't expect Arnav would take such a step. He showed what he could do. Amrita felt humiliated.

Amrita's phone's incoming and outgoing calls list were taken. All the calls and messages started examined. They found only one incoming number that was not in Amrita's contact list. Alex asked the control room to track the number.

On the other side,

Arnav got a message from Aman's phone.

*Please come to your Recording Studio immediately. It's urgent*

Arnav read the message and dialed Aman's number but it was switched off.

Arnav became thoughtful. He didn't know what to do. It was already 12 o'clock. Why Aman wanted him to come to his recording studio? Why did his phone switch off? Was he in trouble? Why did he come to his recording studio at this hour? He could not connect the dots.

"What happened Arnavji?" Khushi asked, seeing him thinking something deep.

"I have to go to our recording studio..."

"In this time?" She looked at the clock.

"Aman wants to meet me... Don't know why"

"Shall I come with you?"

"No no... You go to sleep. I will be back"

"Don't go alone. Take someone with you, Arnavji"

"No need Khushi... I think Aman wants to talk to me about something personal. That's why he would have messaged me"

"Message? Didn't he call you?"

"No"

"It's 12 o' clock. How does he know you would be awakening this time?" She asked for a million-dollar quotation.

Arnav became thoughtful. Yes, Khushi was right. If Aman wanted to talk to him, he would have called him because no one would check messages at this time.

"Take someone with you if you want to go. Please..."

Arnav nodded yes. He could not call Alex now because he was busy in the raids. However, he could not ignore the message because it was from Aman.

"I will come back soon"

"Be careful Arnavji"

Arnav nodded ok and went. He wanted to see what was there behind the message.

Khushi was restless. She didn't feel anything right. So, she called NK. He didn't attend the call. But Khushi didn't give up hope. She again called him. This time NK attended the call.

"Hello..." He said in a sleepy voice.

"Nanne..." Hearing Khushi's panicky voice, NK sat on the bed, jerking.

"Khushiiii...? What happened, Khushi?"

"Nanne, Arnavji went to the recording studio to meet Aman"

"In these hours?"

"That's what frightens me, Nanne..."

"If Aman wants to meet him, he would have come to RM. Why did he go to the recording studio? That too, at this time?"

"He didn't even call Arnavji but sent only a message..."

"This is strange"

"Absolutely, Nanne..."

"Did Nannav go?"

"Yeah, he went"

"You don't worry... I will check..."

"Thank you, Nanne..."

"That's ok, Khushi. Don't be stressed"

"Please update me"

"Sure"

Taking his car key, NK went to Arnav's recording studio.

At the same time, after finishing the raid Alex came out of Amrita's residence. They didn't get anything about Shyam's whereabouts.

Alex checked his mobile and cursed himself. He had forgotten something very important. Aman called him from an unknown number that evening and said he missed his phone. He forgot it in Shyam's tension.

He called the control room and asked them to trace Aman's phone's IMEI number.

To be continued...