Swara was blankly staring at Lakshya who was lying on the bed with the ventilator system supporting him to breath and the monitor on his left making beeps detecting his heart beats. A tear tripped her eye and it burned her cheek. She was least bothered about wiping that droplet.

"Shona" she heard her mother's voice and blinked her eyes and turned to find her mother who rushed to her and crushed her in a bone crushing hug. "Maa" she whispered painfully and held her mother for support. She burst into a bitter cry collapsing in her mother's embrace.

"Please don't crowd the ICU" said the nurse and Sumi took Swara out of the ICU. Annapurna was looking blankly and Sujata sat beside her shedding tears and tried consoling her but she was not responding. Durgaprasad sat looking at the ground and Ramprasad was beside him.

"How did all this happen?" asked Dida who walked there with Dadi and Ragini following her. "Dida" Swara hugged her and burst out crying more. "Swara" she heard Ragini's voice and her eyes moved to Ragini who was behind Dida. Swara hugged her and Ragini consoled her feeling her pain.

"Mrs. Maheshwari we need your statement" the police walked there with Adarsh. Pari who was sitting beside Sujata walked to Swara and held her shoulders.

"She is not in her right state to give you statement Inspector. Please" Pari requested. "But Pari this is necessary" Adarsh insisted. "Haa Bhabi. This is necessary" Swara wiped her face. "Actually Laksh was in the room after the dinner and was checking mails in his laptop. He got a message from Sanskar Jeth ji and walked to his room and after 10 minutes we all heard maa's scream" Swara was narrating and the inspector noted down it.

"So Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari was the last person he met before this happened?" the inspector asked and Swara nodded her head. He walked to Annapurna. "I know you are not in a state to give the statement. But please ma'am help us to find the truth" said he and Annapurna looked at him.

"Did you see Mr. Lakshya Maheshwari falling?" Annapurna nodded her head negatively to his question. "Please tell us what exactly you saw" he asked and Annapurna gulped the saliva hard.

"I was in the hall when I heard the noise of someone falling and saw Lakshya on the ground with blood oozing out of his head." she said and wiped the tear.

"Did you saw anyone around the stairs?" asked he and she thought for a moment. "Sanskar was standing near the stairs" she said. "Um hm" the inspector noted down the narration.

"So where is Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari?" he asked looking around. "He has gone to get the medicines" said Sujata. Just then Sanskar walked with the bag of medicines. He handed the medicines to the nurse near the door and turned.

"So Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari why did you text Mr. Lakshya Maheshwari to meet you in your room. And after he came to your room what and all happened?" asked the Inspector.

"What?" he asked confused. "I did not message him" said he shocked. "He himself came to meet me" said Sanskar. "Jeth Ji why are you telling a lie? You had texted Laksh. He told me while going out of the room" said Swara. "I'm not telling a lie. I seriously did not text him. And why will I do that? If I wanted to talk when we both are at home either I will walk to his room or instruct a servant to call him right?" asked he.

"Exactly that's what we are asking you why did you text Mr. Laksh Maheshwari to meet you via text? Was that a plan? As Mr. Laksh informed his wife your plans failed?" asked the Inspector.
"Excuse me you cannot blame some one without a proof" Ragini interrupted them. All looked at her. "Do you have any proof that Sanskar sent text to Laksh?" asked she. "Proof is Mrs. Swara" said the Inspector.

"But she just heard it right? She did not see the text" said Ragini. "You mean Laksh told a lie to me Ragini?" asked Swara dragging Ragini to her side.

"I'm not concluding anything Swara. Before you arrive on a conclusion check the facts. When Sanskar is so confident that he hasn't sent the text then think about the possibilities" said Ragini.

"You are trying to say that Laksh told me a lie?" Swara asked. "I'm not saying that Swara please understand Sanskar's point of view also" said Ragini. Swara looked at her painfully.

"And what explanation will you give for you standing near the stair case while Mr.Laksh fell down?" asked the Inspector.

"I heard Badi Maa screaming and as I was near to the stair case I arrived there" said Sanskar. "Oh so why was Mr. Laksh near the stair?" asked the Inspector.

"He went out of my room..." Sanskar stopped as he did not wanted to continue further. "And you went behind him and pushed him" the Inspector concluded.

"Excuse me officer. You cannot blame Sanskar like this" said Ragini. "Why not Ms..." he waited for her to blurt her name. "Ragini" she said and looked away.

"When he was the one who saw him last and he was the one standing near the stair case all the clues point to him only right. It's so obvious Ms. Ragini" said the Inspector.

"Those are only clues not any proofs. You can only build stories but cannot create a case" she said looking at him furiously.

"Basu" they heard a voice and moved their gaze to the hallway. The Inspector saluted the person in white shirt and gray pant who removed his goggles.

"Sir" the Inspector walked to him. His eyes were fixed on Ragini as he recognized her. She was the same girl who saved him on his first day in the city.

"Sir here are the statements" Basu's voice made his gaze move. He analyzed the statements and looked up. Ragini was looking away and he guessed that she has not recognized him.

"Who is Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari?" he asked and Basu pointed at Sanskar who looked at him. "Hello Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari" he forwarded his hand and Sanskar shook it. "ACP Rudr Singh Shekawat" he introduced himself and his gaze moved to Ragini who was least interested.

Sanskar nodded his head. "So you are the last person Mr. Laksh Maheshwari spoke to. And can you please tell me why did you text him to meet" asked he looking at Sanskar.

"Not again" Ragini rolled her eyes and Rudr looked at her. "So do he need to say the same thing from the Hawaldar till the commissioner?" she asked annoyed and then turned to Sanskar "Do one thing Sanskar hang a board on your neck" said she crossing her arms.

"Excuse me?" asked Rudr confused. "First thing Mr. Shekhawat teach some work to your Inspectors that they stop writing fictions and concentrate on the facts. Sanskar did not text him but he is not believing it" said Ragini looking away.

Rudr turned to Basu. "But Sir. Mrs. Swara confirmed that Mr. Lakshya walked out of the room saying that he got a text from Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari" Inspector Basu reasoned.

"So did you check the phones?" asked Ragini charging at him. "Ragini" Sanskar dragged her back. A small smile formed on Rudr's face hearing her name.

"Basu. Check their phones" said Rudr and Basu took Sanskar's phone and Lakshya's phone. "See sir" said he forwarding the phones.

Rudr held the text in Laksh's mobile in front of Ragini. "Now do you believe?" he asked.

"No" she said and Swara looked at her confused. "Ragini still you are supporting him?" asked she turning Ragini to her. "I'm just proving the truth Swara. Sad part in today's world is people accept lies but they want proofs for accepting truth" she smiled sarcastically.

"And what proof you have that Mr. Sanskar has not sent this message?" asked Rudr. "The time mentioned here" she pointed at the time. "That time actually I was talking to him over skype. Video call. I hope you know I can see him through that and he was not using his phone that time. He wasn't holding his phone when he was talking to me over the laptop" said she.

"And here is the proof" she forwarded the call log in her skype.

Rudr analyzed the proofs. Swara nodded her head and walked to the chair and collapsed on it. "Okay" Rudra handed her phone back to her.

"We will analyze the case and let you know" said Rudr walking from there and while exiting he looked at Ragini who was consoling Sanskar. 'Brave girl' he spoke in his mind and smiled.

"Swara" Ragini knelt in front of Swara. "Oh finally you remembered me?" asked Swara furious. "Swara" Ragini looked at her holding her hands which Swara jerked.

"Don't call my name from your mouth again. You really did very wrong this time Ragini. To save your friend you forgot that I'm your sister?" Swara looked at her painfully.

"Ungratefulness is in her blood Shona" Dida spoke and Ragini closed her eyes painfully. "Bangalan" Dadi screamed and Ragini held her stopping. "Dadi please" she pleaded her Grandmother. Dadi looked at Ragini and her anger became pain.

"Take care" said Ragini kneeling in front of Swara and walked from there with Dadi who looked at Ragini painfully. Ragini nodded her head and walked with Dadi out of the hospital.

Sanskar folded his hand to form a fist when Dida blurted that out. "You know who is real ungrateful here" a hot tear was fighting at the edge of Sanskar's eye. Swara and Dida looked at him.

"The half sister for whose rights she fought" he pointed his hand towards Ragini. "The mother whom she accepted and brought close to her father though she was not related to her. The family she knitted. The half sister who got her love because of her sacrifices" he wiped the tear on his cheek.

"I don't need to hear a lecture from a culprit who killed his own would be wife" Swara looked at him with rage standing in front of him. "Swara" he screamed and raised his hand but his hand was held by someone. He looked at his right and found Sujata holding his hand.

In next moment he felt a tight slap on his cheek. "Have I taught you this Sanskar? Have I taught you to raise your hand on a girl?" asked she painfully.

"Maa" Sanskar said painfully. "Why are you stopping him chachi. When he can act mentally challenged to take revenge from his own family for the murder he committed he can do this too" Swara said and Sujata's heart broke into pieces. "Maa" Sanskar held her from falling.

"Stay away from me" Sujata jerked him away. "Maa" he said painfully. "Sanskar is that true? Is that true what Swara is speaking?" asked Durgaprasad approached him.

"Maa" Sanskar knelt in front of Sujata. She did not looked at him. He could tolerate anything but not his mother's this state.

"And you are hurting the same mother. Imagine once she will come to know about your real face how she will hold herself?" Ragini's words flashed in his mind and he cursed himself that he did not listen to her.

"Will you say the truth?" Durgaprasad demanded. It made Sanskar furious and he stood up very close to DP.

"Yes. It is true" said he and his eyes burned with anger and bled. "Now I'm so sure he only pushed Laksh" Swara spoke and Sanskar closed his eyes taking a deep breath to cool his bursting anger.

"If Laksh wouldn't have told me this last week I wouldn't have known the truth" said she wiping her face and crying more remembering Laksh.

"And why did you keep mum?" asked Annapurna holding Swara. "Because I promised Laksh that I will not tell it to anyone unless he says. And now when he is in this state I can't keep it a secret anymore and let the culprit roam freely" said she.

He smiled sarcastically twitching his jaws. "You know the major difference between you sisters other than being from different mothers?" he looked at Swara.

"She uses brain" he pointed at his head and Swara looked at him puzzled. "If I come on revealing which surely nobody wants all the masks will fall down in a second" he snapped his finger looking at his family members.

"But then I don't care as I don't want to see those ugly faces behind the masks" he said folding his lips and twitching his face.

"Maa" he knelt again in front of Sujata. "Why did you do this Sanskar? Why? Was I such a bad mother?" asked she painfully. "I'm sorry maa. I'm really sorry. But I swear on you Maa whatever I'm doing now is to prove that you are the best mother in the world whose values brought me out of that hell and made me what I am. Though nobody is believing me today but I will prove that you did not give me any wrong values" said Sanskar kissing her hands.

"How do you want me to believe you?" asked she and it pained him. "I don't know Maa. I don't know but I will surely make you feel proud one day that I'm your son. That day you will say proudly 'Mahra chora'" he said and collapsed on her knees hugging them.

"I'm sorry maa. I'm sorry" he said pleading. "Chala Jaa" she said and he looked up at her. "Just go away" she locked her painful gaze with him.

"Before I'm your mother I'm daughter in law of this family and I cannot keep someone in my home who can harm my family. Though he is my son" her eyes squeezed and it hurt Sanskar deeply.

"Maa" he whispered painfully. "Go" she said stiffly and he fell back.

Sanskar walked from there looking at his mother painfully. The mother for whom he lived till now even after losing everything in his life. He believed even if the world will be against him his mother will not leave his side but today he was alone.

As he was out of the hospital his phone buzzed and he picked the call. "So Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari how was the gift?" he heard the same voice and his blood boiled. "Two things" Sanskar spoke cooling all his anger.

"First thing you really messed with the wrong guy this time" Sanskar smirked. "And second thing you lost that weak link. I'm exposed in front of my family and now I don't care" said he as his smirk deepened.

The person laughed on the other side. "Still there is something which stops your heart beat. Isn't it?" his words put Sanskar in confusion.

"A friend in need is a friend in deed Sanskar. Such simple proverb. She has proved her friendship. Don't you want to prove the same?" he heard the voice and his heart beat sky rocketed and his eyes widened with shock when he uttered finally "Ragini"

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