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Ali: Tujhe hum sab ke saath khanna mansion mei rehna hoga.. (You have to live in Khanna mansion along with us..)

Avni: Lekin mei kaise rahongi waha, mere saath bahot log hai aur parivaar ko bhi nahi pata aur phir neil woh nahi manega.. (How can I come and live there, I have many people with me and then neil will also not accept this..)

Ali: Jo bhi hai tere saath woh reh skate hai tere saath khanna mansion mei aur gharwalon ko mei aur tu jake batayenge.. Neil ki chinta tu mat kar.. Usse mei sambhal longa..!! (Whoever is with you they can also live in Khanna mansion and you & I will tell the family members and don't worry about neil.. I'll handle him..)

Avni:...

Ali: Mei tere jawab ka intezaar kar raha hoon.. (I am waiting for your answer..)

Avni:....

Ali: Toh kya tere iss chupi ko mei haa samajh loo.. (Can I accept tyou silence as a yes..)

Avni still remains silent and just hangs her head in defeat not able to fight with Ali and thus indirectly accepting his request. But...

Avni: Tikh hai.. Lekin mera bhi ek sharth hai.. (Okay.. But I also have a condition..)

Avni: Tu neil ko manvayega ki woh move on hojaye. (You will convince neil to move on..)

Ali: Kyu? Nahi main aisa nahi kar saktha.. Woh uski decision hai ki woh move on ho ya na ho.. (Why?? I'll not do anything as such.. It's his decision to move on or not..)

Avni: Nahi ali.. Tujhe usse bolna hoga.. Jaise mein ne move on kiya hai vaise usse bhi karna hoga warna uski zindagi barbaad hojayegi.. (No ali you have to make him understand.. he also has to move on like I did otherwise his life will be destroyed..)

Ali: (sarcastically)Abhi kaha sawarri hui hai..!! (Like it's good now..)

Avni: Tu baat ko samajh nahi raha hai ali.. Mein ye nahi keh rahi ki neil apna past bhul jaye mei bas ye keh rahi hoon ki neil ko past mei nahi jeena chahiye balki present mei jeena chahiye. Ussine mujhe samjhaya tha ki hamesha present mei jeena chahiye aur mei nahi dekh sakti ki usski zindagi meri wajah se barbaad ho rahi hai.. (You are not understanding it ali.. I am not saying that neil should forget his past but he should not live in the past but he should live in the present. He was the one to make me understand to live in the present so how can I just see him destroying his life because of me..)

Ali:.....

Avni: Bol na.. Tu neil ko manvalega na.. (You will convince neil, tell it ali..)

Ali doesn't talk anything about it but was thinking hard that whatever avni said was correct. Neil has already spent 10years of his life living in past. That phase of his life was miserable, painful and what not. Ali thought to give it a try as he just cannot see his friend in pain anymore.

Avni: Ali.. Ali...

Ali: Tikh hai.. Mein sochunga.. Par abhi tujhe aa na hoga mere saath Khanna mansion. (Okay.. I'll think about it.. But now you have to come with me to Khanna mansion..)

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Neil after leaving ali and avni was walking towards the parking when mogwli spotted neil. Mogwli was angry on his superman that he did not come to play with him but all his anger vanished when he saw neil's tear stained cheeks and puffy eyes..

Mogwli: Superman.. Superman..

Neil: Aree mogwli aap.. Yaha kya kar rahe ho..? (Mogwli, what are you doing here?)

Mogwli: Woh mei aapko dhundte hue aaya tha.. Aap party se waise chale kyun aaye.. Aur aapke picche jaan bhi chali aayi.. (I came searching for you.. Why did you leave the party suddenly and back of you jaan also came from the party...)

Neil: Kuch nahi mogwli.. Woh mujhe kissi apne ki yaad agayi thi jo mujhe chod ke chali gayi.. (Nothing mogwli.. I remembered someone very close to me who left me..)

Mogwli: Aap royiye mat.. Jab mujhe mere maa aur papa ki yaad athi thi toh mein jaan ke pass jaake pochtha tha ki woh kaha hai.. Toh woh chand ke taraf ishara karke kehti thi ki "Woh chand sari duniya mei ghoomtha hai.. Aur aapko pata hai chand sabka dost hai. Aur aapke mummy papa ke bhi dost hai, toh aap unse keh dijiye woh mummy papa ko bata denge ki aap unhe bahot miss karte hai..." aur unhone ye bhi kaha ki chand jis din bright shine karta hai usska matlab ye hai ki mere mummy papa mujhe yaad kar rahe hai.. (You don't cry.. When I used to remember my mom and dad I used to go to jaan and ask about them. So she used to say indicating the moon "You know moon is everyone's bestfriend.. Even you mom and dad's. you just tell to moon he will convey your message to your mom and dad that you miss them.." and she also said that when the moon shines brighter it means that my mom and dad are remembering me..)

Neil got emotional after listening to what avni has thought to the kids and also feels a bit proud of her.. Samrat comes there and says to mogwli to go to the others. Samrat stays there as he wanted to ask something to neil.

Neil: Kuch kehna hai tumhe. (You want to say something.)

Samrat: Woh mujhe apki guidance chahiye thi.. (I wanted your guidance..)

Neil: Kis chiz mei? (In which?)

Samrat: Mujhe pata hai ki aap ex-police officer ho aur meri ye wish hai ki aap mujhe guide karo IPS exam crack karne ke liye. (I know that you are ex-officer and I want you to guide me to crack the IPS exam..)

Neil: Samrat mei tumhari iss chiz mei koi madad nahi kar sakta.. (Sorry, samrat I cannot help you in this..)

Samrat: Please.. Aap mana kyu kar rahe hai. Aap already inn sab mei se guzar chuke hai toh aap meri help kardijiye na please.. (Please.. Why are you denying. You've been through all this before so please help me.. Please..)

Neil: Lekin tum log toh kal wapas jaa rahe ho na kashid toh mei kaise madad kar paunga. Aur jaha tak mujhe pata hai tumhari jaan didi tumhe yaha rehne ki permission nahi degi. (But you people will return to kashid tomorrow so how can I help you. And I guess jaan didi will not give you permission to stay here.)

Ali: Tu usski madad kar sakta hai neil.. Ab se neilanjana aur sab log hamare ghar mei rahenge. (You can help him neil.. From now on neilanjana and all others will live with us in Khanna mansion.)

Neil and samrat were startled due to the sudden interruption in their convo but then both of them were shocked hearing the announcement.

Samrat: Jaan didi ye bhaiya kya bol rahe hei? Hum inke ghar mei rahenge matlab.. (Jann didi.. What is the guy talking about? We will be living in their house..?)

Ali: Mei samjhata hu tumhe samrat. Woh tumhari jaan didi meri bachpan ki dost hai aur hum dono 10 saal baad mile hai toh isiliye tohde dino ke liye woh aur tum sab mere, neil ke saath rahoge.. (I understand samrat. Me and your jaan didi are childhood friends and since we met after 10 years so you all will be staying for few days with us..)

Neil was baffled and got very much angry on ali and avni and went from their without saying anything. While samrat was totally shocked at the turn of events and was in thought that if ali is childhood friend of jaan didi them how come neil doesn't know anything about jaan didi as neil and ali are brothers(according to him)

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Khanna Mansion

Bebe, papaji, swetha were waiting in the hall for ali and neil to arrive when the door bell rang. Swetha went and opened the door and shocked would be an understatement to say for what she saw..

Avni, ali, sunheri, tara, sitara and all the children came inside and bebe, papaji were also shocked to see avni standing in front of them. Swetha was about to ask something when papaji stopped her and asked sunheri to take the children to the guest rooms on the extreme left of ground floor.

Once all the people left with only avni, ali and the Khanna clan left bebe asked avni.

Bebe: Avni puttar, kaise hai tu? (Avni, how are you?)

Avni just got emotional and went and hugged bebe tightly shedding silent tears then she hugged swetha and papaji too.

Avni: Mei tikh hu bebe. I am sorry mei aap sabko chod ke chali gayi thi lekin mera yakeen kijiye iske piche meri ek majboori thi. (I am alright, bebe. I am sorry I left you all but belive me bebe there was a reason for what I did..)

Bebe: Tu kyu hame safayi de rahi hai? Hame pata hai tu jo bhi karegi sahi karegi. Hame tujhse koy safayi nahi chahiye. Ab tu wapas aagayi na toh bas phirse chale mat jana. (Why are you giving us an explanation? We know whatever you will do will be right and we don't want any explanation from you. Now you have come back that's enough for us and don't leave us again..)

Swetha: Haa avni. Tumne jo kiya hum sab ke balayi ke liye hi kiya hoga. Tum wapas aagayi yahi hamare liye kafi hai. Ha hame dukh hua lekin koy baat nahi tu wapas aagayi nay ahi kafi hai. Tu ab kabhi hame chod ke mat jana kyuki hum sab log aur neil... (Yes avni.. what you did must've been for everyone's well being. You have returned and that's enough for us. Yeah.. We were sad but no problem as you came back and that's enough for us.. you just don't leave us now because we and neil...)

That's when it stroke the Khanna clan that neil did not return with ali.

Papaji: Neil kaha hai ali? Usse pata chal gaya kya ki avni zinda hai. (Neil, where is he? Does he know that avni is alive.)

Ali: Uncle aap tension matlijiye. Usse kashid mei hi pata tha ki avni zinda hai bas usne aap logon ko isliye nahi bataya kyuki avni kal wapas jaa rahi thi agar mei usse ab nahi rok tha toh. Mei usse lata hu wapas mujhe pata hai woh kaha hoga. Aap log usse kuch bhi puchiyega mat jab woh wapas aaye..!! (Don't worry uncle. He knows that avni is alive when he was in kashid. He did not tell you all because avni and the others were leaving to kashid tomorrow if I would have not stopped them. I'll bring him back. I know where he will be. When he will come back you all just don't ask him about anything.)

Saying so ali went to get neil and avni, papaji, bebe, swetha sat in the living room talking, waiting for them.

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Graveyard

Neil was in deep thought when a person kept their hand on his shoulder. He turned back and was shocked to see the person standing in front of him. He was only able to utter two words.

Neil: Neela maa...

Neela ma: Kaise ho bacha? Aur mille tum avni se? (How are you neil? And did you meet avni?)

Neil: Avni ke barre mei baat mat kijiye maa. Aapko pata hai ussne hum sab ko dhoka diya hai. Woh 10 saal se jaanbhuchk ke dur rahi hum sab se. Mei usse bahot gussa hu. (Don't about her ma. You know she cheated us all. All these years she was being far from us intentionally. I am very much angry with her.)

Neela ma: Mujhe pata hai nei ki ussne jo kiya woh tikh nahi hai lekin woh kabhi bhi tumhe ya kisi aur ko jaanbhuck ke hurt nahi karegi. (I know neil that what she has done is wrong but whatever she does has a reason also.)

Neil: Nahi maa koy wajah nahi thi. Agar kuch hota toh woh mujhe bata sakti thi na lekin ussne aisa nahi kiya aur humare rishte ka phaisla khud le liya ek baar mujhe batana bhi zaroori nahi samjha. (No maa, there was no reason at all. If their was something as such then she could've told me know but no she choose not to and just took the decision for our relation and didn't even consider telling me.)

Neela ma: Nahi neil aisa nahi hai. Tum kya tumhari avni ko nahi jaante? Hum sab logon se zyada tum jante ho uske baare mei..!! Toh kyu tum samjhte nahi ki ussne jo kiya usske piche bahot bada reason raha hoga. Tum usse pucho ek baar..!! (No neil, it's not at all like that. Don't you know about your avni? More than us all you are the person who knows her well..!! Then why do you don't understand that what she did had a very big reason. You ask her once..!!)

Neil: Ek baar nahi ma bahot baar puch ke dekh liya koy phaida nahi.. (Not once but I asked her many times but all of that went in vain..)

Neela ma: Toh tum pata lagaon..!! Kya tum ye jaana nahi chahte ki jo avni bachpan se ek happy family ka sapna dekhti thi woh avni jab usse woh happy family milli toh kyu woh chod ke chali gayi..? (Then you find out what it is..!! Don't you want to know what happened that avni had to leave her happy family when it is the only thing which she wished since childhood?)

Neil: Aap tikh keh rahi hai maa. Mei apne gusse mei iske baare mei sochna hi bhul gaya. Mei zaroor pata lagavunga.. (You are correct ma. I was so much into my anger and pain that I totally forgot about this. Now I will definitely find out about this..)

Neela ma: Sab kuch tikh kardo neil jaisa hamesha karte ho aur ab bas tum dono ke zindagi mei khushiyaan hi ho.. (Make everything correct neil like always you do and I just hope that only happiness prevail in your lives..)

Neil: Definitely ma..

Neil was going to hold neela ma's hand when suddenly she vanished and thus bringing him out of the trance. He started walking towards the gate when a car came to a halt in front of him. It was none other than ali. Without saying anything he just sat and said ali to take him to home. The start of the drive was filled with silence when neil broke it by asking ali..

Neil: Will you help me in finding out why avni went away leaving us all in pain?

Ali: What happened neil? Suddenly you are asking.. If you are hurt with my decision then I am sorry but it was necessary..

Neil: I just asked you a question please answer it.. Will you help me.?

Ali: Definitely.. When are we starting?

Neil: After going to home I'll contact dd and tell him to take the case files and come home tomorrow. Then after studying them again we'll see what our next step should be..

Ali: But the case files doesn't contain anything. Avni was burnt and vidyut confessed that he lit the fire.

Neil: Not avni's files but neela ma's file. I think that neela ma's murder has connection with the reason why avni left us.

Ali: Okay..

Both of them reached home and neil went to his room to call dd while ali assured the family and avni that he is fine but will take little time to digest all the events.

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Sorry guys, I am late again.. Firstly I had a plot change and then secondly my draft got deleted so please forgive me. I just hope from the next chapter I don't give reasons for my late update.

Hope you had a nice read...!!!