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Previously ~~~~~

" Where were you Reena ??". Rajendra Desai questioned her as she stepped into the mansion.

" I'm still in one piece, isn't that enough for you??...." she replied with a cold tone as she stopped by him .

" Reena, I'm serious!!

I know that you were with Rocky!!....and I don't approve of this,!! this should be your last time seeing him !"

" Why dad ??....why do I have all these restrictions??......you actually sounds like an actual dad now !!....why , where have you gone all this time when I actually needed you??". Reena shoved all her anger towards him as he kept ordering her .

" Don't change the topic!!..I thought that my daughter wouldn't prefer common men , but what to do ,you are a girl too !!....born to make mistakes!!." He stated like she had brought him an absolute disgrace.

" And that something I learnt from you isn't it??.....if you were a perfect man , I would have actually had my mom!!.... someone who actually shows some real  care !!". Reena's eyes spilled tears as her mind recalled the past events.

" Stop it!!.....I'm not allowing you to move out of the mansion from now on !!....I have taken your phone too !!...". He yelled at her while Reena kept walking towards her room , despite his words.

" And you think that you can stop me ??..... you think that I had been here because I love you?....no , I had accepted your terms because I loved mom , and she wanted me to love my dad . You should be grateful for her !!" She replied back to him .

" Then , now you are bringing shame to her virtues!!".

" I have stopped caring about it long ago!!.....I'm done !!". Reena went to her room , closing her door on his face ,and curled up in her bed .

Later that night she was able to send message to Sandhya through some help from the staffs of the mansion.

And regretting that a life with Rocky could only bring her anymore happiness, she decided to first ask for his forgiveness and clear the misunderstanding.

She also decided to keep a fast for his big day tomorrow like she had seen her mother do for her father during her childhood.

By  evening when Rajendra Desai had gone to his office and cross-check tomorrow's plans Reena was able to sneek away from her mansion with Sandhya's help and reached a nearby temple and concluded her fast .

But all her happiness was ruined when she realised that she had hurt Rocky with her words more than she had realised and sensed he might never accept her now.

Though she didn't confess her love for him, reading his expression she was clear that he no longer would like to be with a girl like her and left the hotel without confessing due to the fear of rejection.

But now thinking Sandhya's words, she feels that she just be regretting her actions now while she comforted herself that she'll confess when he'll return back to her .

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Everyone had finally gathered in the DYSS party office, waiting for Garuda.

Daya kept waiting impatiently for Garuda to start the plan .

As time passed, an entry of a single car  snatched everyone's attention over it , for Garuda has entered the party office.

People moved way for the car while Daya moved down stairs, to  initiate his plan.

Daya had dismantled the part of the gun to bring the gun to Rocky in the party office without anyone's knowledge.

While as he went through the crowd, he took its pieces and arranged them to give to Rocky.

" Where is he ?".

Everyone was tensed searching for Rocky while he emerged from the crowd effortlessly, with his eyes fixed on his prey.

While Rocky moved closer to the crowd having the bullet .

" I see him !!.."

" Start the plan....now !!" 

As Daya was about to hand the gun to Rocky, Garuda's men who  had been in disguise, came away from the crowd, with their own gun pointing towards the people as Garuda finally reached.

It was a total unexpected turn of their plans, and with the gun on the floor and everyone being held on gun point they knew that they have failed.

Rocky's eyes preyed on him as he entered the party office, with people guarding him in his each step.

But unknown to them all Rocky had always had a backup plan without any one's notice as he had expected this move from Garuda with his previous research.

But he waited for the right time , and seeing Garuda,  it stirred something in his heart , an unknown emotion.

Something he craved for .....power !!

As Garuda saw his partners stunned with his arrival, and he moved towards Rajendra Desai, his main ally .

" My father trusts you all , And I have come here just to keep that trust alive!!"

Rajendra Desai kept silent as he was still spellbound about the turn of events.

" My father had built a great empire!!

But , I'll build a more powerful one !!". He concluded as he revealed the statue.

Everyone was shocked to see the statue in the office, for it was Garuda's and not Suryavardhan's .

They realised that the statue they had brought was actually of Garuda and not his father Suryavardhan like they had planned and thus was no mistake.

And this was enough for everyone to see his power over everything they had done. He might have known about their plans  too and  now he have shown them , who is their absolute master in the end.

Rocky was stunned to witness the scene that unfold before his eyes. He wanted to kill Garuda, which was actually a part of his own plan too cause he was Suryavardhan's son, the official successor of KGF.

But now seeing the power he held over the people, the primal desire in him grew to greater folds, as he desired to be Garuda's successor, even if it involves the toughest journey in his life than like the others he had.

It is my own empire!!.. My father's people....and it's time that I regain this power !!

KGF WILL BE MINE!!

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It was by afternoon when Reena came out of her room due to the rings of the telephone .

She was not allowed to call anyone but since her dad is not at home right now she decided to attend the call.

" Sandhya? Why did you call me now??".

Reena was surely surprised with the call but she was the only person who could now give any information about the outside world to her.

" Reena, something happened today!!....I couldn't reach kgf !!....I'm asked to return back..... Garuda is planning something big!!"

Garuda??

Wasn't Rocky supposed to kill him??

So that means...

" You mean..... Garuda is still alive??.... that means Rocky failed??"

Reena waited for a second while her mind chanted prayers to  just prove her false.

" I think....yes , Reena !!.....I'll book your flight too, let's go together!!".

Reena thought for a minute and replied after composing herself.

" No Sandhya!!!....I need to know!!....if I'm too late, I won't forgive myself for my mistake!!...."

Sandhya too thought for a second and realised that it will be better for Reena to stay in Bangalore.

" Okay but how will you contact him ??" She asked him cause it was obvious to her that Rocky is ultimately her reason of staying in Bangalore.

" He will come to meet me !!....my heart says so !!". Reena disconnected the call, her hands covering her mouth , muffling her cries.

She held onto the nearby wall and took slow steps to her room without anyone's notice.

She locked her room behind her and cried her heart out. She fell in her bed and turned on the radio to make sure that no one was aware of her cries.

She cursed herself for ever falling in love with a guy , when she knew that it is as supposed to not end well.

What was I even thinking??

How could I girl like me even dream of a happily ever after??....I'm destined to be broken.

Her eyes fell on the photo frame of her mother, smiling to the camera as she held herself closer to her.

She cried more hugging the frame.

I miss you more ma !!

After few minutes she kept the frame back and went to the small temple present inside her mansion.

It was built due to  her mother's request in the mansion, where she spent most of her time . It was filled with so much of Reena's childhood memories that she refused to see it after she had lost her mother during an attack.

She had refused to attend every pooja from then , and refused to believe on god's anymore and considered them point less.

Her mother was so devotional and was a kind woman who didn't deserve to die on her early thirties but she did.

She felt that God was being unfair to her while ruthless criminals thrived to live a long life, innocent like her mother was killed for no reason.

And as a child her prayers for her mother was never answered as she cried all night to return her mother back.

But all she saw as a child was her mother's emotionless face , few hours before she was taken away from her forever.

" Why are you so cruel to me ??...."

She asked the gods , as she fell on the ground.

Her tears washed the ground .

" Don't I deserve your mercy??....why do  I have to suffer every time??"

The servants and staff rushed to help her but she forbid them .

" Why do you keep snatching the people I love??".

Reena fell unconscious as she had not taken any food.

Maid rushed to her side and woke her up with water, while she became conscious.

" Mam, please take care of your health!!.... at least have your lunch!!" 

" Mam, sir have arrived in the mansion!!". Announced one of the staff as they offered her a glass of water.

Reena wiped her tears with the towel offered to her and ran towards her dad , to enquire about the plans.

" Dad, what happened!!".

" Nothing!!....we had failed!!....it was so foolish of us to decide that we could have trapped him !!".

Reena was hesitant to ask about Rocky to him , but she knew that no one else could answer her question other than him.

" Did he kill anyone??....what happened to Rocky??".

Rajendra Desai's eyes scanned her face and it was quite clear that she had been crying till few minutes ago.

He decided that he could atleast give some little information to keep her sane.

" Rocky!.....what would have happened to him!!.... that Bombay guy didn't do anything!!".

" So what....."

" It's all settled!!.....I'm busy.... I've got more work to do !"

Rajendra Desai refused to spill more information about Rocky since he was now aware of her love for him and left for his warehouse to discuss the further plans.

Reena knew that too ,that her father is refusing information due to their previous conversations.

She went back to her room.

She wasn't sure whether to be happy or sad and she was definitely bit sure about her course of life from now on.

But Rocky is still safe !!...but what about us ??

Was there an actual ' US ' ?

Her thoughts went back to the time she tagged their moment as a mistake, and how she had refused to speak with him about that night.

And she was not naive to think that he have forgiven her when she visited him later but still she wishes that he forgives her .

But still what will happen now , will he go back to Bombay??

So this is how it ends??....we drift apart as strangers ??

Reena went to her bed while reading her recent entries in her diary, recalling her moments with Rocky while her fingers went to caress her mangalsutra, she realised that it was missing.

She got down from her bed and started to search for it in her room but she found it to be still missing and decided to search for it in the morning.

Her eyes fell on the moon  which was almost covered with the clouds through the balcony and prayed for her wish.

I'm waiting for you , Please return to me ,

I don't want to leave you again!!

Knock.....knock

" Who is this !!.....move to the light!!". Reena held her torch light and moved closer to the balcony.

" Reena, it's me ..... Rocky!!".

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Published on : 15/10/23