Part 39 Beyond the Reach

The goons who got into the bus got stuck, not seeing Arnav and Khushi in the but somebody.

“Hey, where is the girl?”

“Which girl?” someone among them asked.

“Khushi. Where is she? We saw her getting into the bus.”

“She is with her husband. Why are you asking for her?”

“We don’t owe to answer you. Where did she go?”

“She went to celebrate her honeymoon.”

The goon looked at another one shockingly.

“Where did she go? If you don’t tell us, I will kill all of you.” He raised the gun.
The people on the bus laughed, making the goons frown.

“Hey, have you gone mad? Why are you laughing at my gun?”

“It’s because…”

Everyone on the bus stood up with the gun and pointed at each of them. The guns looked more advanced than the goon’s gun. The goons were horrified seeing themselves at the gunpoint.

“Who…who are you?”

“Whoever we are, if you do anything smartly, you will become a dead body.”
The bus driver started the bus. The door was closed. The goons looked at the men and asked again.

“Sir, please tell me who you are.”

“We are from the Anti-human trafficking unit. You are all under arrest on section five of the Human Trafficking Act.”

The men shivered to hear that because they knew if AHTU was involved in the case, the CBI would get into the case, who work against Human Trafficking. If the CBI took the case under their control, they would investigate everything to the bottom and reveal who was behind it. No one could escape from them.

The AHTU men handcuffed the goons and secured them with the bus’s seats. The men understood their remaining lives would be spent in prison because they would get all the truth from them. They were permitted to do anything to get the truth from the criminals. They would easily get permission to use the LIE DETECTOR, too. They looked at one another miserably and fearfully.

That was when they saw a door at the back of the van. They understood how Arnav and Khushi had vanished from the van. After Arnav and Khushi got into the van, the van stayed there for a few minutes and moved only after their friends left the wedding hall. In the meantime, they guessed, Arnav and Khushi would have gotten out of the van through the back door and left.
What they guessed was correct. Arnav took Khushi from the van through the back door and reached the AIRPORT.

“Arnav, where are we going?” Khushi asked, seeing them in the Airport.

“We are going to Jeejaji’s workplace.”
She was stunned.

“You mean, Saudi? For what?”

“To celebrate our honeymoon.” He smirked.

Khushi rolled her eyes, smiling.

“Let’s go…”

Clutching her hand, Arnav took her into the arrow dram. Someone waited for them there.

“Congratulations, Arnav…”

“Thanks”

“Wish you a happy married life, sister”, he wished Khushi.

“Thanks”

“Here, your bag” He handed them a bag.

“Thanks”

Arnav took their passports, visas, and flight tickets from the bag and gave them to Khushi, who looked at him like a magician. The much she knew, she had no passport. She didn’t know how Arnav got it.

“All the best,” the man said.

“When are you coming back to Saudi?” Arnav asked.

“I have a week’s leave. After that, I will be there.”

“Ok, bye”

“Bye, Sister. Take care of him. His heart will blast if you are not for him. You have no idea how worried he was when you didn’t attend his call,” the man said smilingly.

Khushi nodded with a blush.

“He loves you so much… you are so lucky to have him as your husband.”

Khushi smiled at Arnav.

“Bye, take care”, the man walked out.

“How did you do all of this? How did you get my passport without my knowledge?”

“It will take at least four hours for us to reach Saudi. We will talk leisurely…Come”

Clutching her hand, he walked towards the washroom.

“Go and change your dress. We can’t travel in the wedding attire. People will look at us as if we are aliens”

Arnav took her dress from the bag and gave it to Khushi. She went to change her dress. At the same time, Arnav changed his dress and waited for Khushi.

After she came, they went to the immigration. Completing the formalities, they boarded the flight.

“Now tell me, what’s all this? How did you get my passport without my knowledge?” she repeated the questions.

“Do you remember that we submitted your request to register with the EYE bank by giving the needed proof?”

“Mmm… I signed in a few documents.” Khushi remembered.

“That day, I also got your signature on your passport application.”

“But, how could anyone get a passport without a police enquiry? No one came to my home to inquire me.”

“How would the police come to inquire you if the policeman is my friend?” He chuckled.

Khushi dropped her jaw.

“He was the one who guided me in involving AHTU in this matter. So that the case will go to the CBI, no one’s POWER will work with the CBI, and the truth will come out. So he brought them to our wedding by telling them our story.”

“Fantastic” Khushi smiled delightedly.

“I wanted to surprise you with your visa to Saudi after our wedding.”

“Now, also, you surprised me.”

“But, my previous plan was not filled with tension like this.”

“When did you plan this?”

“On the way to Goa from Mumbai”

“What about Vinesh? Did you get to know anything about him?”

“He has not opened his mouth no matter how hard police hit him. So, he is now subjected to third-degree treatment.”

“A cheap man like him needs that. How dare he play with girls’ lives! I love you, so his pretext didn’t affect me. What about other girls? How much they would have been with dreams in their heart? Poor they are…! He should get the worst punishment.” Khushi said, gritting her teeth.

“He will… tomorrow, he will be surrendered in the court.”

“What if he escapes?” Khushi asked with nervousness.

“There is a chance for that too. Let’s see.”

“That’s why you are taking me away from India? Beyond their reach?”

“I have to… we don’t know how many BIG SHOT’s hands are in this matter. I don’t think fighting with them will be a wise decision. Rather than fighting with them, protecting you is important for me because I don’t want to lose you, and this is not a matter of showing my ability. I can’t take a risk in your matter. I don’t care if people think I run away, getting scared because this is a matter of YOU.”

“This is not fear but precautionary action. It would be best if you didn’t take a risk in this matter, definitely not after hearing Akshara’s story. My body shivers whenever I think that”

“I don’t want you to think that. That’s why I’m going beyond their reach. We will go to India after seeing the progress of the case.”

Circling his bicep, Khushi leaned on his shoulder.

“What if the case progress is not in our favour?” she asked worriedly.

“We will stay in Saudi forever.”

Khushi looked at him, raising her head.

“But, you wanted to be in India…”

“Now, I want to be with you… I’m ready to be anywhere. Your safety is my priority.”

Khushi smiled with pride.

“I have no one other than you, Khushi. I want you till my last breath.”

“I, too, have no one other than you, Arnav. Your story is much better than mine. Having toxic people is a danger than anything.”

Arnav could not deny it. She was cent per cent right.

“Don’t think much about anything that makes you feel bad. You must be tired. Sleep for a while.”

“Are you sleepy?”

“I’m not sleepy, but I want to sleep.”
“Ok, then sleep.”

“Won’t you ask me why I want to sleep?”

“Why?”

“It’s because tonight is our first night.”
Khushi looked at him, jerking. Arnav raised his brows, smirking. She bowed down, shying.

“You, too, sleep” He whispered.

She hid her face behind his bicep. Making her lean on his shoulder and circling her shoulders, he closed his eyes smilingly.

In the meanwhile,

Mumbai

Akshara followed the ones who followed Arnav and Khushi from the temple and fell from the bike. It was a lonely bungalow. Both of them were drinking alcohol.

“We missed them. I don’t know what Dinesh Mehra will do to us.”

Akshara was alerted.

*Dinesh Mehra? Are they talking about the Truth Channel owner Dinesh Mehra?*

Removing her phone, she captured their talks.

“He liked the girl very much…”

“Arrey, you are talking like it’s a true love…! She is one in a hundred. He will forget her if he gets another one on his bed. Don’t we know him?”

“What about Vinesh? What if he became an approver?”

“No way… he will even die but won’t spill the beans.”

“What about the girl Khushi? Are not we going to search for us?”

“Where will we search for her? We will have to wait until we get orders. Dinesh Mehra will tell us what to do.”

“How talented our Boss is…! Running a TV channel called TRUTH, he is showing himself as a saint to the world and enjoying his life as he wants”

“That’s how big shot’s life would be…”

Their talks were not clear due to the alcohol effect. Akshara waited there until they lost their consciousness. She moved slowly towards them and ensured they were not in a sense. She removed a BLADE from her pocket and cut off their throat. Then, she silently left the place, covering her face with a burqa.

To be continued…