"Raaaam!!!" Priya shrieked, hearing a loud gunshot.

Priya's heart skipped a beat with that shrilling sound and she was rooted to the place. Her head started throbbing seeing the blood on the floor.

Her eyes were fixed at Ram and she took a sigh of relief seeing him safe.

Priya realized that Police shot Ashwin in his leg and he fell on the ground with blood oozing out of his leg.

Ashwin screamed in pain and felt defeated when Police shot him. He knew that he would be in prison for his deeds.

He was so angry with Ram & Priya that he raised his gun to shoot them to take revenge on them.

Ram & Priya were stunned.

Police shot Ashwin in his chest and he collapsed on the ground. Ashwin died on the spot.

Priya & Ram looked at Ashwin's lifeless body which was laying on the floor. Ashwin paid his price for his wrong deeds.

They didn't expect this to happen but everything happened in a blink of an eye.

Priya looked at Ram and asked, "Are you okay, Ram?" Priya was looking for any injuries on Ram.

"Yes!" Ram nodded his head and took her in his embrace.

Priya realized something and broke the hug, "Why are you here? I asked you not to follow me."

"How can I leave you alone with these monsters?" Ram asked.

"We already discussed this, Ram." Priya was unhappy seeing no trace of Riya over there.

"I couldn't leave you alone." Ram replied.

"Now tell me, where is Riya?" Priya was angry with him.

Ram cupped her face and said, "Priya, try to understand. It's just their trap. They are not going to give you Riya even if you come here alone." Ram tried to reason it out.

Priya withdraws herself from his hold. "I need my Riya back."

Ram sighed deeply.

Hearing the noises Sid tried to escape from that place. Vikram & a couple of constables were quick enough to take him under control.

Ram & Priya went towards Sid to find out about Riya.

Ram was now standing in front of his step-brother, Siddhant.

"I shouldn't have left you guys alive. That's the biggest mistake of my life." Ram was disappointed with himself.

Ram continued, "Where is my daughter?" Ram grabbed Sid's collar.

"I don't know." Sid said.

Ram slapped Sid when getting no information from him.

Ram punched him again but he stated that he didn't know where Riya was.

Police stopped Ram when he tried hitting Sid again.

"Mr. Kapoor, we know very well how to get the truth out of him." Police replied.

Priya pleaded Sid, "Please tell me where did you hide my daughter?"

A smile formed on Sid's face seeing Ram & Priya in a very distressed state.

"You will not find her. By now, she must be very far away from here." Sid smirked.

Priya & Ram were scared to death thinking about Riya.

Priya moved towards Sid, "What did you do to her? Where is she?" She asked, grabbing his collar.

"Bhabhiiii... You should have listened to us. We asked you to come alone and clearly warned you not to inform the Police but you guys did. That's your biggest mistake and you have to pay a bigger price for these blunders." Sid told in a dramatic way.

Priya's face went pale and she turned blank hearing his words.

"What the hell are you talking about, Sid? I am asking you for the last time, tell me where Riya is." Ram was angry.

"You will never be able to find her." Sid smiled in victory seeing the pain in Ram's eyes.

"Don't do anything to Riya, please!" Priya pleaded.

Ram punched on his nose making him bleed.

"Tell me, where is my daughter?" Ram punched him in the face again.

Sid was bleeding from his nose and mouth.

"We sold her to the human trafficking gang." Saying this Sid started to laugh evilly.

Hearing these words, Priya couldn't stand on her feet and collapsed on the ground.

"How dare you? I will not leave you alive, if anything happens to Riya." Ram started beating him black & blue, making him wince in pain.

"You can't do anything, Ram. You will never see your daughter again." Sid laughed in triumph.

Priya couldn't even imagine Riya's condition. She never imagined that her little daughter had to suffer a lot.

Police took Sid along with them and a few constables were there with Ashwin's body to do the formalities.

Ram to Vikram, "Vikram, please take Priya home. I will go with Police."

Vikram nodded but Priya interrupted saying, "I will also come."

"No Priya. Let me handle this. Please go home." Ram replied and left from there.

Vikram & Priya reached Vikram's house.

Priya's condition was too bad. She's not able to think about anything else other than Riya.

She kept on crying for her daughter. Priya was not at peace and she refused to even drink water.

Neha & Vikram were trying to console her.

"Priya, please calm down." Neha was rubbing her back.

"Neha, is my daughter safe?" Priya's eyes filled with a fresh pool of tears.

"She should be safe only. Please don't worry." Neha replied.

"Why are we unable to find her? She's so small, she doesn't deserve all these things." Priya started sobbing, covering her face.

"I shouldn't have come back here. It's my fault." Priya muffled a cry.

"It's not your fault, Priya. Please control yourself." Vikram said.

"I cannot forgive myself if anything happens to Riya." Priya was weeping badly.

"Nothing will happen to her." Neha & Vikram tried to calm her down but no luck.

Priya kept on crying for her daughter until she fainted and lay unconscious.

*********

At the Police station,

Police were trying to let the information out of Sid but he was tough enough to hide the details.

Ram was becoming restless by each passing moment.

Ram moved towards Sid to get the truth out of him at any cost.

"Sid, please don't test my patience. I want my daughter at any cost." Ram said, holding the iron rods of the police cell.

"You don't know how happy I am to see you in this helpless state." Sid laughed.

Ram closed his eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath.

Ram wanted to kill Sid with his own hands but he cannot afford it, considering his daughter is with them.

"Sid, please tell me what do you want? I will arrange everything you ask for but I need my daughter safe & sound." Ram tried to come to an agreement with Sid.

"You love your daughter so much, don't you?" Sid asked mockingly.

"I will do anything for her. If you are doing all these for my property, then I am ready to give you everything for the sake of my daughter." Ram said.

Sid smirked.

Ram continued, "What will you get by separating me from Priya & Riya? I can give you whatever you ask for. I just want to be happy with my family, please." Ram's eyes got moistened.

"My revenge got fulfilled. I never want to see you happy for what you did with us. You are now paying the bigger price for keeping us away from Kapoor Mansion & Kapoor Industries." Sid stated proudly.

"I gave you properties. I haven't abandoned you guys on the road with no money." Ram reasoned out.

"What are you thinking about ourselves? Do we look like beggars? Do you think you did charity to us?" Sid said, narrowing his eyebrows.

Sid continued, "I will never let you live peacefully. Trust me, you will never see your daughter again." Saying this Sid laughed.

"I will kill you, Sid." Ram tried to ponder on him and clutched the iron rods firmly.

"Where is your mother?" Ram asked, grabbing Sid's collar.

"She must be busy sending your daughter far away and you won't be able to catch her. I must say that my mother is way too smarter than me." Sid was proudly saying this.

"I will see your end if you don't bring back my daughter." Ram warned Sid.

"Do whatever you wish!" Sid was not afraid.

Ram understood that it's a waste of time to negotiate with Sid.

"Mr. Kapoor, we will take care of him and make sure we find your daughter." Police told Ram.

*********

At Shergil's house,

Priya got conscious and opened her eyes before sitting on the bed.

Her eyes fell on Ishaan & Ayaan who were standing near the door. Those two pairs of eyes were watching her with plenty of questions.

Priya's heart squeezed seeing her sons, standing a bit away from her.

Ishaan & Ayaan were standing along with Neha.

"Ishaan & Ayaan, come on, go to your mom." Neha said to the kids.

Ishaan & Ayaan hesitated to go near Priya. Though Neha told them that this is their mother, they felt little hesitation to meet their mom whom they are meeting for the first time.

Neha tried to take them near Priya but they hugged Neha's legs tightly not wanting to go near Priya.

Priya can understand the confusion & hesitation in their eyes as she was not there with them. It's common that kids hesitate to meet new people.

Though she left home for their safety, she cannot compensate for the time where she was supposed to be with her children. Priya felt really bad that her sons couldn't experience their mother's love for all these days.

They couldn't live with their mother like their other friends. They must have felt so bad & their mother's absence could have raised a lot of questions in their mind.

She cannot explain the reasons to those little ones. Even if she does, they are too small to even understand the reasons.

Now that she is here with them, she is not able to be happy with them thinking about Riya. She even thought of leaving them to get her daughter back.

Priya realized that she's being hard on her sons even though she doesn't want to do it. She had a valid reason behind her disappearance but her kids don't deserve this.

Priya couldn't control herself and burst into tears covering her face in her palms.

She was saddened by Riya's kidnap and not able to focus on her sons as thinking about her daughter.

Ishaan & Ayaan were scared to see Priya crying and ran out of the room.

Ishaan & Ayaan bumped into Ram.

"What happened?" Ram asked his sons, seeing them scared.

"Why is Mumma crying? What happened to her?" Ishaan asked with a confused face. Ayaan was also clueless about his mother's sadness.

Ram looked at them blankly for a second before kneeling down to their level.

"Mumma is not well. She will be fine in some time, don't worry, okay?" Ram said.

"Is Mummy angry with us?" Ishaan asked.

"Noo! Why do you think so?" Ram was a bit worried.

"Why didn't she talk to us? Why didn't she hug us?" Ayaan asked, pouting his lips.

"Remember, Mumma loves you both a lot. She is not able to talk to you guys because she is not feeling well. Once she is better, she will talk to you and play with you guys, okay?" Ram tried to convince them.

"Really?" Ayaan asked excitedly.

Ram nodded his head in affirmation.

"Papa, Mumma will stay with us and never leave us again, right?" Ishaan asked.

"Yes, Mumma will never leave us again." Ram said.

Ayaan & Ishaan were elated hearing this.

Ram caressed their cheeks and kissed them on their foreheads before taking them in his embrace.

A lone tear appeared at the corner of his eye; Ishaan & Ayaan are really looking forward to spending their time with their Mumma. Ram knew Priya's condition as she was in a state of depression thinking about Riya.

Ram couldn't get any solid information about Riya's whereabouts. He cannot pull Priya out of depression until he finds their daughter.

Ram was also deeply saddened by his daughter's kidnap but he has to be strong and sort out the things.

Composing his thoughts & emotions, Ram broke the hug and told the kids, "Go and play with Sammy & Riddhi."

Ishaan & Ayaan left from there.

Vikram came out of his room and spotted Ram. "Did we get any information from Sid or Police?"

Ram sighed deeply and shook his head sideways defeatedly.

Vikram went near him before taking his friend in a hug. Vikram can understand what Ram was going through.

Ram closed his eyes tightly and hugged his friend back.

"I don't know what to do, Vikram. Sid is not uttering anything about Riya. Police also couldn't get any leads. We seem to be at a dead end." Ram told Vikram.

"Everything will be alright. Go and talk to Priya, she has been crying since she came here and she even fainted." Vikram said.

Ram broke the hug and asked, "How is she now?" Ram was worried about Priya.

"She is better now. Go and meet her." Vikram said.

Ram nodded and walked towards the guest room where Priya was present.

Neha was there with Priya when he entered the room.

"How are you, Priya?" Ram asked moving closer to Priya.

Priya remained silent.

Neha stood up and said, "You guys talk." Neha left the room.

Priya was sitting on the bed with her back resting on the headrest. Ram came and sat facing her.

"Priya..." Ram tried to talk.

Priya turned her face to the other side.

Ram kept his palm in her hand. She quickly withdrew her hand.

"I know you are upset that I followed you even though you asked me not to do it. I am sorry that I have not listened to you but please try to understand that Niharika & Sid wouldn't have given Riya to you anyway." Ram tried to explain.

Priya looked unconvinced.

After a while, Ram said, "Let's go home!"

Priya said without looking at him, "I am not coming anywhere without Riya."

"Priya, we are searching for Riya everywhere. Please try to understand." Ram said.

"I need my daughter back." Priya said.

"She is my daughter too. I am also equally worried about her safety & well-being just like you. But, just think about Ishaan & Ayaan as well." Ram said strongly.

"Please don't force me Ram. I am unable to think about anything else other than Riya. Please go, I am not coming home." Priya replied.

Ram sighed in disappointment and came out of the room.

Outside the room,

Ram came and sat with Neha and Vikram on the living room sofa.

"Priya doesn't want to come home." Ram said with a deep voice.

"Give her some time." Neha rubbed her hand on Ram's shoulder.

Ram nodded slightly.

"I will talk to her." Neha added.

"I will take the kids home and come tomorrow." Ram said.

"Why? You can stay here." Vikram said.

"No, that's fine." Ram said before leaving Shergil's house along with his sons.