Sanjeevani Hospital

Prithvi's side.

Prithvi-" This was planned Manik, and I think it was intended for Nandini because the car was her's." as soon as he said this Manik snapped his head from Prithvi towards Nandini. The fear of her being in the car alone and god forbid something happening to her shook him to the core.

Manik-" Inspector, I need the culprit behind this. Just make sure that the one who has done this is being caught. And it should be done at the earliest." Manik was huffing in anger, his body launguage has changed from a caring friend who came to see prithvi to the Monster Manik. Nandini on the other hand was somewhat sure that who could have played this dirty game, but now it felt like Manik needs to know the truth. If not her, then surely manik himself will get to the end of it.

Prithvi looked at Nandini who was having worried lines on her face. He just gave her a nod trying to relax her and let things go with the flow.

Nandini's phone rang with Rishab's name showing in the display.

Nandini-" Haan Rishu bolo."

Rishab-" Di, Ham hospital pahuch gaye hai. Aap log kaha ho?"

Nandini-" Haan, Tu 2nd floor aaja main milti hoon tujhe lift ke paas." saying this she cut the call and turned towards Manik.

Nandini-" Manik, Chacha, chachi aur Rishab aa gaye hai lets go and meet the doctor. We can't have any delay. Baaki ka kaam Yash dekh lega I will tell him." then both Manik and Nandini went outside after assuring themselves that Prithvi was alright.

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Kundi mat khadkao raja
Sidha andar AAO raja
Phool bicha perfume lagake
Mood banao taja taja.....kundi mat khadkao raja.....

(Aap jiss vyakti se samparkh Karna chahte ho von abhi vyast hai.)

Tring Tring....

"Abey khadoos Ka Baap, kis Kone Mai jaake margaya tha? Pure 5 min. se phone karraha hu aur yeh kya ghatiya si ringtone Rakhi hai tune dimaag Ka dahi hogaya sun ke"

"Oh, tere paas dimaag bhi hai, mujhe toh laga pet k Siva sab decoration k liye rakha hai" Karan said sarcastically
"And ye sab Teri Galti hai idiot, khatara ringtone meeting Mai baji, Kitna embarrassing tha pata hai tujhe "

Cabir rolled his eyes "First rule: meeting Mai phone hamesha silent rakhte hai, itna KG k bachho ko bhi pata hai and Maine tujhe dusra option bhi Diya tha FYI."

Karan- "yeh because 'chunri k piche kya hai' toh bahut achha song hai na."

Cabir- "mere se dare lagane se pehle sochna chahiye tha and Maine tereko meri tareef karne k liye phone Nahi Kiya hai, Mamu Ka jaldi pardafaarsh(expose) Karna hoga, he is getting more dangerous."

Karan who was slouching in his chair became serious listening this "tell me everything" and cabir did.
"We need to stop him, vo apna goal haasil Karne k liye Kuch bhi karsakta hai"

"What do I do now?" Cabir smiled listening this, he knew that Karan loved manik as much as he did and would do everything to protect him.

"Manik k Ghar jaa, Ghar par koi Nahi hai. Shakuni and Raj uncle partners the pehle, there must be something in his room"

"Fine and Yaad rakhna yeh ringtone Ka badla Mai zaroor Lunga tujhse."

"Yeh dheeli dhamki na Kisi aur ko dena samje, vaise bhi revenge Lene k liye dimaag chahiye hota hai Jo hai Nahi tere paas."

"Vo toh milenge tab dheklenge ab phone Rakh...bhukkad cookie."

"Tera naukar(servant) Nahi hu Mai, pehle Tu rakh, khadoos cucumber."

"Hattt"

"Phuttt"

And both cut the phone at same time

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Manvi was pacing back and forth. The hospital atmosphere was making her feel suffocated. She saw her ammijaan sitting close to the idiot majnu, with her head on his shoulder but for first time she was grateful for it.

"Humph, yeh idiot majnu Ka aaj lucky day hai Varna meri ammijaan se itna close koi aur din baitha hota na toh isska sar(head) dhad(body) se alag karke ussey football khelti. At least Uske vajah se ammijaan guilt trip p toh Nahi jaa rahi....hmmm, side angle se Dekho toh thoda cute hai, but still ek punch toh banta hai. main itni bhi buri Nahi hu, isliye one punch and then I will give him ice-cream as a thank you."
She knew that ammijaan was feeling guilty but she also knew that she doesn't have patience to console anyone.

"Ammijaan main Ghar jaarahi hu, agar zyada time rahungi na toh Mera sar phatt jayega, I need to go out"

Amaya lifted her head to look at manvi causing ruhaan to pout at the loss of contact but wisely didn't say anything "Shona I don't think Ghar jaana abhi theek rahega, boxing room Ka renovation chalraha hai and yahan se 1hr dur bhi hai"

She knew why Manvi wanted to go home, so that she can take out all her anger on the punching bag and feel light.

"Manvi, why don't you go to my house?" Manik who had come out to fetch water for prithvi had listened the conversation. On seeing the hesitation on the girls' faces, he added "I also have a boxing room and Ghar p koi Nahi hoga, it's also only 15mins away. Tum chaukidari bhi karsakta ho" he said with a smirk.

Manvi rolled her eyes "Very funny, agar aap saamne se bolrahe hai toh main kaun Hoti hu mana Karne wali" She hugged Ami and waved toodles to manik "Ghar Ka insurance toh haina?"

Manik-"Why?"

Manvi-"Kal subah tak Ghar kadha rahega uski guarantee Nahin hai"

manik-"HEYYY... mere ghar ko kuch nahi hona chahiye manvi, I will not---"

Amaya-"Woh chali gayi Manik, and about your house...aiyappa ko pray karo." Amaya gave him a sarcastic smile and got up to search Neha.

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Malhotra Mansion

Manvi parked her car and went in the direction of the house, when she noticed that the front door was not locked. Thinking that Manik forgot to lock it in a hurry, she opened the door and went inside.

She saw that the sidetable lights were on and a cup of recently drank coffee sat at the tipoi. Now, she definitely knew that this was not Manik or even Mamu because he hates coffee (she firmly believes in "know thy enemy"). It was also not cabir because she knew he was with navya researching the evidence. So it only left one option.

"I knew it. Bappa Ka mujhe yahan bhejna ka koi toh reason tha. Agar aaj Mai abhi Nahi aayi ho thi, toh Manik toh kangaal(poor) hojate hai. Well why fear when Manvi is here" She joined her hands in front of her making a gun and slightly crouched in front "chal beta, detective Sherlock Holmes mode on, neha Hoti toh zyada achha hota, she could be my Watson"

She examined the coffee cup and grimaced in distaste "Kaali coffee seriously! (Ishqbaaz reference) iss Chor Ka toh taste bhi kharab hai along with Jupiter size ego, Varna darwaza dhang se band karta and yeh cup Uske jagah par raktha" she shakes had head "aaj kal k Chor bhi na, net aa Gaya hai toh khud Ka dimaag chalate hi Nahi hai, common sense toh sabzi Mandi(vegetable market) Mai bech k Aaye hai"

"Well koi Nahi, Mai hu na Iska ego dharti p laane k liye, but first I am going to see ye fighting main Kitna aachha hai, itna maarungina
par-naani(great grandmother) Yaad aajayegi" she rubs her hands like a Bollywood movie villian "aaj toh Bakra Zagat geli"(aaj toh Bakra jaal mein phasa).

She took a bat from the storeroom and moved stealthily in the direction of the light which was coming from shakuni's room. "Yeh Chor shakuni k room Mai kya karraha hai, kahin Mamu Ka toh aadmi Nahi" she shook her head "nahin, he might be egoistic but he's not careless, agar manik se Kuch chahiye hota toh vo khud aate and besides business ki saari files Nandini k paas hai. Yeh chori Karne hi aaya aaya hai, and I don't care if he makes him piss poor but manik sir se bhi chori Karne ki koshish karraha hai, and if he's any good toh Uske sneaking skills - which btw needs a lot of work, hamare kaam as sakte hai."

The room was lit by nightlight and she could only make out the shape of the man who had his back to her. She took a deep breath and silently tiptoed near the person tightening the hold on the bat. She readied herself and swung the bat to hit his shoulders when the person swiftly ducked and pulled her left leg making her fall. Her training came into practice as she rolled sideways and punched him on the face. The man bent her hand and jerked her backwards, his chest colliding with her back. She was not done though as she tangled right leg with his and pulled forward the same time her free hand's elbow connected with his ribs. He lost his balance and fell on manvi, his hands shooting forward so he didn't crush her completely.

Manvi was about to punch him again but froze when he spoke. "Bloody f**k , Damn it Woman, I am not your personal punching bag. Can we talk now if you are done going apeshit on me"

"Shit shit shit, bloody ugly duck, son of cucumber and banana... deep breaths deep breaths...this is a nightmare, he is not my boss...not my boss, I am just dreaming" she pinched him on nose

"Ouch, Holly hell woman, why the f**k are you pinching me, do I look like a play doll to you?"

"Oh god, oh god, mummy pappa,Ammijaan, shit you are real."

"What do you mean? Of course, I am real, abhi tak tum kya hawa k Saath fight Kar rahi thi." Karan asked in a sarcastically looking down at the mad woman whose face he couldn't see.

"Si..sir"

"Miss manvi!" She would have laughed at the incredulous tone in the voice, if this was not a dire situation.

"What the hell manvi? You mad woman! I know tum junglee ho, but chimpanzee banke dikhana zaruri hai kya?"

Manvi gasped, the angel part, the sensible responsible one left at his words leaving the devil 'F**k this world' part behind.
"Oye ghochu, chimpanzee kisko Bola, khudki shakal Dekhi hain Kabhi, Conjuring ki bhootni dekhkegi na toh phirse suicide karlegi"

"Jaise Tu toh pariyon ki Rani haina, arey makeup Bina log dekhengena tujhe toh horror movies hi band ho jayegi, live chudail dekhne ko mil rahi hai toh screen pe kyun dekhna"

"At least mereko dekhkar log darenge toh Sahi, tumhare tute hue Ande(splattered egg) jaisi shakal p toh logo ko punch maarne Ka Mann karega"

"You..You Ghamchadhad."

"It's chamgadhad(bat) btw, bolne se pehle Hindi sikhlo, and agar main chamkadhad toh tum kharbhuja ho, better yet khadus kharbhuja bulaungi abse."

In their bickering they didn't notice their position, and had come more close to each other, when suddenly lights turned on. They looked at the intruder who was leaning at the door, arms crossed and a mischievous smile playing on his lips as he looked at them.

"Woww Karan Bhai, Shaadi kab hai?"

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Chacha's blood group matched Sharanya and the doctors had treated her, now all they needed was to wait for her to get her conscious back. Preethi and Shantanu had found information about the newspaper clipping and right now they were with everyone in the hospital.

Manik was constantly in touch with the commissioner and cabir trying to find out about the cause accident. They were in the VIP zone sitting when Cabir came there with Yash and the commissioner.

Cabir-" Manik, Prithvi was right yeh accident nahi tha. This was pre-planned, Nandini ki car ke breaks kharab the. Fortunately or Unfortunately Sharanya and Prithvi got into the car."

Inspector-" Miss. Murthy can you tell me that when did you last used your car?"

Nandini-" I came from my research centre to Malhotra Heights in that car and till that time everything was perfect. After that me and Manik went in his car and Sharanya told that she will take my car." She told everything and looked at Neha for a while who was deep in thoughts.

Inspector-" We will have to check in MH Mr. malhotra. Maybe in CCTV or somewhere we can find something. I will get back to you and yes we also need to take Miss. Sharanya's statement after she is well." He left the hospital and Cabir stayed back.

Manik's phone rang showing 'MAMA' no. He told Nandini that he will talk to mamaji and come. He must be worried. Nandini snickered a bit but nodded her head. As Manik was leaving to attend the call he heard a shrill voice-

"I know who did this. It has to be him."

Everyone turned to see Neha who had fisted her palms and her eyes were bloodshot. With a long penetrating stare she looked at Manik and got up.

Neha-" Aapko jaanna hai na Manik that who did this. Who tried to do this to your Nandini but failed. Its none other than your own uncle. TUMHARE MAMA HAI WOH WHO WANTS TO KILL NANDINI. " Her loud voice ecoed in the private cabin leaving Manik shocked and everyone worried.

MAnik-" NEHA!!!! MIND YOU LANGUAGE, DARE YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MY UNCLE." Manik shot her a angry glare while she was doing the same.

Neha-" Kyun? Yakeen nahi hota that your so called mamu can do this? Par sach kadva hi hota hai and sach yahi hai that unhone yeh sab plan kiya tha. Par unfortunately meri behen ismein phass gayi. That bastard threatened Nandini once to stay out of it but when she ddin't toh yeh kiya. What all you want to know Manik." She was going on and on while Amaya was trying to calm her down but it seemed this time the sister in her was speaking her heart out.

Amaya-" CB, plz shaant hoja Manik ko kuch nahi pata hai he is not at fault. Sharu theek hai meri jaan." she held her by her shoulders while Neha just cried shouting.

Neha-" NAHI AMI... HE NEEDS TO KNOW THE TRUTH. HE SHOULD KNOW THAT JIS MAMA KO WOH KRISHNA SAMAJH RAHA HAI JO APNE ABHIMANYU KO KUCH NHAI HONE DETE WOH ASAL MEIN SHAKUNI HAI JO USSI KI BARBAAD KARDEGA. Hamari kya galti thi Ami... all because of that man my sister is here in hospital."

Nandini looked at Manik who was staring at Neha with blank expression. What all he was hearing was too much for him. But still he couldn't understand that what to believe and what not. He looked at nandini to ask that whether it was right and her teary eyes and helpless look gave away that all these while Nandini knew things and he was kept under dark.

He went out of the cabin giving one glance to Neha who was still sobbing in Amaya's arms. Nandini ran after him asking Cabir to look after the girls.

Cabir-" Neha, don't worry yaar Sharanya is alright. bas thoda rest le rahi hai abhi uth jayegi uske baad na tu uska ache se class lena. But stop crying yaar tu meri prank patner hai na. Chal don't cry waise acha hua tune Manik ko sab bol diya. Ab mere sar se yeh burden hatt gaya that kya bolte usko." He sighed dramatically which made the girl chuckle.

A nurse came out of the ward-"Patient ko hosh aa gaya hai. Aap thode der mein unse mil sakte hai, par usse pehle Doctor ek baar checkup karenge."

Preeti went to call Manvi and Amaya and Neha were the happiest. And Neha hugged her while Suharika just ruffled her hair.

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Aaj ke liye itna hi.😁😆

So finally Manik got to know Shakuni Mama's truth.

How will he react now? Will Nandini be able to control him?

Manvi and Karan ke baare mein kuch?

Cabir and Karan 😈

What will happen when Sharanya gets up?

To know more keep reading this story. 😉

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One more thing guys,
I have posted a new story on MaNan. It's something very different,from the regular romance and comedy which I write. A story based on time travel.

Hope you will like.❤

With Love,
Neha and Sharanya ❤