Three days later

              Swara woke up next to him with a smile that left her face at his serious expression , he  looked like someone who  didn't sleep all night .

            " Couldn't sleep ?" She asked him as she laid her head on his chest and cuddled next to him to bring not only warmth to him but towards herself as well ,the last three days she spent every minute she can in his embrace .

            " The flight is in four hours and I don't want to waste any moment of our time sleeping " he answered back ,she was thankful he had grown courageous to speak his mind with her . The little glimpse of such words made everything bitter sweet because today was the day that she would leave him .

           " Then let me get ready first , I need to time to bid farewell to Asha and Dida " She spoke as she walked away from the bed as well as him because if she stayed in his arms further she would probably beg him not to let her go .

             And four hours later she was out of tears as she bid goodbye to the little girl and Dida , it broke her heart to see the confusion in Asha face as she asked her father to prevent her from leaving . " Don't let her Go daddy , I will miss her " she spoke as she cried on to his shoulders .

                  Though Swara knew his heart was breaking as well ,his priority had been to stop Asha from crying her hearts out which left her with no time to say anything to him in private  before she got into the car that took her away from him .

                 The last glimpse she had of her family was him with Asha in his arms and Dida crying for her , she couldn't speak a word but managed to wave with a smile  at the little one in hopes that if she didn't return back the last memory Asha had of her would atleast be her smiling face .

          Then only she turned towards him , Sakshi brother who didn't say any word for the rest of the ride as she continued to silently cry . He had promised to travel with her till London out of obligation to Sanskar ,she didn't know how he felt about being her bodyguard or how he felt about the fact her .

        
           " I am sorry " She spoke up once she regained her composure ,it felt like being hard on him to cry over their Separation when he lost his sister forever , in spite of that he was here because of Sanskar need to have her safe ,she didn't know how he felt about Sanskar and her together .

         Maybe he would be glad she was away from their lives and hence he obliged Sanskar requests that included travelling with Ragini and her till London .  So that last thing she expected him to say was a kind word towards her " You will be back with them soon ,Sanskar will make sure it happens " he told her as she got down from the car with him . 

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     Adharsh should resent her for taking her sister place in Asha life ,the way his niece cried out holding on to her made their unspoken bond more evident ,to his niece Swara was already a mother figure .

     And though Sanskar hadn't said a word to him ,Adharsh knew Swara held the place of Sanskar partner as well . They may not have spoken with each other more than few words in private but one look at them it was evident ,their love for each other .

     He never knew what to say when Sakshi cried and so he held on to his silence as Swara cried after they left but he didn't want to regret it later as he did every instance he hadn't been an good brother to Sakshi ,so he spoke up in a bid to make her believe this wasn't permanent . They may not know  when it will end but Sanskar priority had been to keep her far away from the killer until then .

         The plan had been for Ragini to join them in London separately, if the killer was keeping tabs on them her focus would be more on Ragini than him , since it easy to assume his travel would be business related she won't check too much if he went with someone else even then they had brought Swara ticket using one of his friend credit card to ensure her privacy.

         Ragini flight already left an hour ago and would wait for both of them in the airport ,everything was set for the trip until he found himself hearing a voice that crushed all his hope of a escape as he turned to greet her .  Trying to shield Swara from her sights even when he knew it was too late .

       " Another business trip Adharsh " Ashwini  spoke up as her gaze travelled to Swara who was beside him clutching his hand in fear ,they have all seen the pictures none more than Swara who had been trying to regain memory and hoped the picture would spark them alive ,so she knew who was standing before her without a introduction.

      " Your girlfriend ?" Ashwini asked when he remained silent to her unasked questions about Swara . He didn't want to talk with her much less introduce her to Swara .

     " My sister " he spoke up then realized how foolish it sounded ,he hired her to be his company lawyer and she would knew his personal file and yet he introduced Swara as his sister in hopes she wasn't the killer .

    " He meant cousins ,long distant cousins " Swara spoke up ,Adharsh didn't know how she found her voice but Ashwini who had been impolite till now burst into a huge smile once Swara spoke to her ,surely if she was the killer there would be some clue .

    Adharsh maybe clueless but he didn't think Ashwini bothered about Swara after the introduction as she told him that she was also taking a vacation , it gave him a bit of hope even that Swara identity was safe provided he wasn't talking with a killer until she squashed his belief with a single sentence .

     " Infact I should get going before my sister's drag me away from you , they aren't known for their patience " Ashwin spoke up as she turned towards her back to point of four of the remaining sisters standing side by side .

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             The Last thing she wanted was to leave some where remote for a whole two weeks but her sister refused to listen to her plea's to leave her alone. Aandhi had never played i am the eldest card ever until one visit from Pradeep made her use it as often in the last three days, the first time had been when she decided the sisters would go on a trip together, she wasnt the only one who raised protests about it ,all of us did have a work life that cant be cut short due to her sister demands.

       But in the end,her sister won by using i am the eldest card and right now she wants the sister to spend some time together, whatever pradeep told her had shaken her resolve about them and she want them to prove that he was wrong and she believed it would be possible by some sister bonding time, She didnt actually think it through because if she did, her sister would know that she had been hiding for too long to be caught that easily. 

        And three days later , she had her bag packed and hoped that at the end of the vacation, her  sister would back off from her suspicions. Her plan to frame her didnt work which meant another sister had to take the fall , she didnt like going in circles at the moment but she didnt see any other choice, Pradeep is having doubts  about Aandhi as a killer which isnt going to help her ,for a moment she thought of letting Anjali take the blame but dismissed it because Anjali knew about her and would throw her under the bus if need arises.  

    As they drove through the airport,she let herself check her phone one last time for any threats and she did a customary check on everyone everything looked normal in the front until she stumbled upon Ragini plan ticket booked by Laksh credit card ,poor Laksh shouldn't have saved his card details in his laptop making it easy for her hack it .

    Laksh wasn't going with her ,so maybe he was trying to send his wife away from him for her safety, she had no interest in Ragini. So she let it slide for now as she focused on her trip with her sisters where she had to make sure Aandhi doesn't suspect her anymore ,maybe she could plant doubts in Aandhi to make her think one of the remaining two were the killer .

    Her mind was whirling in different direction until Ashwini walked away from them all of a sudden gaining her attention to the person she went to speak with only to realize it was Adharsh ,her new boss. Poor Ashwini who genuinely believed Adharsh liked her and didn't know the only reason he was in touch with her was because he suspected her to be his sister killer .

  
    She almost dismissed the scene before her ,Adharsh in airport wasn't a surprise he was a CEO and travelling was part and parcel of it until her attention drifted to his companion and her world stopped as she saw her standing beside him . 

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       Sanskar should not have come to the airport ,once Asha settled down he couldn't stop himself from driving to the airport.  He was the one who decided to send her with Adharsh as it would be the safest option yet he can't help but drive to the airport to have a glimpse of her . 

       He couldn't sleep last night as he kept looking at her trying to memorize every inch of her ,he knew it wasn't forever in this technological era they could find way to see each other as often as they want yet it won't be like holding her right by his side .

     They both know Asha won't take it well and his daughter cries broke his heart as well and he knew Asha saw Swara as her mother and he couldn't explain to his daughter that he was trying to protect Asha from losing her mother for the second time . By the time he drove to the airport he was aware of the possibility that he might have missed them .

    So was surprised to find Adharsh talking to someone and Swara standing beside him ,he assumed it was one of his friends or acquaintance . Her back was to him that he didn't think much until she turned and Sanskar froze to see a Ashwini Shukla standing near his Shona . 

    
    As if that not enough she was pointing Adharsh towards someone and he looked in that direction to find the entire Shukla sisters standing side by side ,he knew one of them killed his wife ,he knew one of them tried to kill his Shona twice ,he knew one of them killer her parents 

     So  he could understand the terror he saw in his Shona face as  she stood frozen ,he didn't like seeing her like that as he marched towards them ,he noticed that she was the first to spot him as he went to her side  risking everything all over again .

      " Who is this " Ashwini Shukla asked once she spotted him ,he didn't know if she was playing her part or she  didn't know about him but his answer was meant to surprise one of the sisters who killed Sakshi and Swara parents  and so he spoke up starting the war all over again .

     He tried to hide away for his daughter ,he tried to let go of his love for her safety but no matter how far you run there comes a day when you would be forced to face it and for Sanskar today was that day as he starred at the Shukla sister's and spoke up the sentence that would wreck her world  

    " Sanskar Maheswari , and this is Swara Sanskar Maheswari my wife " he spoke up as his hands found hers gently  and brought her close to his side .

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Juanita Reid