Rahul reached Ana's room and hesitated for a second, before knocking on the door.

He knew she wasn't there, but there was that one percent chance, his heart was craving for, that she would open the door and stand in front of him, scanning him with her beautiful eyes.

As the seconds passed, he knew the magical moment wasn't going to happen, his heart weighed him down with sadness, he slowly turned the door knob and entered her room.

Just like last time, he waited again to see if the shower was running or if the bathroom room door would open and Ana might step out in her bath robe. This time he decided, he wasn't going to hide.

But nothing happened, the room was eerily quite, everything in its place, as if she was still living there. She didn't take anything with her, just walked out with her son.

For a second, he thought, maybe she was going to come back for her stuff, but he knew, he hurt her really bad this time, and she was gone without a trace.

He started to feel the same way, he felt three years back on Halloween day, when his sweetheart disappeared after spending a magical night with him. The same feeling again.

His phone started buzzing, bringing him out of his thoughts. It was his sister Neha, he knew the news reached his sister and mom, and he would be blamed for Ana's disappearance.

"Hi Neha, how are you doing?", Rahul asked, accepting her call.

"Rahul, what's going on there? Mom is really worried."

"Neha, make sure mom is taking her medicines and keep the doctor on standby. I didn't inform you, as I was worried about her health. I will explain everything to you and you let her know." Then Rahul explained the whole drama to Neha and Ana's disappearance why he cancelled the marriage.

Neha explained everything to Mandy, while Rahul ramained on line to answer additional questions. Finally Mandy took the phone from Neha and talked to Rahul.

"Rahul, me and Neha, had our doubts about Ria, but thought it would be better for you to learn on your own, than us complain about her. I am glad you found out about her, before marriage, but at the cost of losing Ana .....", Mandy paused and Rahul could hear her heavy breathing, " ... I don't know what to say, I promised Ana, that I will take care of her. You need to find Ana and make sure, she and prince are safe."

"Ma, I promise, I will find Ana as soon as possible. If you have any ideas, let me know."

"I will send you the list of places I know. I am so worried about her. Finding her should be your first priority. I won't return home, until you find her." She warned Rahul, to make sure he understood, how serious she was about finding Ana.

"I will mom. I will update you on my progress. Meanwhile don't worry and take care of Neha and your health." He promised and disconnected the phone. He collapsed on the sofa, tired from the conversation and looked around the room, trying to figure out, where to start his search from.

He picked up the magazines and mail lying on the center table and started looking through them to see if there was any useful info in them. He didn't find any.

He then started looking through each item in the room, books and old mail. He then moved to the dressing table and sat in front of the mirror. The memory of her sitting in front of the mirror and applying moisturizer made his testosterone levels shoot up. Sitting there he looked at his hiding spot and realized he was very lucky to escape without being caught.

He went through her things, feeling guilty on one side, but the hope of finding any clue regarding her whereabouts, kept him motivated to move along.

Finally, he was done, searching the room, without any success. He eyes moved to her walk in closet, only place left to search.

He pushed the door open and stepped inside. He ran his hand through the dresses and felt as if he was touching her. Her perfume, the fragrance coming from the dresses, overwhelmed him. He decided to move the dresses to the larger room, and dumped them on her bed to check them thoroughly. There was also a small box in a corner, which he carried over to the bed.

He looked at the dresses and box, then decided to go with the dresses first. The box was his last hope.

He started with the one on the top and went through them slowly. Since only few had pockets, his job became easier and he reached the end of the pile. He was surprised, looking at the last one, it looked like a gent's suit.

He lifted it and smelled it, to make sure it didn't belong to Ana, as her dresses had her fragrance. The fragrance coming from the zipped suit was different, very light and felt familiar, but he couldn't figure it out.

He placed it on the bed again and slowly started to lower the zipper of the suit cover.

As he pulled the zipper, two inches down, his eyes widened and his hands started shaking. Even looking at small portion of the jacket underneath, his heart, already knew, what was in there, but his brain wasn't ready to accept the truth, until the proof was fully revealed.

His heart rate increased and he could hear his heart beating loudly. It was the moment, he had been dreaming about, for the last three years. He could recognize the jacket from miles away, his winning jacket, his lost jacket, the jacket his precious sweetheart walked away with.

"How is it possible? How could I be so blind? He knew, his heart has been saying it, since the day, he saw Ana, but she looked different that day, his brain didn't accept it."

He slowly lowered himself and sat on the edge of the bed. His legs declined to support his weight. With shaking hands, he lowered the zipper completely and took out the jacket.

"It was his lost Golf jacket! Ana is his sweetheart!"

He couldn't wait any longer, he needed further proof. He pulled the box closer and opened it. Inside he found his old Golf cap, Ana's princess costume and a picture album. He opened the album and started turning the pages eagerly, till he reached the Las Vegas pictures.

It was Ana's pictures taken during the same time, he visited Vegas. The time stamp on the pictures proved it. Then came her Halloween pictures with blond hair and the princess costume.

Rahul felt like he had a heart attack. He realized how Ana transformed into his sweetheart and why he failed to recognize her.

He wanted to scream at the top of his lungs and cry out loud, instead he curled up, holding her dresses, trying to drown in her fragrance.

"Dammit! Fucking Shit! What did I do? I had her with me and didn't realize it. How could I be so ignorant? "

He remained curled up in fetal position, until his brain kicked in and started parsing the facts again. He quickly searched the box and found what he was looking for. He made some quick calculations, then punched the headboard with all his strength, but he didn't feel the pain. He covered his face with his hands and screamed to himself, "OMG! Prince is my son!"

He went back to fetal position and remained like that for ten minutes. He waited till his heart beat returned to normal and he could think clearly. If only he could turn the clock back to the previous day, he could have been the happiest person.

"I cannot afford to lose her again. This time it's not just her, but my son is also with her. Also now, I know, who she is, I am going to turn the Earth upside down to find her. Decisions ... decisions ... I need to make them now."

Rahul took his phone out and called Sam, asking him to come asap. He then called Miso to get current status of his search. He also placed a call to head of security operations for the Shah group and asked him to come over.

He started pacing the room trying to think through his plan of action. He couldn't believe, he let someone like Ria hit his son." I couldn't protect my own son", the thought was killing him.

Sam knocked on the door and entered the room as Rahul was pacing back and forth.

"Rahul, are you ok?" He got concerned looking the way Rahul was going back and forth.

"Sam! ... starting now till further notice, you are managing the business. I am taking a personal vacation."

"Really, I just heard that you cancelled the marriage. I was hoping you would be coming to office."

"No, I am not coming. Do you know Ana left yesterday? I need to find her."

"Yes, I got the story. I thought you already delegated the job of finding Ana to Miso. You can follow up with him from the office too."

Rahul stopped pacing and looked at Sam, "Can you keep a secret? You can't tell this to anyone, not even your wife or Mandy? You have to promise on our friendship, that you will not reveal it to anyone." Rahul looked into Sam's eyes for confirmation.

"Sure Rahul, you know I would do anything for you."

"Ana is my sweetheart. She is the one we have been searching for, all this time and prince is my son." He pointed the jacket, golf cap, Halloween costume and her pictures.

"Oh shit! Fuck dude! You have been hoping for this, since you saw her." Sam then carefully went through Ana's stuff and then hugged Rahul. "I am happy for you buddy. I now understand. Don't worry, we will find her. We now know who to look for." Sam stopped for a second and asked Rahul," Can I ask you a question? Does Ana know that you are prince's father? "

"No Sam, Ana is not interested in finding out. If she wanted to contact me, she could have found me, with minimal effort. She is afraid that someone could take away prince from her, so she didn't make any effort. We need to be very careful when we find her. It is the reason, I am keeping it a secret."

"Ok, I got it." Sam replied.

"Thanks Sam, I will put all my efforts in searching for her and meanwhile you take care of the company. I am putting together a list of resources I need for this."

"Do you want to inform police and FBI and utilize their resources? "

"No, it should be absolutely private. I already called our head of security and want to utilize our internal resources for this search. I don't want anyone to contact her. They should find out her whereabouts and inform me. Also only her picture will be provided. There should be no mention of prince."

"Why do you want to keep prince private? We have better chances, if we look for both." Sam questioned Rahul.

"You didn't get the full picture Sam. Prince is the heir to this empire. This mansion and fifty percent of Shah empire, all belong to him. His life could be in danger. No one should know the truth, until he is safe with us. He is the billionaire prince."

"Oh yeah! You are right. He is the heir and future boss. Are you going to coordinate the search from here?"

"No, I can't just sit here and wait, while my sweetheart and son are missing. I will also be on the road. The search starts now."