Part 35 Truth

Arnav smirked at Bheem.

"What did you do to Narendra?" Bheem asked.

"He is safe in Mumbai "

"Did you take him to Mumbai?" He asked with shock.

"You said I can do nothing in Lucknow... So, I just took him to Mumbai"

"What are you going to do with him?"

Arnav leaned on the chair, not answering.

"Do you know what will happen if people get to know you kidnapped him?"

"People who borrowed money from him will be happy knowing that Narendra will not be coming back to Lucknow forever" Arnav declared with deep meaning.

"Don't do this ASR..."

Arnav stood up from the chair and leaned down towards Bheem. He looked like an angry bull.

"I will... I will definitely do it... How dare he try to kill Khushi?" Fire sparkled in his eyes.

"If he thinks no one can do anything to him... I will let him know to what extent I will go to prove him wrong..."

"Everyone knows you"

"It doesn't matter"

Bheem gulped down.

"By the way, why did you lie to me when I asked about Narendra?"

"You will come and go simply. It's me who should face him for my whole life"

"If you had told me about him, you would not have gotten the chance to face him..."

Bheem looked down.

"But... I don't think you lied to me in fear... There's something Mr. Bheem..."

"What...do you mean?" He stammered.

"I mean... I don't know how many percentages you got from Narendra..."

"This is not true..."

"Then, tell me the truth"

"I just told him about Gupta property details when Narendra asked me. That too, only after he threatened me about killing my family"

"Who filed the case against Shashi Gupta?"

"Rishi..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes..."

"Rishi is a Farmer..."

"So what if he is a farmer? Won't he be greedy?"

Arnav looked at Shubham.

"Look after him. Whatever he said must be true. If not, send him to Mumbai" Arnav said looking at Bheem with a dangerous gaze.

Arnav walked out. He came to Gupta's house after two hours. Khushi stood up from the sofa and was waiting for him.

Before she asked him anything,

"Let's go," Arnav said.

"Where?"

"Will tell you"

Arnav walked after making sure of Khushi's following. Arnav got into the car that made Khushi surprised.

"From where did you get this car?"

"When I returned home, this car was standing at the side of the road all alone..."

"So? You looted it?"

Arnav smiled not answering.

"Where are we going?"

"You will get to know that in a few minutes"

"Is it necessary to keep everything secret?"

"Nope... I'm not keeping everything secret... I never miss to show what should be shown in open" he said with hidden meaning and Khushi understood he was talking about his interest in her, that he never missed a chance to show it to her.

"We are going to meet Rishi Gupta"

"You mean Ritu's house?"

"Rishi Gupta's house" he corrected.

"But why?"

"We have to get clear something from him"

"Then, he will get to know who you are"

"I want to meet him to tell that only"

"Whaaaat? Are you going to tell him you are ASR?"

"Yes... Because being Arnav won't help to get what I want..."

Khushi was horrified. If he was even ready to reveal himself then the issue was nearing its climax. That made her nervous.

Arnav stopped the car in front of a simple house. Khushi looked at him contently. Arnav got out of the car and opened the door for her. Khushi got off the car with hesitation. Arnav gestured for her to go in. Khushi walked with slow steps. Arnav walked forward and knocked on the door.

It was Ritu who rushed out first followed by her mother.

"Oh wow. You...? Come come..." She greeted Arnav.

Her mother frowned, seeing them.

"Who is that?" Came from the nearby room in Rishi's voice.

"Khushi Didi and Arnavji are here"

Rishi came out of the room and smiled at them.

"Happy to see you guys"

"Please take your seats," Ritu said.

They sat on the simple bamboo chairs.

"I will bring you coffee " Ritu went to the kitchen.

Rishi sat in front of them to know why they were there.

"We are leaving Lucknow," Arnav said, noticing Mr. and Mrs. Rishi Gupta.

Rishi looked normal but Mrs. Gupta became nervous all of a sudden.

"The work for what you came to Lucknow completed?" Rishi asked.

"Almost... Only the final touch is left" Arnav said looking at khushi.

"What was that about? Mind reading... Right?" Rishi asked.

"Yes... I wished to finish the project in Lucknow itself. but now, I think Khushi's life is more important than my project"

"What do you mean?"

"Someone tried to kill Khushi two days before"

"What?" A real shock was on Rishi's face and Mr. Rishi became restless.

"Yes, a truck was supposed to hit Khushi"

"It must have happened accidentally," Mrs. Gupta said hurriedly.

"At first, we too thought the same. But, the truck driver confessed the name of the person who hired him to kill Khushi"

"Who hired him?" Rishi asked.

"Narendra..." Arnav said.

Rishi was shocked and looked at his wife who looked scared. Ritu who brought them coffee dropped it. Nervousness was written all over her face.

"And... I got to know who Narendra is" Arnav added.

"There are many Narendra in Lucknow... Just because my brother's name is Narendra, it doesn't mean my brother did that" Mrs. Gupta said.

"I didn't even take your brother's name, Mrs. Gupta. Why are you nervous?"

She looked at Rishi who was glaring at her.

"Naren is missing... We don't know where's the" Mrs. Gupta said, trying to divert the situation.

"Do you know who attacked Payal?" Arnav asked.

That question made not only Rishi's family but also Khushi bewildered.

Taking his mobile, Arnav ran a video in which Narendra appeared with a lot of blood clots on his face. All of them were shocked.

"It was me who killed Guptas through an accident and attacked Payal. I planned to kill Shashi Gupta's hires. So that, their property will become my sister's. I can establish my finance business and my sister's husband can do agriculture widely. That's why I planned to remove them from our path" Narendra said, putting in a lot of effort.

Switching off his mobile, Arnav kept the mobile in his pocket. He looked at Khushi whose eyes were teary.

"Instead of killing my Amma and Bahuji, you could have asked for the property, we would have given it to you. Because of you, I and my Jeeji became orphans. You have no idea, how I roamed in Mumbai city searching for my Jeeji... How could you guys do this to a family just because you want a lavishing life?" Khushi asked angrily, spilling tears.

Mrs. Gupta was about to say something, but Rishi slapped his wife left and right.

"I'm a respectful farmer. I wanted to do it on a big level but never had a thought of killing them. You made bow down... Feel ashamed... I'm ashamed to say you are my wife"

"Enough... Not one more word... I am too ashamed to say I'm your wife. What mistake I did other than marrying you? Just because you are an illegitimate child, why should my children and I suffer? (Pointing at Khushi) her father had more than a hundred acres of fields. Did he ever think of giving at least ten acres to you? What harm if he had given us? We would have lived decent life..."

"That was why I filed a case against him in the court because you guys wanted it. He would have given us ten acres for sure. Before the judgment, you guys killed him and my Bhabi..."

"Excuse me, Mr. Gupta... You were told only ten acres but the real demand was for half of the property" Arnav said.

"What do you mean?"

Arnav removed the case details papers from his coat pocket that he collected from Shashi's lawyer before coming to Gupta's house to pick up khushi. He gave it to Rishi.

"They told you the case was for only ten acres but no. I don't know what the judgment would have been. But, he killed Khushi's parents and tried to kill Payal and Khushi. Tell me, Mr. Gupta, what are you going to do now?"

Rishi looked at his wife.

"Look, I didn't ask Naren to do all this. I just asked him for the property. I didn't expect he would do this" Mrs. Gupta said.

"You know he was the one who killed Mr. and Mrs. Gupta. Then, why didn't you stop him from doing anything further?" Arnav asked.

"I don't know anything..."

"I'm sorry. Mr. Gupta... I have no choice"

They saw inspector Roshan coming with a woman constable to arrest Mrs. Gupta.

"Rishiji, please save me... They will take me to jail..." she pleaded.

"Inspector, please arrest me instead of my wife," Rishi said.

"I'm sorry Mr. Gupta... We can't arrest any innocent"

The inspector gestured for the woman constable to do her duty. She handcuffed Mrs. Gupta and took her away.

Rishi clutched Khushi's hand.

"I'm sorry for being the reason for your tears, beta. I know nothing can give solace to your mind. I'm sorry..."

Khushi slowly pulled her hands from his clutch. She looked at Arnav.

"We have to go," she said choking.

Arnav nodded yes. Khushi walked with a heavy heart. Arnav followed her silently.

To be continued...