Part 5 Targetting Hrithik

"Ask our men to watch her friend's house. She is in Mumbai... I want her" Arnav disconnected the call.

NK called his men.

"We have an order. One of you should watch Hrithik's house"

"I will do it," all of them said in the same tone.

"They should not get suspicion. We need the girl. Nannav won't forgive us if Ishan gets her"

"ASR will destroy Ishan then," One of them said.

"It's later... as of now, we have the responsibility to get the girl. Shiv and Raj... you guys take charge"

"Gladly"

At the same time, NK received the call from Arnav again.

"Yes, Nannav...?"

"Make sure her friend... what's his name?"

"Hrithik"

"He and his family should not know about our search. follow him and find her bike. The person who bought it may know about her whereabouts or, at least some details about her"

"Ok Nannav"

Arnav disconnected the call.

"Dev, you follow Hrithik"

"Ok"

"Be careful... nothing wrong should happen. And don't disturb the public"

"Yeah"

NK left the place.

In the meanwhile,

Hrithik dialed Khushi. She attended the call as she was waiting for his call.

"Did they go?"

"Yeah... they inquired about you, Khushi."

"What did they ask?"

"They said they want to meet you. We said you left Mumbai today morning as your project was completed"

Khushi huffed in relief.

"Then?"

"They asked about your bike"

"Bike?"

"Yeah... I said you sold it out"

"Oh, God... why did you say so?"

"Why?"

"How do I buy a bike if I'm here for a project? You should have told them it's your bike or your friend's bike"

Hrithik got stuck.

"But, it didn't seem they got doubt on the statement"

"To whom you gave my bike?"

"Navneet."

"Did you tell him anything about me?"

"No... why Khushi?"

"He may blurt out my details if they catch him"

"All my friends know about you slightly"

"Do one thing... ask him not to use it for a few days"

"Ok"

"Bring my bag to VT station in two hours"

"But why, Khushi? Are you going back to Lucknow?" he asked unbelievably.

"No... how could I go without finding Jeeji?"

"Then why are you asking for your bag? Don't you come to my house?"

"They may be watching your house... I can't risk"

"Where will you go? You have no one in Mumbai..." he asked worriedly.

"I'm going to the women's hostel where Jeeji stayed. I may get some useful information about Payal there. Keep it secret. Don't try to meet me. Just give me a ring if you want to tell me anything"

"Ok..."

Arnav's men were watching Hrithik's house and one among them was ready to follow Hrithik. After an hour, Hrithik came out with Khushi's bag. Dev got alerted who changed his outfit already. Hrithik hired an auto and left the place. Dev followed him in another auto. Hrithik came to Vikhroli railway station and headed to VT by train. Dev also got into the same compartment. Hrithik got down and waited for Khushi as he reached the place fifteen minutes earlier. Dev saw the tension on his face. He messaged NK and conveyed it. NK called Dev. He attended it, keeping an eye on Hrithik.

"Haan, NK"

"Where are you?"

"In VT station. I came, following Hrithik"

"How is he looking like?"

"He is waiting for someone with a bag"

"Bag? that means, he could be waiting for the girl"

"I too think so..."

"Be alert"

"Yeah..."

At the same time, Dev saw a girl who was in a Burqa getting down from an auto in front of Hrithik.

"NK, a girl in Burqa getting down from an auto"

"Burqa?"

"Yeah..."

Taking the bag, Khushi again got into the auto and left the place.

"She left..." Dev said.

"Follow here"

Cutting the call, Dev rushed to an auto stand and was about to get into an auto, he saw the girl getting down from the auto and ran into VT station again. Dev ran behind her. When he entered the station, he saw the girl with the same bag, getting into the last compartment of the moving train. Dev stood gulping down with disappointment.

Dev called NK.

"What happened? Did you get her?"

"She escaped in a train tackling me," he said panting hard.

NK sighed.

"Tackling?"

"I think so... at first, she got into an auto, and suddenly, she rushed into the VT station and left by train."

"By which train she went?"

"Kalyan"

"Kalyan takes more than the one-hour journey from VT station. There are a lot of stations between Kalyan and VT. In which place we could find her? Don't know where she goes"

"I'm sorry NK, I didn't expect she would be sharper"

"Don't we see how did she kick the guy that day? Then she must be sharper. How could you be careless?"

Disconnecting the call, NK turned around. He saw Arnav standing with a dangerous glare. He never appreciated being careless even though he knew his men were not.

"I'm sorry Nannav..."

Cutting him,

"Bring Hrithik," Arnav said sternly.

NK nodded yes. Arnav took a step and stopped.

"Could you guys do it at least?"

NK dialed Shiv who received it without wasting time.

"Yes, NK"

"Bring Hrithik"

"Are you sure?"

"ASR's order"

"Ok"

"He went to VT station by train. You can get him at Vikhroli station"

"Ok" Shiv disconnected the call and looked at Raj.

"NK wants us to bring Hrithik. He will reach Vikhroli station in a few minutes." He said.

"Let's go"

They came to the Vikhroli station and waited for Hrithik. They searched for Hrithik in the trains that stopped at the Vikhroli station. Hrithik was not there on the first two trains. They saw the third train coming. Hrithik was getting ready to get down from the train. He stood behind a few men who were standing at the entrance. His face drained when he saw the same man who inquired about Khushi. He was searching for someone. Taking back steps he turned in the opposite direction. He noticed the man observing people who got off the train. He decided not to get off and traveled to the next station.

He called Khushi after getting off the train.

"Khushi, they are searching for me"

"You?"

"Yeah, the same man is waiting for me in the Vikhroli station"

"Oh, God... I'm sorry Hrithik..." she regretted.

"Don't worry about me. Be safe... they are severely searching for you..."

"Mmm... What are you going to do?"

"I don't know. I will tell you after talking to Mom"

"Mmm"

Hrithik disconnected the call.

Khushi felt bad for him. Because of her, Hrithik was in trouble. She felt helpless. She didn't know what to do. That was when she remembered the woman PC. She dialed her number. She attended the call on the fourth ring.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"They are chasing me," Khushi said.

"Be careful. They won't leave you easily"

"I don't know how to find my sister"

"There are two loyal officers in our department. You can get their help if you approach one of them. AMAN MATHUR and ADITYA VARMA"

"Ok, I will call them"

"Before doing that, make sure you are talking to them only because there are many black sheep in our department. And all the official calls are connected through the control room. anyone can hear you."

"Can I get their personal numbers?" Khushi asked.

"Usually, they deal with official numbers only. But I will try to get their numbers. You too try to meet them in person"

"Thank you so much for your help"

"Don't call me. Just drop me a message and wait for my call. I will call you when I'm out of the station"

"Ok... thank you"

They disconnected the call. Khushi sighed. she decided to meet one of the two officers. Aman Mathur and Aditya Varma. She could not hold herself from thinking about her sister... and the last phone talks with Payal that happened on her birthday...

Flashback,

Payal's Birthday...

To be continued...