So guys, this is a book which a sequel to my Potato's book.

I hope this turns out to be a good decision.

Devakibb is the original writer of this series. I'm just some dumb kid trying to be cool.

I hope Devaki's friends- Vedanti and Mugdha fail to find my address so that they could kill me for this.

Okay, enough of my dumb crap statements.

All the best.
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1 year 5 months later.

Aarushi's car stopped infront of her huge mansion. Aarushi was taking a light nap as she was extremely very tired. Being the leader of the Women's Wing of a leading party while you're 7 months pregnant is not an easy job. But Aarushi was determined to make the party win.

Day and Night she would work with her best friends Amit and Sumedh, who were also the leaders of the same party. Late night discussions with them regarding how to improve their policies and advertisements had become a habitual course for her.
She went on tours to give speeches on women empowerment, upliftment of backward women in their society and the major requirement for diminishing social evils like Female Infanticide, Sati, etc. which are still prevalent in many parts of the country.

She knew that this was not very healthy for her and baby but she had to take the risk. The party's future was at stake. She remembered how almost an year ago Sumedh and Amit had  turned up at her and her husband, Siddharth's, house in the middle of the night. She was quite astonished when they asked her to lead the Women's Wing of their party as their original leader- Late Shrimati Padmalaxmi Narayan, had suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away. They were both extremely tensed that night. Elections were in a few months and they had to do something to settle the situation. Aarushi couldn't let her friends suffer so much. Even though her husband protested against the idea, she agreed to join the Party.

Today, she seemed to be in a good mood. Their party had won with a clear majority of votes. Thus, she slept through her journey home. Her driver  alerted her as they reached their destination.

"Mam, aapka ghar aa gaya hai...uthiye please...kya mein sir ko bulau?" He asked her with concern. Aarushi gently opened her eyes.

"Huh? Arrey nahi...mein chali jaungi...thankyou so much..." She said as she got out of her Mercedes. She was immediately greeted by her supporters who were surrounding the   land outside the territory of her mansion. She smiled and waved at the crowd. Further, she folded her hands and mouthed a silent 'thankyou'. The crowd cheered. Her bodyguards escorted her inside the house.

At the gate, she was greeted by her chirpy husband- Siddharth Nigam. She smiled wide when she saw him he returned the favour and held out his arms for her to enter his embrace. She quickly ran into his arms.

"Congratulations, baby! I'm so proud of you." Siddharth kissed her forehead. Happy tears formed in her eyes and she kissed his cheek.

"Thanks, Sid. Baaki sab kahan hai?" She asked looking up at him.

"Tumne pukaara aur hum chale aaye!" She heard a familiar voice behind her. She quickly turned to see Sumedh and Amit with  idiotic grins on their faces. She laughed and went to hug them. All three of them hugged each other tightly.

"We did it guys!" Amit said happily. Tears had formed in all of their eyes.

"Yes...we did it!" Sumedh said crankily.

They pulled apart.

"Aarushi!" Aarushi again heard a familiar voice behind her. She turned and saw Vedanti there smiling widely at her. A few moments later, Mugdha arrived there with a huge 'thali' in her hand, followed by Sameeksha and Nivi. Rohan too, trailed behind his wife, Nivi. Vedanti, Sameeksha and Mugdha were also pregnant. Vedanti was 5 months pregnant whereas, Mugdha was 3 months pregnant. Sameeksha was 8 months pregnant. Aarushi smiled back at all of them.

She went and one by one, hugged everybody. Mugdha placed a 'tika' on Aarushi's forehead and stuck some grains of rice. Aarushi blinked as a few grains fell down. Mugdha chuckled. Mugdha then went to Sumedh and Amit and placed 'tikas' and rice grains on their foreheads too.

"Chalo, ab puri dopahar bahar dhoop mein hi rehna hai ya andar chalkar lunch bhi karna hai? Bhai mujhe aur mere chote se baby ko bahut bhook sata rahi hai!" Yudhveer appeared from inside. He came and wrapped his arms around Sameeksha's round stomach. "By the way, Congratulations Aarushi! In do bandaro ko meine pehle se hi wish kardiya tha bas tum hi reh gayi thi." Aarushi smiled and thanked him.

"Tum apne bacche ki baat kar rahe ho? Mera bacha na jaane kahan kahan dhoop mein ghumkar aa raha hai...apni Mom ki speeches sun raha tha...bechara kitna thaka hua aur bhooka hoga." Siddharth said taking Aarushi's right hand in his. He brushed his lips along her soft knuckles. She smiled.

"Chalo phir andar! Mere aur Amit ke baby ko bhi bhook lagi hai okay?" Sumedh defended. Everyone chuckled and went inside the house. It was massive and decorated very tactfully. Siddharth had personally looked after all the little details of the house.

Aarushi sat down on the sofa. She was very tired. Her eyes were drooping. The boys being the gentlemen that they were went and started setting up the table. Nivi helped them out. The rest of the girls plopped down on the sofa next to Aarushi.

"Tum khana khakar thodi der so jao Aarushi." Sameeksha advised. She was a gynaecologist, she could easily read Aarushi's body language. Aarushi hummed in response while closing her eyes.

"Oye, guys! Food's ready!" Nivi said. All of them went to the dining table and began eating lunch.

"Siddharth, aaj Shaantabai nahi aayi? Aur ghar ke baaki sab naukar kahan hai?" Aarushi asked suddenly realising that no one was home.

"Arrey, elections ki wajah se sab chutti  par hai." Siddharth replied.

"Oh."

"Waise aaj tum logon ne uss Randhir Mahajan ki party ko acha sabak sikhaya." Rohan said taking in a bite of food.

"Haan yaar! T.V. par uska interview dekha humne...itna udaas chehra!" Yudhveer laughed. The others chuckled.

"Par dekhna, yeh shaant nahi bethega...he will revolt." Amit said. "Isliye humein prepared rehna chahiye."

"Baat toh sahi hai...Veda, mein soch raha tha ki tum, Mugdha aur Sameeksha idhar Siddharth aur Aarushi ke ghar mein hi raho...humare ghar ke aas paas abhi bahut khatra hai...Aarushi's Women's Wing was not a big problem for our opponents, isliye idhar kuch khatra nahi hoga...tum log idhar safe rahoge..." Sumedh suggested.

Aarushi became excited. "Arrey! Ofcourse! Raho na mere saath please!"

"Uske liye tum ghar par honi cahiye ho!" Sameeksha joked. Aarushi playfully pouted.

"Uh...I don't know...tumne Sid se poocha?" Vedanti awkwardly asked Sumedh.

"Arrey? Mujhe kya problem hogi? Ofcourse you guys are welcome here! Mujhse poochne ki zarurat bhi nahi hai..." Siddharth said.

"Thik hai phir..." Mugdha said.

"Nahiiii...mein apne dono babies se door kaise rahunga????" Yudhveer questioned dramatically. Everyone laughed.

"Shutup Yudhveer! Akele rehna seekho." Sameeksha said playfully punching his arm.

"Chalo, yeh sab baatein toh hoti rehengi...pehle khana kha lo sab." Nivi said digging into her food.

                      ************

At the Mahajan Mansion.

Randhir Mahajan paced back and forth in his room. His P.A. was standing closeby trying to calm him down.

"YAAR! WOH KAISE JEET GAYE?" Randhir  raged. "BAHUMAT TOH HUMARI THI NA? TOH PHIR KAISE?"

The P.A., Chandrashekhar, shivered.

"Sir...woh...ho sakta-" he was cut off by the door being  forcefully yanked open by someone. A beautiful lady in her mid-20s entered the room in an angry avatar.

"RANDHIR??? What am I hearing?! Hum kaise haar gaye?" The woman questioned.

"Devaki, I don't know okay?!" Randhir snapped. "Mujhe khud samajh nahi aa raha ki kya hua! Bahumat humare favour mein thi toh phir aisa kaise ho gaya?"

"Sir, mujhe lagta hai unhone koi chaal chali hai...jiski wajah se unhe votes mile hai...Hume thodi jaanch karni padegi...Us party ke teeno leaders bahut strong hai...agreed...but unke party member ne jo Mahatma Gandhi ji ke upar mazak udhaya...uske baad toh majority log support nahi karne wale the...unhone cheating ki hai..." Chandrashekhar said. Devaki fumed in anger.

"Agar aisa hai toh mein baat karungi unse." Devaki said firmly. Randhir looked at her.

"Kya baat karogi aur kisse baat karogi? Tum pagal ho gayi ho kya?" Randhir said angrily.

"Tum dekhte jao patidev." Devaki smirked.

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Back at the Nigam household, everyond had just finished their lunch and were talking about random things. Suddenly, Aarushi's phone rang. She was a little busy so Siddharth picked up the call.

"Hello?" He asked.

"May I speak to Mrs. Aarushi Nigam?" A deep and sensual woman's voice responded on the other side of the call. Sid's eyebrows furrowed up.

"Yeah but kaun baat kar raha hai?" He asked.

"Yeh mein aapko batana zaruri nahi samajhti...mujhe Mrs. Nigam se baat karni hai...Kripiya karke unhe phone dijiye aap." The woman sassed. Sid's eyes widened in surprise. He was about to tell her that she was talking to Aarushi's husband when Sumedh tapped his shoulder and asked who it was. Siddharth shrugged. He went and gave the phone to Aarushi.

"Kaun hai....hello?" She asked.

"Good Afternoon, Mrs. Nigam." The same deep voice greeted her.

"Good Afternoon, but who is this, may I know?" Aarushi asked confused.

Everyone was surrounding Aarushi as she spoke.

"I'm Devaki Mahajan, Randhir Mahajan's wife." The lady answered. Aarushi mouth hung open.

'Kaun hai?' Sumedh signalled her.

"Devaki Mahajan? Aap kyun call kar rahi hai mujhe?" Aarushi asked surprisingly. Everyone gasped. She ushered them to keep quiet.

"Ji...woh kya hai na...mujhe aapko warn karna tha...jo aapki party ne iss elections mein cheating ki hai...uska badla hum lekar rahenge...You heard that?" Devaki said venomously. Anger coursed through Aarushi's body. She switched her phone to the other ear.

" How dare you?!" Aarushi  yelled on the phone. Everyone became shocked.
"Who the heck do you think you are?!"

"Aarushi.." Amit tried to calm her but Aarushi hushed him. Aarushi's mood had switched to a bad one. She was already so exhausted and now this idiot was threatening her over a phone call.

Rohan quickly snatched the phone from Aarushi and kept it on speaker. Aarushi glared at him.

"Mein jo bhi lagu tumhari...mera kaam tha tumhe warn karna...woh meine kar diya hai...goodluck, farewell." The phone got cut. Aarushi fumed in anger and took her phone in her hands. She threw it at the glass cabinet and it shattered against the glass which also cracked and everything fell on the floor. All the girls backed away. Their husbands came and stood infront of them.

"Woman, are you nuts?!" Siddharth yelled.

"Aarushi, calm down...aur batao kya hua?" Vedanti asked.

Aarushi looked up. Her eyes were red with anger and she was panting hard.
She told them what happened.

"Meine kaha tha na...yeh log chup nahi bethenge..." Amit said. Suddenly, Sumedh got a call. He picked up.

"Kya?!" He shouted. He quickly shut his phone and ran towards the T.V. in the living room.

He switched it on. News flashed across the screen.

Politician Sumedh Mudgalkar aur CM Amit Pandit ke ghar ke bahar riots! Kai logon ki maut!

Vedanti and Mugdha gasped.

"S-Sumedh y-yeh k-k-kya ho raha hai?" She stammered. Sumedh went to her and hugged her.

"Mau...you need to calm down...everything will be okay... " He cooed.

Aarushi grabbed her car keys. Everyone looked at her.

"Kahan jaa rahi ho?" Siddharth asked.

"I need to cool off...Drive par jaa rahi hun..." she answered and went outside the house before anyone could protest. Her guards  helped her pass the crowd and go on a drive alone.

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Aarushi had been driving for an hour. The sun had set half an hour back and  she was now returning home. She was speeding her car downhill. The radio was playing  some latest hit song of Zayn Malik. She enjoyed the music. She seemed to have calmed down. Suddenly, her radio stopped as the clouds thundered. It started raining. Aarushi just merrily drove downhill.

There was a flash of lightening and just out of habit, Aarushi looked in the mirror. She screamed loudly. Her heart stopped beating.

Someone was sitting on the backseat of the car.

A woman with her hair open and covering her face, was sitting behind the driver's seat and growling. Aarushi slammed her breaks but her car didn't stop.

She started crying. She again looked at the mirror. The woman removed the hair from her face. Aarushi screamed louder when she saw her face.

Scars.

Her face was pale white with fresh and red scars. She creepily smiled at Aarushi.

Aarushi grabbed her phone and speed dialled Siddharth. Memories from their ghostly encounter about two years back flooded her mind.

That creature was growling and making weird wounds. Adrenaline rushed through Aarushi's body. Sid picked up her call finally.

"SIDDHARTH! MUJHE BACHAO PLEASE...HUMARI GAADI MEIN EK AATMA HAI SID YEH MUJHE MAAR DAALEGI!" Aarushi yelled. The woman's hands started moving towards Aarushi's neck.

"AARUSHI? AARUSHI???? KAHAN HO TUM???" Siddharth got scared and asked her.  Everyone in the house got alert after hearing this.

"SIDDHARTH MEIN-AHHHHHH!" Sid heard a loud crash. Siddharth got up from his place in fear.

"AARUSHIIIIIII!!!!!!" He yelled.

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12 hours later. City Hospital.

Everyone was present  outside the ICU. Siddharth paced here and there with his hand on his forehead.

Sameeksha, Vedanti and Mugdha were crying. Nivi was sitting silently with tears scrolling down her cheeks. Rohan and Yudhveer had gone to the canteen to bring water bottles for everyone. Amit and Sumedh stood beside Sid to give him moral support.

Suddenly,  the doctor came out of the ICU. Everyone rushed towards him.

"Doctor! Doctor, Meri wife kaisi hai?" Sid asked with tears falling down his cheeks.

The doctor sighed. 

"She's safe." He said. Everyone let out a sigh of relief. "But I am sorry I couldn't save your child."

Ahhhh....too much drama for the first chapter. But it was required. The main story needs to start. Bear with me. There is no introduction to characters in this story because maximum characters are the same as Devaki's book. Ofc, it's a sequel. 😂😂😂

Anyway, do let me know how the first chapter went...any suggestions then feel free to inform me about it.

Thanks.

Loads of love,
Basanti😉