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                  Sanskar Maheshwari starred at the man before him who reminded him of his uncle who believed everyone will fall at his feet because he has some political power that he think he can schedule their meet at his convenience  . 

                  After Lavanya came into his life. He never stayed behind in work for long if possible  ,as he was the one who would pick her up from school most days ..

         He even moved most of his office work to home , And his colleagues marvelled at his change . But his family was his top priority and today he couldn't live upto it because of  him who can't seem to take No as an answer .

                Sanskar no loss streak has caused him certain troubles and one such trouble was his prospective clients unwillingness to take No for an answer .It took an hour for him to convince him that he wasn't interested in taking his case .

                   By the time he left with threat Sanskar would regret denying him as most others who got rejected . Sanskar was tired and when he took his phone to call his wife to let her know he was on the way  ,he was shocked to see the number of missed calls . He must have put it his phone silent for the meeting hoping it will not last more than few minutes .

                  And when he quickly dialled back ,it was to hear the news that would shatter his world his daughter was missing from school , And Sanskar drove back to the school in an rush .

                He called Laksh and Arjun as well on the way . Swara seemed panicked and Sanskar realized he failed her when he should have been with her .

                  Swara Maheshwari lost her child for the second time . First time she was taken from him because of someone quest for power and now she didn't even now who took her child .

            She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Sanskar car drove inside the school campus . As she rushed into his arms and told him everything that happened she began to relax as she knew he will bring their daughter back to her .

                 Sanskar held on to his wife who was so upset , He tried hard to keep calm but his mind went in different directions

                  He need to find his princess . He tried to process what Swara told him ,someone claimed to be her family came and took Lavanya home stating family emergency and they let her go since Lavanya seemed to know her .

                   Sanskar didn't have the time to get angry at Lavanya teacher , He need to find his daughter .And he knew just how to do that as he searched around he found the CCTV camera he was looking for  the one which gave him access to the school gate .

                 By the time Sanskar had his hands on the tape , It was another fifteen minutes where he has failed his daughter .By then Laksh and Arjun had arrived as  Sanskar needed their moral support .

              
            Laksh was the one who spotted the person who took Lavanya as his eyes can't seem to believe seeing his sister doing such thing . When he pointed the image to  Sanskar there was such pain in his face that Laksh knew how hurt he must feel at their sister action .

             It was Laksh who called her the next minute, only for her to demand that she will only talk to Swara . And as Laksh handed over the phone to swara. Sanskar held it and put it on loud speaker ..

                 " Uttara Please don't involve Lavanya ,Bring her back home " Swara pleaded .

        
               " What home the one where my Bhai kicked me last night because of you " Uttara lashed back .

               " I am sorry ,But please don't do this .." Swara begged  her ..

              " Now listen to me carefully and I will return Lavanya back , First tell bhai the entire truth regarding Sahil and I want bhai to bail him out of jail and apologize to him for what happened last night ." Uttara spoke calmly that Laksh had to hold on to his anger from not lashing out 

                    Swara wanted to explain she was the one who is believing lies but Sanskar shook his head as if understanding what she was about to say ..  And so she agreed and cut the call as Uttara said she will give 30 minutes for Swara to confess .

                 Swara looked upto Sanskar demanding him to answer why he asked her to agree to Uttara demands .

              " Let go Home first , I will explain everything on the way " he said and so the four of them left Lavanya school and headed back home .

                 On his way he told Swara , Laksh and Arjun that Uttara was beyond reasoning and they have to let her believe what she wants at least until they get Lavanya back . Saying anything else might only make her more stubborn ..

                    Uttara called 30 minutes later just like she said and this time Sanskar answered instead .

                 " Bring Lavanya back home Uttara " Sanskar spoke up .. 

               " Did Swara tell you the truth " she demanded instead ..

             " Yes but none of this is Lavanya fault so bring her back home ." Sanskar spoke up ..

              " Not until you bail Sahil out and apologize to him " She answered back .

             " I can't bail him out till tomorrow , I promise to do as you say tomorrow now bring Lavanya back home " he pleaded with her .
 

              " No , What if you changed your mind later.." She answered back ..

            " Fine , Atleast let me speak to her " he asked and Uttara agreed to it  with the warning Sanskar shouldn't ask Lavanya about where she was staying and allowed the call on speaker mode.   

              " When are you coming to pick me up ?" His daughter voice rang on the phone that momentarily made Sanskar lose his train of thoughts .

             " Daddy ." She called out again making him feel like an loser for failing to protect her from his own sister .

             " I am here princess , Papa And Mama wanted to come soon but it taking longer than we expected ,Can you sleep with Uttara aunty for tonight .." he asked as his priority was to make his daughter feel safer not scare her when she can't do anything ..

               " Okay ,I like playing with Uttara aunty and her friend ,But come soon daddy .." Her daughter spoke up and handed the phone back to Uttara .

                 " I will bring her home when Sahil get out " Uttara spoke up and ended the call .

                  " File an complaint and lock her up with Sahil that will make her understand the crimes she is committing " Laksh spoke up in anger .

                   " Laksh is right Sanskar , She might be your sister but you had never took an case for a person like Sahil .. You don't need to do this " Arjun spoke up ..  

                  " What do you think we should do Swara " Sanskar asked his wife instead

                  " I just want our daughter back Sanskar " Swara answered him  .

                   " You heard her ,I know Uttara won't harm my daughter physically but I can't let Uttara corrupt her against swara If  she felt her plan are not working . So I will do anything to bring my daughter back home . " he spoke up as he was aware of the damage Uttara can create in Lavanya mind  .

                  Since there was nothing else to do Laksh and Arjun left promising to arrive tomorrow ..

                  The next few hours went in an complete silence for swara , Everywhere she looked she was reminded of her daughter and she can't help the drops of tears that fell at every reminder  .

             Meanawhile  She knew Sanskar was in his office working on Sahil case a fact that must be harder for him .  And she was worried about him , he had to deal with his sister betrayal and had to go against his professional code  by taking Sahil case and Swara heart broke for his pain as well .

                   And since she wanted him to eat something ,she went into kitchen to cook and an hour later she went in search of him but was surprised to not  find him in his office ..

                 And she knew where to find him ,unlike swara who avoided the room for its memories , Her husband was standing in the room facing those memories .. 

             " Sanskar , Come you have to eat something " she said as she walked upto him ..

            " You eat Shona ..I don't feel like it .." He replied back ..

          " I am so sorry Sanskar .." She spoke up and went into his arms and broke down after the tiring day .

        " I should be the one who says sorry for failing our daughter " he answered back in anguish while he held on to her  .

        " I am not worried about our daughter  ,I know you will bring her back to me again ..I am worried about you .." Swara spoke up still holding on to him .

         " For what , That I may have to bring Sahil out of jail when all I wish for him to remain there or the fact my pride would take a fall for apologizing to him . None of it matter Shona , I will do anything for our daughter , and if it means doing as Uttara wanted then I will do it ..it doesn't matter " he spoke up and swara knew he will go to any lengths for their daughter  .

            " What will you do after Lavanya comes back " she asked wanting to know his thoughts .

            " For now I am not thinking beyond having our daughter back with us in this room ." he answered his question back

                 And they stayed in their princess room for long time that night and even when they tried to sleep ,it eluded them .. Swara who never saw her husband cry was shocked to find tears in his eyes that night .

              And as she cuddled on to him closer in hopes of providing him comfort ,he held her in his arms till the break of the dawn ..

               Meanwhile Uttara Maheshwari  tucked Lavanya into the bed and as she saw Kavita waiting for her at the door  ,She walked out with her to the hall ..

          " Do you really think Sanskar will forgive you" Kavita asked uttara .

          " Ofcourse now that bhai knows Swara lied ,he will understand why I had to go to such lengths ." Uttara answered back..

              " Still do you have to go to such lengths for Sahil . He could have hired an lawyer in his own " Kavita answered back as she wasn't interested in being an accomplice to an kidnap and hated that her conscience which was dormant for a long time woke up after seeing Lavanya innocent face ..

              Kavita lost her mother when she was young and she didn't like it when Lavanya keeps asking when her parents will come ..

          Her conscience didn't want to separate the kid  from its parents even though she knew she wanted Sanskar for her which would mean disrupting the little girl life and for the first time her conscience was against it ..

                  " Relax Kavita ..You didn't even tell your name to Lavanya , so you won't get into trouble . Sahil was innocent and bhai needs to do it for sending him to prison ." Uttara replied back

                 Unlike Uttara ,Kavita was aware of  Sahil real character , And Kavita realized Uttara was hastening her downfall in the name of love ..

               Sanskar refused Swara to come with him. As he had no intention of letting Sahil near her ..And he went through the entire ordeal with an grim face for his daughter  .

                 If it was just an drunk and drive case Sahil might have been released with a fine ..But he had crashed onto another car which resulted it in an injured party who  was pressing charges the fact which was the reason there was an trial on court

              The trial ended in Sahil favor as  Sanskar told the Sahil  agreed to compensate the victim demands in truth he went further and said Sahil takes responsibility of his actions and will pay two times more than the victim demanded , and  agreed to pay the fine judge levied on Sahil. 

              Sanskar was glad uttara didn't study law and didn't have the slightest knowledge because she would have realized Sanskar didn't actually help Sahil ..

          After much contemplation Sanskar decided what to do last night ..While his conscience didn't like taking Sahil as a client , he made sure sahil pay for his crime by offering to pay more than twice the amount the victim asked of him ..Sahil can't contradict Sanskar on court and Uttara wouldn't realize any other lawyer would have tried to bring the compensation down or will make sure their client doesn't have to pay .. 

               Sanskar chose to abide by his code of ethics ,though he was Sahil lawyer ..Everyone in court including the victim lawyer knew Sanskar  was actually on the victim side ..

                 Uttara only heard Sahil was released statement and she believed Sanskar got him free . Now Sanskar had to apologize to him a fact he couldn't find a way out even after much contemplation .

            As    Uttara raced into Sahil  arms , she totally forgot about her second demand which was an relief as apologizing to Sahil would  have been a  very bitter pill to swallow .

           Even the police inspector was confused when Sanskar presented himself as Sahil lawyer . Sanskar knew Sahil can't say a word infront of uttara that might reveal his true face but still Sanskar saw the smirk on his face through the ordeal .

           " I want my daughter back .If not I will file an case against you and don't think I won't do it .." Sanskar said to  Uttara and left for his home ..

       Thrity minutes later  Uttara Maheshwari  drove Lavanya back to her home not realizing the wreck she caused in everyone life by her actions

              Swara and Sanskar had bee waiting for 30 minutes and the moment that spotted Uttara  car they breathed a sigh of relief  .

               Lavanya got down from the car and raced into Sanskar arm excited to tell him of her adventure and she was so innocent that she didnt notice the tears in her mom's  eyes or the way her father held her little too close as if he needs to know she was safe .  

             Sanskar held on to her daughter for a long awhile then handed her over to swara .

             " Princess why don't you go inside and play with mommy , Daddy will be there in an moment .."  He said and as Swara took her daughter inside Sanskar turned around to face Uttara ..

           " Bhai .." uttara began to speak up ..

          " Enough Uttara ..You spoke and spoke and we all listened till now . But now you listen and first let me make it clear from this day onwards I have only one brother ,you are no longer my sister  . " he spoke up  and let Uttara realize that she had crossed a line that can never be undone ..

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Nita