Dedicated to NidhiGupta687

Next morning, Mr. Banerjee had to prepare breakfast and lunch, he and Parul left according to their daily schedule. Prabir accompanied Bhawani to her school which was at a walking distance from their house.

Bhawani felt her phone vibrate silently at least the thirty fourth time now, she slowly received the call under her desk in an ongoing physics class and was appalled, " I got your number from her phone, she has met with an accident while she was out purchasing groceries. I have admitted her to the city hospital. Please come as soon as possible," was the message she received from a male voice before the call got disconnected.

Devasted she asked for permission to go to the washroom and called that number again and again, it was switched off.

Is Maa alright? She thought staring blankly at a mirror as tears rolled down her cheeks. Unbearable thoughts passed randomly in her mind at a quick pace. The voice she had heard, was of a middle-aged person around forty years old.

She left the washroom and went straight to the Principal's office, she sought his permission to leave the school immediately and run to the hospital, the Principal though realized that she had genuine tears in her eyes, asked her to write a written application asking for permission which she readily did.

She raced to her class and picked up her bag, showing the teacher the permission granted to her for leaving school. She fled. Outside the school gate, she couldn't hold a grasp on what she should  do, should she call up Prabir and ask him to speak with Mr. Banerjee, as she had Prabir's number but not his father's. Did Bhargavi know about this accident? Should she directly go to the hospital?

She was being indecisive and time was ticking off, she thought and finally decided to call up Bhargavi. She had covered a lot of distance to be covered by any of the CC TV cameras placed on the front gates of the school. She saw three men walk up towards her whose faces were hidden, as they had helmets placed on them but they gave very bad vibes.

Bhargavi received the call, " Di..I.." the phone was snatched from Bhawani's hands,thrown on the floor and smashed by the boots of one of those people. A cloth was filled in her mouth, and tied tightly at the back of her head to muffle her voice. Her hands were held back and tied up with ropes, she was thrown up on the shoulders of a tall man and they walked up to a van. She kicked him and tried to scream but it didn't help, there was not a single soul visible, who could help her. She was hurled in the van and found Mayank Sinha smiling wickedly at her with serenity.

Bhargavi instantly called up Prabir - an alarming distressed call, " Prabir...Bhawani... she's in danger," she yelled in panic.

"What? She's in school? "He queried.

She cut in sharply," Prabir she called me ...right now! Before she could speak up something, I heard her muffled up voice, then her phone was smashed, my ears could bleed with that sound. She's kidnapped. We'll have to trace Mayank Sinha."

Prabir, stood stupefied for sometime as he decided the course of wisdom that was really sensible at the present moment, and was taken aback by Bhargavi's words, "Prabir...I don't know what that maniac is going to do with her."

"I'll be back with her Bhargu...I won't let anything happen to her...trust me", Prabir declared and hung up.

" Hey! Ayush..I again need your father's help and it's quiet urgent...please help me save my sister...Bhawani has been kidnapped by Mayank Sinha and his goons have destroyed her phone, so in order to find her...we need to trace Mayank's phone and check on his call recordings." Prabir said briefly calling up Ayush.

"I'll kill that swine this time...and bury him ...six feet underground..I'm coming," Ayush yelled.

"You slapped me right? It was because of you that I was dragged to the police station and  was only let to  leave after I paid a huge amount," Mayank shrieked and tugged her hair hard. He slapped her right and left repeatedly non-stop six times.

" Now I'll let you rott here, let me see what your stupid brother does to save you.

Ah! What did he say last time?...I am not letting you touch my sister...who is going to stop me from touching you now?" He chortled and started unbottoning her school shirt." I can let all of my men have fun with you,"he smirked.

Bhawani felt hopeless, even her feets were tied now. she tried hard to free her hands but couldn't. She closed her eyes in an attempt to not see his face anymore. She blamed herself for being such a fool and believing a random phone call, as hot tears rolled down over her cheeks continously.

Mayank was on his way to the fourth button on her shirt and they heard loud police Jeep's sirens.

*******

Within an hour, the exact location of where Mayank was and where he had taken Bhawani was found out. Ayush took Prabir on his bike and they followed the police jeeps. Bhawani was taken to the basement of an abandoned house near an old abandoned railway station but the area was not outside the  network coverage and he was easily tracked.

All the goons hired by Mayank had already fled, having heard the police Jeep sirens, leaving him alone in the basement with Bhawani. The sound in the basement could be heard only after the police had already reached close enough to the abandoned house for letting any chance for Mayank to escape. Mayank was trapped.

The police pestered their way into the basement. Prabir got a nasty shock and was agonised as he glanced at Bhawani. He rushed and fell on his knees, hugging her. He opened the knot and pulled out the dirty cloth fed in her mouth and she started to vomit...

Ayush moved forward with arrogance and punched Mayank in his face, though his father condemned him, he kept punching him and thundered,
"How dare he touch my sister and do this to her?" He turned to his father, Mr. Brijesh and asked," Would you have stopped me from doing this if she was Ananya and not Bhawani? Prabir's sister is my sister."

There was pin drop silence, Ayush growled, " Listen up closely Mayank Sinha, just because your father is an MLA don't think you will be left untouched.

Baba...let's tie him up like he tied up Bhawani but on the railway track and leave him alone. How does it sound Mayank? You think your father will come and save you? Huh!

Or you want to be shot dead?

Speak up you a****** I didn't feed you any dirty cloth to muffle up your voice."

Prabir, untied Bhawani's hands and legs, buttoned her shirt and tried to comfort her, then said "Bhawu.. I'll be right back okay! " He stood up and paced slowly in the direction of Mayank, the enraged look in his eyes made Mayank shrink back.

He  advanced and kicked Mayank on his chest and Mayank was flung on the floor some distance away groaning in pain. Some police came forward to hold Prabir back and Ayush glanced frostily at his father.

Mr. Brijesh, himself pressed forward with the baton in his hand, and Mayank yelled and shrieked in pain. He threatened Mayank, "If you don't want to go missing from the surface of the Earth, never again try to...no...never again even think of getting a glimpse of that girl.

Yes! I may get transferred or even lose my job but that is after I have killed you.

If you are thinking that you will tell about me to your father today itself and he'll save you from me, by eating up my job; listening to your fairytale, I'll say that you are in a mirage, he has many scandals you know. I can assure you that if he gets on the wrong page in my books, he'll be thrown out from his party."

*********

" Bhawani is with me, she's okay. I am bringing her home," Prabir called up and informed Bhargavi as they sat in a police jeep to return to the city.

"Sir, are you again going to leave him with only warning. Bhawani's life could have been ruined today.

Last time the inspector in-charge refused to register a case against him and asked me to sort it out with him outside the legal formalities, as it could ruin his career and future.

Is he so important only because he's the son of an MLA?
Just yesterday, he brought so many goons and created a ruckus but that wasn't enough ?" Prabir asked Ayush's father.

"Prabir I'll see that a case is registered this time...but it won't be of any use, he will be bailed out soon. But I have broken down some of his bones, he won't be able to stand up for a minimum of a week," Mr. Brijesh said remorsefully.

Bhawani wept inconsolably, her face buried in Prabir's chest. He had promised he wouldn't let Mayank harm her but had failed her. He had also promised Bhargavi that he wouldn't let anything happen to Bhawani, but he had failed her too.

"Bhaiya..I don't want to go home..I don't want to face Maa or Di,"she sobbed.

" You did nothing wrong Bhawu...here look at me...you know why I am here? Because Bhargu...called me up panicked, she told me that most probably you were kidnapped.

Why were you not in school? How did he kidnap you?"he probed.

Bhawani explained briefly, how she was called by someone saying that her Maa had met an accident and was hospitalized and then she went on telling about the goons whom she would not be able to identify as they had covered their faces and wore helmets.

Mr. Brijesh clenched his fingers hard and wished he had broken down each and every bone of Mayank's body. But he still had chance, Mayank was unconscious in another police jeep and would be taken to the hospital.

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Bhargavi embraced Bhawani warmly, and was aghast with the marks on her face. "He hit you? That..." She yelped.

"Di..I am okay," Bhawani said reassuringly.

"Prabir where is Mayank?" Bhargavi enquired enraged.

"Hospitalized,"he replied abruptly.

" Did you..? Prabir how did you?...Your right arm is broken," She asked concerned and confused.

" My arm is broken Bhargu...not my spine...

Mayank was beaten up first by Ayush, then kicked by me, then he received repeated police batons and now he has ended up in a hospital. I am sorry I couldn't protect Bhawani.

I'll not let him live in peace, I'll make him feel as hopeless, helpless and vulnerable as he made Bhawani feel.

He'll be scared to live and he'll be scared to die," he retorted with an icy look that made her almost feel the physical form of his rage scorching her.

Her heart rate increased tremendously. Prabir ...who always seemed so kind,caring,and gentle now looked scary, brutal and ruthless.
His gaze was no longer tender and loving but icy and cold.

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