Trisha.

I looked at them "You mean, Kidnap Someone like Abiram or Mahesh?" I asked.

"No" Aditya shook his head "Kidnap someone like his daughter!" Aditya said quickly "Narayan have a daughter who is staying at bangalore"

"That's right, We have details on her, We researched about his family before coming here" Aditi added.

"I know about his daughter, I had been following surya group for years now" I said "The problem is, She is not related to anything surya group is doing, The last time she attended one of their events was during her teenage days, If I'm right, She might be around 25 years now" I said.

"Her name is shweta and she's full time surrounded by her bodyguards" Aditya said "She has been kidnapped twice before so narayan arranged the bodyguards around her" he said.

Aditi nodded "We heard that she's even guarded during her classes" she said.

"So it's difficult for us to get her" varsha said "then who else is there?"

"It leaves the youngest one, Arjun surya narayan, He is only 28 years old and takes care of the Surya Merging and acquisition" shahid said "he's a legend in his field, I heard that he hasn't failed any cases till now, Surya law firm was established after he came back" he said.

"Surya law firm?" Varsha frowned "that means that evil lawyer varun who take care of Abiram and Mahesh is working under him?" she asked asked.

"Yes, But I heard that Arjun is different from others, He don't like to get dirt on his hands, So he deals with the cases completely legally" I said "Even though he practically chew up the smaller companies, He uses law to trap them"

"Like what they did to my company" varsha said "first they wanted to merge, but dad refused, so they ruined the company completely before trying to acquire it" varsha said.

"That's cruel! I don't expect anything from surya group anyway!" I said.

"But guys, I still think shweta would be our best catch" karthik said "She is being protected day and night, That means, narayan have a soft corner for her, let's get her!"

"Her bodyguards?" Aditi turned to him.

"Let's see"

Arjun.

I opened the old college magazine that had the interview of the university gold medalist; Trishana hariprasad.

I was impressed with her passion and  dedication, She sounded full of hope.

"Sir" karan opened the door "I got the new edition of truth magazine!" he said and I looked up at him.

"They are going through the entire trial of Maya case, right?" I asked.

"Yes, But it seems that Maya's family is missing, She is starting her article stating that" karan said "I was not aware of that" he said.

"What about the next issue?" I asked him.

"I have no idea what she has in mind" karan said "even though she has accepted me, She is very strict about the confidential informations, only her chief editor and cameraman is allowed in that room" he said

"Did you make sure that she didn't take any pictures of Abiram last time?" I asked.

She was there with camera when the incident happened.

If She was there, Then the pictures will be there too, I'm sure of that.

"I am sorry, I didn't get my hands on the camera, But what if she has taken pictures of Abiram trying to kidnap that girl?"

"You need to destroy it" I said

"But then I will be expose-"

"Do it secretly, But even if you have to be exposed, you should destroy those pictures, It will be too dangerous for us" I said.

"The professionals on breaking lockers are coming in the evening" karan said "Are you really planning to break the locker in her house?" he asked me.

"Don't be too curious karan" I smiled up at him "leave trishana to me now and work on Dr.prakash's case"

Karthik.

"So guys, Are you clear about the plan?" I asked again.

Yes, I took my dad's car to drive to bangloor with others, Excluding Aditya, who was still taking rest and trishana, who had works to do at her office and volunteered to look after Aditya.

It's been four days since we are here, We spent all the time watching and understanding shweta narayan's daily activities.

Shahid, Varsha and Aditi nodded at my question.

Varsha was no joke when it came to make ups.

She completely transformed herself and shahid into different persons.

Even though the police had withdrawn the wanted notice on them, we didn't want to risk anything, especially if narayan's men recognised them.

So she had changed everything from their hairstyle to dressing and I was very impressed with their new looks.

"It's all about timing" shahid nodded.

"Okay" I opened the picture of the college "She's having day college, Her classes will be over by 1:30pm and she will be closely followed by the guards all the time until she takes her car safely and go back" I explained for the last time "So we don't do anything this time, We will wait until she reaches the gate" I said.

"She will be picked up by her driver and bodyguard and that's when we act" Shahid said.

I nodded.

"But are you sure that you can switch the cars that easily? What if she realised that it's not her car?" varsha asked.

We have decided to trick her by bringing a same car that look like hers and to trick her to get inside while her guards will be still looking.

"We have all the details on her car" Karthik said "Nothing will go wrong as long as Aditi take care of her work well and stall the real bodyguard" I turned to her.

"Dont worry" she said confidently "I can make a distraction and I will block the real bodyguard" she said "I have done it before"

"I will back her up" shahid nodded

"Then we will appear at the correct time in front of the place where shweta will be waiting and trick her to get inside" I said and varsha nodded.

"Hope she wouldn't notice that the driver has changed" she said.

"That's the risk we have to face" karthik said "But as long as she enters the car, we can take care of her" I said

"What if she realised it before and alert the bodyguards who are escorting her to the car?"

"Then plan B" I said and everyone nodded "But even if we resort to fight with them, Our only way is to get them by surprise, if we don't get away by 5 minutes, We will be done for" I reminded everyone and all of them nodded.

"One more thing, If at all, anyone get caught, Rather than trying to help and getting trapped, The others should try and escape" Aditi added, Reminding us the rule one last time

Varsha.

I am driving  the foreign car that was an exact same model of Shweta's real one.

Aditi and shahid was in the car behind us.

"I see them" Aditi talked and I corrected the bluetooth device.

"They are approaching us, we are going to stall them now" she spoke.

"You ready?" karthik turned to me from the passenger seat and I nodded.

"Let's go then" he said and we raced forward as the explosion from shahid and Aditi's car reached us.

"Five minutes" karthik said "They can't stall them more than that, We need to finish our business before that" he said and I nodded.

But when we reached the college stop, shweta surya narayan was not there yet.

"Karthik-" I turned to him, tensed.

"Relax..she will come" he said "let's wait" he said.

And we waited with beating heart.

"Karthik"

We heard shahid's voice "they are on their way" he said "you have 5 more minutes before they appear there" he added.

"Karthik, what if she's really late today?" I turned to Karthik and asked.

"She has to turn up" he said firmly "the last four days we watched her, she was never late" he said.

I looked at the watch.

Four more minutes!

We waited.

Two more minutes.

Still no sign of her.

Karthik checked his watch.

"F**k!" he cursed before contacting shahid.

Shahid.

"Again?" I asked him.

"Yes, the girl is not here yet" he said

"Okay, I understand" I disconnected the call and turned to Aditi, who was in the passenger seat.

"We need to buy more time" I said and she nodded "if we screw up this chance, We could never get hold of her" she said.

"But what are we going to do now?" I turned to her "should we chase them and block their way?" I asked

"Let's create a small accident" she said and I understood.

"Here we go" I accelerated "Get a good grip" I added and pressed the accelerator again.

The distance between the cars were reducing.

Three...

Two...

One-

CRASH...

I pressed the break as the screeching filled the air.

I have conveniently scratched the side of the imported foreign car with our second hand beat up one.

The car stopped and stepped out an angry driver, looking murderous and I gulped.

Aditi opened the door and stepped out.

"Oh My God!" She squealed in an unnatural high pitched girly voice and covered her mouth "I am so sorry!" she exclaimed to an angry driver "I am so sorry that I damaged your car" she said again, then turned to me.

"This is all your fault! I told you to go slowly!" she exclaimed as the driver turned to glare at me.

"I'm sorry, my driver was feeling restless as we are late for our flight" She added and looked at him "I can pay you though" She took a bundle of cash and placed in his hand "Please forgive him, Sir"

Karthik.

"There she is!" Varsha said.

"Okay, stay still, look forward, Don't move" I said and she did as I told.

We waited as she walked to us, Typing in her phone and without even looking, opened the car door.

"You should call us if you are going out ma'am" one of the guards walked near.

"Do not follow me" she said haughtily "tell my dad that I will change my college again if he insist on keeping me jailed like this!" she slammed the door shut angrily.

"Let's go" the order came and varsha moved forward.

She looked at me before turning to her phone, then looked up after a second.

"Who are you?" she asked me rudely "who is this-" she stopped as she realised that the driver is different.

"Stop the car!" she said and varsha accelerated.

"Stop the bloody car-" she lunged at the door.

"You can't open it, princess" I said as I loaded the gun and pointed to her "You have no other way out" I said firmly to a stunned shweta.

"That was better than we expected!" varsha said from the driving seat as I took shweta's mobile phone out of her hand.

"Um..guys"

The bluetooth came on "we have a little problem here" Aditi said as we heard the shouting in the background.

"I need money" she added "he's demanding us a ridiculously big amount to repair the car, We already gave him everything we have"

"Give him whatever he want before he suspect something and get out of there before the police come" I said "You have my bag with you" karthik said "There's cash in the backpack"

I disconnected the bluetooth and turned to the cool girl sitting in the backseat like she's the princess, not our prisoner.

"We have a long way to go, we would appreciate your corporation or I will have to drug you" I said.

"You know who I am, right?" she asked back.

we didn't bother to reply her.

"How much do you want? You say it" she said "there's no need to take me far"

"Shut up" varsha said "you sound exactly like them, throwing money to solve problems" she added.

"Look" shweta said "my father wouldn't be happy if you behave rudely" she said "I suggest you treat me well" she said.

"Yea, sure" I said "we are really going to treat you very well" I assured her sarcastically.

Aditi.

It was surprisingly easy to kidnap a girl here!

I watched as a blindfolded shweta tried to convince us about the money her dad would be paying us.

"We are here" Shahid said and karthik turned to the estate road leading to the garden house.

"Where are you taking me?" shweta asked and for the first time since the long ride, I could hear the worry in her voice "My father will not pay you if you hurt me" she warned.

Everyone ignored her again.

"You do know my father, right?" she asked again, now confused that we are refusing to have any communication with her.

"If you don't know, you will be in big trouble, If it's money you want, I suggest you leave me before it became serious" she said.

"Get her inside" karthik said as he stopped the car.

So I opened the door and waited as varsha pushed gently on shweta's hand to make her move.

"Where..where are we?" she asked.

"Come on, I will show you where you are" I moved towards her and opened her blindfold.

"You can walk inside on your own" I added.

She squinted her eyes and looked around.

"You...Are you doing this for money?" she looked around, But didn't attempt to escape.

"Move inside" varsha said as she hesitated.

"Don't think about escaping this place" shahid warned "you can't find your way out and you will get trapped in the woods" he said.

She looked like considering the idea for a moment before choosing to walk inside.

Aditya.

I got up slowly and walked to the door as I heard the car.

"Trisha, They are here" I shouted inside.

That girl had been immersed in her laptop ever since she reached here.

She was excited about her new story about Abiram surya narayan trying to kidnap in broad daylight. She had pictures to back up her story and was totally satisfied with the new issue.

She has also blurred Aditi's and karthik's faces.

I turned to the door and stilled.

To my surprise, They all were walking inside, including the "kidnapped" girl.

There were no struggles, Shoutings or fight.

Instead, the girl was looking around.

"I asked you to sit in that wheelchair!" trisha said, looking displeased at me as she came out.

"I told you that I am ok!" I said back.

Then she turned to the others.

"There was no police checkings?" she asked.

"Two places" karthik slumped to the settee "but she behaved well" he added.

"Because you had a gun against me all the time" shweta retorted, then looked around.

"Look, Do you really know who I am?" she asked exasperated "I am the only daughter of surya group's chairman" she said.

"Really!?" I raised my eyebrows "hey guys, She's the only daughter of surya group's chairman!" I said sarcastically.

"I'm serious!" she exclaimed "or...do you already know that? You must have, that's why you appeared there" she looked like talking to herself.

"Look, if it's money you need, You don't have to go this extend, just demand what you want and leave me" she said "my father won't be too pleased if you keep me as a prisoner here!" she said

Money..money!

They all think money is everything!

"How much do you think your father will exchange for you?" karthik asked, taking a step closer to her "Do you think he will exchange the surya group for you?" he said and shweta looked tensed.

"Who...who are you all!?" she looked around "If you are making a living by kidnapping people for money-"

"Shut the hell up!" Shahid turned to her in fury.

Even I was startled from his outburst.

"money..money, That's all you want to talk about?" He took a threatening step towards her and she looked scared at his expression. "Do you think we need your money?" he asked again.

"Then..what..what do you want?" She looked around "I..I can help you with whatever you want..just..let me go" she said.

silence filled the room as shahid looked more angry.

"You can help us get anything we want?" he asked her in a cold voice "sure, Then can you bring my wife back?" he asked and she looked startled.

"BRING MY WIFE BACK TO LIFE THEN, YOUR BROTHER THREW HER DOWN THE BRIDGE WHILE SHE WAS STILL BLEEDING FROM THE BULLETS, THEY STARVED HER FOR THREE DAYS, TURN BACK THE TIME AND BRING HER BACK!"

All of us were frozen in shock now.

"FIND MY BABYGIRL FOR ME, SHE'S ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD, I WANT HER BACK, CAN YOU DO THAT WITH YOUR MONEY?" He shouted again and shweta took a step backward, looking scared.

Her eyes were filled and she looked on the verge of crying.

"Shahid-"

But I couldn't finish as he was still glaring at the girl.

"Your father and brothers killed all of his family members, what can you do about that?" he pointed at us "And her" he pointed to trisha "your company trapped her father for false charges and killed him inside, Her mother collapsed at the news and she lost both of her parents because of surya group!" Shahid stopped.

"I'm sorry...I am..so..sorry.." shweta looked truly shaken now. Both of her eyes were filled and her voice trembled

"Let me tell you this" Shahid said one last time "if something happen to my daughter, you are as good as dead! I will kill you personally" he threatened and walked inside.

"We don't intend to hurt you" karthik turned to her "We just wants to use you against your brothers"

"You got the wrong person then" shweta looked at us "my brothers won't give a damn even if something happens to me" she said.

"They have been protecting you like that, I Am sure that they will be worried about you" trisha folded her hand across her chest and said.

"You got that right" shweta gave a humorless laugh. "They will be worried to spend the money on me" she said "you see..it's not the first time I'm getting kidnapped" she added "but the last two times, it was for money"

"You think your family won't give a damn if you are with us?" I walked to her "you are wrong" I said "If there's one thing your family is worried about now, that's us" I stated.

"You can't threaten them" she said "because they will just kill you all"

"Let's see if your father and brothers thinks like that" Aditi said.

Shweta.

I freshened up and came out of the bathroom.

I don't have any idea how to escape from here.

They are not doing this for money...

I walked to the desk were a file was placed.

I opened the first one.

Surya narayan.

I read the details and turned the page.

It was full of my father's details. From his business life to political stand.

The officers under his influence, The other corporate members who is likely to help him.

Details on Abiram, Mahesh and Arjun.

Everything on their private goons and the weapons that was with them.

It looked like a police report and I closed it back.

I reached for the second file.

It looks like it was done by a journalist, may be trishana- I concluded as I opened it with trembling hands.

It was full of the victim's reports.

Jasmine; Shahid's wife who was murdered by Abiram and thrown out of the bridge.

"Can you bring back my wife!?" his shout echoed around me.

I trembled as I went through the datas.

Varsha; She was attacked and left back thinking she's dead.

Maya; A rape victim who lost the case against mahesh and currently jailed for defamation.

Reporter hariprasad; Who was trapped by fake charges and murdered inside the jail.

Dhyani murder case..

I was shocked to even read the article.

A whole family was murdered overnight by a psycho killer...but it seems that it's related to my father and surya group!

My vision blurred and I started to wipe my eyes.

It doesn't matter how far away I am hiding from my family, The sins they committed will hunt me down.

And I know, Even if this gang kills me, I have no voice to blame them.

My eyes found the next name and my whole world shook.

Nandana; the girl who committed suicide because mahesh misbehaved with her.

Nandana?

My best friend nandana?

Mahesh misbehaved with her?

No...this is impossible!

I dropped the file down as images of her smiling face started to flash through my head.

Nandana was my best friend at school and she often visited me at home.

When I heard that she committed suicide, It was a shock! But I never never in even my wildest dream thought that mahesh misbehaved with her!

It all makes sense now, mamma send me away to study after this, She didn't want me to find out?

I was already depressed at that time and she hid it from me?

Does it mean that my mamma already knew about it then? If mahesh caused her death, Why was it concluded like a suicide case?

I wiped my eyes angrily.

I swear..This is it...this is the end of my running away.

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