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"The report is useless. Manik is not ready to commit his crime. He is ranting the same story since the first day. One month has passed dev. One month. Since one month he is in the custody. But we are clueless. "

Karthik huffed in dismay. This manik thing was getting more complicated.

"One side it is Manik another side we have that Arjun Mehra. What the hell is going on with me? You know I was not with Sonakshi when she needed me. Dad used to drop her and pick her every day during her exams. And my wife is so good that she didn't say a word. "

"We are doing this for Sonakshi. I think you must ask Sonakshi about Manik or we must bring Sonakshi here. Maybe Manik will tell her the truth. "

"I won't. I won't drag Sonakshi into this. "

"Dev, she is the sole reason we are handling this situation. Try to understand. She will help us. "

"And what about Mehra. That man is a pain in my ass. "

"He is your competition dev. He will try his best to drag you down. "

"God! My life is so messed up "
He facepalmed himself in frustration.

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At night

Dev was sitting on one of the chairs in the balcony, eyes closed thinking about the whole mess happening in his life. Talking to Sonakshi was a difficult task. She will fire infinite questions on him.

He felt someone massaging his head and a smile formed on his lips.

"Sonakshi," he asked with close eyes.

"Yes, why are you stressing yourself dev? Take a break. I know everything " he snapped his eyes open and look at her.

"What do you know? " he asked in horror. She wiggled her eyebrows and smiled lightly at him. Making her way towards his lap, she adjusted herself on his two legs. Dev looked at her with curiosity filled in his eyes. She traced her finger from his forehead to his little grown moustache smiling lightly at him.

"Dad told me that your rival is creating problems for you. Someone called Arjun Mehra. He was your classmate but since his and your father were business rivals you both grew together in that atmosphere "

"Oh yes," he sighed.

"Why are you sweating? Are you hiding something? "

"No. Not at all " he shrugged.

"Dev," she said sternly.

"God, you are fitting in perfect wifey shoes huh! " he teased.

"I spent most of my time with you. So I am habitual of you. Now tell me what is wrong? " she said kissing his left cheek lovingly.

"Manik " he whispered. Her whole body stiffened. She looked at him with a blank expression. Now, what was coming for her?

"What about him? " she said standing straight and all ok.

"Sonakshi, come here. I can sense your discomfort " he called for her while she looked at the sky.

"What can I do for you? "

"Remember our first fight. This is related to it. I want your help. We want something from Manik. It's been a month. The police are tired of asking him questions but he is not answering them properly. You can help us, after all, you both had a history "

"We both had a history. But he never loved him he was always with me just to get close with my sister. He won't tell me. And it was you who told me that I should stay away I am away. And it's been a month. Why will he tell me? ". Dev could sense the anger rising in her body.

Holding her by her shoulders he made her face him. She looked at him with anger blazing in his eyes.

" Sonakshi, the whole situation is not what you think. Your sister she is. "

"What my sister. Huh! Don't take her name. The day she stepped in my life, she snatched away everything from him. I don't like her. "

"You must not hate a person who is dead "

The world stopped for Sonakshi. Did he just say dead? Natasha. Dead. What the hell.
She looked at him with the atrocity.

"Are you mad? What the hell are you saying " she pushed him away? Tears fell continuously from her eyes as she tried to digest the fact that her so-called sister was dead.

"Dad. Dad knew about this. And mom what about her. Everyone knows and Manik. What is going on "

did she start shivering and muttering incoherent words? Dev hugged her tightly trying to console her. This was the thing he hated the most.

"Sonakshi. Please stop " he rubbed her back continuously until she fainted in his arms.

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"I told you to keep your mouth shut. I knew she won't be able to handle it. " a furious Prakash yelled at dev.

Dev just stood with his head down waiting for Sonakshi to get up. She was unconscious due to the shock.

"Prakash it was necessary to tell Sonakshi. She is the one who can help us to get what we want. "

"You are not understanding. What if I lost my other daughter too. " he cried.

Dev sat in front of him, taking his hands in his he said

"I promised you that day dad and I promise you today too nothing will happen to Sonakshi. She is my wife. I will protect her. "

"It's easy to speak but it's hard "

he sniffed and exited the house. He lost his one daughter and he never wanted to lose Sonakshi. Natasha was his adopted daughter he brought her home when his best friend passed away in an accident. He did everything for her. For Natasha, he sent Sonakshi away to her grandmother and today after her death. He has the murdered of his daughter but her dead body was still missing. She died but there was no proof. Manik was continuously ranting about being innocent. But he was the suspect. He was the one who was found with Natasha's body. Their neighbours saw him dumping her body. But he said that he was all innocent.

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Dev held Sonakshi's hand tightly and assured her that everything will be fine. Today they were meeting Manik.

"MR.dixit I suggest that Mrs.dixit must meet Manik alone. "

"Alone no way. That man is dangerous. He is the murderer. "

"He is under suspicion dev," Sonakshi said.

Dev stared at her in disbelief. Everyone was saying that he was the murdered expect Sonakshi. Why was she taking his side?

"Sonakshi, please stop it everything is against him "

"I don't know "

Dev gave her an impossible look while she entered the room where Manik was waiting for her.

She looked at Manik at horror. He has multiple bruises on his face and a white bandage on his leg. He smiled at her through tears.

"Manik " she whispered.

"I am so happy to see you alive. He is protecting you. He must. "

"Are you ok? " she questioned him

"I want to die Sonakshi. I loved Natasha a lot. "

He cried. She could see dev and police officers looking at them from the glass window.

"Why don't you tell us the truth? "

"I am screaming and telling them the truth since the first day. But they have certified me as a murderer. I didn't kill Natasha. I was in the office when she called me. I ran to our house only to find her dead. And your dad thinks that I killed her for money. Why will I? I loved her. For her I betrayed you "

He cried harder.

"Manik they want proof "

"I want them to kill me. But I can't die. I can't die. I have to stay alive. I have to stay alive for my daughter. "

"What," Sonakshi asked him in a shock. Daughter? What was he talking about? Natasha never had a daughter.

"Four years ago Natasha delivered a baby girl. But the doctor said that she was dead. It was all lie. The baby is still alive and someone has her. I want to see my daughter. "

"I don't understand anything. You are saying that everything is been planned and is going on for years. And how can you be so sure about your daughter? Because police have proof of my daughter being alive. The whole staff of the hospital is been arrested and they think that I killed my daughter with my wife for money. The next kill is you Sonakshi. Your husband is working so hard to save you please tell him to save my daughter. She would be so small. Just 3 year old. Little girl, I don't know anything. I beg you. "

He cried and held her legs. She immediately stood up and tried to detach herself from him. But he was adamant and broken.

Natasha has a baby girl. Her husband is under suspicion. The baby is been kidnapped and lost since the day she was born. And Natasha is dead. Everything was hard to digest. Looking at a crying Manik, she was not able to hold herself. Soon everything became dark for her. She wanted to sleep and forget everything. Just sleep.
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The story is changed fully. Pay attention to every line and word. Every person holds an important place in this story.

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Anyways, further chapters are dark and disturbing.

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