1: The Destruction

There was a lot of hullabaloo in the Raizada mansion .After all, it was Akash and Payal's wedding day , today .
Arnav paced right and left in the hall ,with his phone in the hand trying his best to reach out to his beloved Di's phone. Nani ji , Mami ji and Mama ji were sitting distraught in the hall worrying about their favourite Anjali bitiya.

It was more than an hour ago that Anjali had called on Nani ji's phone and in midst of the talk , she shrieked loudly , her phone unavailable to be reached since then.
Nani ji got very scared , her old heart shivered as it feared the worst . Anjali was one of the only two things remaining of her much adored daughter , Ratna , the other being Arnav. But more than Arnav , Anjali always reminded her of her daughter.

Anjali had got the exact same looks in inheritance. She had the smile of her mother , the voice of her mother and her behaviour was exactly like her mother. With Anjali around , Nani ji seldom felt the absence of her long lost daughter. She had already lost her daughter , she couldn't afford to lose her daughter's daughter now.

Seeing Nani tense , Mami went to ask her what happened . Nani narrated to her all that had taken place making Mami more tense then ever. Anjali might not have been her daughter by blood but she had loved her more than her own son if not equally. She loved the daughter of her sister in law who despite her being from a lower class family never ever taunted her and always gave her unconditional love.

Mama was shocked to know about this , Anjali was just like his elder sister as caring as ever. He couldn't bear that something ill might have happened to her.

They decided to inform Arnav about this.

Arnav at that moment was romancing and teasing his lady love , Khushi by implying to her that he wants to put a red bindi of his name on her forehead. Khushi was blushing profusely , thinking about marriage with the lard governer . Their sweet moment was interrupted by hari prakash who also like Aman was a pain in their love life.

"Bhaiiya , Nani ji wants to talk to you . She is in the hall with Mami ji."hp said sparing Arnav and Khushi to do an eyelock again.

Through their eyes they communicated to each other , will meet you later.

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"Nani , what are you saying?" Arnav said shocked as he heard his grandmother recite him what she heard on the phone some minutes ago.

" Haan chhotte " Nani said very frightened by the situation. she was holding Anjali's little six month old daughter, Anshika and rocking her ever so lightly.

Arnav dialled the driver's number on his phone and tapped his feet desperately.

"Dammit ! Neither Di nor the driver is lifting up the phone !"

"Hello hi bye bye !Oh gods! Save my Anjali bitiya !!" Mami prayed joining her hands while Mama consoled a crying Nani.

"Enough I can't stay here , I am going to search for Di"Arnav said tired of the phone.

"Haan chhotte , I will also come"

"Me tooz"

"Haan hum bhi chalet hain"

"No you guys stay at home and tell me if you get any news of Di."

Arnav said putting on his Bluetooth and moving towards the door.

When he suddenly got a phone

"Hello ?" he picked it praying inwardly that it must be his di.

"Mr . Arnav Singh Raizada ?"

"Speaking..."

" Delhi police here...Does the car with number plate DL 03 AH 9000 belong to you ?"

"Yes" arnav said his voice trembling thinking of all the probabilities.

" Well we have found your car in a pathetic state near the river Yamuna . We have found a man lying heavily injured at some distance ...."

" That must be my driver ....What about my Di! Where is my sister ? Is she fine? Tell me dammit!" Arnav said so loudly that Mama , Mami and Nani , ran towards him . The whole gupta family , NK and Akash came downstairs. Khushi was very tensed when she saw Arnav so distraught , as if on the verge of crying.

" Arnav ji !" she slowly said making arnav turn towards her.

Shyam had also come down hearing Arnav's scream . he decided it was the right time to start his drama .

"Rani sahiba ?

Saale sahib , what happened to my Rani sahiba ...? Tell me Saale Sahib answer me" Shyam cried hysterically making even the Gupta family feel an ounce of pity for him.

Buaji and Garima now knew he had a little daughter with Anjali and all the drama he had done in Buaji's house , but had forgiven him , thinking that he must have done this all by mistake .He might have got distracted due to khushi's beauty ...it is not completely his fault. Nonetheless, Payal and Khushi had not forgiven him and neither did they ever mean to. Shashi as usual had no say but he supported his daughters.

" The police is saying that the car in which di went ,was found near the Yamuna river. But..but ...Di isn't anywhere ! I am going , I am going to find her......." Arnav ran towards the exit of the door.

"Wait Arnav ji , I shall also come ..." Khushi said making Shaym frown .

Nobody objected, everybody was busy consoling a crying Anshika , a pretending to be sad Shyam and a really devastated Raizada family.

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"Di ! di !" Arnav shouted roaming around that area trying to find his beloved sister.

They had gotten the driver admitted to the hospital as he was unconscious when Arnav and Khushi reached there.

Khushi consoled him. " Arnav ji , don't worry Anjali ji will be found safe and sound."

"Khushi.....my Di ....Where is my di!!? "he started crying keeping his head on her shoulders.

Khushi cupped his face and said "Arnav Ji be brave , I know you are brave.....Anjali ji must be fine " she consoled him hiding her tears .

"Mr.Raizada ?" the police officer asked for their attention making Arnav and Khushi pull themselves away from their comforting position.

"Did you find my di?"Arnav asked desperately .

"We might have sir"
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To Be Continued....

This is the first part guys! I hope I have created enough interest !