Part 22 Deal

Aarav gathered his men.

"Aarav, this is irritating. Do something. We can't pretend like saints" Rakesh said.

"Yes, Aarav... this is ridiculous... eating vegetables like a cow is annoying me" another guy, Samrat said.

"Let's take the Ashram under our control," One of them said.

Aarav became thoughtful.

"Ok... go and check all the directions..." he ordered the four.

They nodded ok and went to check the Ashram's features in every direction. Aarav came to the office room. He saw Mr. Devnath checking the accounts. He smiled at Aarav.

"Do you want anything, Swamiji?"

"Bade Swamiji asked about your Ashram's food chat" he said while running his eyes in the office room.

His eyes got stuck on the landline phone. His eyes widened in shock seeing the phone had CALLER ID.

"Could you please meet our Swamiji?" he said.

"Oh, sure..." Dev went to meet the Saint.

Aarav checked the numbers on the phone. After he called Nani, there was only one outgoing call registered on the phone. He gritted his teeth. His eyes caught the sight of HIS phone number written on a piece of paper. He quickly connected the dots. Nani should have written his number from the caller ID. To whom did she tell his number? He thought for a while and dialled the only outgoing number that was registered on the caller ID. Obviously, it was Arnav's number. Arnav saw the Ashram number flashing on his mobile. He attended it without delay and said,

"Nani..."

Aarav was stuck for a second. he didn't expect Arnav would be on the other side.

"Nani, is everything all right? Don't worry, Nani. We are coming"

Aarav got alerted. Arnav was coming.

"As of now, the local police would have rounded up the Ashram," Arnav said.

That was it. Aarav composed himself.

"I don't know you would become so smart my dear younger brother" Aarav chuckled.

Arnav was shocked to hear Aarav's voice. He closed his eyes fisting his fingers. What had he done...? Aarav got to know he was in India.

"How cleverly the old woman lied to me you know?" Aarav laughed.

"She said you are still in Scotland. It seems you guys are still scared about me... don't you?"

"I heard your wedding is fixed...! This is not done my dear younger brother... being my younger, how could you get married before me? don't you think of your elder brother before fixing your wedding?"

Arnav was silent.

"Didn't that old lady tell you the custom? How would she say, when she was all set to do my final ritual...! Didn't you think I was dead?"

"The police told us," Arnav said.

"That's how I created the scene... by the way, what that old lady told you about me?"

"She said you called her"

"So, you guys are in touch"

"We would have to... we have no one..."

"What are you saying, my brother? You are going to get into a new relationship with a girl... by the way, what she looks like?"

"Aaraaaav...."

"Hey, relax... I just asked for general knowledge. By the way, I met a girl in a supermarket. It seems you ran to Scotland betraying her...?"

"Whom you are talking about?" Arnav asked as if he didn't know who she was.

"The girl looked so fetching. She scolded you like she would kill you if she saw you. you know how happy I was hearing that?"

Arnav smirked.

"I thought only I'm in the bad book of girls... it seems you are also not less than me"

"Don't compare yourself with me. No one would be like you" Arnav said.

Aarav could not understand if he was taunting him or something else.

"Yeah... you are a coward who ran out of the country to save yourself from me"

"Yes, I'm a coward... unlike you"

Aarav frowned. Why did Arnav accept what he said?

"Does your fiancé know about how BRAVE you are?" he mocked.

"I haven't gotten a chance to tell her about it yet. I will surely tell her when I get a chance" Arnav simply said.

Aarav was annoyed. Why the hell Arnav was not getting hyper? Was he planning something? he was coming to the Ashram. Let him come. He would get to know who Aarav was. Disconnecting the call, Aarav came out of the office and ran his eyes in the Ashram. In no time, he signalled his men to close the main gate of the Ashram. They locked it.

All of them came to the main hall where the Saint was giving advises to the Ashram people. They closed the main door of the hall, making people panic. They gathered all the people and brought them to the main hall. The saint looked at them with confusion as he didn't know why people were saved by him doing atrocity. He stood up and asked,

"What are you doing here without my permission?"

"Your permission? It's you who must get our permission to even move"

"Whaaaat? Who are you?"

"Have you heard about the serial killers?"

The Saint frowned because he didn't hear about them as he was not fond of something other than GOD but people in the Ashram started to shiver. They started screaming in fear.

"Shut up..." Rakesh removed a gun.

People closed their mouths with their palms and sat on the floor. Nani saw Aarav removing his disguise. She was shocked to the core. Aarav smirked seeing her.

"Hello, Nani..." he saluted her.

Nani looked down feeling ashamed to be called Nani by him.

"How brilliantly you saved your grandson from me... you proved that you are my Nani. You are so smart like me"

Nani didn't look at him.

"Your grandson is coming here... For one last time, look at him well because hereafter, you can't see him..."

Nani looked at her horrified.

"It's because he will not be alive anymore"

"Aarav... don't do that. what did he do that you want to kill him? He never troubled you"

"I don't know why, Nani...whenever I think of him, I feel like killing him"

He saw the girl he eyed on.

"Hey, you..." he flicked his finger.

The girl looked at him gulping down.

"Come here"

She looked at others fearfully.

"It's a waste to seek other's help. No one is in the condition to help you because they themselves are in trouble" he smirked.

The girl nodded her head from left to right.

"Bring her" Aarav ordered.

"Nooo..." Nani shouted, coming in front of the girl.

"See, I won't mind you are my Nani"

"I too won't mind you are my grandson... be careful. Arnav is coming. he is not like before. He will finish you in a blink of an eye"

"Oh really?"

"Yes, you will see that when he comes here"

"Let him come... I will see what he will do" Aarav said carelessly.

How did he know what Arnav was up to? According to him, Arnav would be the same guy who went abroad to avoid problems.

"Ok, old lady... if your grandson dies in my hand, you will not stop me from getting this girl... deal?"

Nani looked at the girl who was shivering.

"We will see that later..."

At the same time, through the window of the Ashram, they saw the police getting down from the police van.

Aarav called Arnav. He attended the call.

"Arnav, if you want the people in the Ashram to be alive, you should come to me alone"

Arnav looked at Aman who nodded no.

"If you delay, I will kill all of them one by one"

"No... I will come..."

"With no weapons... be careful"

"Yeah..."

"Good boy... come come..." he disconnected the call.

Arnav got out of the van and headed to the Ashram.

To be continued...