Next Morning...

"Tum log mere bina hi shuru ho gaye?" Cabir frowned as Manik & Nandini told them what happened the night before. "How mean yaar....aise kaise kar sakte ho?"

"Im sorry bhai...main toh aapko phone karna chahti thi. Manik ne rok liye." Nandini explained while Manik just rolled his eyes.

"Dude...grow up. Itna bhi koi badi baat nahi hai." Manik said.

"Haan cabir..abhi concentrate karte hai na." Navya said. "Manik...Nyo Aunty aur Raj uncle Mukti ke saath gaye hai uss saabji se milwane ke liye. Tumhe bhi jaana chahiye."

"Ok....Nandini, you know what to do na?" Manik asked Nandini.

"Haan baba, yaad hai mujhe. Tum jao."

"Ok...good luck." Manik gave a peck on Nandini's cheek before leaving.

Raj & Nyonika brought Mukti to Kuldip. 

"Arre Veerji, aap yahan hai? Aur hum kaha kaha nahi dhund rahe hai." Raj said.

"Mujhe kyun dhund rahe they?"

"Humari choti bahu, Nandini se milwane ke liye." Nyonika replied. "Yeh hai Nandini..."

"Mere hone wali biwi." Manik added as he came up to them. Mukti & Manik both bent down to pretend to take his blessings.

"Jeete raho...khush raho." Kuldip blessed them. As Mukti got up, he placed a hand on her cheek. 'Bohot hi pya-aaaa..."

"Veerji...Kuldip Veerji? Kya hua?" Raj asked as Kuldip stared ahead in shock.

"Tauji?" Manik called. But Kuldip was frozen, he could speak or even move because he saw.....Jhanvi, wearing the same wedding lehenga she was the day she died...her face all pale. like there was no life in her. Kuldip closed his eyes and shook his head before looking again, this time nobody was there. Raj, Nyonika, Mukti & Manik smirked among themselves seeing the fear on Saabji's face.

"Veerji!" Raj nudged him.

"Huh?"

"Kya hua?"

"Woh..w..w..woh..woh...ww.w..w.."

"Woh kya?" Manik asked.

"Nahi..n..nahi..k..kuch..na...hi..Pa..paani...."

"Haan Haan, abhi laya tauji." Manik took a glass from a waiter and handed it to him. Kuldip was about to take a sip when he pushed it away in shock. The glass wass filled with a red liquid.

"KHOON! K..K..K..Khoon...iss.iss..isme..k..k..kh..khoon!"

"Veerji...kya bol rahe hai aap? Isme sirf paani hai." Nyonika explained. Kuldip shook his head and loked away. 

"Nahi..nahi..khoon..khoon hai isme..."

While he was looking away, Manik quickly handed the glass back to the waiter who was none other than Cabir in disguise and took an identical glass but this was filled with water. Cabir then walked away.

"Tauji...dekhiye...sirf paani hai. See." Manik showed him the glass. Kuldip took the glass and looked at it bewildered.

"Yeh kaise...nahi main dekha tha...isme khoon...maine khud dekha tha....kaise...yeh..."

"Aapka tabiyat toh thik hai na Tauji?" Manik asked as Kuldip stumbled backward. He was sweating and already very much terrified. After all, he wasnt a very educated man and he grew up in the village so ghost stories were something he grew up listening and believing.

"Main...main kamre mein..aaram...abhi.."

"Of course Veerji, jaayiye aap." Raj assured him. Kuldip left while the others started laughing....well everyone except Manik.

"Manik...chinta mat kar. Nandini akeli nahi hai...Abhi hai uske saath aur Cabir bhi wahi jaa raha hai. Plan kaam kar raha hai." Mukti said to Manik.

Meanwhile Kuldip walked...no pretty much ran to his room and closed the door behind him, panting.

"Kya Saabji..aapko kya lagta hai bhoot darwaze se aate hai?" A girl's voice said from behind, sending chills down Kuldip's spine. He turned around to see Jhanvi (Nandini) still in that same lehenga laying on his bed. "Kya hua? Khush nahi hai aap mujhe dekh ke?"

"Nahi..Nahi...nahi ho sakta...yeh...jhoot..tum maar gayi thi...yeh.."

"Hahaha! Toh maine kab kaha ki main zinda hoon?"

Kuldip gasped and pressed up against the door, as if that was going to get him farther away....but he was too scared to do anything else.

"Meri aatma ko kabhi shanti mile hi nahi....aur tab tak nahi milegi jab tak main apne haathon se aapka aur mere uss veerji, Rudra ko maar na dalun! Hahaha!" 

At that monet there was a sudden sound of thunder, even though it wasnt raining. Abhi & Cabir were hiding outside of a window and Abhi was giving the thunder sounds from his phone while Cabir used a silent fan to make Nandini's open hair blow.

"Nahi...Nahi...."

"Ghumnaam hai koi....anjaan hai koi..." Nandini started singing and Kuldip realized that the girl from the night before was Jhanvi.

"Iska matlab...yeh sach mein bhoot...isi liye Manik ne bhi isse nahi dekha...kya karun main...kya karun?" Kuldip thought to himself.

"Pehle main aapko maarungi uske baad uss Rudra ko....tabhi mujhe shanti milegi." 

"Nahi...please...main...mere bache hai..biwi hai..main...pls." Kuldip fell to the floor and started begging with his head touching the floor. Taking this moment, Nandini quickly climbed out of the window with Abhi & Cabir's help and ran from there. Kuldip looke back up and off course saw nothing.

"Bhoot...Jhan..Jahnvi ka...bhoot....b..b..b..b..b...b..bhoot. Rudra...haan mujhe usse call karna chahiye. Woh Jhanvi ka bhai hai...pakka usse shant kara dega. Main usse call karta hoon." Kuldip dialed a number.

*Phonecall*

R: Ji Saabji...shaadi kaisa hai?

K: Badh mein gaya shaadi...yahan meri jaan pe bann aaya hai!

R: Kya? Kya bol rahe hai aap? Kiski itni himmat?

K: Jhanvi..

R:....Saabji...usse maare hue itne sala ho gaye...woh kaise....

K: Haan...maar gayi thi lekin, uski bhoot, uski aatma ne mujhe dhamki di hai Rudra! Hum dodno ko maar dalne ki dhamki, apna badla pura karne ke liye woh bhatak rahi hai...itne salaon se....Im sure uska ashiq bhi hoga.

R: Paras? Nahi Saabji...aisa kaise ho sakta hai? Bhoot jaisi koi bhi cheez nahi hot-

K: RUDRA! Ab tu mujhe sikhayega? Huh?

R: Nahi saabji...main toh bas...

K: Maine khud uske bhoot ko dekha hai...woh mere samne thi...aur mere elava aur koi nahi dekh paa raha hai.

R: Par..

K: Mujhe kuch nahi sunna hai....Chup Chap haveli vapas aake apni behen ko control kar...

R: Main? 

K: Haan tu...behen hai woh teri, usse sambhalne teri zimmedari hai. Kal tak mujhe tu iss haveli mein chahiye.

Kuldip hung up the phone before Rudra could say anything.

"Jab tak Rudra na aaye mujhe kuch karna hoga taaki Jhanvi ka bhoot iss kamremein na aaye....haan...namak. Kitchen mein hoga." He then went to the small attached kitchen and opened all the cabinets looking for salt. When he finally found some, he started making a border all around the room. Then he kneeled down and folded his hands together. "Bholenaath...Bajrangbali...Vishnuji...Durga Ma...Lakshmi Ma...aap sab milke sambhal lena huh. Main toh yahan apne parivaar ki shaadi mein shamil hone aaya tha....aise kaise maar sakte hai mujhe? Matlab insaaniyat naam ki koi cheez hi- nahi woh toh bhoot hai...insaaniyat kaise....jo bhi hai, aap logon ke haath mein hai. Main aap sab ka bhaqt hoon, bacha lena PLLLLSSS."

Unknown to Kuldip, Nandini had placed a small camera in his room and while he was freaking out in his room, Nandini and everyone else was enjoying the show in her room, on Manik's laptop.

"Hahaha Haha haha!" Everyone laughed.

"Yaar mazza aa gaya!" Arjun commented. "Kya daraya hai tum logon ne Tauji ko!"

"Woh sab toh thik hai par...Manik, tumne Saabji ke phonecall sune?" Nandini asked Manik.

"Haan, yahan se lag raha hai ke usne Rudra ko bulaya hai."

"Ab kya hoga Manik? Rudra ne toh tumhe dekha hai...mtalba Paras ko. Woh pehchan lega, Saabji ko batayega phir saara pol khul jayega...kya hoga?"

"Nandini!" Manik yelled to calm Nandini down. "Relax....bola na tumhe...iss baar hum sirf aur sirf jeetenge. Phir chahiye samne Saabji ho ya Rudra...koi haara sakta hume. Ok? Kal tak ka time hai, Ill think of something."

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Rudra Shekawat (53 Yrs- Now): The eldest Shekawat sibling and the only Shekawat still alive. Rudra killed his sister and her lover years ago on the order of Saabji (Kuldip Malhotra). He is still a blind follower of Saabji. He is more educated and lives in the city now. Never married or had any kids. Regrets what he did to his sister but that feeling is overpowered by his loyalty to Saabji. Somewhere misses his family but will never show it. Always loved his sister, brother and family but like I said before, reputation and Saabji's orders meant more to him.

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Note: Rudra is coming next chapter. Hope you liked this update. Pls comment and let me know what you thought.