7 months later…

Aahan slowly opened his eyes in a dimly lit room, the dark black coloured ceiling became visible to his eyes. When he looked around, he saw some hospital equipment in the room, while the rest of the room was completely empty.

He attempted to get up, but a sharp pain surged through his body, forcing him to lie back on the bed.

He tried to speak but couldn’t. Then he noticed the glass of water, kept  on the side table.

Summoning courage, he reached out to the table and knocked down the glass. The glass fell down and shattered in pieces.

Just then, a man of his age entered the room.

Aahan looked at the person carefully, trying to recognize, but he couldn’t identify him.

“ Finally, The great Aahan Rajput has opened his eyes, after a long long break” The man said.

He came closer to Aahan and tied his hands to the chain attached to the bed.

Aahan neatly noticed all his moves but didn’t  react to any of it .

“ You see that.” He said indicating towards the large screen in the front wall.

Aahan looked at the screen , it was blank but suddenly it turned on and a video started playing in it .

After 1 minutes, the video ended but Aahan’s  face didn’t  reflect any emotion. His expressions were cold as usual.

“ Who are you?” Aahan asked in his stumbling voice.

“ Your worst nightmare but, people call me Rubal” Rubal said with a sinister grin.

“ And that girl?” Aahan asked again.

“ girl? Which girl?” Rubal’s  brows frowned together.

“ on the screen” Aahan said.

Rubal’s eyes widened to his question. With a weird expression and confusion, he asked “ you don’t  know her?”

“ No” Aahan said.

Rubal looked at Aahan for some time and then Left the room.

Meanwhile…..

“ Anurag bhai, anything?” Maanav said entering a room, which was occupied by many computers and many more system which were being operated by Anurag and Rishi.

“ No Maanav, nothing.” Anurag said looking at him.

“ damn, it has been more than 7 months. It’s  like he has disappeared in the thin air” Maanav said roaming his fingers through his hair.

“ You know technically, he can’t disappear “ Anurag said.

“ Sir here, I found something.” Rishi said , grabbing our attraction.

“ what is it?” Anurag and Maanav went near him.

“ See, according to Raavi ma’am , they stayed in this hotel and the day Aahan sir went London , on the same date, outside that hotel, a terrible accident occurred.” Rishi said.

Anurag and Maanav glared at him .

“ I’ll come to the point” Rishi said.

“ see this footage, here, this girl standing in the balcony, I cleared this and now see this” Rishu said, showing them the picture.

“ Rhea” Anurag and Maanav said together. They were totally astonished .

“ Why is she lying then?” Maanav said.

“ boys, what are the updates?” Raavi said entering the room.

Anurag and Maanav quickly turned around to look at her .

“ What guys? Is anything wrong?” Raavi asked.

“ Looks like your friend Rhea is wrong.” Anurag said.

“ Bhai, Aaise mat kaho, Dil dukhta hai” Maanav said keeping his hand in his chest.

“ Ab yahi Sach hai mere bhai” Anurag said, and kept his hand on his shoulder.

“ Stop acting and tell me everything.” Raavi said getting irritated by their actions.

“ Rhea knows about Aahan’s accident, I mean she saw his accident and yet..” Anurag said.

“ she didn’t do anything for him.” Maanav completed the sentence.

“ what!?” Raavi exclaimed.

Anurag told him everything they know related to Aahan and his accident.

“ I have a feeling that Rubal is also involved in all this” Maanav said.

“ me too” Anurag said.

“ for now, we have to monitor their each and every actions, and be attentive guy. They can’t  not know that we know “ Anurag said.

“ Okay “

In Aahan’s private villa…

After that incident, Ruhi returned back to India. Rhea and Rubal tried to stop her , but she didn’t listen to them. Now, she’s living in Aahan’s private villa, with Maanav, Raavi and Anurag.

Ruhi was sitting in her room’s balcony, looking towards the garden, she lost in her thoughts, when someone placed a hand on her shoulder.

“ What are you thinking Ruhi?” Raavi said.

“ Wahi jo 7 mahine Pehle Hua” Ruhi said .Her eyes turned red, and a tear rolled down from her cheeks.

“ Why did this happen to me ? When I finally realised that how much he matters to me. How much I love him. God took him away from me again.” She continued.

“ Ruhi, You need to know something “ Raavi said with a seriousness in her tone.

“ What!?” Ruhi looked at her.

“Look, what I’m about to tell you, perhaps you won’t believe it when you hear it. But whatever it is, it’s the truth.” Raavi said, taking the seat in front of her .

She took her hand in her  and looked at her red, swollen eyes.

“ Ruhi, you know Aahan met with an accident in front of the hotel you were staying at and since then , he’s  missing “ Raavi said.

“ I know that Raavi” Ruhi said wiping her tears.

“ We found some clues and we think that Rhea and Rubal are behind his missing” Raavi said closing her eyes.

“No, no, what are you saying? I can’t believe she would do something like that.” Ruhi said getting up from her place.

“I knew, I knew you wouldn’t believe, so I brought proof with me.” Raavi said.

“ I don’t  need any proof Raavi, I know that she won’t  do anything that hurts me. I believe her. You should believe her too. She’s our bestfriend Raavi. She can never do anything like that, even in her dreams. How can you put such a big allegation  on her?” Ruhi said.

“There are many things, Ruhi, that you don’t know, and you don’t need to know. Listening to all those things will break your heart. The most important thing right now is this evidence related to Aahan. You should see the truth that you need to know. And, if you still don’t believe, then you’re the most foolish  person in this world “ . Raavi said.

“ No no. I can’t  Raavi , I can’t “ Ruhi said nodding.

“ Please” Raavi said and forwarded her phone in Ruhi’s  direction.

Ruhi looked at the video playing in the screen.

“ You see , here, Rhea in the balcony , she is smiling and here, the accident took place” Raavi explained to her .

“ Oh my god, Raavi…” Ruhi stumbled.

“ easy , ruhi.. I told you earlier. Please calm down “ Raavi held her carefully and made her sit in the bed .

“ Raavi , I get it now. I understood everything. That day, when I came out of the bathroom, Rhea was standing on the balcony.  That means, she knew everything and she acted innocent. I need to talk to her. “ Ruhi said.

“ Not now baby, Once she realizes that we know everything , she might try to harm Aahan. Let find Aahan first, then we’ll deal with her together.” Raavi said.

“ But –” Ruhi was saying but Raavi stopped her in between.

“ No but sut , taking too much stress is not good for you; it will affect your babies. Take it easy. Don’t think too much about it. We’re all here to think and handle everything.” Raavi said and made her sleep ,she put the blanket over her and was leaving when Ruhi held her hand I stopped her.

“ What happened?” Raavi looked at her and asked.

“ I guess, I know his location” Ruhi said getting up.

“ what?” Raavi said .

“ yes, I know. It has been 5 months but I have a feeling that he might still be there.” Ruhi said .

“ I don’t  like riddles Ruhi, tell me what you know “ Raavi exclaimed.

“ I went to Rubal’s house once, I did find him, so I started exploring inside. That’s when I came across a room which was partially open and I saw a person was laying on the bed in it and some hospital equipment were also there. Before I could approach there, I saw Rubal coming out of that room and the strange thing is that he locked it from outside. When I asked him about it, he said it’s his uncle who is mentally unstable.” Ruhi narrated the whole incident.

“ Oh my god Ruhi, that means, he’s  keeping Aahan in his house” Raavi said.

“At that time, I didn’t pay much attention, but now it seems like it was Aahan.” Ruhi said.

“ Wait, let me call Anurag and Maanav.” Raavi said and called them.