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"Ok... to start with...!" Arnav took his time to create right kind of atmosphere.

"Call this Zaa here!" he ordered Rattan. Rattan seemed to be shocked with the demand.
"Wh.. why?" he asked feebly. All his strength was drained out. 

"Call him here, Rattan!" Arnav repeated his demand. Rattan dialed Krishan Kant Zaa's number reluctantly. 

"umm.. " he started off when the phone was picked up. Arnav snatched the phone and pressed it against his ear.

"Why have you called me? Rattan Saab... there is nothing I can do now!" said a sad voice.
"Call him here!" Arnav gave back the phone.

"umm.. come here! Its urgent!" ordered Rattan and disconnected.

"He will be here in half an hour!" said Rattan unable to gauge the purpose.

"Fine! Till then I need some answers from you guys!" Arnav looked relaxed.
"But before that, I am hungry" he looked at his grandmother. She hurriedly got up.

"I will prepare something for you!" she said happily. "I know what you like!.. your grandfather...!" she held his hand and got up from the rocking chair. She walked inside without anyone's help. 

"Now, Rattan... tell me, why are you so dependent on this Zaa? Can you not handle your own affairs? Are you so weak?" he asked Rattan. With every question.. Rattan was furious.
"It's none of your business!" he said flaring up. 

"Ok.. let me ask him when he comes here!" said Arnav threateningly. Rattan looked nervous.
"Who is this Zaa?" he asked the elderly person. 

"He was our Khandani Servant for generations together!" answered the elderly person..
"Was?" asked Arnav. The elderly person just nodded. "He is our partner now!"
Arnav raised his eyebrows.... "What happened so that you have to make your servant, your partner?" asked Arnav. There came no answer. There was an awkward silence. The atmosphere was tensed up.

"I asked you what happened, Rattan...! Are you scared of him?" asked Arnav smirking.
"I will tell you what happened... come inside!" came a shrill voice. Grandmother was at the door with parathas in a plate. 

"He is a partner in their crimes... his son gets these people out of any situation ... he is the one who gives all wrong advises and these fools are ruining themselves...!" She started off again. Arnav smiled. The jigsaw puzzle pieces had started falling in places. His smile widened.
"Ok! Rattan... the second thing I want is you sever all relations with this Zaa...!" he ordered Rattan.

"Don't help any one of these Zaas financially...! The moment I find out you are helping them... I will disclose your true identity!" threatened Arnav. Rattan looked aghast.

"Don't worry about him blackmailing you; I have made enough arrangements for your security!" Arnav assured him. 

"That bastard Krishna Kant Zaa ... even supplied girls to these buggers... I know every detail of his deeds!" Grandmother was all set to disclose everything, now that her grandson had come back to protect her....She had suppressed her anger for so long... it erupted with the smallest trigger, instigation by her grandson...! 

"Come...!" she called Arnav fondly feeding him a mouthful of Paratha and Dahi (curd).
The Thakurs looked helpless. 

"Come... sit here!" Arnav pacified her making her sit on the rocking chair. He stood next to her, eating paratha as she fed him....

*** ****** *****

Krishna Kant Zaa was at the door... Arnav gaped with his mouth falling open. He could sense the striking resemblance with Sham Manohar Zaa!! 

Krishna Kant Zaa froze when he saw the old woman sitting on the Rocking Chair and ... he saw the ghost!.. Ghost of Shamsher Singh Thakur...Arnav Singh Raizada..! His throat went dry. He perspired heavily and took a step backwards.

Grandmother started off again ..when she saw him! Rattan called him in...
"Time to pay back!" Said Arnav loudly. He dialed a number! 

"Interesting scoop! Send someone to shoot the drama!" he smirked looking at Zaa. Zaa was taken aback. He sensed danger and tried to back off...

"No use! Police are waiting for you outside! Rattan has made all the arrangements...!" Arnav played his move. Rattan looked aghast but couldn't deny. He looked at Zaa helplessly.
Krishna Kant Zaa tried to dial a number!

"Ow..ow Calling your son?" asked Arnav and without waiting for the answer went ahead..
"No use! He cannot come here! He is busy fighting his own battle!" he said disdainfully. Zaa was shocked to the core. He had nowhere to run!!

******* ********* *********

"I must stop him from reaching Arnavji! I must!" she thought to herself resolutely. She remembered the receptionist girl saying he was to leave in the night. 

"I have some time to think. I must... !" Khushi paced the room restlessly. She racked her brain to stop him. She stopped dead. "I cannot go to police...! What will I tell when they ask me what was I doing in the lodge!" she thought. "should I run him over and pose it as accident?" extreme thought she got out of frustration..."No! I should find out something else to stop him!" she thought.

She dialed his number. He picked up. "Hello Sham ji, This is Khushi!" she said and waited for his reaction. He was shocked. He looked at his mobile again... the number was unknown.
"Thank you for telling me the truth... you know what? Even I wanted to tell you something!" she said and stopped. Sham was initially shocked but then regaining his senses, he too waited for her to go ahead. There was a silence for a while... then Khushi continued..

"Surprised by this? Then listen... your dearest Raani Saheba got engaged!" she dropped the bombshell. There was silence at the other end. Khushi laughed. 

"Sham ji... its over... your last chance to mess up with our lives has gone!" she contined.
"You know what, Sham ji? Di will be getting married soon as your marriage got cancelled! Now you wring your hands!!" She rubbed salt on the burn wound. He got enraged. 

"This can't be true! Raani Saheba can never do this, I know her! She is a nave, lame person. She loves me! She can't do this!" he thought.

"Khushi ji, do you think I am stupid enough to believe you?" he asked angrily.
"Ok. Leave it! I just wanted reciprocate your good gesture in telling me the truth about my father!" she said prepare to hang up.

"Who is the guy?" he asked in a low voice.
"Find out yourself, before its too late!" she laughed and disconnected.

"This is enough to keep you busy for next few days, Sham ji! Arnav ji will finish his work and come back!" she said loudly and went down in Di's room.

"Di.. promise me that you will not take his call... ! And please don't go out alone!" she requested her. She now understood the danger in disclosing Di's engagement to Sham...!" Di looked surprised. 

"Di, he knows about your engagement!" she said gravely.

"What?.. How?.. I mean who told him?" she screamed in shock! Khushi avoided her gaze and did not answer.

"Promise me Di!" she said again. Di nodded.
"Now I got to call him at some place to finish him off! I need to plan for this!" she thought seriously and went back to her room!

She packed her bag and came down.
"Nani ji, I have to go to Kolkata. Its urgent!" she said looking at her bag.

"Is everything ok?" Asked nani concerned.
"I don't know. There was a call. I have already booked my ticket!" she said looking away feeling guilty.
She went out hurriedly.

*** ***** ****** ******

"Dada... Something is going one!" called Ramani. Papaji got confused...! He was in a meeting with his unit heads and Shondeep was briefing them.

"What? What happened?" he asked.

"Dada, your son in law.. Arnav is in Kanpur.. !" Ramani said.
"What?" Papaji got up with a jerk. Everyone looked at him in surprise. He hurriedly went out.
"Dada, he is in danger! He went alone...!" Ramani sounded tensed up.
"Where?" papaji was still confused.

"Thakur Mansion!... one of my men saw him in Janata Darbar... and then he went inside the house with Thakurs!" Ramani gave him all the information.

"Dada, he is in danger!" Ramani repeated.

"Wait... I didn't know, he went to Kanpur!" papaji blurted.
"No one knows!" said Ramani. "Dada, I am leaving for Kanpur! No matter what happens, I will bring him back!" he said.

"No, Ramani, wait! Let me inquire first!" papaji stopped him from taking drastic action. He knew once Ramani reached there... there was going to be blood shed...! 

"Ramani listen! Give me a day! I will see what is going on! I will call you back. Don't do anything till I ask you!" he almost ordered Ramani.

"Ok, Dada!" Ramani was disappointed at Papaji's approach. He knew every minute was important... It was since a week Arnav was moving around in Kanpur, unattended, unguarded, unarmed. His men were keeping an eye on him. But when he entered Thakur Mansion, Ramani lost his patience. 

"Dada, with due respect... but I am going to Kanpur!" he said to himself resolutely after disconnecting the phone.

Papaji came back to his cabin and dialed Khushi's number. It was switched off. He waited for a while and again diled in vain. He lost his patience and dialed the landline. 

"Hello! Namaste.. this is Balwindar singh!" he greeted.

"Hello! Is everything ok?" Nani asked.
"Yeah! Where is Khushi?" he sounded desperate.

"Khushi left for Kolkata couple of hours back. She must have boarded the flight!" said nani in assuring tone. Papaji was more confused. "What is going on?" he thought.

"Is everything ok? What is it that you called her to Kolkata so urgently?" Asked Nani smiling.
"What?" he was shocked. Then coming back to senses said "Oh! I mean Raj had some work!" he disconnected. Now this was something to worry about. Khushi told in the house that she was going to Kolkata. But she had no plans to go to Kolkata. Papaji decided to wait for her.
"What happened?" Shondeep was standing before him. Papaji looked at him blankly.
"I don't know!" he said gravely.