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Sham paced his room restlessly. "who could be the guy? " he thought. He kept gazing unfocused. Smirk appeared on his face.

"Who could fall for a limping lady with psychological problems, with a failed marriage...robbed off all the wealth... with braces on her ankle? Haa....!" he laughed hysterically. "Raani Saheba... you have nowhere to go!! " he smirked... 

"Khushi ji, I know your plan! Now let me see, what are you up to!" he packed his bag and went down to check out. 

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Khushi took her car and raced away from Raizada House. She dialed her security agency and doubled the House security. She had instructed the security men not to leave any of the family member alone. She insisted that Anjali be given double protection. She had secured the safety of the family. Now the next move. 

She waited on the street with bated breath. She knew Sham would do something after hearing about Anjali's engagement. She had anticipated Sham to go to Raizada House and confront Anjali. Khushi was ready this time to take on!

Sham had called up Babuji to send him money.. only to find his fund resource had dried up. He was frustrated. He badly needed money to execute his plan. 

He had tried his babuji's number several times but he got the same answer. All the accounts were frozed by the bank. Rattan Singh could not help. Suddenly something was happening. There was a police enquiry about his affairs. His babuji seemed panic and had requested Sham to come to Kanpur to sort the things out. It seemed his babuji too was trapped. "Double Trouble!" Sham had to do something. He should find out who was doing all this. 

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"Now tell me Rattan... should I move on? On my next demand?" he asked smirking. His grandmother was still rocking and he was standing next to her. 

"If this Krishna Kant does not know, I would like to enlighten him!" said Arnav in clear authoritative voice. Krishna Kant looked taken aback.

"All the property belongs to me now! I already have the title deeds in my name!" said Arnav looking at his grandmother.

"This house belongs to her!" he kept his hand on the back rest to stop her from rocking.
"I want this man out of this house, right now!" She yelled. He smirked. 

"So Krishna Kant... what do you want to do? Stay here and face her wrath or go behind bars?" he asked giving him choice. Krishna Kant Zaa had no answer.

"Rattan, if you want to save your skin, do as I say!" ordered Arnav. He looked at the time. It was time for him to move out of the House. But he had not finished yet. He dialed a number looking at all the Thakurs.

"I need protection!" he said over the phone and continued his conversation with the Thakurs...
"So do you want to call your son here, Krishna Kant?" he asked. Krishna kant did not answer.

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Sham came out of the lodge. He hailed for a taxi and raced away followed cautiously by Khushi. When she saw he was heading towards Airport, she got panic. Her plan to stop him from going to Kanpur had flopped. She stopped her car to think about her next move.
After a while she dialed to book her ticket too and slammed on the accelerator. She had to go!! 

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Ramani had already left to Kanpur from Mumbai with his select men with all his network on high alert. This was against his Dada's orders. But he had decided to operate alone. He had to protect his Dada's interest even by going against him.

Papaji waited anxiously for another couple of hours dialing Khushi's number several times in vain. He grew panic.

"Why this girl has to do this to me? Can't she understand how worried I am?" he was enraged with Khushi. He was worried about her. He was angry with her for her habit of risking her life and operating alone not consulting anyone. He was frustrated with his own helplessness. 

"Damn it!" He sounded like Arnav. "Where is he?" he tried Arnav's number and was picked up by Aakash.

"Sorry Aakash puttar, I forgot that he has left his phone with you!" papaji disconnected. He did not know what to do. There was no point in spreading panic. He decided not to talk about it to anyone. But he should do something. 

"I will go to Kanpur!" he decided. 

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Khushi got her ticket in her hand. She looked around and ducked. Sham was in check in area. She had to stay away from him and follow him without his knowledge. Unfortunately they were boarding the same plane. She did not know about it. She looked at the time. She decided to go to rest room and kill time there and also be away from Sham. She went inside. Adrenaline made her perspire. She washed her face and wore her lipstick again. She did not know what to do. She started pacing the restroom. Ladies stared at her. She ignored them completely. She stopped when she heard the announcement of her flight. She took out the four mannat keys bound in one single ring, clenched them in her fist, closed her eyes and "Arnav ji... I am coming!" she said loudly.

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Arnav suddenly winced in the middle of the conversation. He stopped dead...

"No! ... No! don't come here!" he said loudly, unknowingly. He froze at his own outburst. He looked around. The uneasy feeling and the gust of wind made him shiver. He was experiencing the feeling that any moment she would be here. Everybody else was shocked.

"What?" Rattan was first one to ask narrowing his eyes suspiciously.

Arnav suddenly became aware of the situation and pressed his bluetooth to his ear and continued. 

"Don't Khushi.. don't send the police right now.. I am talking to them. I will tell you later!" he hushed up the situation. He posed that he had his men everywhere.

Rattan seemed to be ok with this. "Khushi... Please.. don't risk your life...please don't come here!" Arnav prayed hard. 

"so let us continue!" Arnav looked at everyone. Krishna Kant smirked.

"You seem to have no protection!" he said taking a step ahead. Arnav knew what was coming.
"Why do I need protection to be in my house?" he asked firmly. Krishna Kant stopped. He turned back and spoke to Rattan.

"You don't have to worry about this boy! I will take care of him..." he assured Rattan dialing a number. Time was running out for Arnav!! He had to finish his work before Khushi could reach him.....