Chapter 19- Exposed
ShivOm stood at the door of the room in which treatment of Rudy was going on. Both of them were worried sick for their baby Rudy.
Aryan had already convinced Shivaay to get his head wound dressed which he had got from when the goon had hit him in the factory.
After Shivaay's wound was well taken care of, Aryan went to complete all the formalities of the hospital, cause he knew Shivaay wasn't in the right state of mind to do so.
"Mr Oberoi ?" The doctor called and his face distorted in surprise when he saw a 16 year old and a 13 year old standing before him.
"Yes doctor, kaisa hai mera bhai ? Woh thik hai na ? Boliye na." ("Yes doctor, how's my brother doing ? Is he fine ? Say something please.") Shivaay rambled.
"Breathe, Mr Oberoi." The doctor said while recovering from the shock. "Aapka bhai thik hai.. Agar apne samay pr usey CPR nahi diya hota toh... we would've lost him but now he's fine." ("Your brother is alright.. If you wouldn't have given him CPR at the right time then...we would've lost him but now he's fine.") He assured with a soft smile.
ShivOm exhaled a sigh of relief.
"Kya hum ussey mil sakte hai ? Please doctor." ("Can we meet him ? Please doctor.") Om requested.
"Sure. Lekin Rudra abhi so raha hai toh please usey jagana mat." ("Sure. But Rudra is sleeping right now don't wake him up.") Doctor smiled and walked off.
ShivOm entered the hospital room of Rudy and almost broke down when they saw Rudy lying on the hospital bed looking pale yet peaceful.
An oxygen mask was resting on his nose while his eyelids were shut close and a bandage wrapped around his head, similar to that of Shivaay's.
ShivOm occupied seats on either sides of Rudy's bed and held his hands into theirs.
Shivaay kissed Rudy's forehead and his hand before letting his tears fall on the bed. "I'm sorry Ru, meri wajah se tumhe..." ("I'm sorry Ru, cause of me, you...") Shivaay whispered.
"Bhai." Om muttered softly. "Isme apki koi galati nahi hai. Galati toh meri hai, mujhe Ru ko akela chhodna hi nahi chahiye tha." ("This is not your fault. I'm at fault here, I shouldn't have left him alone.")
Shivaay sighed. He knew that this blame-seeking game was never ending. ShivOm, they both, will always hold themselves guilty and responsible for whatever happened to Ru.
"Kid.."
ShivOm looked at the door to see Aryan peeking from the door.
"... Tumhe police station jaana hoga, FIR pe sign karne ke liye." ("... You've to go to the police station to sign on the FIR.") Aryan informed as he walked inside the room.
"Abhi ?" ("Now ?") Shivaay asked with a heavy heart and looked at OmRu.
Aryan understood that Shivaay didn't want to leave OmRu alone again.
Aryan walked towards Shivaay and placed him hand on the shoulder before whispering, "Don't worry, you go, I'll stay here and look after them."
Shivaay nodded briefly.
"Thanks Arry." Shivaay mumbled before leaving.
♣
Shivaay reached the police station and signed the FIR lodging a case against Joe for abduction and harassment.
Shivaay was about to leave the police station when something sparked in his mind.
"Sir." Shivaay turned around and faced the inspector. "Kya mein Joe se mil sakta hu please ?" ("Can I meet Joe, please ?")
Inspector asked him the reason.
"I wanna know why exactly he did it." Shivaay lied.
In reality, Shivaay's intension behind meeting Joe was to dig out the secrets of what exactly had happened with his family.
Shivaay thought that Joe had plotted the trap against his family and had trapped them in that Don's conspiracy.
The inspector Shivaay allowed to meet Joe but under the his supervision and took him to the cell in which Joe was.
Shivaay and the inspector, walked in the cell and saw that Joe was sitting on the bench, lost in his own thoughts.
"Joe ?" Shivaay called softly even though he was angry as anything.
Joe looked up and gave a ghostly smile. "Shivaay." He mumbled and a few tears escaped down his eyes.
Shivaay wondered if they were angry tears but no they were not.
"I'm sorry Shivaay." Joe exhaled in guilt. "I shouldn't have been greedy." He said more to himself than Shivaay.
"You killed my baba !" Shivaay yelled with anger. "He was the only support we had and you killed him !"
"I know and I'm sorry." Joe replied not meeting Shivaay's eyes.
The inspector placed a hand on Shivaay shoulder and told him to calm down.
"Why did you kill him ?" Shivaay asked calmly.
"He wouldn't let me know where you were and he refused to let me know even for a big sum of money so I had to threaten him but he still didn't budge so I got angry and..." Joe trailed.
Shivaay's heart filled with an unknown emotion which felt like guilt and sadness but also anger and disappointment.
Kaka had given up on his life just to save Shivaay and his company ?
How many sacrifices had he given just for the sake of ShivOmRu !
Shivaay couldn't even properly thank him for all the favours kaka had done on them.
"How could you ?" Shivaay said in a threateningly low voice.
"I'm sorry." Joe cried.
"Kya tumhara sorry mere baba ko wapas leke aayega ? Kya tumhara sorry mere parivaar pe laga hua kalank mita payega ? Kya tumhara sorry humara bachpan lauta payega ?" ("Can your sorry bring my baba back ? Can your sorry clear my family's name ? Can your sorry return our childhood ?") Shivaay growled with tears in his eyes and pounced on Joe.
Shivaay held Joe's collar and punched him once before growling, "Kyu kiya tumne aisa ? Mere parivaar ne tumhara kya bigada tha ?" ("Why did you do that to us ? What wrong had my family did to you ?")
The inspector tried to pull Shivaay away from Joe but he couldn't. He called his subordinates inside the cell and started pulling Shivaay away.
After a minute, the inspector and his constables succeeded in separating Shivaay and Joe, and held Shivaay back as he struggled to pounce on Joe again.
"Bol !" ("Tell me !") Shivaay yelled when he couldn't reach Joe again.
Joe collapsed on the bench again and breathed heavily before turning to Shivaay again.
"Hume...t-tumhari family ko nahi phasaya...Woh toh usne kiya tha..." ("I...d-didn't trap your family...It was done by him...") Joe said through heavy breaths and caressed his throat, "... Usne kiya tha." ("... He had did that.")
"Kisne ?" ("Who ?") Shivaay fumed.
"U.. Us.. Usne..." ("H..he..") Suddenly Joe's eyes started rolling back and foam started coming out of his mouth.
"Oh no !"
Shivaay heard the inspector exclaim before everyone started running towards Joe who was dying.
Shivaay stood frozen on his spot staring at Joe's shaking body.
Joe was poisoned.
Joe died the same night. And with him was gone the name of the person who had ruined Oberois' life.
♦
"Bhai ! Cake cut kare ?" ("Brother ! Shall we cut the cake ?") Rudy grinned at Shivaay.
Shivaay looked at his watch and nodded. "Ok."
"Excuse me." Shivaay mumbled to his colleagues, who were present at Ru's birthday party, before going to the kitchen to bring Rudy's cake.
It had already been 2 days to the Joe's incident and everything seemed to be normal now.
When Rudy had woke up from his sleep the next day in the hospital he seemed so strange. He wasn't talking to anyone and wasn't even replying but when he saw Shivaay, he fell into Shivaay's arms and cried and told him everything he was feeling.
After that Rudy was doing fine again, even though he was terrified and was haunted by nightmares and a panic attack, but at least he was talking.
So despite of the bad things which had happened, Shivaay decided to throw Rudy's birthday party so that Rudy will get distracted from all those thoughts and incidents.
"Here's the cake !" Shivaay announced as he carried the cake to the centre of the room and chuckled when he saw Rudy's big grin.
Rudy blew the candles and everyone sung happy birthday song for him. When Rudy cut the cake he fed the first piece to ShivOm together.
Rudy held a piece of cake in one hand each and fed it to his elder brothers at the same time.
Then ShivOm fed Rudy the cake and smiled and chuckled at each other.
There was one person who was standing in the room and adoring the trio (ShivOmRu) with teary eyes. It was Aryan.
Aryan smiled fondly at them and pinched the corner of his eyes before saying, "Sab cake tino hi kha jaoge kya ? Bhai hume bhi toh cake do." ("Will you 3 eat the entire cake ? C'mon share the cake with us too.")
ShivOmRu chuckled at Aryan. Rudy cut another piece of cake and walked towards Aryan to feed him.
Aryan sat on his knees to match Rudy's height. Rudy fed him the cake and tears escaped Aryan's eyes but he wiped them before anyone could see. "Happy Birthday Rudy." Aryan whispered as he hugged Rudy.
"Thank you Aryan bhaiya." Rudy smiled.
Then the party proceeded and everyone enjoyed as the kids played games and ate snacks.
The party ended soon and everyone left. Now it was just Aryan and ShivOmRu in the house.
Om collapsed on the cot and removed his jackets. "Party's are tiring." He mumbled.
"Arey itne mein hi thak gaye ?" ("You're tired just yet ?") Shivaay asked while picking up the glasses which had been littering the floor. "Ab saaf safai kaun karega ?" ("Now who will clean all this ?") Shivaay chuckled.
Om groaned. "Abhi hi karni hai ? Kal karte hai na, please bhai." ("We've to clean up now ? Let's do it tomorrow, please brother.") He requested.
"Aur itni gandagi mein kaise soyenge ?" ("And how will we sleep in all this mess ?") Shivaay asked.
"Arey mein bed ke liye jagah bana dunga aur so sake itni saaf safai kar lo na. Saara ka saara kyu saaf karna hai ?" ("I'll make place for the bed and we can clean a few things. Why do we have to do it all now ?") Om pouted with a yawn.
Before Shivaay could say anything, Aryan interrupted him, "He's right kid. Dekho Rudy bhi thak gaya hai, safai kal kar lena." ("He's right kid. Look Rudy is also tired, clean it all tomorrow.")
Shivaay looked at Rudy and sighed. Rudy was half-asleep on the chair he was sitting on.
"Ok." Shivaay replied and quickly made a place for his bed and changed the bedsheets for OmRu to sleep.
Just then Aryan received a call and he went out of the room to talk. In the meanwhile, Shivaay made Rudy sleep properly on the bed and instructed Om to change his clothes.
"Kid, mujhe jaana hoga. Humari joh deal thi uske documents lene ke liye kuch log aa rahe hai abhi office mein." ("Kid, I've to go. Some people are going to come to collect the documents of our deal in the office right now.") Aryan said as soon as he walked back in the room.
"Abhi ?" ("Now ?") Shivaay looked at the wall clock and frowned. "Raat ke 12 baj rahe hai." ("Its almost 12 in the night.")
"I know but woh..." ("I know but...") Aryan leaned in. "... Mr Bhalla apne reports lene ke liye log bhej rahe hai." ("...Mr Bhalla is sending some people to collect the reports.") He whispered referring to the manipulated records.
Shivaay nodded. "Mein bhi chalta hu tumhare saath." ("I'll come with you too.")
Aryan nodded back. "Tumhe toh aana hi hoga na... Akhir tumhare pass hi toh reports hai." ("You've to come with me... After all you've the reports.")
Shivaay looked at Rudy who was fast asleep and Om who was just laying down beside Rudy.
"Om mujhe abhi Aryan ke sath jana hoga. It's urgent. Can I go ?" ("Om, I'll have to go with Aryan. It's urgent. Can I go ?") Shivaay asked softly.
"Ok bhai." Om yawned. "Don't worry I'll manage."
"Sure ?" Shivaay asked worriedly, still not sure about leaving them alone.
"Kid, mein driver ko sath laya hu. Hume usey OmRu ke sath chhod ke jate hai. Tum chinta mat karo." ("Kid, I've brought driver with me. We'll leave him with OmRu. Don't worry.") Aryan said.
Shivaay liked the idea and agreed to leave the driver with OmRu.
♠
Shivaay and Aryan reached the office in next half an hour. They both opened the office and entered Aryan and Shivaay's shared cabin.
"Kaha hai woh log ?" ("Where are those people ?") Shivaay asked.
"I don't know kid." Aryan shrugged. "They must be on their way."
Shivaay hummed and sat on the couch.
Aryan was about to join Shivaay on the couch when some people walked inside the office.
"Mr Aryan Murthy ?" One of the three men asked.
Aryan nodded and with a smile he shook hands with all three of them while Shivaay stood aside and suspiciously eyed all of those 3 men.
"Humne jaise kaha tha waise kya aapne sab reports badal diye hai ?" ("Have you altered the reports as per our deal ?") A man called Mr Dingra asked.
"Yes Mr Dingra. Sab kaam ho chuka hai. Apke reports mein ab profit nahi loss dikhega." ("Yes Mr Dingra. Everything is done. Your reports are loss instead of profit now.") Aryan smiled and signalled Shivaay to bring the hardcopy of the fake documents.
Shivaay reached out towards his desk drawer and pulled out the papers. He handed over the papers to Aryan and stood beside him.
"Yeh lijiye aapke papers." ("Here are the papers.") Aryan said as he passed on the papers.
Mr Dingra scanned the papers and a smirk appeared on his face. "Thank you Mr Murthy." He mocked before yelling, "Come inside officers."
Aryan was shocked when Police officers barged inside his cabin but his jaws dropped when he saw Harshad with them.
"Harshad ?" Aryan amused. "Tum officers ke sath ?" ("You with the officers ?")
"Haan, Arry." Harshad smiled. "Agar kahi gairkanooni kaam ho rahe hai toh woh sab police ko batana mera farz hai." ("If something illegal is happening somewhere then it's my duty to inform about it to the cops.") He replied.
"What ?" Aryan furrowed his eyebrows. "But tumne hi toh mujhe yeh karne ke liye kaha tha ! Tum hi toh laaye the Mr Bhalla ka proposal !" ("But you only told me to do it ! You had brought the proposal of Mr Bhalla to me !")
"Haw Aryan." Harshad feigned hurt. "Khud phas gaye toh mujhe bhi phasoge ? Very bad. Khud illegal kaam karte ho aur mujhe blame de rahe ho ?" ("Since you're caught, you're trying to drag me in all this too ? Very bad. You're doing all the illegal stuff and giving me the blame ?")
Aryan was shocked to say the least.
Why was Harshad being so rude and acting innocent when in fact he was the one who had requested Aryan to do all that !?
"Harshad yeh tum kya bol rahe ho ?" ("Harshad what are you saying ?") Aryan asked softly. He felt betrayed and it hurt cause he thought Harshad was his best friend.
"Wahi jo sach hai." ("I'm speaking the truth only.") Harshad spat and turned to Inspector. "Officer, giraftaar kar li jiye issey." ("Officer, arrest him.") He said.
Aryan stared at Harshad in disbelief. He couldn't believe his ears and eyes !
The inspector came forward with handcuffs and was about to put the handcuffs on Aryan's hand when Shivaay stopped him.
"Stop." Shivaay said as he protectively stepped before Aryan. "Kya galati ki hai Aryan ne jo aap issey arrest kar rahe hai ?" ("What mistake has Aryan done that you're arresting him ?")
"Suna nahi tumne ?" ("Didn't you listen ?") The inspector sassed. "Inhone Naveen Steels ke records manipulate ki hai, documents forge kiye hai." ("He has manipulated the records of Naveen steels, he has forged the documents.")
"Kya saboot hai apke pass ?" ("Do you have any proof ?") Shivaay asked.
"Yeh rahe saboot." ("Here's the proof.") Harshad gritted. He snatched the documents from Mr Dingra and gave it to the officer.
The officer read through the document silently.
"Dekha na apne officer. Isne fake documents banaye hai. Iss saal Naveen steels ko profit hua hai aur inn records mein loss likha hai." ("Did you see it officer, he has made fake documents. Naveen steels has made a profit this year but these documents is showing loss.") Harshad said even though he hadn't seen the document. "Arrest him."
"I can't arrest him." The officer turned to Harshad.
"What ? Why ?" Harshad stared at the officer.
"Mr Harshad, iss balance sheet mein loss jarur likha hai lekin yeh balance sheet 'Naveen steels' ki nahi 'Navneet steels' ki hai." ("Mr Harshad, this balance sheet is showing loss, yes, but this balance sheet of 'Navneet steels', not 'Naveen steels'.") The inspector replied.
"Correct officer." Shivaay smirked at Harshad. "And if you want I can show you that Navneet steels has actually suffered loss this year."
"How is it possible !" Harshad snatched the document from the inspector and scanned it himself and fell silent when he saw that the officer was right.
"Sorry Mr Murthy." The officer said to Aryan before leaving.
Aryan nodded once before getting engulfed in his gloomy trance again.
"Goddammit !" Harshad exclaimed. "Yeh sab kaise hua ? Tum thik se papers nahi dekh sakte the ?" ("How did this happen ? Couldn't you see the papers properly ?") He yelled at Mr Dingra.
Dingra held his head down.
Harshad huffed and looked at Shivaay in anger.
"Yeh hai iska asli chehra Arry. Tumhara 'best friend'..." ("This is his real face Arry. Your 'best friend'...") Shivaay air-quoted. "... tumhe phassane ka pura plan karke aaya tha." ("... had came here with the plan of catching you red-handed.")
Aryan looked at Harshad through teary eyes but when he saw that Harshad was not guilty about his doings but he was, instead, glaring at Shivaay, at that time Aryan's gloom turned into anger.
Aryan jumped on Harshad and held him by his collar. "Kyu kiya tumne aisa ? Mein tumhe apna best friend samjhta tha ! Tumhare liye meine apne papa tak ko dur kiya aur tum..." ("Why did you do this to me ? I thought you were my best friend ! For you I pushed my dad away and you...") Aryan growled.
Harshad pushed Aryan off of him and yelled back. "Kyu na karu ! Tumare papa ek itne bade CA aur mere papa ek sidhe-sadhe accountant." ("Why shouldn't I do that ! Your dad is such a wealthy CA and my dad is an average accountant.")
Aryan stared at Harshad.
"Jab se hum mile hai, tab se I'm jealous of your and your money !" ("Ever since we met, I'm jealous of you and your money !") Harshad confessed in anger. "Gareeb nahi marna chahta tha mein." ("I didn't wish to die poor.")
"Mujhe phasa ke kaunsa millionaire banne wale the tum ?" ("Were you going to be a millionaire by getting me arrested ?") Aryan spat.
"Banne wala tha." ("Yes. I was.") Harshad said. "Tumhare business rival ne mujhe tumhara license cancel karaane ke liye 2 crore diye hai." ("Your business rival has paid me 2 crore to get your licence cancelled.") He revealed leaving Aryan astonished.
"What ?" Aryan whispered.
"Yes, Arry." Shivaay placed his hand on Aryan's shoulder in comforting manner. "Yeh sach bol raha hai." ("He's telling the truth.")
"Tumhari wajah se mera saara plan chaupat ho gaya !" ("Cause of you my plan is ruined !") Harshad growled at Shivaay and was about to punch him but Aryan stopped Harshad's fist in mid-air.
"How dare you !" Aryan yelled but then took deep breaths and said, "Get out. Get out before I kick you out !"
Harshad glared at Shivaay for one last time before leaving with those 3 men.
Aryan dropped himself on the couch and held his head in hands.
Shivaay sat beside him quietly.
"I was wrong. Dad was right about him." Aryan said in cracking voice after a few minutes. "Harshad was a bad influence, I should've listened to my dad. How stupid I am !"
"It's okay Arry." Shivaay rubbed Aryan's back soothingly. "Galati sabse hoti hai." ("Everyone makes mistake.")
Aryan cried for a while before he realised something. "Tumne Naveen ki jagah Navneet kisi balance sheet kyu banai ?" ("Why did you make Navneet's balance sheet instead of Naveen's ?")
Shivaay smiled. "Meine kuch din pehle Harshad ko phone pe baat karte suna tha." ("I had heard Harshad speaking on call, a few days back.")
Flashback
Harshad exited Aryan's office and was on the stairs when he received a call.
"Hello.... Yes Mr Sayni... Don't worry." He spoke in the phone.
Just then Shivaay reached there and as soon as he saw Harshad speaking on call he hid himself behind the pillar.
"Haan... Meine Aryan ko convince kar liya hai fake records banane ke liye, jaise hi woh fake records banayega mein usey arrest karwa dunga." ("Yes... I've convinced Aryan to make fake records, once he does that I'll get him arrested.") Harshad chuckled.
Shivaay heard everything and it was then that he decided to help Aryan in manipulating the records so that he could replace the documents and Aryan wouldn't get caught.
Flashback ends
Aryan sighed. "Thank you kid." He said hugged Shivaay. "Tum nahi hote toh mera kya hota ?" ("What would have happened to me without you ?")
Shivaay pulled apart and looked at Aryan with sheepish smile. "Tum jail chale jaate aur tumhara license cancel ho jata, jyada kuch nahi." ("You would've ended up in jail and your license would've got cancelled, nothing much.")
Aryan chuckled softly. "Thank you mujhe jail jaane se bachaane ke liye. I owe you." ("Thank you for saving me from jail. I owe you.")
"Yes you do owe me." Shivaay said seriously.
"Bolo kya karu mein tumare liye ?" ("Tell me what can I do for you ?") Aryan asked.
"Apne papa ko maaf karo aur unse baat karo." ("Forgive your dad and talk to him.") Shivaay replied. "Woh tumse bahot pyaar karte hai Arry, unhe aise apne se door mat karo." ("He loves you a lot Arry, don't push him away like this.")
Aryan nodded making Shivaay smile. "Thank you." Shivaay mumbled.
As promised Aryan started warming up to his father and Surya couldn't be more grateful.
It was like a surprise for Surya Murthy when Aryan received him at the airport the next evening and also spoke to him normally.
Surya thanked Shivaay countless times for changing Aryan and bringing him on the right path.
Months passed by...⏳
Aryan helped Shivaay in taking charge of his company 'Oberoi Real Estate'.
When Shivaay entered the office of O.R.E., all the staff members refused to obey him and accept a 'child' as their boss so Aryan suggested to replace all the staff members.
They had to reappoint entire staff but with Aryan by his side it was much easier for him.
Shivaay spent his days in the office trying to learn how the company worked and what could he do more to take it to new heights.
Shivaay's efforts started showing when he signed a huge contract with a well known company and his company came in the top list.
Shivaay soon bought a bungalow and he shifted in his new house with OmRu.
Shivaay also visited Raja and Ganya home and met their wives. He returned the money which Raja and Ganya had given to him for Rudy's birthday and also for keeping that drug packet.
Shivaay enrolled himself for further education in Mumbai University and juggled his studies, company and OmRu.
"Zindagi mein har kuch accha nahi hota...
Lekin jo kuch bhi hota hai, acche ke liye hota hai."
~S.S.O
{ "Everything doesn't happen good in life...
But everything that happens,
Happens for good."
~S.S.O }
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Hey bubblies !
Here's the last part of this track... In the next chapter ShivOmRu will grow up !
By the way I've a question for you all...
Do you want Aryan to stay in this book ?
I mean I was going to add his character as a cameo but everyone seems to love him so...
I was thinking I'll continue his character but he'll not have much scenes... Just a few.
Share your views, I'll be waiting.😊
Till the next update,
Have a safe and great life 😇
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