Chapter 26 - The Revealation

 Dedicated to everyone who guessed it right 💖

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"Yeh aapne kya kar diya Daksh !" ("What havoc have you caused !") Veer's personal assistant and image handler, Vikram, yelled at Daksh through the phone.

"Kya hua ?" ("What happened ?") Daksh asked with a boring look on his face.

"Saare news channel pe bas apka hi naam hai !" ("Every news channel is showing only your face !") Vikram snarled.

"Haan toh ? Mein Veer bhaiya ka bhai hu, I'm a famous personality." ("Yeah so ? I'm Veer bhaiya's brother, I'm a famous personality.") Daksh shrugged.

Vikram sighed angrily. "Aur ab iss famous personality ko Narcotics bureau dhund raha hai." ("And now Narcotics Bureau is searching for this famous personality.") He said with a hint sarcasm.

"What ?" Daksh asked dumbfounded and at some point not even believing Vikram.

"Yes !" Vikram snapped.

Daksh quickly turned on the TV and saw that someone had filmed everything from where ShivOm had caught Rudy but the thing was...It was just Daksh, Jigar and Rasham who were on the screen and not Rudy or ShivOm.

It was just Daksh and Jigar who were seen smoking weed with a sinister smile on their faces while Rasham was laughing his guts off at (invisible) ShivOmRu's drama.

Vikram then suggested Daksh to get underground until the situation is neutralised.

Vikram then sent Daksh and his friends to one farmhouse which Veer owned but no one knew about.

♣

It had been a day since Shivaay had arrived in Lonavala and his problem was still unattended.

The officer was very interested in being a broker and selling Shivaay's plot rather than assisting Shivaay in getting his land back.

Shivaay was sitting on a couch in the garden of his Lonavala farmhouse. He was virtually attending a meeting to discuss his another projects with his colleagues.

Suddenly a pop-up appeared on his laptop screen and Shivaay clicked on it and opened the email which had just arrived.

Inside the email were 2 audio files.

As soon as Shivaay read the sender's name, he excused himself from the meeting and opened the audio files after plugging in his air-pods in his ears.

*Audio file conversation*

Person 1 (cheerfully) : Sir, humara kaam ho gaya.
(Sir our work is done.)

Person 2 (coldly) : Good. Mein kal shaam tak waha pohonch jaunga.
("Good. I'll reach there by tomorrow evening.)

Person 1 (excitedly) : Okay sir. Tab tak mein Shivaay se saare papers pe sign leke rakhunga.
(Okay sir. Till then I'll take signatures of Shivaay on every necessary paper.")

Person 2 : Hmm...Magar dhyan rahe, Shivaay utna bhola nahi hai jitna woh dikhata hai....Yeh uski chaal bhi ho sakti hai.
(Hmm...But be careful, Shivaay is not as innocent as he looks...This could also be his trick.")

Person 1 : Arey sir, kya aap mujhe kaccha khiladi samjhte hai ? Uss Shivaay ko toh mein yu lapet lunga.
(Sir, do you think of me as a foolish noob ? I'll trick Shivaay and get our work done easily.)

Person 2 (uninterestedly) : Hmm ok. Mein kal aa jaunga ready rehna. Haan aur ek baat, Shivaay ko nahi pata chalna chahiye ki mein uski jameen le raha hu.
(Hmm ok. I'm coming tomorrow, be ready. One more thing, Shivaay shall not know that I'm the one buying his land.)

Person 1 : Don't worry sir, mein hu na... (Hesitantly) Waise apko apka wada toh yaad hai na ?
(Don't worry sir, I'm here... (Hesitantly) By the way you remember your promise right ?)

Person 2 : Hmm... Construction ka contract tumhare bhai ko hi milega.
(Hmm....Your brother will get the construction contract.)

Person 1 : Thank you sir. Thank you so much.

*Audio file conversation ends*

Shivaay recognised the voice of the 1st person, it was the officer. The second voice was familiar too but Shivaay couldn't recall who's voice it was.

Suddenly Shivaay's phone went off and Shivaay received it immediately.

"Dev ! Mujhe tumhara email mila. Good job." ("Dev ! I received your email. Good job.") Shivaay praised.

"Thank you sir. Sir apka shak sahi nikla. Uss officer ne jaan bujh kar apka construction rukwaya hai. Apka plot NA - Resort permitted hai aur yeh mein uske senior officer se sunke aa raha hu." ("Thank you sir. Sir your doubt was valid. That officer deliberately stopped the construction. Your plot is NA - Resort permitted and the senior officer told me this.") Dev said. "Hum uss officer ko expose karke, usey suspend kar dete hai. Apka construction fir se start ho jayega." ("We'll expose that officer and get him suspended. Your construction won't be stopped then.")

Dev Kumar was a private detective hired by Shivaay a day prior. Shivaay wanted to know exactly why the officer was doing it cause even Shivaay had offered him money and he had refused to take it then.

"Nahi Dev." ("No Dev.") Shivaay said. "Mujhe uss officer mein koi interest nahi hai, mujhe yeh janna hai ki yeh sab kisne ussey karwaya hai." ("I'm not interested in that officer, I wanna know who's the mastermind.") Shivaay replied.

"Okay sir." Dev said. "Jaise hi mujhe kuch aur saboot milte hai, mein apko woh email kar dunga." ("If I get anymore proofs, I'll forward it to you via email.")

"Thanks Dev." Shivaay replied with a smile.

♦

Rudy was sitting in his bed with a sad face. He was talking to his best friends Prince and Chubby on call.

"I don't know ab mein kya karu." ("I don't know what to do now.") Rudy admitted to his friends. "Meine sab try kar liya. O se ab tak 1000 bar maafi mang chuka hu lekin woh mujhse bahot gussa hai." ("I tried everything. I've apologized to O 1000 times but he's still upset with me.")

"Tune kaam hi aisa mahan kiya hai." ("Such a great work you've done after all.") Prince said teasingly.

"Yar Prince, help kar yar, chidha mat." ("Prince mate, don't tease me if you can't help me.") Rudy whined.

"Tune aisa kiya hi kyu ? I mean smoking weed ?! Seriously Rudy ?" ("Why did you do it in the first place ? I mean smoking weed ?! Seriously Rudy ?") Chubby interjected.

Rudy sighed.

"Meri maa...meri maa mujhe, O aur bhaiya ko orphanage mein chhod ke gayi thi." ("My mom....My mom had left me, O and bhaiya on the doorstep of an orphanage.") He told them truthfully and with a heavy heart.

Om was just passing by when he heard Rudy. He stopped in his tracks and stood outside Rudy's room to listen everything.

"What ?" Prince and Chubby asked a bit seriously.

Rudy nodded with a sigh and then he realised no one can see him so he said, "Yes. Mujhe bhi pichle hafte hi pata chala...aur mein woh digest nahi kar paya. Mujhe kuch bhi karke woh sab bhulna tha isiliye mein Daksh ke sath chala gaya. Uss din mujhe Daksh ne booze offer kiya lekin meine mana kar diya tab usne mujhse kaha ki agar mein smoke ka ek puff bhi lunga toh mujhe accha lagega. Toh meine ek puff le liya aur sach mein mujhe accha laga. Mujhe maa ki yaad tak nahi aayi. Bura bhi nahi laga unki harkato ka." ("Yes. I just got to know that a week ago...and I couldn't digest that fact. I wanted to forget it at any cost so I went out with Daksh. He offered me a booze but I denied it but he told me that if I take even one puff of smoke I'll feel better. I forgot about mom after taking a booze. I didn't even feel bad about her deeds.")

Om's eyes changed. He felt sad for Rudy and mad on himself for telling it all to Rudy that day. Om had emotionally damaged Rudy and thats what had attracted Rudy towards smoking.

Om actually had very less right to be mad at Rudy in this case as he was also responsible somewhere in pushing him towards it.

"Mein galat tha, mujhe nahi jana chahiye tha Daksh ke sath pr mein tab bahot sad tha, mujhe kya sahi kya galat kuch samajh mein nahi aa raha tha." ("I was wrong, I shouldn't have gone with Daksh but I was very sad, I wasn't able to distinguish between good and bad.") Rudy confessed. "I'm very very disappointed in myself. I broke my Shivaay bhaiya and O bhaiya's heart. I'm the worst youngest brother of the century."

Rudy cried but didn't make any sound cause he didn't want his friends to think of him as a cry baby...but Om saw him crying.

Om wanted to go and hug Rudy but he chose not to. Even if he was responsible for Rudy's emotional damage, that didn't give Rudy any right to go the wrong way.

Even Om and Shivaay were devastated at that time but they didn't deal with it in a wrong way.

Om left from there, unnoticed.

"Mere pass ek idea hai." ("I've an idea.") Prince said.

"Kya ?" ("What is it ?") Rudy asked with utter interest.

"Om bhai, artistic hai na...woh heart-to-heart conversations pe jyada belive karte hai toh tu unke liye ek sorry letter likh." ("Om bhai is an artistic person...he believes in heart-to-heart conversation so why don't you write a sorry letter for him.") Prince suggested.

"A Letter ?" Rudy echoed and a smile dawned on his lips. "Nice man ! I'll write a heart-to-heart letter to him. You're a genius Prince."

"I get that a lot." Prince said like a snob and then burst out laughing.

Rudy and Chubby joined him in laughing.

♠

Evening...

Shivaay was sitting in the living room of his farmhouse, tapping his foot on the groud repeatedly due to the excessive anxiety he was feeling.

He checked his watch for the umpteenth time as he waited for Dev's call.

Instead of Shivaay's phone, the door bell went off signalling someone's arrival.

Shivaay quickly stood up and opened the door to see Dev with soiled clothes and scraped elbows and knees.

Shivaay rushed Dev inside without any questions and offered him water before bringing first aid kit.

"Yeh sab kaise hua ?" ("How did it all happened ?") Shivaay asked refering to his soiled clothes and scrapes, while passing a cotton ball to Dev.

"Veer ke gunde mere pichhe pade the." ("Veer's thugs were following me.") Dev gulped and hissed when he dabbed his scared knee with the cotton ball.

"Veer ?" Shivaay raised an eyebrow.

"Veer, Veer Chauhan." Dev nodded. "Apka business rival." ("Your business rival.")

Shivaay's eyebrows raised as realisation hit him.

"Veer mera plot kharidne wala tha ?" ("Veer was going to buy my plot ?") Shivaay asked to which Dev nodded and pulled out his phone.

He unlocked his phone and presented a video to Shivaay. In the video, Shivaay could see Veer sitting with the officer and talking something over a glass of whiskey.

Shivaay turned up the volume and heard them talking about Shivaay's plot.

"Sir, yeh sirf plot ke baare mein nahi hai." ("Sir, this is not just about plot.") Dev said. "Veer jarur kuch aur bhi chupa raha hai." ("Veer is definitely hiding something more.")

"Kya matlab ?" ("What do you mean ?") Shivaay asked.

"Sir, jara sochiye. Agar Veer ko plot hi chahiye tha toh woh kaunsa bhi plot le sakta tha. Usey apka hi plot kyu chahiye ? Lonavala mein aise kai hill top plots hai jo usey saste mil jayenge fir apka hi plot kyu ?" ("Sir, think about it. If Veer wanted a plot he could've bought any other plot. Why did he want your plot ? There are many hill top plot which he could've got for less money then why your plot?") Dev spoke out his thoughts.

"Kyu ki hum business rivals hai ?" ("Cause we're business rivals ?") Shivaay answered with a question. "Woh nahi chahta ki mera resort waha bane aur mein business mein usey piche chhod du." ("He didn't want my resort to be there and let me excel in my business.")

"No sir. I'm sure there something more he's hiding." Dev said desperately.

Shivaay shrugged. "Hai bhi toh I don't care." ("Even if there is something, I don't care.")

"You should sir." Dev countered. "Agar usne firse apko pareshaan kiya toh at least uski weakness apko pata honi chahiye." ("If he tried to harm you again, you should at least know his weakness.")

Shivaay considered it. "You're right."

"I'll be keeping an eye out on him." Dev said.

Shivaay nodded.

Shivaay made Dev email him the video in which Veer and the officer were talking about their plan of acquiring Shivaay's land and forwarded it to Mishra.

Shivaay told Mishra to forward it to the media channels.

♥

Om was in his bedroom when a knock sounded on the door and an envelope came sliding from the lil gap at the bottom of the door.

Om furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

He walked up to the door and picked the envelope. There was nothing written on the envelope but there was a lil heart on the edge of it.

Om opened the door and peeked outside but there was no one outside so he closed the door again and sat on his bed.

He carefully opened the envelope and pulled out the letter.

Om unfolded the letter and read it.

"Dear Om bhaiya,
I'm so sorry. I know you've all the right to be mad at me and I know I was wrong and you're very disappointed but please, please forgive me.
I'm a stupid boy.
Ever since I started understanding the world around me, you've been with me. You were the one who taught me how to write my name when I was 3. You've always been my best friend and partner in crime more than my elder brother. Ever since we shifted to me Mumbai, you took care of me and looked after me like a mother (don't take it the wrong way, but father's place is reseved for Shivaay bhaiya)..."

Om broke into a small smile.

"... You were the one who protected me at various occasions (sometimes even from Shivaay bhaiya). I was wrong and my behavior cannot be justified but I just want to say that I'm sorry. I won't do it again. I promise. You and Shivaay bhaiya are everything to me. You both are my world. Please don't ignore me, please talk to me.

Shit ! I'm very bad at this heart-to-heart conversations. But I tried my best.

Yours truly and always,
Your cry baby, Rudy.💕"

Om smiled to himself, and in his mind he praised Rudy for coming up with such a beautiful idea of writing a letter to pacify him.

Om pushed the letter back into the envelope and secured it in his bedside drawer before going out of his room in search of Rudy.

Rudy was impatiently waiting for Om's reaction. He was sitting in the living room currently.

Om came in the living room and masked his smile with a scowl. He cleared his throat to make his presence known.

Rudy turned to see Om with a smile, clearly expecting a warm reaction from Om but when he saw Om scowling at him, his expressions changed.

Om walked towards Rudy and twisted his ear.

"Oww.." Rudy cried out making Om loosen his grip on Rudy's ear. "...Chhodo na O." ("...leave me O.")

"No." Om replied and smacked Rudy head lightly before letting go of his ear.

Rudy pouted and rubbed his head where Om had smacked him. "Ab meine kya kiya ?" ("Now what did I do ?")

"Tujhe pata hai na, ghar mein swearing is not allowed ?" ("You know that swearing is not allowed in our household, don't you ?") Om glared playfully.

"Haan toh ?" ("Yeah, so ?") Rudy asked in confusion.

"Letter mein 'shit' kyu likha ?" ("Why did you write 'shit' in the letter ?") Om asked in all the seriousness but couldn't hold in the chuckle and laughed at Rudy's amused expression.

Rudy cracked into a smile too when he heard Om chuckling. "Sorry." He muttered with red cheeks.

Om shook his head and pulled Rudy into a hug.

"I'm sorry O." Rudy mumbled again.

"It's ok." Om sighed. "Lekin bhaiya se maafi mang lena aur haan, agli bar agar bhai se aise baat ki na toh mein tujhe ghar se nikal dunga." ("But apologize to bhaiya and if you did such thing again I will throw you out of this house.") Om said.

Rudy nodded. "Aage se mein aisa kabhi galati se bhi nahi karunga." ("Next time I won't do it even by mistake.")

"Good." Om smiled and ruffled Rudy's hairs.

Om then switched the TV on and the first thing they saw on the news channel which was on, was Veer and the officers video talking about acquiring Shivaay's land.

"...Toh abhi apne dekha ki kaise business tycoon Veer Chahuan ne sarkari karmachari Vikram Karmarkar ko contract ka lalach dekar Oberoi Reality ke malik Shivaay Oberoi se unki jameen hadpane ki koshish ki." ("...We just saw how business tycoon Veer Chauhan lured government officer Vikram Karmarkar by a contract and tried to acquire Shivaay Oberoi's plot.") The reporter said aggressively. "Ab dekhna yeh hoga ki iss mudde ko lekar sarkar kya karti hai aur Veer Chahuan iss sab mein kaise phasenge." ("Now the thing worth watching will be to see what government does about this matter and how Veer will get trapped in all this.")

Om quickly called Shivaay and asked about the matter but Shivaay assured him that it was nothing serious and he'll handle it.

Veer, on the other hand, had also watched the news and everyone who knew him was calling him to enquire.

Veer knew that he was in deep trouble and his image was getting tarnished in the market too.

Veer had also received a call from the minister, who was also Veer's close ally, and the minister had told Veer that he wouldn't be backing him up or helping him out of this cause the evidence was powerful.

All in all, Veer was alone in this and he wasn't going to get any help. His business image was going to be soiled and needless to say, he wasn't going to get any new contracts from anyone for a while.

Veer knew exactly who was responsible for his situation. His buisness rival, who was going to get benefitted by all this.

"Tune galat admi se panga liya hai Shivaay Oberoi." ("You messed with the wrong person Shivaay Oberoi.") Veer gritted. "I'll make you pay !" He said and threw the glass of whiskey away making it break into pieces.

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Hey bubblies !

Veer was the culprit ! And now he's mad.

What do you think he'll do to take revenge ?

Next update on Next Sunday
Stay tuned 💕

Until the next update,
Have a safe and great life 😇