A week later, Vikram, Shiva and Dhruv's mother went to Dhruv's grave to complete the rituals to be done after Dhruv's death. They had finished the rituals with a heavy heart and stood in front of the tomb of Dhruv and prayed for peace of his soul. Vikram said, "Dhruv... you ... are by my side ... just ... standing somewhere ... hidden... how can I find you? Only your memories are with me. We are like twins... and now you left me alone. Whoever separated us... hmm... meet you again only after burying the murderers ... You are the one who must lead me" Vikram vowed.
Both Vikram and Dhruv's mother entered the back seat of the car. Shiva was driving at a moderate speed on the road.
Vikram noticed the tears in the eyes of Dhruv's mother through the mirror and didn't have words to console her.
Breaking the silence, Dhruv's mother said cryingly, "Vikram... Dhruvvv ... I didn'tveven think in my dreams that he would leave us all to suffer like this... Even when he last spoke in the phone, he told me that he would come and see me tomorrow morning... He didn't even know to think to degrade anyone, Isn't it Vikram? Look at the tragedy that happened ... Look at his fate... How could his inspiring life changed upside down? God is blind..." She said with tears in her eyes.
Unable to answer, Vikram said "Hmm" and folded his lips. He controlled himself.
"No matter how much work he had, he would check me whether I took sugar pills. He's such a wonderful child, Vikram. Who is going to ask me anymore?" When she finished saying, Vikram asked her, "Mom! Did you take sugar pills?" She looked at Vikram with tearful eyes.
"I have been seeing you as my own mother since I was a child. You also accepted me as your son. Don't worry as long as I am there. I have an obligation to do you the same duties I did to my mother. Maa... Don't worry!" Vikram expressed love from the heart.
"Yes, you are right Vikram. You are same as my Dhruv" she said wiping her tears away.
He tried to bring back a small smile in that withered lips. No matter how much she opposed him finally he convinced Dhruv's mother and made her stay in his home that gives him a little comfort.
At Vikram's house,
Vikram was actively looking for something all over his room. He searched everything from his desk to the wardrobe to find it.
His mother, who was there, asked, "What Vicky? Are you looking for something important?"
"Yeah Maa... I don't know where I kept the keychain that Dhruv gave me for my last birthday. Hmm ... I lost him too; Now that keychain too..." he said in frustration.
"It will be in our house only. Don't worry Vicky. I will try to find it" she said.
"Hmm... I felt sorry when things about him go away from me. My heart hurts maa... I felt heavy" said him.
She said "It's okay. Don't worry"
Meanwhile, Vikram's cell phone rang, he picked up his car keys and hurried away.
*****
Rahul House,
"Vikram, are you going to the company today, aren't you?" Rahul asked to confirm.
"Yes... Rahul, more than two weeks have passed" said Vikram.
"Hmm... It's not right for me to come to the office there and I don't want to tell you this important information over the phone. It's good that we are precautionary on anything that is why I asked you to come here" said Rahul.
"Okay... what's the matter?"
"Vikram, let me tell you the possibilities about the killer. I guess the killer must be just against you and Dhruv. That is, Business (Vikram) + sports (Dhruv) are more likely to be related to both. So who is your mutual enemy? If you give me the list of your mutual enemies, it will be easy for me to find the culprit as soon as possible."
"I have a lot of enemies knowingly and unknowingly and there is a lot of rivalry and jealousy people in the sports field for Dhruv but he never mentioned anyone as the enemy! Our Mutual enemy? Who will be? (Business + Sport). Rahul, Why this suspicion? Tell me clearly so that it will be convenient to find the killer" Vikram looked into Rahul eyes.
"1. If the killer is only the enemy of Dhruv, the killer might have turned off the CCTV camera a few days earlier in order to escape but would not have done so. He would have even turned off the CCTV camera only at the last minute. The reason for this may be to convince the world that death is Natural. The other reason is killer deactivated the camera once you were there inorder to escape. Well... my suspicion is that where did the bottle of the same kind of wine you consume come from? These wines are rarely available in the general store. It was not possible to buy a bottle of this type of wine overnight after Dhruv's murder.
I am sure this is perfectly planned murder.
2. If the killer is your enemy alone, Then there is no point in killing Dhruv. Therefore, there is less possibility of being your enemy..."
Vikram repeated what Rahul had said. Vikram's face shrunk as if he had been shaken. Rahul continued, "But there is an exception too"
"Exception? What?" Vikram raised his brows.
"Yes Vikram. It is because of excessive love for you that someone need not want to share you with Dhruv might have done it..." Rahul says this information that cannot be accepted by Vikram's senses. He closed his eyes and sighed deeply.
Breaking the silence, "People who love me? How is that possible? My head is rolling ..." said Vikram.
"Don't you know that sugar is poison if it is exceeded? Vikram, excessive love is dangerous too. If I ask you something, you should not take it wrong" he asked.
Vikram squeezed his brain and said, "Mmm ... sa ... ok" "How will Vidharth behave towards the pole?" Vikram did not even expect a drop of the question,
Vikram squeezed his brain and said, "Mmm... O... ok"
"How will Vidharth behave towards Dhruv?" Vikram didn't even expect this question.
After a minute of silence, he said, "Doesn't you know about Vidharth brother? He does not talk much to anyone. The same applied for Dhruv too... Also, brother does not like anyone engaging in corporate work"
"Hmm... Vikram don't mistake me until we get clue for this murder, don't trust anyone! Add your brother in that list too" said Rahul.
"Hmm ... I hope my brother will not go down to the point of killing my friend who is considered as my life but I will not let the murderer alive whoever it was" said Vikram with fire in his eyes.
"Let it be on the one hand; It's easy for me if you give you a list of your mutual enemies you suspect, Vikram. It will be likely to get close to the killer soon."
"Hmm ... I see"
"Think and act well ... take a week or two," said Rahul.
"Okay ..." Vikram said and left.
******
In bothVikram and Vidharth Adithya companies all the new export calls and deals remained in pending. Shiva was looking at Vikram Aditya's company with some old trade exports so that the profit margin of the company was not greatly affected.
Vidharth Adhitya company had already lost a few crores, was pushed from third to tenth place in the business progress rankings. Vikram stopped engaging about the ups and downs of business for the past two weeks.
Vikram had been confusing the possible doubts of Rahul often makes him unstable. He went to Vidharth's company that day.
Many of the staffs stopped talking to Ahana as she had went to police station for enquiry. Some even said, "Don't interfere with big people"
Ravita was the only one who spoke to her as usual to comfort her mind better.
On hearing the news of Vikram's arrival that day, she was waiting for Vikram's arrival. As each car approached she stared out of the window nearer to her seat.
She kept looking at him through the window as his car came to a halt. His demeanor weakened, half of his face was covered the beard and the spark in his eyes remained invisible. As he entered, everyone stood up to greet him. The beauty of that majestic look faded. Ahana gazed at his dull eyes.
As Vikram passed Ahana for a few seconds he glanced at her face and gestured only they both can understand "How are you?" That seemed like both ways of inquiring about howabouts. Also, There was no old blossom on the face of Shiva who went behind.
Vikram went to the room, collected his scattered thoughts hard and signed some important copies. Suddenly the thought of Dhruv had taken hold of him unknowingly. He left the files aside and leaned his head on back of the chair. Ahana arrived and saw Vikram with closed eyes leaning in the chair through the penetrating glass doesn't want to disturb him so she informed Shiva and left from there.
After a few minutes, Vikram straightened his head and said to Shiva, "Shiva ... take care of this. Arrange whoever you need help with" Vikram was unable to pay even a drop of attention. His mind was fully occupied with Dhruv's memories. His brain did not even give way to the thought of their mutual enemies that Rahul had told Vikram to listed out.
At that moment, Vikram's cell phone rang and he accepted the call. It was from his friend Mithran in London.
"Vikram, your brother Vidharth was involved in an accident near London's John museum yesterday and our secret spy revealed that Vidharth had planned to kill someone in a week" said Mithran.
"Eh... What murder? Brother? Is this correct information?" Vikram asked Shockingly.
"Yes Vikram I am passing this information only after confirming. I knew your situation well. If I could have handled it by myself for a few days I would have but it is related to killing someone so that I'm in a position to inform you as soon as I knew" said him.
"What is the necessity of killing someone, Mithran? What's the problem? I don't understand anything?" Vikram rolled his mind as he couldn't understand what is going on.
"I don't know what the problem is Vikram. That's all the information I got in these twenty-five days that you told me to spy."
"Hmm... It is more important to stop that murder. What can be done to stop it?" Vikram asked to find ways to stop the murder.
"The only solution to this is to inform Shankar (the senior police officer)" said Mithran.
"No Mithran... I'm going to think about it. Let me know as soon as you get any information" said Vikram and hung up.
He spent a few minutes clarifying to his heart and brain whether everything going on around him was a bad dream or a mind-numbing reality. He spun the world roll on the desk and he remembered Rahul's sayings about Vidharth.
To be continued....
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