Chapter-82|•|

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Thank you for your sacrifice, Viraj

Author's POV

''That's Raj's box. How did you get it?'' Sitaara asked. He walked past her without answering her and opened the box sitting on a chair. Sitaara rushed to him and peeked into the box.

A smile touched her lips looking at hers and Viraj's picture together inside the box. She caressed it with tears.

''Here is the letter he left for you'' Abhi mumbled passing her an envelope. She looked at it with tears.

''How did you get this?'' She asked.

''It doesn't matter now, Sitaara. Read it'' he said. She nodded and opened the envelope with trembling hands.

Hey, Pumpkin!

A sob escaped from her mouth as she read it. Even though she was reading it, she could feel him talking to her directly and could hear his voice.

Okay fine! Now stop crying. You knew I hate your tears and now, don't tear my soul apart with your tears.

She wiped her tears and traced the letter as it was a little unclear due to the teardrops of Viraj.

As this letter reached you, I can say, am not near you anymore or not in the world where I found my cute and beautiful Shining star Sitaara.

She chuckled with tears as he addressed her in the way she introduced herself to him for the first time they met.

Wah!! Your smile can push away all my pain and your voice is as soothing as a full moon night. Am I being cheesy again?

She thinned her lips shaking her head in no.

Now, coming to the point, am sorry for giving up on you, on our love, shattering our dreams, making you alone. Trust me, it's hurting me and I feel like I am awarded painful death already for leaving you. I love you, Pumpkin.

''Raj'' she sobbed hugging the letter to her chest. Abhi wrapped his arm around her and consoled her.

''Continue reading'' Abhi muttered. She shook her head in no.

''I can see his pain in every letter that scribbled which is unclear due to his tears'' she sobbed hugging Abhi.

''You need to read. He wanted it. Continue, Pumpkin'' he said rubbing her back. She snuggled into Abhi and unfold the letter again, continuing to read it.

But...but am not scared of death because I know my people have you. I know you will take care of them. But you? What about you, baby?

Am gone, am gone breaking you. You too move on from me but I beg you never forget me-

''I will never. I will never forget you, Raj'' she cried. Abhi looked away with tears.

...never forget me, taara. I promised you, I will be always with you and I don't intend to break it, baby. I will never. Though I may not be with you while you read this, I am around you. Watching you. Encouraging you. Loving you. Praying for you. Enjoying your victory. Crying when your eyes shed tears. I will be around you, baby. It is my word and I stood on it. Am standing on it.

''I knew, you are around me, Raj'' she whispered with tears.

Taara, I want to live. I don't want to die. Want to live with you. Take care of you like you are my baby. Take you on the world tour. Celebrate our 60th wedding anniversary. Laugh with you, cry with you, make you smile, share our responsibilities. I want to live. But it's not possible! Still, I want to live. In your smile. In your help to people. In your eyes seeing this whole world. In your heart forever and for that, please live. Don't kill yourself. I want to live through you. It is the first thing I want from this pure relationship of us, I want you to live, move on, fall in love and finally bring me back to this world.

''Am sorry. I killed you once again. Once again with my foolishness'', she cried.

''You didn't. You didn't kill him then, nor now. It's just he wasn't our Viraj, your Raj'' Abhi whispered while she cried more before continuing to read it.

The second thing I want from this relationship is, punish that bastard, Vikram who killed me brutally, killed my father and many of your friends.

Sitaara looked up shocked. Abhi squeezed her shoulder nodding his head.

''Is it Vikram who killed my boyfriend? Is it Vikram who killed Harshad uncle?'' She asked.

''Continue'' Abhi muttered.

Yes, Sitaara. Your best friend and my cousin killed me and my father. He is a cold-blooded mafia. He is not the one he seems. If he comes to know you came to know real him, he will kill you too, that's why I want you to submit all the shreds of evidence against him to law before he take an action. Please, do this for me and until this takes place, my soul isn't gonna rest in peace.

I hope you do this, taara. Love you Pumpkin. Don't forget me but also move on giving yourself a chance to yourself.

Yours,

Caveman, Viraj Sehgal.

''He killed my Raj. He killed a person who was alive. He killed my boyfriend'' Sitaara screamed at top of her lungs holding her head in her hands.

''Sitaara...Taara-''

''He killed my Raj, Mani. Vikram killed my Raj. Why? How can he do this to his cousin? How can he do this to his best friend? He broke me. He broke our 15 years of love. Raj was murdered brutally. You don't know how Raj looked when he was brought to me after death. I was scared to touch him. I felt to puke. His every tortured body part was naked to us. Every part of his body was ripped. He was tortured'' Sitaara cried in his chest.

''Hold yourself. You need to punish him. Please, stop crying'' Abhi whispered resting his forehead on her while she is still crying.

''Remember, Viraj's pleading? He doesn't want you to cry? Your cries make you feel he is no more with you. He is with you. Around you. Watching you. Encouraging you. Loving you. Praying for you. Enjoying your victory. Crying when your eyes shed tears. He is around you. Don't make him mortal with your cries'' Abhi said cupping her cheeks. She looked at him as a lone tear escaped from her eye.

''See this. This is how Vikram killed Viraj. You need to see this. You should. You must'' Abhi said and connected the pen drive to his laptop and played on the screen through the projector. Sitaara sobbed, screamed, at every punch, every hit, every slap they did to Viraj as if she is asking them to stop. Trying to stop the brutality. She saw everything from her hug when he was going out that day to how he met Abhi.

She looked at Abhi with tears. He hugged her and kissed her crown.

''I have something more for you, from Viraj. Let's check it out once we come back'' he muttered and stood up holding her hand. Walking to the room he made for kids, he unlocked it with shivering hands. He pulled her inside.

''You see all these? Toys? Clothes? Kids essentials? Indoor games? Those belong to our son's. The very same sons who are killed'' Abhi said gulping his pain.

Sitaara walked further and caressed the bed, the toys, the games, the clothes with tears.

''I don't want to leave Vikram and the person who killed our babies, Mani. I want to kill them with my bare hands. Please, take care of legal issues'' Sitaara shouted. Abhi smiled. He smiled with tears nodding his head.

''Let's go'' he mumbled and they both walked out of the mansion, together, holding each other's hands. Getting inside the car, Abhi started driving while Sitaara was looking out of the window crying silently remembering Viraj's painful screams.

''We have reached'' Abhi said. She looked at him with tears. Wiping her tears, he pressed his lips on hers.

''Am with you. Forever and ever. In your every step,'' he muttered above her lips.

''I love you'' she said cupping his cheek. He smiled with tears. There was always an insecure feeling in him that Sitaara may go away once she see videos but her sentence made him emotional.

''I love you too. So much, sweetheart. I love you'' he cried. She smiled. They both got down and walked inside the hideout together.

''Ahhhh...'' they heard a female painful scream. Sitaara flinched and looked at Abhi. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

''Let's move to this room'' he said pointing at the room from which they heard the feminine scream. She nodded and they both walked inside.

''Ahh...'' they again heard the scream when they entered. Sitaara saw her brothers, Anish and Rishi standing in a circle. Adhira, Aastha and Akhira were also present looking at the person surrounded by men.

Sitaara tilted her head and tried to peek through them. She saw a woman's legs with a hot metal chain which is looking red around the ankle. Moving her gaze upwards she saw hands tied up to a chair with a cloth around her palms and heard insects sound from it, to be precise honey bees sounds. Gazing upwards, she saw Sisira screaming in pain as her cheeks were imprinted with hand marks.

''Siru akka? What happened? Why are you in this state?'' Sitaara looked at her horrified and ran to her. Before she reach her, Abhi pulled her back holding her waist.

''Mani, akka-''

''Don't touch that bitch. She is venom-filled slut'' Abhi gritted his teeth. Sitaara pushed him angrily.

''How can you call my sister like that, Mani?'' Sitaara yelled.

''He is true, Situ. Sisira is a bitch. She is not what she shows up'' Sid gritted his teeth with tears and slapped Sisira very hard that her tooth came out. Sitaara flinched.

''Ahhhh'' Sisira let out a painful scream.

''Anna, what-''

''She killed your sons, Sitaara. She tried to kill you. She killed our sons mercilessly injecting some poison into you through her friend'' Abhi yelled his lungs out making Sitaara freeze. She palmed her face shaking her head on no.

''No, she can't do that. My sister can't do that. Mani, you are mistaken. Sisira akka loves me more than she loves my all other cousins. She is very kind, Mani. She loves me-''

''I USED to bitch. I USED to love you'' Sitaara stopped hearing Sisira's scream. She turned to her shocked with tears.

''Akka-''

''Don't call me that, bitch. You spoilt my life'' Sisira screamed cutting off Sitaara harshly.

''Akka, I never did anything. Why are you saying that?'' Sitaara asked reaching Sisira and standing in front of her. Sisira kicked in Sitaara's stomach with both her tied up legs and Sitaara fell. Abhi immediately ran to her and helped her.

''It's paining'' Sitaara whispered closing her eyes tightly as her stitches though healed, they still a little sensitive to harsh actions. Abhi looked at Sisira who had a smirk on her face. Without thinking twice, he stood up and slapped her.

''Mani, don't. Don't touch that woman who killed our sons'' Sitaara whispered crying. Abhi looked at her with tears and stepped away from Sisira. He knelt before Sitaara and helped her to sit.

''You still feel pain?'' He asked. She bit her lips and nodded her head pointing at her heart.

''Here. It's paining here knowing that the woman I always treated as my role model, killed my sons and tried to kill me'' she cried pointing at her heart.

''She...she kill...ed our sons. They might have fe.lt so much pain, Mani. They might have begged me which I couldn't hear. They might have cried to save them. Do you remember? They kicked me when you were going away that day from the hospital? They tried to notify us, Mani, that this bitch planned to kill them mercilessly but we couldn't figure it out. Our sons. Our sons are killed. Am a bad mother who didn't even get a chance to hold her babies and it's because of her like that'' she cried hugging Abhi. He sobbed along with her.

''What did you get out of this hurting my sister, Sisira? What did you gain hurting her? All her life she loved you and you do this to her?'' Sid screamed crying. Sisira laughed throwing her head back.

''Your sister? We cousins never had this 'my' thing, anna, it was always us. But today just because of that bitch you differentiated us'' Sisira yelled.

''That day when I ran away, you never thought of me and cooked up a plan to get her married to the man I love. That day not even once did you think that even I had feelings apart from books but you? You just gave my man to her'' Sisira yelled.

''If you loved Abhimanyu, you would never run away-''

''You know why I ran away? Because Abhimanyu didn't want to marry anyone. I thought he would reject if they would suggest a substitute bride and I could slowly make him fall for me but he married Situ. He wanted to break his marriage with me as he wasn't ready for marriage and I was confident he doesn't move to some other woman over me and I would convince him later but when I came back I saw him with my sister. Like a couple.

Whenever they come home, the way he looks at her, the way he holds her hand, the way he smiles only at her killed me. I tried to move on but how Sitaara gained her inlaws love, how her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law treated her like a mother made me feel bad. The way Abhimanyu took care of her, fought for her, stand for her, look after her every step tore me apart.

When I came to know about Sitaara's past, I found it as a good chance to break them, I found that she is gonna give up her life but this bitch, married him once again while I was her bridesmaid. In front of my eyes, they kissed. They walked out to someplace to make love and they even went on honeymoon. Seeing the man we love sleeping with another woman is something a woman can't tolerate and it happened the same with me. I couldn't tolerate this bitch being happy with Abhimanyu and I morphed her pics blackmailing Abhimanyu to leave her, I even sent her pics with Viraj to Abhimanyu, I did everything to break them apart and when they did, I was making their divorce papers to get them separate forever but this bitch became pregnant with Abhimanyu's babies. Before I could do anything, she went back to her inlaws and did everything to him and his family like a perfect wife even when she wasn't in a position to do them. I tried, I tried to kill babies and her but either Naman or Dhruv, especially this manipulating bastard Riaan was with her all the time checking everything she has to eat.

On Ved Anna's son's cradle ceremony, I felt a perfect timing to remove this absurdity from my life by making her eat those pills mixing them in juice but Abhimanyu saved her again. That day, when I saw love in his eyes for her, the affection and assurance he gave her with just his touch made my heart rip. When I heard her moans, her screams, her laugh when they were making love in our mansion, just beside my room, I couldn't stop myself from making the decision strong to kill her and babies and I talked to my friend who is luckily Sitaara's gynaecologist and she helped me in injecting poison to her which takes 12 hours to start its work and when it started, her babies were affected first and before she was dead, she was lying on a hospital bed getting treated. Sitaara always stole the centre of attraction. Everyone at home loves her more than anyone. Even my brothers, Riddhanth and Vikranth love her more than me.

All my life I loved only Abhimanyu. Other than books, I never tried to divert my mind, my profession was my life, but he made me fall for him with his single glance. When I finally thought I was happy, Sitaara snatched away my happiness"Sisira screamed like a madwoman crying.

As soon as she completed a slap landed on her cheeks, they saw Riddhanth and Vikranth who slapped her crying.

''We loved you more than we love Situ akka. You were never with us. You were always involved in your studies. Not even once you took care of us. We were your just namesake brothers, there was no bond between us, still, we loved you. Adhi akka was too old to play like she is one among us. That time, it was only Situ akka who made sure we are walking on the right path, studying, concentrating on our career than other material things, fought for us when thatha(grandfather) opposed our wishes. She was with us like she is our mother but you? You never even once you realized that you have brothers" yelled Vikrant.

''Abhi loved a woman because she is Sitaara. He didn't love any woman simply because she was his wife. Because it was Sitaara, he agreed to marry her, love her and even wanted to become the father of her kids'' Anish yelled with tears.

''Being a woman yourself, you morphed her pics and sent to a man though he is her husband. You spied on them placing a camera in their room watching them while they were having their moments. Shame on you, Sisira" Ved yelled at her.

''Education without character isn't of no use. When you had your eyes on your sister's husband, that day itself you lost your character. Even a prostitute has some emotions not to kill babies either if it's hers or someone's but you are worst than them, Sisira. When you tried to kill your sister for your selfishness, you lost the humanity that even murder has little in him'' Sid yelled at her.

All this while she was just smirking without any remorse or guilt for killing two innocent lives. Sitaara stood on her feet gritting her teeth. She took the belt which was lying on the floor and waved it on Sisira.

''You killed my sons. You eyed my husband. You tried to kill me. You ruined my perfect family'' she screamed waving the belt on Sisira continuously.

''How can you do it to them? How could you? You are a doctor, you must have seen many people crying out of pain, begging to save them, saw their family members devastated. After all this how could you do that to my sons who don't have a part in this, Who was innocent?'' Sitaara cried slapping her.

''Torture her anna. She has to go through the same pain my kids went through. Don't let her die, she has to experience every little pain and beg to kill her to escape from the pain'' Sitaara ordered wiping her tears harshly.

''Don't drown your hands in sins by hurting a woman. I have special people for that'' Rishi said and a few women entered inside with all the material. Looking at them Sisira screamed in fear.

''Situ-''

"You lost the right, bitch. You lost the right when you killed my kids when you eyed my husband. From today, I don't have any connections with you" Sitaara said pushing out her finger.

''I want all the men to move out of the room'' Sitaara said coldly. They nodded and moved out while Sisira kept screaming for her brothers to save her.

Sitaara, Adhira and Aastha stood there looking at how those women used different instruments to torture Sisira.

''Ask them to stop. She is our sister'' Adhira cried when Sisira fell half-conscious and her complete body bruised. A lone tear escaped from her eye.

''A mother can accept any pain but not the death of her kids. Maybe I didn't even see my sons, but I felt them in every kick, I felt their pain for hunger, I felt their cries through my bad intuitions. I felt them, akka. I carried them for 7 and half months'' Sitaara whispered and the way her voice held coldness screamed how broken she is due to their loss.

''Enough'' Sitaara said showing her hand when those women didn't leave even Sisira's sensitive parts to make her feel immense pain. Sitaara walked to Sisira.

''I wish you never die and see me happy with Abhimanyu and our kids which will kill yourself minute by minute'' Sitaara whispered dangerously.

''Now, I understood how much it pains to make it our alive. Am sorry-'

''Your sorry isn't gonna bring back my sons. I don't accept your sorry and you are never gonna forgive me. Wish you very bad luck with the rest of your life'' saying Sitaara walked out of the room. She saw Abhimanyu standing at a corner leaning against the window frame looking out. Walking to him, she hugged him. He circled his hands tightly around her understanding her inner turmoil.

''You didn't do anything wrong. Few things may get justice but culprits aren't punished. At that time, we need to take law in our hands to punish them'' Abhi whispered caressing her hair.

''Mani, just for one more time, let me take law on my hands to punish Vikram'' she whispered. He smiled nodding his head and kissed her forehead.

''Sehgal's are gonna be here'' he mumbled.

''And here we are'' they heard Ishaan's voice.

''Abhimanyu bhaiyya, please make sure the law doesn't punish us for punishing the murderer'' Ishaan said with tears. Abhi nodded and looked at Rishi. He came forward with guns handing them to Sitaara and Vindhya.

''These guns are untraceable. In the sense, your fingerprints won't be left behind'' Rishi explained briefly.

''I can't. Because he killed my son, I can't kill him'' Vindhya whispered crying.

''He not only killed your son, atha but also sons of many mothers. You are not killing a wise man but a man who is nothing but evil. Bringing justice, punishing the bad and killing the evil isn't against our morals. A wise man's ignorance towards evil is a sin, Atha. Do it. BTW, you aren't killing him, it's just shooting him everywhere except at places where he can die'' Abhi said.

''It will be a betrayal to my brother and sister in law'' Vindhya mumbled.

''The same brother who harassed your husband and kids all his life? The same sister in law who killed my biological mother and Arjun's parents?'' Abhi scoffed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Your sister in law, Vikram's mom is gonna join Vikram soon or maybe before Vikram to experience her painful torture in hell."

Sitaara looked at him shocked. He nodded confirming and slipped his fingers in hers.

''Let's go" he mumbled. She nodded. They moved to the kitchen area and Abhi opened the secret door under the kitchen island. Sitaara peeked into it and found a staircase. With the help of Abhi, she descended stairs followed by others. There she saw Kabir, Riaan, Arjun and Aarya. Moving their gaze to the man tied in a chair, they saw Vikram only in his boxers. His body has cuts just like the cuts Viraj had, his thighs are drilled nails, his legs are dipped in hot water from which vapours are coming out. His hands are made to place in a box full of scorpions. Vikram was screaming in pain while others stood there enjoying his screams.

Sitaara raged to him and slapped him hard.

''How can you kill Viraj, Vikram? He was your cousin, he was your best friend's boyfriend, her life, how can you do that? Sitaara screamed slapping him.

''You! I wanted you, Sitaara. I love y-''

Before he complete the sentence she shot in his calf making him cry in pain.

''Never dare to complete that sentence. Never'' Sitaara warned shivering.

''I never thought of you otherwise, Sitaara. I always felt a thing for you but not even once you understood me. My feelings for you went to an extent where I couldn't find right or wrong and that's when I bumped into the mafia which made me one among them. But I swear expect killing people who tried to snatch you away from me, I never committed wrong. I never played with women. I never played with poor lives. I never killed anyone. I was fair but that drug dealing case was forced on me. To save you'' Vikram said between his cries.

''Well, that helped a lot, Vikram. Because you dealt with drugs, our government could catch the mafia. Other policemen are catching them as they are trying to fly away from Bangkok where they hid all these days making you their pawn. You are lucky to receive a special death as you killed our brother, Viraj Sehgal'' Abhi said and kicked on his face.

''Shot him atha, everywhere just as he did to your son'' Abhi said. Vikram smiled with tears.

''Maybe I was obsessive over Sitaara but I was always a good guy. Punish me atha. Am sorry for torturing you all these years'' Vikram said with tears running down his cheeks.

Vindhya cried holding the gun. Closing her eyes she fired 5 bullets into Vikram.

''Wait'' Abhi said. Everyone looked at him.

''Riaan, Arjun and Kabir, rip his every part. Peel his every skin just like he did to Viraj" Abhi said. Riaan looked at Vikram with tears who smiled gesturing him to come. Riaan moved forward holding a knife and bent to Vikram crying. Closing his eyes, he peeled off his skin at his arms, Arjun joined him sobbing and cut at his thighs. Kabir and Ishaan cut his private part while everyone closed their eyes. Moving to his face, they peeled off Vikram's cheeks.

''Stop it'' Sitaara and Aarya cried falling on their knees.

''Let him die. I can't see him like that'' Sitaara whispered crying.

''Sweetheart-''

''I planned Mani. I planned to give him an even more painful death but we can't see him suffering anymore. Let him go" Sitaara cried and walked to Vikram. Kneeling before him, she cupped his face just like she did to Viraj.

''We still love you as a friend but we loathe you with our guts for killing many people. We are sorry. If there is next life, please takes birth as our friend once again and be a good man'' Sitaara whispered and kissed his forehead. Vikram smiled with tears and held his friends' hands.

''Am sorry'' he muttered and looked at Vindhya joining his shivering hands mouthing 'Sorry'. Vindhya looked away crying.

''Kill me'' he whispered to Sitaara. She nodded closing her eyes and pointed her gun at him.

''Riaan, take care of Nisha. Am a father. I became a father. I and Nisha are pregnant. Please, forget all my sins and take care of my baby. Tell Nisha that I always have a special place in my heart for her. Bring up my son or daughter like Viru bhaiyya'' he muttered before Sitaara pulled the trigger continuously. Before she could process his words, he is dead.

''Vikram'' Sitaara screamed hugging him.

''Am sorry. Am sorry'' she cried while everyone began crying.

''He is the father. I made his baby orphan, fatherless. What I have done to him?'' Sitaara cried hugging him.

Riaan hugged Vikram and kissed his forehead.

''I will become your baby's father, Vikram. I will take care of Nisha and your baby. If possible born again as my best friend, Vikram. I love you, ra'' he cried along with Arjun and Aarya.

Abhi pulled away Sitaara from Vikram and hugged her.

''I killed him and made his baby a fatherless, Mani. My best friend is gonna become a father and I killed him'' she cried. Abhi patted her back crying.

''My brother'' he whispered caressing Vikram's hair and kissing his forehead.

***

They all cried for the whole night and moved out early in the morning when Vikram's body was taken away. Abhi managed to frame it as a police investigation. As they came out, the raising sun showered his rays on them as a wave of wind hit them.

They sat in their cars while Sitaara is in shock. Abhi's phone rang from Suresh. He lifted the call and placed it over his ear.

''Ab-bhi, Vi-k-ra-m and h-is mother dead" Suresh cried. Abhi went silent.

''Vikram's mother was driving somewhere and suddenly her car blasted. Fighting between death and life for the whole night, she is dead as her internal parts are burnt'' Suresh cried. Abhi cut the call and got down the car. He saw Arjun with tears looking at the sky.

''Got the news about the murderer who killed your parents?'' He asked. Arjun hugged him crying.

''I miss them. A lot. What did all these gain us? Vikram's mom killed your mom and my parents. For what? Money! Vikram killed Viru bhaiyya. For what? To satisfy his obsession and for money. We killed both mom and son. For what? To bring justice. But now we are the ones who are crying'' Arjun cried.

''Somethings tend to happen like this, Arjun. Even Pandavas lost everything but they won against evil. They lost their whole clan. The person who wants to bring justice had to face immense pain. And we once again proved'' they heard Sitaara as Abhi was about to speak same.

''I don't want to be sad anymore, Arjun. If we are sad, it's not gonna peace within ourselves for bringing justice. Our Vikram will take birth again. Like a good man,'' Sitaara said with a smile.

''She is true'' Riaan and Aarya said together and the four friends shared a group hug.

Abhi smiled looking at the sky and winked.

''Thank you for your sacrifice, Viraj'' Abhi said looking at the sky as a raindrop fell on him as if Viraj was thanking him in return.

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How's the chapter?

Did Sisira deserve the correct punishment?

And Vikram? He was killed just the way Viraj was!

But, He is gonna become a father! Nisha is pregnant. Expect for killing Viraj and many innocents, I love Vikram a lot. I didn't want him to die, so I brought the little Vikram into this world.

Not all people you see are the ones who want to see your happiness, few hide their true evil nature behind their so-called good nature mask.

Do not trust everyone. Not all vibes you get from people are real.

Surya.