34) Punishment!

Song dedicated to this chapter-Khamoshiyan by Arijit Singh ❤️

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Writer's POV

Fighters never Quit!

She was a born fighter. She faught with the destiny itself to take birth.

And now she wasn't going to let go without a fight.

Those men moved towards somewhere. While Rehmaat closed her eyes tightly to focus her last bit of energy on her hands, to freed them from the intruders grip.

But before she could do anything, the intruders let her go with a jerk.

Because of sudden force and weakness Rehmaat was about to loose her balance but someone got hold of her.

Her eyes were still partially blurry but she recognised the Minty, musky smell. Instant relief washed over her when she realised her Shiv was their now.

Her relief turned into a mild confusion when she got hold of his cold eyes.

She was about to ask him what happened but before she could utter a word. A sudden force seperated her from him.

Before she could anticipate, a sudden stinging pain on her left cheek made her numb for a second.

Rehmaat was already feeling dizzy because of blood donation on top of that, she hadn't eaten anything but the pain in her left cheek left her deaf for a few seconds.

As she recovered from the impact, it clicked to her that the stinging pain was the result of something hard colliding with her cheek.

She was slapped.

She finally looked at the person, who has just slapped her.

It was none other than her Pushpa. Manavi was saying something but Rehmaat was not listening instead she was muttering in her heart.

"I was about to go without telling her right. That's why my Pushpa is Angry." But she was soon pulled out of her thoughts when Manavi jerked her by holding her arm. Just from where the IV drip was attached, it pained like hell, but the pain turned numb along with Rehmaat's heart as she heard Manavi's next words.

"How dare you. How dare you b***h, I wish I never met you. I hate you god damnit." A stream of tears was running Town Manavi's eyes, which held nothing but disgust. She was disgusted .......... Disgusted from Rehmaat.

"If anything happens to my father I will kill you. You bloody wh**e." Rehmaat winced fron the intensity of the words.

She finally looked around the room, the Raghuvanshi's were standing Thier, except for the Queen mother, who was out of Jaipur. And the king of Jaipur as he was fighting for his life.

Princess of Jaipur had two emotions in her eyes, disgust and Anger. The Queen's eyes held sadness and disbelief. While his eyes were cold.

Further she located her Veera standing their, she looked at him with hope while his eyes made an eye contact with her. But soon he turned his back to her while giving cold look to her.

Her heart shattered to pieces!

Than she spotted the only other two person's standing their, Viraj Sisodiya along with Bhanu Kaka.

"But..." The Queen of Jaipur was about to speak but Bhanu kaka interrupted.

"Rani Sa I saw it with my own eyes. She stabbed Rana Ji when Viraj Sa went forward to stop her, she attacked with the Vase." Bhanu Kaka paused before continuing.

"And while doing this I heard her taking Veda's name. You can even get the fingerprints matched, on the dagger that she used to attack Rana Ji as well as the vase that she used against Viraj Sa has her fingerprints." Bhanu Kaka completed his sentence.

That's when Rehmaat remembered, she knocked the dagger out of Viraj's hand and throwed it away from Viraj's reach by using her hand!

"And overall Ma, let's ask her. Only?" Viraj stepped towards her while holding his phone he gestured towards the person's picture in the phone and asked.

"Do you know him?" After looking at the picture Rehmaat's eyes widened while Viraj's face morphed into a smirk. He knew Rehmaat knew the man and he knew she won't lie, so all he had to do was mold her words smartly.

"Veda Chachu!" Rehmaat's statement shooked the Queen of Jaipur.

Rehmaat knew the man as she had met him before, he was her grandfather's junior. Now it clicked, the man that was saving her, about whom her partner was talking about, the mystery man was none other than her Veda Chachu!

"See I told you. I have also gotten the information that , the attack on the princess was planned! And that Veda came their to save her because it was the part of the plan." Bhanu Kaka fabricated a lie.

While Rehmaat understood the meaning of her buddy's word's. Don't trust anyone. But alas it was too late.

"My Rana Sa is fighting for his life. Why did you did it, why did you have to be the culprit. He thought of you as his own daughter." Rani Sa screamed furiously while clutching Rehmaat's shoulder tightly.

While Rehmaat felt numb, not a single word left her mouth, not once she tried to defend herself. Only one thing was going on in her dizzy head, " They didn't trusted her." The headache was killing her.

"She is criminal and criminals can't be set free. Officer Arrest her." On this statement of Viraj no one noticed two things first Viraj's smirk and second his closed fist!

As the officer dragged her.

A lone tear escaped her left eye,

But during the whole time, neither she said anything nor he opened his lips to talk.

But a storm was brewing in both heart's, for same yet different reasons.

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"No body will give her anything to eat, till she confess her crime." The inspector instructed his staff as a female officer locked her inside lock-up.

"But sir it's against the law. Firstly we have arrested a female after 6 P.M. on top of that no official F.I.R. was registered and that girl is barely 18 sir." A young man dressed in the uniform stated the facts.

"Do you think we are going by the law right now, really boy, the man whom she tried to kill is the king of Jaipur, it was because of him and his wife's social service why Jaipur is prosperous! Even though the monarchy was abolished, but somewhere deep down we think of the Raghuvanshi's as our royalty, as our family as they have always treated us that way. Do you even know how many women and children are able to get a stable life in Rajasthan because of the royal family's trust funds. And I happen to be one of them. So it is a personal grudge from my side. And overall, the son-in-law of Rana Sa has told us, that it is Hukum's order, so we can't defy that." The senior officer spatted.

After two hours!

"Baiji wake up!" An old man in constable's uniform gently patted an almost sleepy Rehmaat's arm, to wake her.

While Rehmaat groaned, she was feeling weak and almost on the verge to pass out.

She has this problem of low sugar, if she remained hungry for more than two meals but right now even after giving blood, she was not given anything to eat. And on top of that she was worried about her buddy. That is he out of danger or not.

"Child, I have brought this Matar kachori, I do night shift here so my wife often send these for me to eat if I get hungry. Please have this quickly, nobody knows that I have came here." That man forwarded a kachori rapped in a thin cloth.

While Rehmaat looked skeptical. She just couldn't trust him, when nobody trusted her.

"I know you. You remember Chand, she is like my daughter to me. And Shraddha told me how you motivated her and even Chand can't stop talking about you. You have became her role model now. I know that a girl who can save a stranger's life can't take someone's life. I trust you But I can't do much for you." The old man said  sympathetically.

While Rehmaat just cursed her fate, that how a man who have just heard about her from other's was trusting her while the people she spent days with didn't.

"Thankyou Kaka, but if you really want to help me. Please let me just make a phone call, I won't take much time just 5 minutes." Rehmaat's throat burned while she spoke after long time.

The girl who couldn't keep quiet for Seconds, actually kept quiet for hours.

"Ok, but please make it fast. I can't loose my job." He gave his phone to the girl.

Rehmaat's POV

I can't call partner right now. He can't fight the Raghuvanshi's.

I should call them. But will they help me. Will he help me?

No, no, Rehmaat you can't give up without a fight.

But I don't have any of their personal number memorized.

Google,ooh yes, I can google their company's number.

"Hello Randhawa industries. How can I help you." A female voice said as I called them after getting the number from Google.

"Hello, Can I talk to..... Mr. Randhawa please." My voice breaked a little.

"I am sorry, but do you have an appointment mam." The voice turned rigid.

"No" my voice came out Meeker than I expected.

"Than I am sorry mam. Mr.Randhawa is a busy man." She was about to hang up but before she could I squeaked.

"No. Please. I actually know him. If not him than let me talk to Mr.Aulakh." I pleaded.

"Mam, I get hundreds of calls daily who know Mr. Randhawa and Mr. Aulakh." She said bitterly.

"I do. I really do, if not them, than please......" I paused catch my breath. I was exhausted.

"Please connect Khan Chachu! See I even know that Mr.Randhawa and Mr. Aulakh call Roohdaar Khan as Khan Chachu!" I said to which the woman immediately said.

"Ooh, I am so sorry mam. I hope you are not offended. I was just doing my duty. I will just pass the call to Khan sir." With that the call transferred to Khan Chachu.

"Hello." The same voice greeted me after 6 long years.

"Soul friend." I used the nickname I use to call him by.

He immediately recognised me and used his own nickname for me "Mehr" ( Mehr means blessing in urdu.)

"I ........." I didn't said much to him.

Just told him to inform them, that I am being kept in lock-up in Jaipur, in an illegal way for something that I didn't even did and how the powerful Raghuvanshi are behind this.

"I need them soul Friend. I don't know what to do, or whom other to contact." My voice resembled the kid who was lost in a big fair. I myself couldn't believe how scared I sounded.

"I..... I don't have much time for the call left chachu. Just tell them about this. Please." With that I hanged on the phone, without listening or telling further.

I returned the phone back to the kind man,he insisted for me to eat something but I refused.

I don't want to eat anything from Jaipur now. Their Jaipur, His Jaipur.

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