Chapter 10 – The Warning
Night.
Rishi apartment me akela baitha tha.
Table par 2006 logbook, uski mother ka note, aur uncle ki photo padi thi.
Room me silence tha.
Phone suddenly vibrate hua.
Caller ID:
Aisha
Rishi ne call pick ki.
"Hello?"
Aisha ki voice unusually serious thi.
"Rishi… we need to talk. Right now."
Urgent Meeting
30 minutes later.
City ke ek quiet café me.
Rain outside window par gir rahi thi.
Aisha already wahan baithi thi.
Uska face tense tha.
Rishi chair par baitha.
"Kya hua?"
Aisha kuch seconds chup rahi.
Phir slowly boli:
"I met Devendra Singhania."
Rishi ka expression instantly hard ho gaya.
"You what?"
The Truth
Aisha ne deep breath li.
"He knows everything."
Rishi leaned forward.
"Everything?"
Aisha nodded.
"Your investigation. Basement. Logbook."
Silence.
Rishi ne slowly poocha:
"Did you tell him?"
Aisha ki eyes sharp ho gayi.
"Do you really think I would betray you?"
Rishi ne answer nahi diya.
But tension clear tha.
The Warning
Aisha quietly boli:
"He made me an offer."
Pause.
"Convince you to stop."
Rishi sarcastic laugh karta hai.
"And if I don't?"
Aisha ki voice heavy ho gayi.
"Then you die."
Room silent ho gaya.
Rain ki awaaz aur loud lagne lagi.
The Secret
Aisha ne next line dheere se boli:
"He also said something else."
Rishi looked up.
"He said if you discover the truth about your uncle…"
Pause.
"…you won't survive the week."
Rishi ka heartbeat slow ho gaya.
So Singhania already knew.
Everything.
Trust Test
Rishi ne Aisha ko seedha dekha.
"Why are you telling me this?"
Aisha quietly boli:
"Because someone needs to survive this story."
Pause.
"And because the people you're fighting…"
"…don't play fair."
Decision
Rishi ne window ke bahar dekha.
City lights blur ho rahe the rain me.
Twenty years.
Mother ki death.
Organ trafficking.
Family betrayal.
He slowly stood up.
"I'm not stopping."
Aisha expected this.
"But you need to understand something."
Rishi turned.
"What?"
Aisha quietly boli:
"Your uncle isn't just powerful."
Pause.
"He's smarter than Singhania."
Final Scene 👻
Same moment.
Dr. Karan Verma apne luxury house me baitha tha.
Table par ek file padi thi.
File name:
Rishi Kushwaha
Photos.
Investigation notes.
Movement tracking.
Verma slowly smile karta hai.
"He's finally close."
Pause.
"And angry."
Door ke bahar ek shadow khada tha.
Verma ne calm voice me kaha:
"Prepare the accident."
Shadow ne poocha:
"Tonight?"
Verma nodded.
"Yes."
Pause.
"My nephew is becoming a problem."