Save them!

Manya had fallen unconscious once again, but Arjun had been able to cover the distance between them in time, to catch her in his arms. Destiny had taken almost every twist and turn that it could take; Ishaan was standing there in front of him, dumbfounded at what had happened to her, right after her confession to him.

Both of them panicked and shouted simultaneously, "Somebody call the doctor, quick!"

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Arjun dialed Doctor Maheshwari's number once again, as the first ring had gone unanswered. Meanwhile, Ishaan had been calling her mother; he had come to know from Sia that she was not in town. Apparently, the Manya, who claimed to hate her mother from the very beginning, was whispering her mother's name in her  state of unconsciousness.

*Now he would have one more person to deal with, as he was aware that Mrs.Rahal was already biased towards Arjun. Why was all this happening to him, was loving and winning over someone this tough a job?! Why couldn't his one and only wish be fulfilled by the universe! And the worst part was, that he was the one who was supposed to contact her and give her the bad news!*

Doctor Maheshwari received the call on the second try and Ishaan stopped his attempts at calling Sagrika momentarily, to listen to the conversation taking place between them.

But he was not getting any success, as Arjun was only answering in yes or no. All that he was able to decipher, was that Doctor Maheswari had gone out of town for a few days, and some other doctor was coming to see her. But before his arrival, Arjun was supposed to give her a medicine which he had already prescribed.

*No! He couldn't take any risk, he needed to contact a psychiatrist as soon as possible. What if she really remembered Arjun and forgot him forever?*

He dialed another number, and briefed the listener about something in Italian. As soon as he disconnected the call, two notifications showed up on his phone screen.

Vendy- "Hello! Do you know where Manya is? I am unable to reach her."

XXXX-  "I am boarding the plane."

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Manya opened her eyes after almost thirty minutes had passed. She saw Arjun sitting in front of her and quickly hugged him in a panic, saying, "Arjun, help! Call mumma, everything is wrong over here and we need to solve everything- Mausa will kill everyone! He- he is planning to kidnap everyone! I am not pranking you anymore, I swear! He told me...I heard everything...I heard everything- oh no, but how stupid am I?! I fell asleep in Daddy's car, he was saying that we would play a prank on everyone, and I was also with him in this plan. But he is not pranking us...he is kidnapping everyone, he will kill our Sia! I know he will! Help, tell daddy about this...no, no...I slept in the car, why!? I was about to tell everything to daddy but- okay, Manya don't panic right now. Arjun, tell mumma, it's not too late yet! He is going to plan it for tomorrow! We still have plenty of time, do something- call mumma! Are you even listening to me, we need to save Massi!"

Manya had lost consciousness again, but her brief period of consciousness had  managed to make Arjun and Ishaan speechless. Now, how were they supposed to tell her that even if it had been her Mausa's plan, he had died by now, in the accident twelve years ago?!

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Sagrika finally found the painting and the place where all the three pendants could be inserted.

They needed to take this painting back with them- she was taking the painting off the wall, when her fingers grazed against a piece of paper that was lodged in the space between the painting and the wall. This caused the paper to flutter to the ground, upside down.

Sagrika let go of the painting to pick up the piece of paper, and turned it around to see that it was actually an old, black-and-white photograph. Upon examination, she saw that four young men were standing in a row, posing for that picture- three of them were the fathers of Sagrika, Arnav and Meenal respectively. 

But she couldn't exactly place the fourth person and turned to Arnav to ask if he knew anything about his identity, to no avail. Arnav was just as clueless as she was. The two were busy interpreting the picture, when doctor Maheshwari rushed into the room, huffing slightly. 

"Manya is unconscious!"  He announced.

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The person was looking at the images spread out in front of him. After a while, he stood up and grabbed hold of the image in which a beautiful woman could be seen, clad in a simple saree and yet looking ravishing, her eyes glinting in the sunlight.

"You really were of no use, Swara! After all the efforts I made, you really overdid yourself! What would you have lost, if I had gained everything I wanted? But no! You always have to meddle in my business...You know what, I hated you from the very beginning, and I have hated you hence, for each and every second of my life! I hated how you were so perfect at everything. I never planned to marry you, and then I committed the worst mistake of my life- your daughter! From the day you told me that you were pregnant, I hated you even more. But how helpless I was, still having to pretend that I love you. This act made me project that hatred on myself, but still I needed to be in the role, needed to act along. I never let you think that I was not good enough for you, but still you were never of any use to me! Look, here we are. I still need to do everything by myself, and you know what? This time, I am only letting them live because I am not going to repeat the same mistake twice. I hope you are having a gala time there, but if you are feeling lonely, trust me- I will send everyone to you soon! Till then, you enjoy yourself there, my love! Always remember that your husband never loved you, even for once and yet, you got fooled by him, Little-Miss-Perfect!"

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