• When you were busy in building bridge to your dream, someone was busy in stealing the bricks! •

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Manik : "Maddy is the one..who always wanted to kill me..".. he told in his cold tone..but only his heart knows how badly it aches while speaking that particular line..

Cabir was totally stunned..speechless..and Nandini was in tears..as she knew what Maddy means to manik..what he means to cabir..what place he holds in their lives..she knew it's not going to be easy..she knew will definitely from them..

Cabir : "Manik! But Maddy?".. he asked in a soft tone..and Manik took a deep breath..but exhaling..he looked at cabir ..

Manik : "I also want answer..but for that ..we need to reach him..it's time to over this ugly game which he started..".. he said in anger filled voice..and just then they saw.. Aryaman / Anushman coming out of Starbucks..

Cabir : "see there is he!".. he told them as soon as his eyes fell on him..and his face shocked MaNan ..

Nandini : "yeh toh....".. she stopped as Manik Nodded..

Cabir : "we should follow him..".. he said while Anushman settled in his car.. MaNan agreed with him..they all started following him..

Nandini : "Cabir..he isn't aryaman..he is Anushman khurana.."..she told him which shocked cabir..

Cabir : "but Nandini...how it can be possible..".. he asked in total disbelief tone..

Manik : "as far as I remember..khurana has two sons..may be Anushman and Aryaman are siblings..".. he told them hitting the arrow...and they too agreed with him..

Nandini : "yes Manik you are right..but we need to be sure..let's follow him .."..

Cabir : "Han Manik ... let's follow him.."..

Manik also agreed with them..so cabir ignited the engine and they started following him..

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Maddy : "Dhruv! Where is Aliya?".. he shouted on him..

Dhruv : "I don't know..hogi kahi..".. he said in unconcerned tone..

Maddy : "what do you mean by you don't know?".. he shouted at peak of his voice ..and broke the glass which was in hjs hand filled with wine..

Dhruv : "why you are getting angry?.. it doesn't even matter whether she is alive or not..".. he said in a matter of fact tone which made Maddy hell angry on him..

Maddy : "she knows a lot about us dhruv..how can you be this much unconcerned?.. have you already lost your pea size brain.."..he freaked out..

Dhruv : "Maddy..she doesn't know you..so relax and sit down..aur wese bhi woh karegi bhi kya?..Manik Malhotra doesn't even remember who he is.."...he told him very casually but mere mention about Manik alarmed Maddy..

Maddy : "Wait a second..where is Manik?"..he asked

Dhruv : "Hoga kisi meeting mei..who cares.."..he again answered in his unconcerned tone and this made Maddy hell angry..he made Dhruv stand up by holding his collar...and slapped him hard..

Maddy : "Do you have any idea how careless you are?"..he said gritting his teeth..

Dhruv : "Listen Maddy.."..he tried to explain him but this time Maddy thrown him straight on the floor with full force..

Maddy " "you listen to me ..maine tujhe yahan plant kiya hai..maine..aur agar mera plan backfire hua then i'll dig your grave right then and there.."..he shouted on him and made a call..while dhruv shrieked in pain..

Maddy : "I want current location of Manik Malhotra and Aliya Vardhan..within 5 minutes.."..he ordered and disconnected the call..

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On the other hand..

Manik,Cabir and Nandini were following Aryaman look alike..

Cabir : "Yeh jaa kahan raha hai?"..he said in a clueless tone as they are on outskirts of Shimla..

Nandini : "hum city se bahar aa chuke hai Cabir..kahin ise doubt toh nahi ho gaya ki hum ise follow karhe hai.."..she said in a little worried tone which made cabir and manik look at each other..they too pondered on her words..

Manik : "we need to be careful.."..He told Cabir on which he nodded..

Nandini : "Manik we should talk to Navya ..Whether Abhi is fine or not..".. she said after sometime ..

Manik : "Han.. You're right..Call her.."..He too seconded her..

Nandini picked her phone but noticed that it was switched off..

Nandini : "I think battery is dead..".. she told them..So Manik passed her his mobile..

When she unlocked his mobile..She saw 50 missed calls of Aliya..

Nandini : "Manik! 50 missed calls ,aliya ke.."..she told him in a bit worried tone..which worried manik as well..

Manik : "Nandini..Call her back..I hope she is fine..".. he said in a bit tensed tone..

She too nodded and then called her back..But Aliya didn't picked the phone..Which made Nandini worried even more..She tried almost 10 times but no answer..

Nandini : "I hope she is fine ..But why she isn't answering ..".. she was really worried..

Cabir : "Nandini relax..She must be busy somewhere..".. he calmed her down..

Manik : "Cabir is right Nandini..Please calm down...".. he too tried to calm her but in real even he was in tension..

Cabir then noticed that Anushman stopped his car..Outside a big mansion..So cabir too parked his car a bit far from there..

Manik : "I think Maddy aur Dhruv Dono yahin hai..".. he said as Anushman moved out of the car..

Cabir : "Han .. Manik you're right..".. he second him..

Nandini : "so what we are waiting for..Let's go inside ..".. she tried to move out when Manik stopped her..

Manik : "you and Cabir aren't going anywhere..Only am going inside ..".. he told her strictly..Which surprised CabiNi..

Nandini : "and what made you think that I will let you go alone?"..She asked maintaining her stern tone..

Manik : "Nandini..It's not safe inside.."

Nandini : "exactly Manik..It's not safe .

".. she told him in anger..

Cabir : "guys please stop ..You both need not to argue..And Nandini I think Manik is right..".. he agreed with him on which Nandini tried to argue..

Cabir : "Meri baat suno please..".. he pleaded and Nandini agreed..

Cabir : "agar hum sab ek sath jaenge toh possibility hai ki sab phas jaye..Better yehe hai ki koi ek andar jae..".. he explained her but she wasn't convinced..

Nandini : "but cabir.. Manik..".. she was on the verge of crying..So Manik held her hand..And made her look at him..

Manik : "Kuch nhi hoga mujhe..I promise..".. he assured her and tears eloped from her eyes..

Cabir : "hum kuch hone bhi nhi denge..".. he said with a smile ...

• You are not alone in your war.. Am holding your sword.. •

Manik smiled looking at him..And even Nandini smiled a bit..

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Manik sneaked inside the mansion..but to his surprise it was all dark..none was there..

"Welcome Mr. Manik Malhotra..Welcome.." ...He heard a very familiar voice..But still the face wasn't visible..

And then a spot light fell on Manik's face..And he covered his face as it affects his eyes ..

"Manik Malhotra..You played well..But you forgot I never loose..".. the voice got even more clear and soon that face came in light.. he was none other than his childhood buddy.. Madhyam..

Manik : "Maddy!".. he said after removing his hand from his face..While Maddy was coming towards him with a smirk on his face..

Maddy : "that's right.. Maddy..".. he stand right in front of him..While manik was looking at him in disbelief..Still somewhere in his heart he wasn't able to believe that his buddy is behind all this ..

Manik : "why Maddy?".. he asked with some lone tears in his eyes..

Maddy : "why?.. good question..".. he started moving all around him now..

Maddy : "firstly..I must say..You are a great actor..For almost a year you fooled us..Manna parega..Great move Mr. Malhotra..".. he said in astounding tone..While moving around Manik..

Maddy : "but but but..From always you are an emotional fool..Family ko dekhte he dil pighal gaya ..Isn't it?".. he said after coming in front of him..While manik was shocked as how he knows all this..

Manik : "Maddy..".. he tried to ask but Maddy stopped him..

Maddy : "come on Manik..Don't underestimate your best friend ..".. he mocked and Manik gave him a deadly glare..On which he acted like he got scared..

Maddy : "oops! You scared me man..".. he said in dramatic tone while Manik was busy in shooting daggers on him..

Maddy : "so the story is..Your so called well wisher.. Aliya Vardhan..told me everything.."..He told him with a big evil smile which made manik surprised..And then light came in the hall..

Aliya was tied on the side pillar..There were several bruises all over her face..And she was half unconscious..

Manik : "Aliya!".. he said in painful tone..Her body was covered with several bruises..Which really shocked Manik..

Manik : "how could you?".. he shouted and tried to grab his collar..But Maddy moved back..

Maddy : "take it easy Man..Story ke Baki ke characters se toh mil lo..".. he stated and Manik was scared as well as confused..

And the light fell in the whole hall..And Manik was shocked to see Nandini and cabir there..Cabir was tied with a chair..While Nandini was in the container filled with water..And the water level was rising up bit by bit..

Manik : "Nandini....".. he shouted his heart out and tried to ran towards her but Maddy stopped him..

Maddy : "are stop stop..tum jitna uskr kareeb jaoge utni he tezi se water level rise hota chala jaega..So stay right here..".. he warned him..And Manik was filled with anger..

Manik : "whatever grudges you have..You have it with me Maddy..Then why you are harming them?.. ".. he shouted at him.. And now Maddy too became angry..

Maddy : "grudges? Really?.. I have no grudges with you Manik..".. he shouted and Manik was shocked..

Maddy : "but I have grudges with your sir name..Yes! You heard me right.. Manik Malhotra..The only heir of Malhotra industries..The only son of Raj Malhotra..My one and only enemy..".. he shouted at peak of his voice..But then he calmed himself..

Maddy : "let's not get diverted from the original path..Let me tell you..How they all got trapped ..Including you..".. he now started narrating him the whole story..

Maddy : "so the story is.. I was being informed that you were with Nandini ..Mujhe doubt hua that may be you got your memory back ..Then I traced Aliya's location..And then she told me everything about you..How you remember everything from the start..you also got to know about me..and now you are following Anushman ..So I made a plan..I called Dhruv and asked him to call Anushman here..So that I can easily trap you...And when you left from the car..My men took Nandini and cabir here..Meanwhile you entered in the mansion..".. he told him everything but Manik was still in anger..

Now Dhruv too came down with Anushman ..And even Anushman was injured..Seems like they have beaten him badly..

Dhruv : "main toh tujhe bahut pehle maar dena Chahta tha..magar har baar tu Bach gaya..".. he told with a smirk..

Maddy : "but is baar nahi..".. he completed with a evil grin..

Cabir : "you are not doing right Maddy.. how can you deceive us?..you hurt us!".. he said to him in anger..And now Maddy looked at him in anger filled eyes..

Maddy : "how can I do this?.. you are asking me this Cabir?.. now you all are hurt ..But jab Manik ke parents ne Hume road pe Marne ke liye chor Diya tha tab koi hurt nhi hua?.. tab Kisi ne nahi socha mere baare mei? How we all will survive? Tab hurt nhi hua Cabir?".. he shouted at peak of his voice..

Manik : "Maddy.. yeh tu...".. before he could ask anything..Maddy shushed him..

Maddy : "let me complete Manik..tumhare parents ne mere parents ko puri tarah bankrupt kar Diya..We were on roads.. Malhotra power ki wajah se Hume London chorna padha but your parents were not over yet..Unhne Hume India mei bhi nhi rehne Diya..And because of all these crisis my parents committed suicide in front of my eyes Manik Malhotra..They died in front of me..And I was not able to do anything..".. he shouted the last line..With tears in his eyes..

Manik Cabir and Nandini were shocked to hear all that..

Manik : "that's why you killed mom and dad?"..he asked in disbelief tone which made Maddy smirk..

Maddy : "Yes! that's why I killed them, and made you an orphan.. My revenge was completed as i thought now even you will be on streets but No! you took Malhotra Industries to the heights and again I lost my game so i started stalking you.. Main janta tha that you are married with Nandini and you both are hiding your relationship.. i was waiting for the right moment to destroy you and then only I met Dhruv but this idiot planned your accident which i didn't wanted..main tumhe har moment suffer karte hue dekhna chahata tha..theek wese he jese maine suffer kiya tha Manik malhotra.."..he told him everything while Manik was really hurt by his awful sin..

Cabir : "tune bahut badhi mistake kar di Maddy.."...he stated with pain in his eyes while Manik was all in tears...he was continuously looking down..

Maddy : "what do you mean Cabir?, now don't even try to trick me.."..he warned him but Cabir laughed sarcastically and looked towards Nandini who was sinking in the water bit by bit.. water level has came upto her waist and then he looked at Manik who wasn't seems to be in his senses..

Cabir : " i need to tell Maddy everything, may be he realizes his mistake.."..he thought in his heart..

Cabir : "After your parents died..how you survived Maddy?."..he asked and maddy made a confused face..

Maddy : "What type of question is that?"..he shouted in irritation..

Cabir : "Answer me.."...he again asked being very obstinate..

Maddy : "I was taken to an orphanage and their they took care of me..they provided me shelter ..food ..everything..but why you are asking my history.."...he answered back in full attitude..whereas Manik was all quiet and Nandini was able to see his pain..

Cabir : "Because behind your history there is only one man..and that's your so called enemy Manik Malhotra..whom you wants to kill..he is the reason today you are alive..standing in front of us.."..he retorted in anger and now it's time for Maddy to be shocked..

Maddy : "you are lying!"..he stated in disbelief..

Cabir : "Am not like you Maddy..if you don't believe me then call your orphanage owner and ask him who brought you there..and who was financing your studies..go ahead! Ask!"..he told him in anger filled voice..

Maddy instantly made call and inquired about the same, and what he heard in return made the floor slipped down his feet..Cabir was speaking truth, all these years like a god father Manik was taking care of him and here he was busy in ruining Manik only..

I was being questioned who brought you to heaven?, I answered some fairies but divine smiled and said the one whom you killed has ruined his existence just to send you in heaven..

Maddy : "NO! NO! NO! "..he shouted and broke his phone..while Manik look at him with only Pain..,

Manik : "Main janta tha that your parents committed suicide but it wasn't because of Mom and Dad ..woh kabhi bhi un logo ko khudse alag nahi karna chahte the..they always loved you all like a family Maddy.."..he started telling him the whole truth and now Maddy was drowning in the pool of guilt..

Manik : "but they wanted to be separated ..so Dad broke the partnership only for their happiness..Maddy after breaking the contract your father joined khurana's industries after that khurana ditched him..and when they were bankrupt they moved back to India..they called dad and dad told them to come back but they were ashamed of their deeds so they stayed back in India but khurana started giving threats to them..he wanted to ruin Malhotras but your Mom and Dad wanted my family to be safe that's why they committed suicide so that Khurana could never be able to reach us..that's the whole truth Maddy.."...

When Manik told him each and every truth ..Maddy was ashamed ..he wasn't able to believe that his hatred in real was baseless ..he killed them whom his own parents wanted to save..he committed the biggest sin...

Maddy came towards Manik with tears in his eyes and joined hand..

Maddy : "Maaf kar payega mujhe?"..he said with only pain ..guilt in his voice and eyes..

Manik in return hugged him tightly..while cabir and nandini smiled..but Dhruv was fuming in anger..

Dhruv : "enough of this drama..i will kill them.."..he pointed the gun towards Manik ..and they broke the hug..

Maddy : "dhruv drop the gun right away"..he warned and his eyes fell on the switch board from where the water was filling into the tank..

Manik : "Nandini!"..he looked at her as water has came to her shoulders now..and she started screaming for help..

Maddy jumped on dhruv and manik ran towards Nandini and cabir...he firstly opened cabir..and asked him to stop dhruv..

Manik then noticed that water level is rising at the fastest speed as he was coming towards her..he picked the iron road from the side..and broke the glass with full force..which made Nandini fell on the ground with water all over her..

Manik : "Nandini"..he ran towards her..she was half conscious..and on the other hand dhruv cabir and maddy were fighting..

But just then Nikhil came there with the police force.. Even anshuman was lying on the fall unconscious..

Nikhil : "arest them!"..he told his guards ..and dhruv tried to run but police men caught him..

Maddy looked at Manik who was with Nandini..she was unconscious till now ..and manik was crying..even Cabir ran towards them..Nikhil himself came and handcuffed him..

Maddy : "I hope tu mujhe maaf kar pae..but main khud ko maaf nahi kar paunga.."..he said in his heart and before anyone could understand anything..he shoot himself on his head and died right there on the spot.. Manik cabir and nikhil were shocked to see this..

Nikhil : "Maddy!"..he said in shocking tone..

Manik : "Nandini please open your eyes..please .."..he cried badly ..While she wasn't opening her eyes..

Screen freezes on Manik's scared face..

So that's the end of the evil..

love..kajal..