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Without wasting much time let's get started with the new part.

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Days went by, nothing changed, not a single trace of Akshara. As if she vanished in thin Air.

Redemption, Redemption was the last thing Aarohi Goenka ever did in her life. But after her brother showed the mirror to her, she for the first time sat down to think about her sister.
It was not just her who lost her mother, her sister did too, they both became orphans, and life could have been a little easier if they had fought together.

Her sister was always by her side, accepted whatever was thrown at her, and loved her beyond herself, she left her house, yes it was her house too that she deliberately left for three years just to make her, almost sacrificed her love to make her happy.

Karma was biting her, she pushed away her sister always, created trouble for her, and never understood her pain.
And Neil, she saw Neil as an opportunity staircase, while he loved her selflessly, she betrayed him twice and he still held her forgivingly, and when she finally and really fell in love with him, Karma showed her why she should never take someone's love for granted, he was far away from her now.

She roamed her palm on her belly, this kid can't be a race, it was love, Neirohi's love, Neil left behind a very positive part of him in her, because for the first time she was thinking positively, promising the growing kid inside her to give everything to him or her, especially a positive environment.

Manjari used to spend most of the time alone in her room, thinking of everything that even she did, Neil's could have been better if she had told the truth of his identity, and Abhimanyu's insecurities could have never existed if she ever made him feel like her priority if she had been brave enough of walk away from a joke of a marriage in time.

And now she was the cause of everyday pain, seeing her Abhimanyu die bit by bit everyday.

The worst of all was Abhimanyu, he tried to protect her and he didn't even know if she was alright or not. He pushed her away in hopes to safeguard her but now she was pushed in some corner, a corner not visible to him.

Only if he didn't take a rushed decision and just handed her to her bade papa then let her go like that. Today also he just wants her to be safe, he doesn't want her forgiveness, he was okay with her hatred, he just wants to know how was she, he never thought he'll become the reason that she is somewhere out there all alone, all lonely.

Only a few days back the NGO girls and their guardians visited the Birlas, thanking them all for Neil's bravery, and letting them know that he saved the lives of 34 girls that day.
Letting them know that Neil is not dead but will live inside these 34 girls throughout their lives, that he was a hero, and that his deed made him immortal.
All the Birlas could feel was pride at this moment of their son.

Soon speculations started about Aarohi's and Abhimanyu's marriage but both came out to discard even such thoughts. Aarohi made it clear that she sees Abhimanyu just as her brother-in-law and nothing more and choosing a loveless marriage would only be torture for her child.
Abhimanyu fully agreed to the point of knowing the impact of a toxic marriage on a child. He made it clear that he'll take care of every need of his brother's child, but as his or her Tauji, nothing more and also that the kid will never kept in the dark of the father's identity and will let him be known as the brave and loving person that Neil was.

Days became months and months became years. It was almost 1.5 years since they even heard Akshara's voice, Kairav was doing all he could but nothing was working out, Akshara vanished as if she never even existed.

It was all until Abhimanyu heard a song one random day being played in the music department of his hospital.
He ran towards the room as if that voice was bringing him back to life. Entering the room he saw it was not sung live but was played via a music system.

Upon inquiry, he found out about the name of the artist and the first thing he knew was to inform Kairav.
After missing multiple calls, he finally decided to message him knowing well that the wounded brother is not gonna answer his phone calls.

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"Kairav the artist has named herself Kaira, its been about 7 to 8 months since she started and gained popularity some 5 months back after she posted continuously her songs. People have fallen in love with her voice and have even named her "Undercover Singer- On the mission to rescue the music industry.", Nainika, the cyber hacker informed Kairav.

They both have been working closely for the past 1.5 years since Akshara went missing.

"Undercover? Why?", asked the confused Kairav.

"Because no one knows who she is, no one has seen her or where she lives, she doesn't want the toxic fame life, she just wants to contribute to the music of India.", she told hesitantly.
"Speculations were there that it maybe once famous Maya Khera but she came out and declined the rumours, knowing well she can never prove that this her voice.", she spilt more details.

"Just find her Nainika, just find her, please.", the brother pleaded with all his heart.

"I'll try my best Kairav.", as Nainika stood up and hugged him to give some support.

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Kairav was right when he said that you can find one when they are lost but you can't find the one who has hidden from the entire world in some core.

5 years, it had been 5 long years since Akshara left.
Kairav tried everything in his power to search for her, Abhimanyu got all his sources to track her but nothing of use.

These 5 years have brought a big change in the Birla household.
Aarohi chooses the track of redemption, cherishing every single thing she got because she never knows when will it be the last time she is cherishing them.

For Manjari, it was just plain years of regret, she rethought her entire life and how her decisions had affected all her children.

It took her time but she realised what happened was a disastrous event, no one ever thought that something like this would have happened, not even Akshara.
Akshara- An unknown girl who devoted her as her mother by heart while she was always biased towards her, it was always easy to blame her knowing well that she won't answer back, she called her- her daughter but even she agreed is she really would have been her daughter then she would have never treated her the way she did.

Abhimanyu was at the biggest loss, losing his sister than his brother, and his unborn twins, Yes it was true he didn't want the child but even though he had sown dreams since they decided to continue the parenthood, they- he and Akshara, Abhimanyu and Akshara.
Akshara, he lost his Akshara, in the process to save her, he pushed her somewhere no one knows.

The only good thing that happened to him in these past five years was his relationship with his father, both parties worked together to mendel their worn-out relationship.

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Shefhali had to go to Amritsar for some news reporting and thought of taking Shivu along with her accompanied by Nishta.
Later Aarohi and her son 'Aarav' too tagged alone for a fun hang out and break from regular life.

They were unaware of the storm approaching them.
On a silent driveway, their car broke down as the tyres got punctured because of the spikes laid on the track.

Soon goons attacked them and loaded them on a truck with several other kids and women for trafficking, they found out that these men have kept an eye on them for a long time knowing well there are just kids and women.

All of them were now anticipating the worst until a few people stopped the truck and rescued them putting their life in danger until the police arrived.

After breathing a sigh of relief they all headed back to Udaipur while Nishtha was lost in her thoughts.

As soon as they reached Birla house Manjari ran to take Aarav in her embrace and cried.
"Mai toh darr gyi thi, na jaane kaise kaise khayal aa rhe the mere Mann me, bhagwan ka sukhr hai tum sab theek ho."

"Maa apko sukriya uss NGO ka karna chahiye jinhone ne inn sabka rescue operation operate kiya hai.", Abhimanyu said.
"Kya baat hai Nishtha? Itni khoyi khoyi kyun ho? Darr lag rha hai bacche?", he asked the lost sister.

"Hame Akshara bhabhi ne bachaya hai bhaiya.", she finally said looking at his shocked expression.

"Ye...ye..tu kya bol rhi hai?", shock would be an understatement for the look Abhimanyu had.

"Bhaiya maine unko dekha nahi lekin unki awaz suni waha, I am sure vo bhabhi hi thi, mai har taraf dekha lekin ni mili mujhe."

"Nishtha humse kisi ne toh dekha hoga na, hum baccho se puchte hai.", Shefhali said.

Aarohi nodded in agreement and called out for Aarav and Shivansh.

She kneeled in front of the kids,
"Baby Abhi mumma apko ek picture dikhayegi, aapko batane hai ki apne inhe waha rescue centre par dekha tha ya nahi", saying this she pulled out a picture of Akshara from her phone.

While Shivu declined seeing her, Aarav took his fair share of time glancing at the picture before speaking.
"Ye toh angel aunty hai mumma, jab Aarav darr gya tha kyuki aap mko nahi mil rahi thi tab inhone mko hug kiya aur kissies bhi di aur story bhi sunayi, bola apki mumma apko jaldi mil jayegi aur dekho thodi der me aap mko mil gyi."

Every Birlas eyes welled up with getting hopes of finding the long lost soul once again.

Aarohi was quick on her feet to inform Goenkas about Akshara.
While Abhimanyu took all his questions out on Aarav, how she looked, was she smiling or not, what was the sound of her laughter, asking him to repeat the story she told him, what kind of attire was she wearing, did she gained weight or was looking the same as in the picture.
The poor Aarav was not able to handle his over-excited bade papa and after sometime hushed him away.

Kairav and Nainika were on their way to find out more at the Birlas.
They got married after falling victim to falling in love with each other over time and even had a two-year-old daughter whom Kairav named "Tina" in remembrance of his mother.

After getting the info Nainika got to work.

"They were rescued by 'Blue Sky Foundation', it was started some five years back in Jalandhar.
The founder is a lady who started it in the name of her late brother who lost his life saving girls from sex trafficking racket.
She says- 'Har raat ke baad ek sewera hota hai, jo apne sath ek Neila Aasman lekar aata hai. Neil, was her--"

"Neil, was her brother's name.", Abhimanyu completed.

"Exactly!", Nainika continued.
"Aaj tak iss foundation ne bhot saare baccho aur ladkiyon ko rescue kiya hai, ye ek shelter house bhi chalate hai, jinn rescued ko unki families accept nahi karti hai vo inhe yaha saari basic facilities ke sath shelter dete hai. Lekin....."

"Lekin kya?", Abhimanyu's patience was running out now.

"Founder ke baare me koi information nahi hai, vo ek lady hai lekin koun hai no one knows. Ye foundation as an NGO registered hai jiska koi owner nahi hota hai. Ek aur kaafi active member hai iss foundation ka, naam hai Abhinav, lekin uska bhi surname ya koi bhi aur details available nahi hai.", Nainika concluded defeatly.

Silence. Pin drop silence. It all felt like they all reached the well but couldn't get water.

"Sabse strange baat hai ki Kaira itni famous singer hone ke baad bhi fame nahi chahti, movies se lekar albums tak ke liye gaane gaati hai lekin contract me clause hai ki uski identity reveal nahi honi chahiye, jiski wajah se baki singers se kam hi kama pa rhi hai, coz uski face value nahi hai. Same with this founder, apni identity reveal nahi karna chahti hai, fame nahi chahti hai, fame uska motive hai hi nahi, dono ka hi motive bus welfare hai. Strange connection, I am sure ye dono ek hi insaan hai."

"Aur ye insaan meri Akshara hai.", Abhimanyu stood up.
"Mai Jalandhar ja rha hu, Amritsar se lekar Pathankhot, sab khoj daalunga lekin iss baar Akshu ko dundh kar rahuga." He said determined.

"Uski jarurat nahi padegi.", Nainika informed scrolling a little more.
"Ye foundation jald hi Udaipur ke outskirts wala Region me child marriage se ladkiyon ko rescue karne aa rha hai, founder stated ki vo apne bhai ke hometown ke liye kucch karna chahti hai. I am sure sirf volunteers nahi vo khud bhi aayegi."

"Toh fir tay hai, jald mulakaat hogi Akshu, bhot chupan-chupayi khel li tumhne, ab tumhe iss baar pakka dappa karuga.", Abhimanyu declared with confidence.

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A/N
Mayank left the show 🙂
Sharan left, Paras left, Anisha left.
Still keep every track focused on the one and only obsessed character Aarohi.
May God give Harshad and Pranali strength to go through the jokers of DPK.

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Guess what, who thought this was gonna be a one part OS, well jokes on me.

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