The way I used to live novel Chapter 44

Arjun's POV:

It had been fifteen days since I had an encounter with Anusha. When I saw Anusha in that restaurant, I didn't feel anything. Neither pity nor hatred. She was just like a stranger to me. So, I had no hard feelings for her.

Though she backed out from our engagement, it was actually a good thing. We both didn't suit each other well and if we stayed together, one of us would have compromised everything and made sacrifices. Even if it was good to hear, it would cause so much harm to us. It would have become a relationship where we would have lost our voices to even raise our opinions against each other.

So, I was thankful that she broke off the engagement. If she hadn't done it, then I couldn't have gotten a chance to meet my Daksha and my life wouldn't be this blissful for sure.

The time I always spent with Daksha was so precious to me. I regretted not meeting her earlier. All I wanted to do was give her all the happiness that she deserved in this world.

That was what I was fighting for. Her happiness depended on the unattained justice which she was longing for in her heart and striving for years. If that's what she wanted, I would grant it to her gladly.

So I am digging every minute detail of Rahul's dirty deeds. I wouldn’t leave him so easily for making my family suffer a lot. I wouldn’t rest until he got his retribution.

At present, Indra and I were in my office room to discuss that matter only. I already retracted the footage of that night's events. Talking about that footage, it only had the incident that happened on the staircase but that was enough to prove him guilty.

The contents of that video were still playing in front of my eyes. I closed my eyes to calm myself when I recalled the helpless and vulnerable Daksha in that video. My eyes got teary after seeing that video.

Hearing from her itself was a tough task but witnessing it with my own eyes became an impossible task, yet I encouraged myself to see the video in its entirety because I had to make Rahul accountable for his every deed.

Immediately after watching that video, I called Indra to reopen Swathi's case again and file a case against Rahul. The court's hearing was scheduled for the following month and I was glad for that as I wanted to finish Rahul's chapter in our lives as early as possible.

"Indra, can you ask someone from your department to retract the previous case’s details from the database?" I asked him and he nodded before calling someone over his phone and asked that person to mail the details.

After a while, his phone started ringing. He picked it but after hearing what the other person had said, he started shouting at that person

"How can the information get lost from under our noses? Interrogate everyone who has access to the database system and also check if there was any suspicious person entering that department. I want you all to find out the reason by this evening," he shouted.

From his words, I could guess what had actually happened. I clenched my fists angrily and now I understood how shrewd Rahul was. He was already one step ahead of us.

Such a disappearance was indeed not a loss of the file, but rather, someone had purposely hidden it, which meant someone had messed with it and I knew clearly who it was.

"I am sorry Arjun. I don't know how but the information is lost from the database. Even the files related to this case have disappeared and thus are unavailable for extraction. Give me some time, I will do something," he said and I just shook my head at him in denial.

"You know it, right? It will be of no use. He already took his own measures to make us lose. If we search for that culprit, it would be nothing but a waste of time. I know what to do," I told him before taking my seat in front of my computer system.

"Arjun? Are you sure.?" He asked as he knew what I was going to do.

"This is the only way. We don't have much time and let him feel the taste of the success for a while. Dhruv is already done with his work. He used all his means to stop the deals of Rahul's company. That is the reason why Rahul is so impatient. So, let's do our part too," I told him as I typing furiously on the keyboard to enter the set of commands that I hadn't used for a long time.

Not many dared to break the law under Indra's watch or even challenged our authority till now. Since he dared to do that, I would let him have the taste of his own medicine. I would make him regret messing with my loved ones.

I wouldn't have used this last resort if I hadn't needed to because I still believe that everyone had their own morals. But there were some exceptions not because the justice didn't prevail but because some people's hearts are inked.

Truth be told, everyone was selfish including both the good and the bad but everyone still liked justice behind morals.

With these thoughts, I pressed the enter key and as soon as I took my finger off the keyboard, another page appeared on the computer screen. Leaning against my chair, I stared indifferently at the screen.

I did not know whose hand it was that had reached into Indra's territory and broken the law under his watch. Be it Rahul's father or his uncle or even the influence of his entire family, they would have to up their effort in order to free the person that was in my hands. I had been in this position for some years and had met various kinds of people but among all that had meddled in my affairs, Rahul was the one that went too far.

“You all want to spare him but I want to put him in jail. That’s just splendid. So try me, let’s try and see who’s the better player,” I said to myself.

I pressed another key on the keyboard and the file began to duplicate.

Seeing this, I glanced at Indra and saw that he was studying the file that had all the evidence collected by Aditya.

"Indra, let's meet his grandfather. We can't waste our time because of the constant meddling from Rahul's side. His grandfather is a righteous person and I am sure he didn't know about his grandson's deeds. I heard that he returned to the country recently. So let's meet him. I'll call my Grandpa to accompany us," I told him and he just nodded without lifting his head from that file. I just shook my head at his seriousness and dedication towards his work.

I called my Grandpa to come to the city immediately and he agreed with me after sensing the seriousness in my tone.

By the time, he reached my office, it was already evening. After explaining all the happenings, he looked at me angrily for hiding all those matters from him. Before he started scolding me, Indra interrupted him and said that we didn’t have much time to blame each other.