The Biggest Clue

Thirty years back

" Hey Riya how are you", greeted Mrs. Chadha as she saw that frail figure in the charity gala.

" I am fine", she smiled weakly. I am here to donate in Vikram's name.

" Riya", she heard a familiar voice.

" Your highness", she bowed to queen Jenifer.

" Call me Jenny sweetheart and come visit me in palace", she said.

" Of course", she said. " But I shall be in London next weak with Zoya".

" I loved her gown collection ", said another socialite.

" Riya come here and sit", said Malti.

Both the women started chatting on various topics.

" Visit me and Gaurav ", said Malti. " Maybe he can get over his grief with you".

" I heard he is planning to leave Oberois", asked Riya.

" Not until your father-in-law is back. Though he has started training Mr. Mishra for his job", replied Malti.

" It's fine", said Riya assuring her.

Present

" She visited everyone Zoya, Uncle, Manav, Laxmi and Lisa even her highness queen Jenifer ", said Kiara.

" She was searching him", said Kenny. " And I think she got him".

" If she frequently visited social circles then he must be a member of same circles too", said Maddy.

" Look here Veer Mishra. She is with him", showed Raj in a photograph.

He smirked.

" Mr. Mishra was a member of this elite group too", said Raj.

"Mishra didn't attend their wedding", said Maddy.

" Where was he", asked Raj.

" No idea but never saw him in any of the photographs ", said Maddy.

Ramcharan came in at that moment with Diana.

" Pull in those wedding photographs. Let's have a look again ", said Kenny.

Ramcharan joined them.

" Daddy you said punditji was convinced evil was trying to block their marriage ", said Raj.

" He was sure of it", said Ram. " After that we went for a puja and were attacked".

" What precautions were taken for the wedding because punditji married Raj and Kenny in secret", said Maddy.

" Holy water of seven rivers was sprinkled around mandap", said Ram

" WHAT", exclaimed Maddy. " Guys remember Krishna", he said.

" Absolutely ", said Kiara.

" That means anyone not entering the mandap is our culprit", said Raj.

" Most of the men avoid it. Such a hassle. Girls flock around it a lot. That couldn't be a clue", said Kenny.

" But a place to begin the search", he said.

He must have tried other ways too thought Maddy.

Meanwhile

" Damn", said Parry.

" Are you sure it was this man who hired you for Oberois" , asked Rahul to Bhanu.

" Think again uncle. If possible he will try to dispose you", said Rakesh.

" It was him I am sure", said Bhanu.

" It's Vinod Joshi", murmured Rahul.

" He is dead", said Parry.

" Another puppet", asked Rahul.

" No he caught the f*cker", said Parry. " And he killed him".

" Ohhh", said Rahul.

Meanwhile

Solly was trying to find Devika.

" Bhairav", he said. " She married a man named Bhairav".

" Who was Bhairav ", said Shai.

" No f*cking idea", he said.

" Did you search the net", asked Shai.

" Strange I couldn't find much about the woman after she married ", replied Solly.

" It means someone deleted her records ", said Shai.

" A hundred percent ", replied Solly. " Now here is a death certificate of a child named Bablu. Why did grandpa put this on the secret storage "?

" It has a hospital seal", said Shai.

" I asked my contact in London to get the details " , said Solly.

" Anything else Solly", asked Shai.

" He uploaded a family album", said Solly.

" Probably with Sourish's photographs. We know he resembles his son".

" Let's go through it", said Shai.

They looked in detail until Shai stopped Solly.

" Stop. Wait. This lady", he said.

" This is Vibha", said Solly. " Cobra's mother", replied Soll

"Not her", said Shai. "The other woman with her. I have seen her somewhere. Search her more in other albums", she said.

" You sure we will find her there", asked Solly.

" Positive. This is how grandpa reached him which sealed his fate", said Shai.

Solly wondered. Now there was another girl along with Vibha and Devika.

Bloody Cobra.

Meanwhile

A dark figure was disposing of a family album dated back 40 to 45 years back.

" I planned every thing down to detail. I don't want my face to betray me now", he said.

A child of Vibha and Sourish was standing with another couple smiling in the photographs .

Kenny meanwhile decided to travel to Lonavala.

" We will get clues there", she said.

" I so want to come with you beautiful ", sulked Raj.

" No you need to keep up the facade. He is bound to make mistakes ", she said. " No one but you and Kiara know where I am", she said. " For public I am in Vidhangarh for queen duties. In fact Kiara is travelling there disguised as me", she said.

" Okay but I want you to be careful. He is dangerous. Keep in touch beautiful ", he said.

Kenny reached her destination by evening. The house in that painting could be a clue.

MALTI's HOUSE... WHY?

" Either she hid something there or in some way it is related to cobra", said Kiara over the cell.

" Could be former as she frequently visited mom", said Kenny.

" You don't over exert yourself with the search. I will join you soon. Meanwhile relax and enjoy riding", said Kiara.

" Tomorrow morning. I am pretty tired today", said Kenny.

" And so rest your highness", said Kiara.

" I will", she said.

She planned to do exactly that but decided to take a light dinner before that. This was a secret visit. So the servants were absent in the house. She cleaned a room for herself and went to kitchen. She started looking for ingredients in kitchen. Malti taught the girls cooking. All the three of them bonded very well over it. As she started cooking the salt was missing.

" It will be in kitchen storage", she mused to herself.

She walked in the storage and found it in second shelf. She could have lifted it easily using a ladder but she felt mischievous and decided to use her powers.

Whoosh..

A gust of wind flew from her hand and... Thud

The salt was in her hand.. So what fell...

It was a file she looked..

A file on..... Damn.. A file on cobra..

Riya Oberoi again.

Kenny didn't forget her dinner. She made it and ate.

Then she quietly took the file to her room.

And stared reading it.

He created an illusion. For himself and his deeds. A double life where he was a respectable citizen in front of others but you never could leave your roots.

A photograph was attached to it of a child and a lady.

" Where have I seen her", mused Kenny.

" I neither have power nor heart to expose him. But that doesn't mean I let him go free. His Karma is coming back for him", wrote Riya.

A gang photograph was next. Members were unidentifiable.

" They are wearing helmets", she mused again.

Riya further wrote.

You can use black magic but illusions are better. If you use a dark power it reverbates around you for some time. But illusions can easily be disposed off.

She turned page and saw Vicky with his friends- Numaan, Vinod, Gaurav and Veer Mishra.

All of them smiled broadly at camera.

Our Wedding Reception wrote Riya.

Kenny stared at the photograph. Why did she put it here? Is Cobra here? Veer Mishra? Numaan? Vinod? G?

She turned the page and the faces changed.. Except that of Vicky.

Salman, Alok and Sumeet. Numaan, Salman and Manav.

What is she trying to say?

And then came another note.

You can hide but you cannot wile out footprints.

Lazying around with our gals...

It was another photograph...

Numaan and Zoya, Vicky and Riya, Manav and Sonia, Gaurav and Malti.

Vinod Joshi was absent.

"HELL", said Kenny as her head ached.

Suddenly she spotted something.

" THIS", she said.

She turned page and saw two photograph.

Same person from front and back...

Illusion wrote Riya...

And she immediately got it...

Kenny turned the pages back to the gang photograph and saw what she missed.

The biggest clue...