Knight Mansion,Everyone was sitting in the living area with tea in their hands when Vera broke the news about Jake. “What??” Leo screeched.“Yes, and he left a message that he doesn’t want to have any relationship with us. We all can consider him dead. He is out to restart his life and he doesn’t want his past to meddle,” Vera repeated the cop’s words and everyone turned silent.“This is so similar,” Rose said, and every set of eyes turned in her direction. “Mishka didn’t give us a chance to talk to her before leaving, and Jake did the same. He, too, doesn’t want to have any ties with us and both left without leaving any traces behind. What is happening?”“The cop got a call from someone, a woman was inquiring about Jake. I tried to ask him, but the cop declined to give any information,” Vera said.“It could be Jessica?” Rose guessed.“Or maybe Mishka!” Leo rubbed his stubble when the door burst open and Daniel walked in. He briefly glanced at them, but instead of joining, he ran up

“I am glad you decided to take my case,” Nikhil said to Mishka as she signed the papers. They needed to submit to the court so that she could appear as their company lawyer. They were currently sitting in Nikhil’s office and Riya appeared with a pile of files in her hand.“I hope you’ll tackle the media. I am not comfortable with them,” Mishka said, looking at him through her rectangular eyeglasses.“Don’t worry about them. You won’t face any trouble. However, you’ve already planned out everything smartly and I don’t need to do anything, but I’ll make sure everything falls into place.” He said while Riya took the seat opposite him beside Mishka.Mishka nodded, “Okay, I’ll take my leave.” She picked up her bag as she stood up when Nikhil spoke again.“I’ll transfer the money right away,”“Oh no! We haven’t won the case yet,” Mishka said.“I trust you and I am sure you’ll make me win,” Nikhil countered.Mishka smiled, showing off her dimples, “This is blind trust, Mr Khanna, and it only

Mishka was now a little restless, thinking about the increasing threats she was getting every day. The latest threat included Kiara’s picture leaving Rylie’s house with Jake and Eric playing football on the court.She was not confident as before as they were involving her family to force her to leave the rape case. Kiara and Eric were all she had now, and she couldn’t risk their lives.Mishka rang the doorbell of the deceased victim, and her mother opened the door, welcoming her into their small one-bedroom apartment. She offered her a glass of water and Mishka saw a ray of hope in her eyes, hope for her daughter to get justice, and she was even more conflicted now.Initially, she came to announce that she was backing out from the case, but before she could say anything, the victim’s mother forwarded some dollar notes in her direction.Mishka knitted her perfectly arched eyebrows. “What is this?” She asked her mother.“This is some money I saved last month after cutting some expenses.

“Dad is right, Vera. We can’t bring back Mishka, but we can save Christian. We have to bury the pain of losing Mishka deep down inside us and move on,” Luke said, and Leo smiled.“I know you’d be the first one to agree with me on this because you are the most eager one to kick Mishka out!!” Leo said sarcastically.“And like always, I know you’d be the first one to misunderstand me,” Luke countered, walking further in his direction. “But there has to be someone in the family to think rationally in the hour of distress.”“I have raised a perfect businessman,” Leo smirked.“Luke, I understand your feelings for your son, but this time I’m not stopping,” Vera said as she stood up face to face with Luke.“What do you mean?” Luke draws his eyebrows together.“I’m telling Christian everything right away. Last time I stopped because there was hope that we would find Mishka, but now,” Vera paused to compose herself. “Now that she is no more with us, Christian at least deserves to know she is de

Kiara was in Nikhil’s arms. Her eyes were tightly shut when Mishka forcefully took her from him and inspected her body, and she was relieved when she didn’t find a single scratch on her. “Wake up,” She cupped her face and tried to wake her up, but she didn’t open her eyes. “Where was she?” She looked at Nikhil for an explanation.“She was playing hide and seek with some kids. I found her sleeping under the bed in one of the guest rooms.” Ivaan spoke and Mishka gazed at him before looking back at Kiara.“But why she isn’t waking up?” She tried to wake up Kiara again, but she was in a deep sleep.“Must be tired. She was playing around since we stepped in here,” Ivaan said as he watched Mishka hugging Kiara dearly as if her life depended on her. Mishka rises to her feet, holding Kiara in her arms, and tripped, but Nikhil supported her.“Give her to me,” He said, taking Kiara from her and the latter wrapped her small hands around his shoulder. “Come, I’ll drop you all home.” He said and M