Parth's return to the palace had mixed reviews.
Raj welcomed his cousin.
" I am happy to have you back", he said.
" Happy to be back too", said Parth.
Rakesh felt neither happy nor worried. He seriously was still traumatized over Kamini's death. Old king wanted Parth near him as he was the connection that could help him reach Sourish.
That left Rahul..
One look at Parth and... he sensed trouble.
" Why is he back now", he asked Raj. " He was happy to leave".
" I pestered him", said his elder brother.
" But he refused still back then", said Rahul. " What changed"?
" He could have just thought it over", said Raj.
Rahul didn't agree. Parth looked like... HIM... When Gaurav was attacked. Parth was not a friend. The prodigal heir was now an enemy.
" I am not convinced ", he said to Raj.
" He was poisoned and escaped death too. That was not feigned", said Raj.
Rahul had no arguments in his favour but a strong gut feeling that Parth was upto no good. Everyone welcomed him heartily.
I am in minority he thought but I won't give up.
He went to his grandfather.
" Rahul", said the old king. Mr. Oberoi was with him. Even better.
" Parth is upto no good", he said without preamble. " And Raj is in danger".
Old king looked at him seriously.
" Any proof", he asked.
Rahul's face fell. He shook his head.
" I am not causing trouble grandpa. Trust me. He has that look I had when I was hypnotised".
" I believe you", said king Randheer.
" You do", said Rahul. " Then why..? "
" Keep your friends close and enemies closer", he said. " Take a seat. We have two more young men joining us".
There was a knock on the door.
" Get in", said the old king.
" Grandpa you called us", said Parry as he entered followed by Maddy.
" I did. Close the door and take a seat", said the king.
Parry raised a brow on seeing Rahul but they both sat.
" Parth is not here to help Raj", declarwd the king. " I kept my eye on him from the minute he entered and I saw jealousy and anger in his eyes".
" He masked it well though", said Ramcharan.
" He is a chameleon ", said an agitated Rahul.
" No if I am right he is a puppet and we need to find the puppet master", he said.
" What do you want us to do", asked Maddy.
" Two things. Keep an eye on him and find out the puppet master soon. I did some research and I would like all of you to know it. "
He showed him everything on Vibha and her family. And a family photograph of her with Shamsher and his family.
" So that is how she met him", said Parry.
" Yeah".
" What else", asked Maddy.
" Your investigation ", said the king.
" Solly is best at it", said Parry.
" No", said Rahul. " He will tell to Raj. If provoked Parth will attack".
" We are not good at investi.. Wait a f*cking minute", said Maddy. " Kiara. Yes perfect. She will do it".
" Deal then", said king Randheer. " And Parry I entrust my grandson in your hands. Be his shadow. Danger is pretty close to him now".
" Yes grandpa. Raj will not be harmed. I assure you", said Parry
The men took their leave.
Ramcharan was next.
" Rahul listen carefully ", said king Randheer. " I am pretty close to him and I think he knows I am on his trail. "
" Grandpa you are in danger", said Rahul.
Old king waved a hand.
" I am old and not afraid to die but the oly thing I am afraid of is that I find something and am not alive to let you guys know", said Randheer.
" Grandpa".
" Find a way so I can communicate with you and you find things", said the king.
" Cloud storage on internet ", said Rahul.
For next half an hour the men created a shared storage and Rahul explained the king how to use it.
" Good luck", said the king to him.
At an unknown place
" The throne was supposed to be yours but your selfish grandfather abdicated for personal reasons. Neither of your father and brother had guts to take it back", said a masked man to Parth.
" Only my uncle had the guts but he never got the chance", said Parth.
" Your uncle", a pause came. " Probably. Where is he"?
" No one saw him after he ran away with a married lady. He too finally was caught in viles of a woman", sneered Parth.
Colonel silently agreed. Had it not been her Sourish would have been an unstoppable force. He had read his father's diary which mentioned resentment towards the then king Randheer.
But Vibha was his mother. So he couldn't hate her.
" He just didn't know where to leave the sperm", said Cobra.
Parth remained quiet.
" What is in it for you", he asked.
Moron thought Cobra. The throne dunh uh. And the riches of Bhishma
" I am your uncle's partner cum heir. He groomed me from young age. You take the throne and give my gang a free pass", he said.
" Why not", said Parth.
The fool...
He will be killed before he knows. Obviously when you kill Rajeev and the people find out.
Colonel laughed inwardly. He thinks he is the prodigal heir. .. The fool.
Meanwhile
King Randheer was more than busy. Vibha is the clue. Lets find out more about her. He started searching and finally found a friend. Just one from school days.
Devika Chauhan. He got a photograph and put it on cloud storage.
And then started searching Devika. Old photographs were not easy to get. He called Vibha's family again.
Meanwhile
" Well I agree with grandpa on this Parth", said Kiara. " Kind of felt weird to me too", she said.
" What else you got", he said.
" Pammi Chadda is the key. She is very astute lady. She definitely knew Varsha. Could know her boyfriend. She knew my mom i.e. Malti aunty and Riya. She is a good observer and can help us", said Kiara.
Meanwhile
" The old fellow is snooping again colonel ", infoed Dom.
He escaped Junagarh by Nick of time and currently was in an unknown part of Europe.
" He is turning dangerous. We need to eliminate him", said the cobra.
" Well you have the pawn", said Dom.
" No he is for Raj not him. I will tackle the old man myself ", he said.
The prodigal heir was plotting.
And he had a perfect camouflage.
But king Randheer was too smart for him.
Let's see who wins.