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I closed my eyes in despair because this was not the time to be mouthing off to strange women. But my bestie had always been quick to react. A sure sign of her privileged, protected upbringing. I had learnt to think before I spoke because one wrong word could set off a war in these parts.
“Sapna Goel,” announced the woman, and I winced at her reply.
She noticed my reaction and smiled at me coldly.
“That’s right. I’m Alka Goel’s daughter. Ayush Goel’s sister. And the woman who is going to destroy your entire family. You will pay for killing my mother,” she declared.
We could hear sirens in the background and Sapna moved out of our way slowly without taking her eyes off Diya.
I grabbed Diya’s hand and led her towards the car without a word.
As we passed her, Sapna put out a hand and placed it on Diya’s belly. Diya flinched at the action and went pale.
“I’ll come for you,” whispered the vicious, vindictive woman. “I’ll come for all of you. When you least expect it.”
The sirens grew closer and Sapna walked away from us with her thugs at her back before the police arrived. Bhai Sa’s pulled up next to ours and he jumped out before it had stopped fully. A police car drew behind him, sirens blazing.
“Are you okay?” he asked as he ran up to us.
Before I could reply, Diya collapsed right into his arms in a dead faint. He yelled out her name in a panic and carried her to his car.
“Hospital! Drive as your life depends on it,” I ordered the chauffeur as I jumped into the front seat.
Bhai Sa patted Diya’s face but she didn’t respond. Her pallor was very scary and I began to pray under my breath as I passed Bhai Sa a bottle of water.
He splashed some on her face and Diya opened her eyes slowly. She tried to sit up, but he forced her to stay still. What was even scarier was that she complied without an argument. That was very unlike her.
“We’re almost at the hospital,” I announced, and she nodded slightly.
“Are you hurt, baby?” asked Bhai Sa frantically.
Diya shook her head.
“I just felt faint. Did I pass out?” she asked weakly.
“Yes, but don’t worry. You’ll be fine,” he promised.
The chauffeur had already called the hospital so there was a team waiting for us by the ER doors with a wheelchair. They wheeled Diya into the ER and got her settled in a bay immediately.
We waited outside while they examined her, and I filled Bhai Sa in on what had happened.
“She actually threatened both of you? And my baby?” he asked furiously.
I nodded in reply, wishing I could hide this from him, but it was too big to hide. There was no going back from this. The events of that night where Veer and I played tag with the smugglers paled in comparison to this because this was a declaration of war.
“I will bury the Goels,” he growled, getting to his feet.
“Calm down, Bhai Sa. Don’t do anything that will send you to jail. Diya needs you. We all need you! Besides, there’s something else I need to confess.”
He turned to glare at me when I told him about Veer and my inadvertent desert safari.
“Why didn’t you tell me before, Isha?”
“It was never the right time, Bhai Sa,” I replied wearily. “We had one crisis after another breaking over our heads, and I didn’t want to add to your stress.”
Just then, the doctor came out of the bay and we rose to speak to him.
“Her Highness is fine, as is the baby. But she needs to be on complete bed rest from now on because her blood pressure is slightly high. That could be dangerous for both, her and the baby,” he warned.
