Page 86 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

"No Mrs. Chauhan... I agree you love Ishu but you don't love her enough to keep her your priority, you have your own issues, like the promise given to your sister was more important to you... I don't say it's wrong but I can't trust you with my sister completely... I'm sorry but at this moment, I can't trust anyone with my Ishu except for Ranawat", Ranveer made it clear

"Maasi... You can say it to both of us, bhai has an equal right to know the truth", Isha said

"How could it be ? Excuse me for my words, but since we are talking honestly, let me make it clear, Isha, you have the right to know because Amar Rajput was your father... but for Ranveer he was his uncle", Nandini said, and Isha got angry hearing it...

"My brother might not refer my father as 'baba' like I do, that doesn't mean he wasn't his child... My bhai is my father's successor... and this is the last time you are saying it Maasi", Isha said

"You don't understand Ishu...", Nandini started but was cut off by Isha...

"Have I ever asked you why you are involving Anuj in all this ?", Isha asked shocking Nandini and Ranveer. He didn't think Isha knew about Anuj being adopted but again, if Abhyansh could tell him that, he could also tell this to Isha.

"How do yo know ?", Nandini asked

"Rana sa told me, Anyways the point is don't talk about my bhai like that maasi... I don't like it, neither do my parents.... My bhai was my father's successor... It was a conscious decision my baba and ma took... They never differentiated between me and bhai... and I want it to stay that way", Isha said, Ranveer pulled his sister in a side hug... His sister wasn't a harsh talker, but it didn't take a minute for her to become one, to defend him.

Nandini hesitantly nodded.

"According to your husband, Your father was the one who got the Ranawat twins abducted and got the Ranawat princess killed", Nandini finally said it, and it shocked Isha and Ranveer.

"WHAT ?", Isha and Ranveer screamed...

"Ranawat has a sister ?", Ranveer asked, then he remembered how Abhyansh got so furious and was about to kill him when he talked about his sister. Now it all made sense to Ranveer.

"Abhyansh... Abhyansh thinks baba killed Advaita ?", Isha muttered to herself but Ranveer and Nandini heard it.

"You need to be strong Ishu...", Ranveer said hugging his sister, rubbing her shoulder to calm her... though he himself was shaken up wth the truth... Was this the reason Abhyansh hated his bhabhosa and even his blood ? Was this the reason he tortured Isha ? To avenge his sister's death ?

"Not just that... Your husband thinks, it was your father who plotted against the Ranawats, who caused their destruction, he was their friend, a well-wisher but Abhyansh thinks he just acted to be their friend to backstab them in the end... I don't know much in detail about this, Pallavi could only say this much to me on phone, she said we would talk more about it when we meet in person but I only met her lifeless form", Nandini said bursting out into tears...

Isha and Ranveer are in shock, they didn't understand a thing... How could Abhyansh misunderstand... Then Ranveer remembered how Abhyansh told him that whatever Amar Rajput has done was in front of his eyes...

"But Ranawat said he witnessed it, whatever bhabhosa had done, he...he witnessed it...", Ranveer said, his words fumbled... His brother-in-law was a beast, he was utterly clever, then how could he make a mistake ? Ranveer was hell scared for the truth... He hoped his bhabhosa wasn't at fault.

"I don't know about it, and how he witnessed it, but yes Amar was the one who killed the Ranawat princess but it was anaccident...", Nandini finished and tears fell from Isha's eyes... No... she couldn't bear that her father was the reason behind her husband's pain, every time she saw that immeasurable pain in his eyes, she hated the cause so much but knowing it was her own father, her brain stopped working...

"Tell us everything you know", Ranveer asked, his voice hoarse...

"Your father went to Jaipur for some business work that morning, but the very same day you fell off and hurt yourself, so Pallavi called him to return, he was returning back and the car was on high speed, he realized the car was accelerating more than normal but he ignored it as he was in a hurry to reach the palace and take you to hospital, suddenly the little girl came in front of his car, he tried to pull brakes but it was too late, she was dead... Your kaku sa who was passing by gave his car to your baba to reach the palace and take you to hospital while he took care of the accident. Your baba asked your kaku sa to send the body to the Ranawats and he did. After that, your kaku sa managed the police despite your baba's denial. He wanted to confess his crimes but your kaku sa begged him not to... Your mother told me Kailash said he couldn't handle this huge empire if his brother goes to jail", Nandini said, both Isha and Ranveer frowned at this... Kailash Rajput wasn't that kind of person definitely, he was a kind to jump at such an opportunity...

"And then your grandmother Saanghvi Devi suggested your baba to go and seek forgiveness from the Ranawats but Abhyansh Singh Ranawat waged a war by then... he started destroying Rajputs... He started isolating your father, he threatened everyone to severe ties with Amar, and then one day,Your father received a call from Pratap, he accused your father of conspiring 'the Ranawat Downfall' and backstabbing him and his family, and plotting his daughter's killing, almost killing his son(Abhyansh) he tried to clarify but Pratap Singh Ranawat didn't hear... From then your father tried to clear Abhyansh that he didn't plot that attack on him but Abhyansh never gave him the chance", Nandini said, Isha and Ranveer sat there stunned at the revelation.

"Is there anything ? Please remember if bhabho had told you any other details like someone must be framing against bhabhosa", Ranveer asked

"As I said, we talked only briefly, she was supposed to tell me everything when we meet in person but...", Nandini trailed wiping her tears... but then suddenly she remembered something... "Yes, I remember now... she mentioned something like she got to know some things that shocked her, according to her, Amar suspected his best friends's hand in framing him, in fact after meeting Abhyansh and clearing him about the truth, they were going to the police to report this, as Amar felt his car was tampered and everything was set up... But, before that they were killed in an accident", Nandini said... "I suspect your husband in their killing Isha", Nandini added furiously...

"No maasi... Abhyansh said he didn't kill them", Isha said remembering his words before her severe panic attack... He told her he hated her father so much that he wanted to kill him brutally but before that he died in an accident... Isha shook her head to shake those thoughts away...

"I don't trust him Isha... You don't know how much destruction he caused your father... He was so worried, his health was deteriorating, the physical and mental stress was taking a toll on him, and the guilt was eating him from within, above that he was accused of something he didn't do... Above all that, your husband isolated him spreading lies about your father, such an a** he was...", Nandini started...

"Maasi... Don't say anything against Rana sa... He wasn't someone who would go behind people's back, if he wanted to, he would attack from the front, never from behind", Isha said furiously...

"I can't believe you are still defending him", Nandini asked, bewildered

"I'm not... I feel hurt for what happened to my baba, but you just can't ignore that he lost his sister, someone brutally killed her... The least I could do was not judge him... I'll wait for him to reveal his side of the truth... Only then will I choose to react to it... I refuse to acknowledge what yu said is the truth until I hear his side", Isha said getting up and leaving for her brother's chamber... Ranveer followed her...

He found her sobbing holding her parents' picture he has on one side of his bedside table while the other side has his sister, Vikram, and himself.

"Baba... ma... I don't know what's right or wrong... it's hurting mumma... please come back and hold me", Isha said sobbing hard... Ranveer rushed to his sister taking her in his arms...

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