Diana and Ramcharan were having afternoon tea with Raj.
" I see you are so tired these days with all these responsibilities. Ro tells me you have been missing your meals again", said Diana.
" Grandpa", he said in a heavy voice trying to control his tears.
" Ohhh my dear boy"!!
Diana hugged her grandson and Raj broke down.
" Cry your heart out my boy", she said.
After five minutes..
" Rajeev look at me", said Ramcharan.
Raj looked at his father.
" You are a strong man. I did not bring you up to be a weak person. I raised a king. You lead them. His highness wished for that. He laid down his life to save his kingdom. It should not go waste", he said.
Raj nodded.
" Then you first need to take care of yourself", said Ram.
" Okay daddy", he said weakly.
" Eat scones and these lovely cakes", said Diana. " I made them myself. These servants here keep messing everything", she complained.
Trust grandma Cooper to be a dragon in kitchen.
Raj smiled and started eating.
" So what is next", asked Ram.
" On the day of prayer meet Rahul ascends the throne. I express my disinterest in kingdom and pretend to resign", said Raj.
" Hmm then", asked Diana.
" Meanwhile I take complete control of Bhishma and plan to move out of this place. And Rahul declarss he will get military involved ".
" He will be baffled by it", said Ram. " Let me go further than that and take you as my partner changing my will".
" How will that affect us daddy", asked Raj.
" If he is still associated with Oberoi it will", replied his father.
" Veer", queried Raj.
" Could be", he said. " He has been bossing people around a lot and has made some hasty money transfers".
Raj remained in thought.
" I want the details of that departments in which embezzlement was seen by Joshi. And the name of employees", he said.
" Done", said Ram.
Meanwhile
Rakesh was talking to a few shareholders.
" We are pulling out of business. Raj wants a break. He takes the company and we the kingdom. He is giving me his seat of MP. Rahul takes the crown".
" What but why all this", they said.
" Ohh we are done pretending to be together. All three of us have separate lives", he said.
He left.
Meanwhile
" I shall be the king. Raj is done with this place. He plans on moving back to USA. I am selling him the company. I am a famous artist. Our kingdom can survive without Bhishma.
" What about us", ask the farmer's representative.
" You pay taxes", said a stern Rahul.
" But our products ", he said.
" Talk to Raj", he said.
" Have you consulted your twin", asked a labourer.
" You mean my mother's murderer", said Rahul angrily. " Do hell with him".
Within a day rumours and discontent spreaded in the pubic.
" We feel cheated", said a college student who voted for Raj.
" He was support to uplift us artists now he is imposing taxes on us", said a painter on Rahul.
" These princes are selfish. We miss our old king", said a commoner.
" So the public's mood is not in your favour", said Parry.
" Good", smirked Raj.
" Care to explain this chaos you caused", asked Maddy.
" I want him confused ", said Raj.
" The Cobra", asked Ro.
"Yeah. Grandpa cornered him if he found out his identity. He is killing the ones who know about him and making a clean slate.", said Raj.
" Why", asked Ro.
" Because the puppet master got himself new puppets and is discarding the old ones", said Raj.
" Parth" , asked Solly.
"Hmmm".
At that moment the servant announced his brothers..
With a smirk on their faces the twins arrive.
" What's the news", asked Raj.
" We have spreaded the will rumour and that of partition of kingdom ", said Rakesh.
"Summon lawyers and get some useless talks done with them. The rumour must catch fire", he said.
" And that would help how", asked Maddy.
" In bringing that RAT Parth out of his hole", said Rahul. " A blood relative after all".
" So is Kiara", mused Maddy.
" Brilliant ", said Raj." In your full uniform discuss useless things in front of media with her. If press asks just mention her relation and ask Kiara to play along".
Later..
" It's nothing", Maddy answered the press.
" We are here for grandpa".
" What about the rumpurs on partition ", asked a reporter.
" We don't know anything ", said Kiara.
" Being distributed equally among his grandchildren ", said another reporter.
" Well my wife is also a grandchild of him", spoke Maddy.
On further questions he said,
" No comments".
Alok, Salman and Gaurav met Raj.
" Are you really leaving the throne", asked Salman.
" I am thinking about it".
" Your father wished for you to have it", said Alok.
" Actually he didn't. Hence he made the conditions in favour of my brother ".
" Look Raj", said Gaurav. " We have come this far. Now.. "
" Now Gaurav I don't want it ", he said. " At what cost are we here. Grandpa is dead. Rahul and Rakesh lost their mother. I have Kenny to think of now".
Gaurav sighed.
" I know ", he said. " But try to reconsider.
" Bhishma is still mine", said Raj. " None of the twins have capacity to run it.".
" I agree", said Gaurav.
" And they agree too", said Raj. " Rahul knows the estate and was groomed for governing it. A perfect king".
" And the Lok Sabha seat", asked Salman.
" Rakesh has a knack for it. Me I am a businessman ", said Raj.
" So you will leave for USA", asked Salman.
"No. Kenny and Maddy want to stay here. I am in talks with partnership with Oberois", he said.
" But Veer Mishra", asked Gaurav.
" Is just a capable person", said Raj. " You on the other hand his son's close friend and Kenny your daughter. And I as her husband with same or better capabilities than Veer am a better candidate. "
" Mishra will oppose it", said Gaurav.
That's exactly what I want thought Raj. Veer Mishra. Let's see how deep you are in.
He shrugged at Gaurav.
" Like I care. Maddy assures me legally there is no problem ".
" None", affirmed Alok. But he looked sad.
Meanwhile
Ro accompanied Grace to a doctor's visit. Her pregnancy was progressing well.
" There is the heartbeat", said the gynaecologist.
Grace smiled and cried.
" Don't mind me I am just hormonal", she said.
Ro was elated.
" He is beautiful ", he whispered in his wife's ears.
Being medical professionals they deducted the sex of their child even though doctor never revealed it. ( Foetal sex determination is illegal in India)
As they came to the parking his cell rang.
" Raj", he immediately picked up.
" Ro man Cobra killed your uncle", he said.
"What"?
Ro engulfed Grace in her arms.
" GET HERE ASAP", was his king's order.
" On my way. I'll leave Grace at Maa's", he said.
" No. Get her here. Tonight we all meet again ", he said.
Midnight
" What's the matter", asked Myra.
" Amit Khurana is dead. Murdered", said Raj.
" His is killing his minnows ", said Parry.
" Tighten the security of Samar and Amar. And we need to interrofate Thomas", said Raj to Ro.
" He keeps an apartment in Andheri", said Grace.
" Address", asked Kiata.
" I don't know but the property is registered in his name. Dom gave him. Online.. ", she was saying.
Solly clicked a few keys on his tablet.
" Here have it", he showed to Raj.
" See what you can find" , Raj said to him. "Be careful "
Solly nodded.
" Shai go through Veer Mishra's accounts and money transfers. Any anomaly report me immediately ", said Raj.
" Very well", she said.
" Ram uncle has finalised the documents", said Maddy. " He is announcing your partnership tomorrow ".
" We have kept our eyes on Mishra", said Payal. " Nothing yet though he was baffled when Mr. Oberoi informed him".
" Hmm let's wait and watch".
Meanwhile
A hooded man entered late king Randheer's study and opened his personal computer.
He knew the password.
He then went online and took the initials. He tried very hard to get in the various drives. One of the drives opened. And a lot of photographs came opened.
" The damn where are they", said the man as he searched repeatedly.
He searched many files and got nothing.
" Maybe he kept them elsewhere ", he said.
He used his torch and tried to open the drawer. It did after a few fails. He got some papers.
" The old dog was sure snooping around", he said.
He shredded the papers.
Probably books. He randomly opened a lot.
Until he discovered a safe.
" It's there", he said as he turn the knobs to open it.
At that moment the room flooded with light.
AndParth Singh Thakur stood facing his three cousins.
" WELCOME COUSIN ", said Raj menacingly.
" You killed grandpa ", said a vindictive Rahul.
" And you are here to find something ", asked Rajesh. " Start speaking like a parrot".
" Or I can kill you all", said Parth raising his gun.
Thain
A bullet fire was heard and gun fell from Parth's hand.
Like a cheetah Raj attacked a nerve on his neck and he passed out.
" Another puppet", said Solly as he and Duleep moved to light.
" Sure", said Raj.
" What was he searching on the system ", said Duleep.
" A clue leading us to Cobra", said Rakesh.
" Why couldn't he", asked Raj. " Where is that f*cking clue"?
" Allow me brother", said Rahul. " Ever heard of a thing called Cloud".
Solly smirked.
" That would be my job your highness", he said.
Within seconds a family photograph of two young boys faced them.
Samarth 20 and Sourish 10
To Randheer from your brother Shamsher.
"There is our puppet master", said Raj. " Or at least his face".