The Traps of Black Swan

Silently watching the crime is an unforgivable crime.

Dylan took about six days to heal his surface wounds. Though there were marks, it wasn't visible. He was sitting in his apartment without knowing what to do. He expected to be summoned to the court if Leon blames everything on him but it didn't happen. He had no idea what Aarvi was going to do to him either.

Day and night, he was losing sleep and appetite thinking why Aarvi left him, and when Aaron or Zain were going to knock on the door and thrash him to death and leave him.

Living day and night inside four walls, he realized he was worse than Leon. People were looking at Leon, eager to know what might happen to him. However, his own family didn't look for him. It was as if he vanished in the eyes of everyone. He never had friends, no well-wishers. He wrote his whole life to ruin Leon. Now he was left all alone.

He starved himself without keeping track of time. He was aware of all his sins. Hence as soon as he revealed his intentions to Aarvi and Aaron, he expected them to kill him immediately so he had planned nothing, he didn't have any dream of living a good life.

Now that he is alive, he is completely blank about his life. Numerous times, he picked his phone to call Elder Harmon or Aeon but what was he going to tell them? How are they going to treat him? Will they forgive him for playing in Aarvi's life? He would laugh at himself. His grandfather or brothers or sister-in-law would be next to Aarvi instead of helping him or accepting him or killing him.

Breathing felt like the greatest punishment to him. Even if he collects himself and tries to live a good life, would Aarvi or her husband or Zain allow him to live peacefully?

There was nobody to scold him or support him or guide him. He was lost in the middle of nowhere. He was completely clueless and his mind was eating him slowly. He didn't put in the effort to find a way out and live. Locked between the four walls he stared blankly or slept without awareness of anything.

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Leon's cases were too complex to be solved in just a month so Nikun was busy attending a minimum of 2 sessions a week. Since the case was major, it was given a high priority due to pressure from the public, media, and everywhere.

Leon Harmon, who was ruling the business world, was reduced to a state he couldn't even see himself in. His ego was reduced to none and he didn't even know what he even wanted in his life. There was no way out, his escape plan failed and he was beaten black and blue.

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On the other hand, Aarvi was at ease once everything settled down. The whole Rivas family visited the Kelly mansion one day and Hayden visited the Rivas mansion. Aarvi expected Zelda to be displeased but unexpectedly she was curious to know about her, her family. Zelda, Jordan, and Hayden got along well and everyone was harmonious.

Zara's family got to know Aarvi was a Kelly and they didn't try to meddle with the details respecting privacy. Zain and Zara, who had planned to stay in Zain's villa for a few months and enjoy their time, changed their plans and shifted to the Kelly mansion. So that Hayden doesn't have to live alone.

All the while, Jose was locked in a room filled with books to study for timepass. He got food on time but he wasn't allowed to step out of the room if there were guests. He wasn't allowed to get out of the mansion.

He cried, threatened with his life, and broke things, neither Hayden nor Zain bothered about him. Zara often melted to Jose's pleas but she couldn't help him due to a promise to Zain.

Instead, she tried to teach him, help him understand general business things so that he could help Zain but Jose wasn't ready to improve himself either.

After convincing Zain and Hayden, she brought him a PlayStation so that he could spend some time gaming. However, Hayden broke them on the second night when Jose purposely gave high volume, waking up everyone in the middle of the night. Disappointed, Zara had to turn blind eye to Jose.

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Soon the day arrived, Aarvi and Aaron were leaving. The couple had visited all the elders including Aaron's maternal side. The night before their departure, the Avron mansion was filled with their friends and brothers.

Zara, Tia, and Shea took care of cooking, Mehak was busy with the drinks and salads. Aaron, Nikun, and Zain were speaking on a random topic.  Three men turned to the stairs when Aarvi skipped downstairs and kept the empty glasses on the bar counter.

"Oh god, did you break your friends' hearts? Why are they drinking so much?" Mehak was bewildered as it was the fifth time Aarvi came for a refill and Aarvi was coaxing the two, god knows why.

The three men shook their heads in resignation while Aarvi innocently shrugged, "They only get to act childish if I am around." If she wasn't there, those two would hang out and behave like grown men. "You know, they are men with their women." Instead of playing childishly, they would straight get down to their pants.

The three men: "..."

Mehak burst into laughter agreeing with Aarvi, "That's so right." She looked at Aaron and Nikun, "Dang, I was the only female friend of Aaron and Nikun. They missed getting spoiled by a female friend."

Nikun: "Hey, hey... Keep Aaron out of the list. He would still sit like a cold man who lost everything."

Aaron: "..."

The four chuckled hearing Nikun and agreed too. Just then, "Sister Aarvi, Leon escaped prison. It's over the news." Tia informed the recent news she got from her team.

Shea ran out with tension on her face, "Brother Aaron, will he come to Aarvi?"

"What… This is more exciting than the thriller movie. What will happen next?" Mehak's voice followed.

Zara was smiling behind two women while the three men looked at Aarvi, who innocently sipped her lemonade. Tia and Shea looked at Aarvi in confusion after witnessing the three men's gaze.

Aaron recalled Aarvi's words. Roach was going with them and she had told him that she would give a chance for Roach to handle Leon however he wanted. So Leon's escape was planned by Aarvi and without aware Leon was heading towards Roach who doesn't know anything yet. "Where is Roach?" Aaron asked.

"At the warehouse." Aarvi's sweet mellow voice slowly penetrated in the air.

Shea stood between Aaron and Nikun and looked at Aarvi in loads of confusion, "Aarvi, did you help him escape the prison? For real? How? I mean… Didn't the cops stop you?... No, no, why did you let him escape? He should die soon, he shouldn't be free outside…"

Nikun covered his sister's lips to know what was going on between the husband and wife. If Leon dies, all the cases will be closed. Aarvi never told him anything about it.

Everyone became silent and looked at Aarvi. The latter felt like criminals under their eyes, "I am a survivor."

They nodded.

"There are many victims."

They nodded again.

"Roach is also a victim."

No one nodded, they didn't know how Roach is a victim.

Aarvi continued, "I let him choose what to do with Leon on behalf of all the victims." She carefully looked at Nikun, hoping he wasn't angry because his hard work would be in vain if Leon dies. "They have the right to decide the fate of Leon Harmon."

As a lawyer who is working on the case, Nikun didn't like her change in decision. But as a human who had seen people crying and suffering because of Leon, Nikun knew Leon should have a horrible death.

So he had mixed feelings. Anyway, he didn't get angry at her. "Aish… We are giving a farewell party to these two. Why are we discussing the wrong topic? Let me turn on the music... Aarvi, bring your friends downstairs." Nikun pumped their moods.

Everyone laughed getting back to the party, however back of their mind, they were curious about what Roach was going to do to Leon.