Nivaan pushed him aside vth such force and rubbed his face...
                          
" Leave me alone..!!!
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Dnt come to me....!!"
........Raghu gulped and leaned over the wall there seeing Nivaan's outraged expressions.
                          
He then took out a bottle of whiskey from the fridge...,  and  went out of the kitchen and then stepped towards the staircase...
                          
Raghunandhan saw him entering to a room at the right corner..., bt he had no clue abt what  he has to do next...
                          
He felt that he cannot control Nivaan any longer as he is nt in a state to listen to anyone..
                          
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Nivaan was in the room in which he had  hidden his talent from the world outside except for one person...
                          
" Lathika Menon...!!! "
.......Nivaan shouted out her name aloud and started consuming the alcohol...
                          
" After all that had happened between us..., you want to end it on a happy note..??!! Right...??!! 
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U have given me all the hope and then..., this is what you have to say at the end...!!
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End on a happy note...??!! My Foot...!!(%&$$#) "
.......Nivaan was now  totally on the effect of alcohol and then vth one go.., he pulled of the cloth covering all over his paintings..., in which most of them  are of Lathika's face and  
                          
some of them are  the images.., which he often gets in his dreams of an accident on a rainy road...
'And a hand asking for help..'
                          
He just stepped forward and touched her face in one of his art pressing his lips hard...
                          
" You are right...!! Let's end this on a happy note...!!"
......and  threw the  half filled whiskey bottle on the canvas and that made the alcohol spill over on each canvas and the bottle  landed on the floor and broke into pieces...
                          
He then..., went to the shelf  and took out a match box and the next moment he lit the fire and  and thrown it on the canvas there...
                          
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 It started vth a slow fire and then it intensified  in the next few minutes...,  and all his arts   started to  burn filling dense smoke all around there...,making him suffocating to breathe...
                          
That's when the fire alarm banged all over the bungalow and  Raghunandhan rushed towards the room and banged it open...
                          
His view got effected because of the increasing fire over there...
                          
" Watchman...!!  
......Switch on the extinguish gas...!!! "
..........he screamed loud and  the watchman quickly reacted to him and  switched on gas switch  at the entrance  door ...
                          
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As the room started to fill vth the extinguish gas...,  the smoke cleared there in few minutes and  raghunandhan along vth watchman went inside  only to find Nivaan in his utmost helpless state...
                          
" Nivaan...!!!  What is all this son...!!
....... what are you trying to do??!!!"
.............. they both took him to his room and the watchman  was literally shocked to see his master in such state...!! 
                          
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Ragunandhan thanked the watchman for responding him at the right time and then he went to the room to find out what was in it...!!
                          
He closed his mouth vth his hanky and went inside..., only to find the biggest shock  at that moment...
                          
There were few canvas which were completely burned and turned to ash and deep inside them.., he found some half burned arts of lathika's images in them  and was totally taken aback looking at them.., as they seemed so real..
                          
He further.., stepped inside..., to find anything else and there he found  a canvas..., which remained untouched by the fire as if it has a motive to remained  to exist  in such untouched manner...
                          
Raghunandhan wiped the ash over the canvas and his jaw dropped seeing the art which clearly depicted a scene...,  which happened 12 years ago..
                          
" Oh...My God...!!
.......What am i seeing...??!!!
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Did Nivaan  came to know abt it...??!!! 
                          
( a thin line if sweat formed on his forehead and he didn't cared to wipe it..)
                          
No... that can't happen..!! If he knows abt it..., then he  won't react lyk this...!!
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Then...!! What is all this...??!! 
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Are those memories still haunting him...??!! "
............ Prataap captured the image of the canvas and came out of that room.., as he couldn't hold his breath there any longer...
                          
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"This is nt going to end  as we have planned...!!!
......i have to tell this to Prataap  as soon as possible..."
...........He thought to himself and then kept a hangover drink in Nivaan's room as he may need it as soon as he wakes up..
                          
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The next day..., mrng...
                          
Time : 10.30 am
                          
Prataap and Raghunandhan are  sitting next to each other in the hall and Raghu had showed him the pic and explained abt the last night's incident....., which made Prataap to feel restless all of a sudden..
                          
He then stood up and was about to say something  but then..., they both shifted their gaze towards Nivaan's room as they heard his door opening just then..
                          
Seeing Nivaan..., infront of them.., in such state..., Raghunandhan too stood up and widened his eyes...
                          
" Nivaan...!!  Where are you going...??!! "
.........Prataap asked and looked at Nivaan..., who was in his most formal attire  and vth one hand holding his mobile as if he is checking the messages in it and vth other hand.., he carried his  file bag.., covering his eyes vth black shades...
                          
" I have a meeting to attend grandpa...!!  It is already in my schedule and i can't skip it...
.....n i dnt feel lyk hungry...!! U pls dnt think of me and enjoy your day...!!"
..........said Nivaan in his most seductive tone and started stepping down the stairs checking the time in his watch..
                          
He then stopped in the midway and turned around to  look their shocked faces again and said..,
                          
" Grandpa...!!  I think i have reached the target to make SPH as one of the leading publications over here..
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N we have got an year sponsorship vth a renowned  marketing team...!!
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I don't think  it's any more challenging for me to  work here...!!
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(He checked his watch for last tym and said )
                          
Book me the tickets to New York this night...!!
I want to leave this place...!!!"
..........said Nivaan and without waiting to hear their response  he came forward and touched both their feets and left from there...
                          
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Next part Precap :
                          
"" What's this...??!! "
......asked Nivaan looking at an envelope vch Jayanth handed him as soon as he stepped inside Nivaan's cabin..
                          
" My Resignation letter....!!!"
......said Jayanth looking straight in Nivaan's eyes.
                          
Nivaan raised his eyebrows for once..., and looked at the letter....
                          
"Ohh...!!!  That's fine...!!
..... wish u all the luck from Sinha Group...!!"
........said Nivaan vthout caring to look at him..
                          
" I think..., u need it in your lyf...
The so called luck...!! 
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I have never seen a Ruthless  and also a Dumb person lyk you in my life....!!
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Said Jayanth and placed the 'lord Ganesh' idol on Nivaan's desk.., which he carefully attached it using a gum bt a small part near the head of the idol is missing in it...!!
                          
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