PART 28: THE FINAL TEST – WHEN ILLNESS STRIKESThe rains came heavier that year, drenching Tulsipur in endless grey days and swollen rivers.

Inside the Roy Choudhary haveli, the mood was unusually subdued.

Anirudh, who had always been a pillar of strength—never missing a court date, never failing to lift someone’s spirits—had grown strangely quiet, a persistent cough rattling in his chest.