Chapter 4 - Chapter 8: The Return of the Prodigal

With the savings from his lockdown venture, Aryan finally returned to Sitapur after five long years. He didn't arrive in a private car, but he arrived with a suitcase full of gifts and a bank receipt. He sat with Thakur, the moneylender, who was now old and frail. Aryan didn't just pay the interest; he bought back the ancestral land with a premium. That night, for the first time since his father's death, the family sat in the courtyard without the shadow of debt. But Aryan knew this wasn't the end; it was just the foundation.