Chapter 21 :" Heart over Mind "


Dedicated to ektakhan19 and Asharya

Two hours later

             Pradeep didn't like to be proven wrong from his instinct which had told him Aandhi was innocent until he found her incriminating diary listing out all her crimes ,it didn't matter that he saw a pure shock and anger in her face upon discovery because he can't believe she wasn't acting with him. 

               So he decided to bring in Sanskar to see if he could distinguish the truth, it meant until Sanskar arrives and reads the diary ,she had to wait for the interrogation . So by the time he walked inside the interrogation  room she was furious with him but it could help in showing her real face that was what he assumed as he sat in front of her and hoping Sanskar who was watching behind the glass screen could interpret her better than him .

           " So are you finally ready to talk Miss X " he asked her and if looks could kill he would be dead by now . It just that he couldn't understand if it was anger because she was innocent or anger because she was caught. 

           " I will talk if you finally tell me what are the cases against me and when will I get to call my brother ,I mean a lawyer " she asked him back instead ,of course she would lawyer up which meant she was guilty .

             " You already called your lawyer Miss X ,he is just taking his sweet time getting here or maybe he knew he can't help you " he answered back though it went against his wish ,it was mandatory for him to give her the choice to lawyer up and she did as soon as she entered the station .

          " I meant I want to call him again and won't talk until he gets here " she answered back this time not just angry but nervous as well ,again as sign of innocence or guilt he couldn't decipher yet and hoped Sanskar was doing a better job than him . Given the personal stake they have over this case .

        " If you are innocent why don't we talk until your lawyer arrives ,I mean if you didn't kill them what you have to fear " he asked her baiting her to speak to him and when she nodded her head in answer he didn't know if she was foolish or over confident. 

       " So tell me Miss Aandhi , do you remember Sakshi ?" he asked and thus began the next thirty minutes of questions where he asked her those hard hitting questions without holding anything back .

    By the end of those minutes her brother/ lawyer for the time being walked inside making him leave without a clue on her , he only hoped Sanskar has a better luck deciphering her than him .

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       It took her brother hours to get to her but only fifteen minutes to help her walk out of the station ,she didn't know whether to thank him or hit him for being late ,if there was a low in life ,she hit it today by being a murder suspect.

      " Do they really think I killed our parents " she asked her brother as he drove her back home ,that was the last straw in today adventure.  Hearing several unknown names didn't makes much sense but when Pradeep wanted to know how much animosity was there between her and her parents that somehow surprised her. 

        " They are grasping for something  Aandhi di ,don't think too much on it . They haven't gotten anything on you get except the diary and that was obtained by an illegal search which the police office had no right to do ,so If I threw the evidence in court there is nothing he can do  " her brother voice was calm and it was reassuring to an extent still she couldn't understand how the diary happen to be found in her bag. 

          When she stepped inside her house ,she was immediately crushed in an hug by her sisters and was taken back to see all her brother in attendance as well . She never relayed on her family ,it always been a race to get independent on her own but to see them looking out for her made her feel better who wants a man like Pradeep when he didn't even give her the benefit of doubt before arresting her .

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      " It wasn't her " Sanskar told everyone who have gathered yet again in his house , Swara was on the fence regarding it because she so wanted it to be over and now Sanskar clearly believe they got the wrong sister .

    " She had the diary " it came from her cousin who like Swara believed this was over and they can stay in India and not move far away as Sanskar and Laksh wanted from them .

    " The diary is useless now that her brother threw it out of evidence , I hoped to get her confession by then but she still walked at the end of the day and I have no idea if she was telling the truth or lying to me " Pradeep Bhai spoke up next there was much riding on it for him ,he already got scolded by his superior for his rash actions earlier before coming back home . 

    " Now what ?" This came from Laksh who was the only one asking them about the future actions and Swara waited for Sanskar to make up his mind about it as well .

     " You still have to meet with the second oldest of the sister , for now you do so and I can look into places for Swara and Ragini to stay and we still need to find a way to meet the youngest of the lot . Let stick with our original plan for now " he answered back and after promising to meet them tomorrow everyone left leaving them alone , dida and Asha were spending yet another night with her grandparents. 

            " Why did you believe it wasn't her " Swara asked him once everyone left and he took the place beside her .

            " Her face was expressive ,there were so many emotions in it that she wasn't guarding how she feels , in all my research about killers the first thing that will stand out is there ability to hide their emotions but Aandhi didn't she was genuinely upset with Pradeep and her answer were all genuine,it just can't be her " he answered back and she was glad he was confiding in her and not hiding it away from him

           " So one of her sisters who is the real killer decided to make her a Scape goat, but why ?" Swara asked him again because she couldn't imagine anyone throwing their own siblings under the bus for their crimes but what did she know about psychopath and serial killers pretty much nothing .

              " To throw the blame of her that why it important we get to meet all the sisters  for now before making a judgement " he answered back and went back to silence ,Swara could move away or give him sometime alone but strangely she wanted to stay by his side as long as she can because once he decided to send her away ,she will miss these moments. 

               " What Shona " he asked her when she kept looking at him for a long time without a word ,she couldn't say everything she feel at the moment to him because it was scary to her .

                 " Nothing Sanskar " she answered back as she got up to walk away and froze when he spoke up the words that she had assumed was something that wasn't supposed to be said ever again

                " I love you too Shona " he whispered quietly just before she walked out from him , his confession stood between them just as much their past . She wanted to hope for a better future with him but she didn't think neither of them were in a place to believe such thing happening it was why she changed her path of direction and walked back towards him .

             " She took away lot from me and you Sanskar ,I am not going to let her take away you as well " She answered back before leaning gently to kiss his cheek and walked away before she could be embarrassed by her actions. 

               Because she was no longer the little girl who used to kiss him better every time she visits him when they were younger . She remembered the countless day she would kiss him in a bid to make him better ,she believed in fairy tales back then and wanted her Sanskar to get better and it was fine when they were kids but now she was mortified by her actions .

             So was relieved when she found herself stopped from leaving by his gentle hold on her hand as he turned her towards him ,there were million issues unsolved between and both of them weren't on the same page on either but at that moment none of it mattered as he leaned on to her and she answered his silent question by going on her toes to kiss him ,this time not on the cheeks .

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