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      Aandhi Shukla didn't expect to see him ever again not this soon but there he stood in her house this time blaming her for yet another murder , she was surprised to find the professor who accused his sister of stealing the exams papers was found dead but more surprised that yet again he was blaming her for his death .

      " So you are blaming my sister for a suicide now " this came from one of her brothers who were frustrated just as much as her ,but more than that she was taken back by the photocopy of the suicide note he showed them .

     The suicide note contents were a confession of sorts claiming the girls he misused in his professional life using the promise of higher grades . The thought he manipulated girls using their fear of failing sickened her and a part of her was glad he died ,as a doctor she wanted to save lives but not monster as him .

        " So are you ready to tell what exactly happened Miss Anjali" he asked his sister which propelled her protective instincts as she went to stand between them .

          " Fine ,you can tell me where you were  last night Miss Aandhi ?" he asked her next making her furious that he would still assume she was a killer .

            " Unless you have evidence to prove your claim ,I suggest you leave us alone .You have done more than enough damage " Aandhi lashed back at him , she didn't know why he was so fixated on her as the murderer and partially she believed it must be due to the pressure to solve their parents case ,it would be easy to blame them instead of finding the real killer .

           But somehow in her short acquaintance with the man before her ,she couldn't see him acting like an incompetent cop and yet here he stood accusing her sister for suicide ,maybe she was wrong in her initial assumption regarding him .

           " Fine ,I will leave for now . But it a required that none of you will leave the city for the time being until we get the postmortem report of the professor " he told them and walked away ,she knew it was a relief to see him leave yet she didn't know why she followed after him till the gate .

         " Why are you so sure I was the killer ?" She asked him and if her question surprised him ,he didn't show it to her as he turned towards her .

       " I found the diary in your bag , a diary which described all your murders in detail   " he answered back

      " I honestly don't have an idea how the diary got in my bag , you should believe me and try to find the real killer of my parents instead of looking into me " she answered back assured that she said everything she wanted to until he answered back which left her reeling in shock .

       " If what you said is true ,if you are really innocent then I advise you to be cautious of your sisters because one among them is trying to frame you to take the fall ,I may not know which one among you is the killer but I am sure one of you killed your parents " his words froze her up because she wasn't ready to believe that her sisters were capable of being murderers like he assumed. 

          " You are Wrong , You are wrong " She kept whispering even after he walked away because she refused to believe a stranger over her family , She won't trust his words over her sisters and yet when she walked back inside her house ,there had been a wariness and suspicion the clouded her as she looked at her sisters .

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     " We are going in circles " Ragini spoke up as yet again they have no concrete evidence as the postmortem  of Shubash Mehra came back as a suicide with no signs of it being anything else .

    " Do you think ,he had a sudden attack of conscience and wrote a confession then killed himself all in less than 24 Hours since he tried to manipulate Anjali Shuka ,doesn't it raise your suspicion as a journalist I expected you to understand why I have doubts about his death " Pradeep answered back .

  Ragini understood his words but she also knew his anger and frustration stemmed from some thing else as a journalist she knew enough to realize Pradeep was reaching is breaking point as well .

            " Pradeep is right ,it may be a suicide but it wasn't an act done out of sudden flare of guilt.  Even though she knew we are on her trail ,she killed someone again who is linked with one of the Shukla sister's which wasn't an ideal choice if you want to fly under radar . That what confused me ,why kill him straight away ,why not wait for few weeks before doing so . A girl who waited for long before killing her parents could have waited for few more days ,why didn't she wait that was what bothers him " Sanskar spoke up and Ragini knew his point was valid because she felt the same as well .

       " Because the victim was her sister , if for one moment we assume Anjali isn't the killer than it would make sense that as a sister she would have been more furious and she couldn't wait to met out her kind of justice " Swara answered back and Ragini could see the validity of her argument as well but they have no solid reason to exclude Anjali from the suspects lists which meant they are still going in circles without a clue .

       " That is why you need to leave soon " Laksh spoke up ,the only thing he had been obsession about now is making them leave much to her frustration ,she can't change his mind about it .

         " The date is set Laksh , they are leaving in three days unless we catch her " Sanskar answered back , and Ragini wasn't optimistic that anything will change in those three days ,it was why she was prepared to make the next three days memorable with her husband because no one had a clue on how long their exile was going to last .

        " So if that all there is to discuss ,then we are going to leave because my husband promised to take me on a date " Ragini answered back and was relieved to see Laksh smile at the remainder of their date ,he had been too tensed about everything that she was worried he would reject her idea outright .

   And she didn't want to waste the remaining days with him ,and so she walked out of Sanskar house hand in hand with her husband hoping that the next time they meet up they will have a made some progress on their investigation .

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      " If you had a sister and this happened to her would you have left the guy live . I know you hate when I kill someone but guy like him need to be met out with my kind of justice ,I hope you understand   "

                         Yours Miss X . 

     She clicked sent icon and opened a new tab to work on tracking Pradeep movement for the day , the clueless guy didn't know she had installed a tracker in his phone , it had been too easy to do so when he was wheeled into surgery and his personal belongings were separated from him .

       So the whole clan had visited Sanskar house yet again probably to talk about her , her plan of making her sister take the bait should have worked if not for the fact Pradeep had acted unlike him .

      She didn't expect him to search her sister bag without a warrant that wasn't how he worked until now ,she had hoped by the time he had found the diary ,he would have obtained a warrant as well but he didn't which led her sister walk free and now she was worried that he was no longer suspicious of her sister which could mean his attention would divert back to the rest of them

          She should have picked someone else ,Aandhi di looked too innocent today that it no wonder Pradeep was having misgivings ,her outrage on behalf of Anjali to her confusion about Shubash death were signs he couldn't ignore even if he credited her to be a good actress ,her sister actions tonight would make anyone doubt their initial assumption ,she was like a tigresses ready to defend Anjali from him .

          On hindsight she shouldn't have killed him now ,but she had promised Anjali and the fact monster like him exit make her always angry . It had been easy to make him open the door to let her inside ,first he assumed that she was there to beg on behalf on Anjali ,soon she set the record Straight and he had been the one begging her in the end .

        Family ,even monster will do anything for family . A small threat that similar fate could happen to his daughter has been enough to convince him to die instead , fatherly love something her father never felt for any of them . Her father may not have harmed her personally but it still triggered her anger that he was too callous about what befallen her .

 
    
      A knock to her door made her wince as she turned to see Anjali looking paler than ever , she wanted him to die and now she was looking at her as a murderer but she can't afford to risk Anjali from spilling anything to else because one her name was out then she can't undo it .

       " Promise me you will never tell them about me " she asked Anjali and was relieved to see the girl fear as well as adoration that she did something for her , only one of them meant her safety could be at risk but since she both feared and adored her , she still had a chance of keeping Anjali silence till the end

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     "A date night, I am so happy for both of you" Dida gushed out as Swara cooked in the kitchen . The moment she heard the happiness in her cousin voice as they talked last night in one of the untraceable phone Sanskar lenses her ,she let go of her anger in him and wanted to do the same .

 
      Both of them can't go outside their home ,so she had been determined to bring the date inside their house . She had set up the empty guest room in the back with care from the morning ,the fact his room  were in the front side of the house meant he didn't notice the difference for now .

       " Shush , he probably won't be happy with it " Swara answered back ,she knew he loved her but she didn't know if he had planned on doing anything further than his confession , his guilt held him back from making promise to her .

     She understood it and so wondered if she was pushing her luck by the dinner plan but it was an impulse decision ,once she asked dida help then there was no stopping dida from making it happen .

       " The man is in love Shona , and no he isn't going to be angry with you " dida words were reassuring and the fact she gotten to call Swara as Shona was endearing as well .

         " Now we have to wait till Asha  falls asleep " Swara answered back as she finished cooking and walked outside the kitchen to join the Sanskar and Asha who were at the moment watching cartoon , the fact Asha moved to her lap was a strong testimony to the child love and Swara heart was filled with love for the little one and how she won't be part of her life in two days time .

        Dida retired to bed early with a wink in Swara direction that thankfully Sanskar didn't notice and by the time Asha fell asleep and Sanskar carried her to her bed ,Swara was back to being nervous about the date .

      She briefly contemplated on forgoing the entire plan until he walked out of Asha room and she realized they have hidden their heart from each other for far long that she wasn't going to hide anymore .

            She walked up to him ,held his hand and walked towards the guest room . He didn't say a word as he look at the table setting for two in the guest room but he didn't walk away either that was supposed to count for something she consoled herself as she walked towards the table hoping she won't ruin the moment by crying .

              " I know you aren't ready to move on Sanskar ,I am not asking for anything except this night where we pretend to be in love " she spoke up when she noticed he hadn't moved from the doorway . Way to make it more awkward she chastised herself until he began to move and sat before her .

              " I can't pretend Shona ,you know i love you ,but this will only make me want to hide you with me forever ." his words were a surprise than the one she expected and it made her smile for the first time since she planned the night . 

               They talked through out the dinner and surprisingly it felt close to a date than she expected by the time their plates were empty ,her heart was full with happiness .

              Her hands went to bring the dishes back to the sink and he followed along to help her ,they went from a date to domestic duties in fraction of seconds yet she was still happy ,because she was with him . By the time the chores were done ,the realization the night was over settled amongst themselves and it bothered her enough by the time she walked back to her empty room .

             She knew it was a risk , a mistake as she walked towards his room an hour later but she couldn't just walk away from how she felt about them ,if she was going to just have three days with him then she intend to use it all the way through .

             She barely knocked at his door before it opened to reveal him looking equally distraught as her , she knew he felt the same as her but he was too gentlemanly to act on it and Swara didn't want to hesitate so she took a step towards him as he took a step back into his room shaking his head asking her to walk away .

          But Swara answered him by closing their distance further as her hands locked the door behind them , if she had seen anything less than love shining in his eyes she would have walked away from him . And she was relieved when his hands stretched  out to pull her towards him ,as his lips met her in an kiss sealing both their fates for the night .

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Juanita Reid