Two days later.

Aanadhi was in the kitchen cooking for her sisters who had  went on their shopping trip, she knew they will probably eat out as well  yet she was sure they would still take a bite of her homemade fish curry with rice .

It been just a week but she was missing the comfort food and so she decided to stay at the rented beach house instead of going with her sister's. Being the eldest she always been a mother hen as their mother wasn't much of a warm person.

Their death was still fresh in her mind but she can easily picture her father making someone angry enough to kill him but what she wasn't sure was the reason her mother was killed as well.

At first she had assumed it had everything to do with the fact she was sleeping next to him , a kill of silence and no witness but after that infuriating police officer she had to wonder if her sisters could have done it .

Miss X , she had been reading all about her for the past week and yet she can't imagine her sisters as one of them  but she can't forget his voice asking her to be careful and that one of his sisters is planning to let her take the fall for their murders.

She had hoped to squash the doubts by spending time with her sisters but so far it hadn't helped when she was looking at them with suspicions clouding her eyes , and the act of cooking was more for her guilty conscience that made her feel like she was betraying her sisters by not trusting them .

The smell of the fish curry wafted through the house as Abirami came out of her room with a smile ,it was her favorite and she couldn't even go to the shopping because of some research research  paper she had to publish before the dead line.

" It almost done , can you wait a little till the others come home then we can eat " Aandhi addressed her sister as she switched off the stove but something about her silence scared her a little as she looked back at her sister's face which held no emotion.

" Do you ever wonder why our dad asked me to marry his friend instead of you " her sister sudden out of topic question caught her out of guard as she had tend to forget that part of life

When their parents forced their decisions on them, none of the kids got to do what they wanted to do at times ,their father could be stubborn and yes he was never really interested in marrying them off except Abirami .

She tried to intervene and even offered to marry him instead because she couldn't imagine her sister forced to do something like that,  back then she had been too heartbroken over the loss of her fiancée to hope for anyone else to love. But her father had been adamant that it had to be Abirami .

" I did ,but when have we ever understood his reasons . He always assumed it would be his heart that gives up first and so wanted me to be a doctor . He treated us as his personal tools to do as he wishes and yet I couldn't understand why he wanted you to marry that man " Aandhi answered back wondering why his sister was suddenly talking about something that happened years ago

" You offered to marry him instead right ,I heard you talking to our father about it . " her sister answered back and she could only nod her head in answer because there wasn't nothing else to say about that matter.

" You were more of a parent to us than our parents ,it was why you have hard time believing the kids you raised could kill someone but believe me sister ,even you haven't been able to protect us all the time .

And it may surprise you ,but you need not look at all of us with suspicions anymore because I confess that it had been me who killed our parents and everyone else you see mentioned in the newspapers articles you have been searching for the past week , also the reason our father wanted to marry me off was because he was worried about his safety ,he knew that i was unhinged after all he took me to the psychiatrist to get me tested" her sister spoke up leaving her too stunned to react to the casual way she said that statement.

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 Abirami knew her confession will probably came as a shock but it was the only way she had that would end it all , her sister always had a weakness for her siblings .

A fact she intentd to do use for her plans and by now she had hoped Sanskar would have tracked down her psychiatrist who was long dead which meant the records would be easily accessed by Pradeep Roy.

Her name won't show on the records considering she had used a false name on the urging of her father but Aandhi name would come up because Abirami had been the one who referred her sister to meet the psychiatrist after she lost her fiancee mark . He had been a nice man who died way too early. 

And for the final part of the plan ,her sister had to walk into the trap she laid out for her and it all starts with the confession .  Her sister remained numb as Abirami told her everything starting with her first kill to how she had been the one who shot Pradeep and killed Anjali professor as well .

It maybe shock or fear that paralysed her sister reaction but it worked as Abirami had been able to tell everything without a break .

" And you may wonder I am suddenly telling you all of it , the reason is that you will be the only one who could take the blame of me . You were prepared to marry a old man for me ,now all i ask for you is to go to jail instead of me .

You had mark for few years and I had no one di , I want to be with Sanskar even if it is for a day . Don't I deserve that " She spoke up and waited for her sister to react which she thankfully did by bursting into tears .

" What If I said No ,will you kill me as well " her sister asked once she found the courage to stop crying for the sister she believed she lost today when it had happened years ago .

" No ,but I will kill Aditi ,Ashwini and Anjali . This time you have the option of saving three sisters and I promise I won't kill anyone else . " Abirami answered back knowing it was her sister weakness ,her love for them .

" What do you want me to do " her sister asked next and Abirami felt a smile flicker on her face at the knowledge everything was within her grasp yet again .

Sanskar must be assuming she was running out of patience and she would be too quick to kill but what he didnt know was that she can be patient when she needed and she was willing to wait for him however long it takes ,and once she eliminated swara then everything would fall back in to place.

She can even testify against her sister earning his approval and will win him over even if it took another five years of wait . But he didnt know that because he had assumed she will not wait for him and was getting reckless which wasnt true .

Abirami who waited to kill her parents for years ,Abirami who is still waiting for an opportunity to have her revenge against her brother can wait for her Sanskar a little bit more

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Pradeep Roy could not imagine how he was still conflicted about her,when the evidence that surrounds her were increasing every single day . He held in his hands the search warrant for the belonging of Aanandhi shukla .

He wasnt making the same mistake like last time ,her brothers huffed and puffed a little but allowed him to access her laptop and room after he showed them the warrant  . The search of her room yielded no results but the laptop had been sent to the lab  and he would have the results soon.

She seemed so innocent and it was maybe the reason he still can't believe it even when the evidence were starring right at him . It was the reason he headed back home earlier that day .

And was surprised to find his home already occupied by her , Aanandhi shukla was standing before him with a gun pointed straight at him . He had been too distracted and was confident in the LOC ( Look out Circular ) he filled against the shukla sisters which would have notified him once they landed in the airport.

" We meet again " She said this time not even hiding her face which was the reason he knew she had gone insane and she has no intention of letting him leave this room alive yet she didnt shoot at him when she clearly got an advantage .

" Yes we do , you are not going to get away this time you realize that right . Because your dear Sanskar is already aware of your visit to the psychiatrist and he will also have access to your laptop records once the police finish searching them .  You may kill me but you won't get away not this time " He spoke up and was surprised when she had no reaction to his words .

Either she already took care of the evidence or she crossed the point of caring about it.

" How did you come back to town without us finding out " he asked next anything to get her to talk and distract  so he can reach his gun .

" Your LOC were only for this town airports , I just landed in the neighboring town and drove straight home " she answered back and of course he didnt think of it but she sure did as she stood before him .

" Why aren't you shooting me yet " he asked next but she was silent for a bit before answering him back

" Because I am waiting for your sister , Shona to come to your rescue . Why don't you call your sister and ask her to come here ,so we can have a nice long chat " she spoke up making him laugh because she must have been too caught up in her plan to not realize Pradeep would never risk swara life ever again .

" Not happening , you can either kill me or get killed those are the only two options " he answered back . As he  pointed his gun right back at her .

Last time he had hesitated to shoot and she almost killed him ,this time he refused to hesitate and just when he was close to pulling the trigger ,he saw the flicker of relief in her face as if him pointing the gun at her was exactly what she wanted from him. 

In all Pradeep career he had never faced such a dilemma as the woman before him.  He can't risk everyone life yet again because of that he pressed the trigger this time and saw her fall down .

He couldn't help but reach her side as her blood pooled down and if he had doubt his decision before , it grew  thousands folds when she mouthed two words without making a sound. " Thank You " before closing her eyes. 

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Juanita Reid