Part 11 About the Twin

"Tell me who the hell he is?" Khushi asked.

Arnav opened his eyes and said,

"My brother... my twin..."

Khushi was shocked.

"Whaaaat? Brother? Is he your twin?"

Arnav plainly looked at her.

"Is the serial killer your brother?"

"Unfortunately..."

"Why didn't you tell me about him? Why no one knows about him? Why did he become a serial killer?"

"I want to tell you everything. This is what I wanted to talk you after our marriage"

"That means, is he the reason you went to Scotland?"

"Yes... he is the reason I hid my feelings for you"

"What do you mean? I can't understand anything" She clutched her hair wearily.

"I know it will make you tense. That's why I wanted to tell you about it at one relaxing moment... from the beginning"

"From the beginning?"

"Yes... it's not a matter about today...! Let's go,"

Khushi stood without moving. Clutching her hand, Arnav walked. He brought her to her bike. Taking the water bottle, he forwarded it to her. Khushi didn't deny. She gulped a few sip of water. Arnav waited. She looked at him and said,

"Could you tell me now?"

Arnav nodded.

"We are twins. Aarav is an elder. Yeah... his name is Aarav. When we were five years old, our parents died in an accident. Our Nani took our responsibility. Aarav would not be quiet for a while. He always nagged me.... fought with me... wounded me...! My Nani thought he was naughty. She struggled to handle him. She could not control him no matter how hard she tried"

"Didn't he like you?"

"I too thought the same but he did the same with his schoolmates too... we kept receiving complaints about him because he became more mischievous. Some students tried to attack me because they thought I was Aarav. They could not find the difference between me and him. in fact, there was no difference between us. We resembled like hell. He became a headache to me and Nani. One day, he threw a flower vase at me... for fun"

"For fun...?" she frowned.

"Mmm... It wounded my left brow and I started bleeding like hell. I had two stitches on my brow. The doctor shouted my Nani as the wound was so close to my eye. Only a few millimeters gap between my eye and the wound. I would have lost my eye if the vase had hit my eye"

Khushi looked at his left brow and saw the stitching scar.

"Is this the scar?"

Arnav nodded.

"Then?"

"Nani decided to send him to a boarding school because she understood he was hurting me intentionally. We thought he just hated me. Nani told him about the boarding school but he didn't react to it. We didn't expect it. He left the house as if he had no relationship with us. We thought he was upset with us"

"What was his age when he went to the boarding school?"

"Thirteen... we were studying ninth standard at that time. We thought he settled down in the boarding school as we didn't receive any complaints from the school. His boarding school was located in a hill station. It gave a pleasant feel to anyone. We thought he too liked the location. So, he adopted it wholly. But, when he came home on holiday. I didn't see any difference in him. He did the same with me... in fact, more severely"

"Won't you defend yourself?"

"I JUST defended...! For my Nani...! I don't want to trouble her by doing the same as Aarav. More than that, I tolerated him because it was a matter of a few days. I felt happy and relieved when he went back to the boarding school.

"Why was he so?"

Arnav nodded his head like WAIT.

"When we were in the twelfth standard, my Nani received a call from his school. My Nani fainted hearing the news"

"What news?"

"Aarav was arrested for killing a girl"

"Whaaaat?"

Arnav nodded yes.

"We ran to his school. We listened to many stories about him there"

"What stories?"

"There was a girl called Nita in his class. She fell in love with him as he looked charming. At first, he didn't show interest in her but she didn't back off. She roamed behind him wherever he went. At one point, she was even ready to submit herself to him and she did that"

Khushi raised her brows.

"She was also twelfth right?"

Arnav nodded yes.

"She was a rich girl. Her parents were abroad. Many boys had a crush on her but Aarav didn't give heed to her. That made her fall for him..."

"Then?"

"That was the point, he found something..."

"What?'

"As it was his first time, he became excited to see a girl's nudity. He intimated with her violently which the girl could not stand as she was a virgin. She screamed in pain... he LIKED it"

"What do you mean?"

Arnav gulped down hard.

"That's what he is... he was CONDUCT DISORDER affected guy"

Khushi was horrified because she knew what conduct disorder meant. The conduct disorder guys would ENJOY other's PAIN.

"Being a forensic personality, you would have known what conduct disorder is. The YOUNGEST SERIAL KILLER OF THE WORLD had conduct disorder..."

Cutting him,

"Amarjeet Sada... an eight-year-old boy...killed three kids in Bihar..."

Arnav nodded yes.

"He was just eight years old. So, he directly killed kids to get happiness. Aarav was a teenager... he tortured others until he got to know the pleasure of SEX. At the same time of sex, he admired their painful faces. It gave him an extreme level of pleasure... he hit two birds with a single stone through sex"

"Did he kill Nita?"

"No... he called her again the very next day to intimate"

"Whaaat?"

"As she didn't come, he broke up with her and started to trap girls. He did that with his good looks. Girls fell for him easily. He started to apply his skills to do that. His eyes fell on a girl who had fetching features but she didn't give heed to him as she was already committed. It made him furious. He called her to a lonely place."

"Did she go?"

"Yes, because he sent a little boy and asked him to say, her boyfriend was calling her. So, she ought to come"

"Did he kill her?"

"After raping her..."

Khushi gulped down hard.

"That was the case he got trapped. The little boy who carried his message became the witness of the case. The police arrested him. They subjected him to medical tests. That was when they found out that he was a conduct disorder patient. Aarav was sent to REFORM school as he was an under nineteen. Though he was subjected to the treatment, he could not come out of it. He escaped from the Reform school. He was caught again and sent to jail as he was not a teenager at that time and turned adult"

"Did his sentence get over?"

"No... he got a few criminals' friendships in the jail and again escaped"

"Is it?"

"Yes, after rapping a girl, he came to our house to hide but Nani denied helping him. I informed the police which made him furious. He stabbed me with a knife and ran from our house"

"Whaaat?"

"I was admitted to the hospital. after a long struggle only, I was saved. After my discharge, I got a call from Aarav"

"What did he say?"

"He felt bad..."

"Is it?"

"Yeah... for not stabbing me well..." he chuckled.

Khushi widened her eyes.

"He challenged me that he would not let me be in peace and would ruin my life for betraying him"

"This is ridiculous..."

"Mmm..."

"Didn't police find him?"

"No... they could not find him. Some of his criminal friends helped him I suppose. I still don't know why they helped him because the criminals would not help anyone without benefit. I don't know what they got from Aarav"

"Then?"

"I joined Criminology only to tackle him because I kept getting his calls. All of them were threatening calls. I could not take him easily because I knew he would do anything"

"Was he in Delhi at the time?"

"No... he was not in Delhi because no crime occurred in Delhi. After some days, a few girls were killed in Allahabad. Of course, they were raped. I got an alert. I went to Lucknow and told them about Aarav. They collected his fingerprints and DNA samples from the previous cases. Aarav got to know that and shouted at me that he would kill me for sure. That was when I got to know he was watching me closely.

"But how?"

"Through some of his criminal friends, I suppose"

"Oh..."

"That was when you joined our college. I know he was closely watching me through someone. that was why I didn't get close to you nor did I confess to you because I didn't want you to get into trouble and he would definitely do that to revenge me"

"Then, how did you get the courage now?"

"I thought he was dead"

"Whaaat?" he frowned.

"Yes, six months ago, I got a message from the Lucknow police that Aarav had died in a fire accident. They confirmed it"

"How is it possible in a fire accident?"

"They found a few of his things at the spot. His DNA and fingerprints matched. Until you said you saw a man who resembled me, I didn't know he was still alive"

"As you got to know he is still alive? What are you going to do now?" She asked hesitatingly.

"Do you think I will back off from your proposal?"

"I just..."

"I'm not the same Arnav who ONLY defended him a few years ago. I'm a skillful criminology professor now. I know how a criminal will think and act. I will tackle him..."

"What if he attacks me?" She bit her nail nervously.

"Just follow my instructions... you will easily tackle him"

"How?"

Arnav said how to tackle him. Khushi was shocked to the core to hear that but Arnav looked calm.

To be continued...