Part 12 Upset Khushi

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

"How?"

"Stop meeting me"

"Whaaaat?"

"Yeah, from here on, we are not going to meet..."

"Have you gone mad? We met after seven years and you want me to be aloof from you just because a psychopath..."

"He is a psychopath...that's why I want you to be aloof from me"

"I can't..."

"Just until he gets caught, Khushi"

"When will you catch him? He seems a marvelous planner. He killed more than eight girls silently. The police could not even get a single clue about him..."

"We just did..."

"Because of you..."

"I'm still in... Don't you believe me?

She rolled her eyes.

"Do you think I will not be firm in my decision of marrying you?"

"Not at all... But, I don't like to be hidden...!"

"Khushi, understand the seriousness. He is a psycho. He will do anything. there is nothing called ethics for him and when it comes to me, he won't mind destroying. Don't you see what happened to those girls? Give me a few days. I will definitely trap him... he can't escape this time"

Khushi swallowed hard. She sat on a big stone under the tree, holding her head. Arnav kneeled before her, not caring about his Ted Baker trousers.

"Khushi, listen to me. it will be hell for me too. Do you think I will happily stay away from you? We have no choice, Khushi. I don't care if it is about me but, it's about me, Khushi. how could I be careless? If he smells you are my girl, he will not be quiet"

He clutched her hand tenderly.

"I can't tolerate it if anything happens to you, Khushi. I had been in a strange country only because I didn't want you to get into trouble."

"Won't you protect me?"

"That's what I'm doing now. I don't want to take a risk in your matter... you are my life, my future, my happiness..."

Khushi read his eyes.

"I can't believe the psycho killer has your face"

Arnav smiled.

"I can't believe someone can do such horrible things with the face that I admired day and night" Khushi gulped down.

"Don't think much... until Arnav is alive, Aarav can't touch you"

"Don't we have a choice other than staying away?" She asked.

"For a few days, we don't have a choice"

"That means, will you postpone our wedding?"

"I don't even want to talk about our wedding"

"Why?"

"If it will leak, it will bring us trouble"

"Do you think he doesn't know you are in India?"

"I think no... if he had known, he would not have been quiet. He would have nagged me by now"

"Can't we meet in the excuse of working together?"

Arnav nodded no. Khushi felt bad.

"Go home. I will call you later"

She sighed.

"Be patient..."

Khushi started her bike.

"Bye..."

Arnav nodded. Khushi left the place. Arnav stood, looking at her fading figure. He knew Khushi was upset. He had no choice. He didn't want to show his confidence in Khushi's matter but wanted to be clever.

He came to Aman who sent the dead body to the autopsy.

"Where is Khushi?"

"I sent her"

"But why?"

"I want to talk to you... let's go"

"Anything serious?"

Arnav nodded.

"Shall we go home?"

"Don't you want to get the autopsy report?"

"Yeah... I have to..."

"Then, let's go to the mortuary. We will talk there"

"Are you sure?"

"Mmm" Taking his handkerchief, Arnav tied it on his face like a mask.

Aman thought he didn't want to be infected as he was affected by food poison.

Aman came to the mortuary with Arnav.

"Tell me ASR"

"The serial killer is my twin brother"

"Whaaaat?"

"Mmm..."

Arnav narrated to him about Aarav.

"I can't believe this. Do you have a brother?"

Arnav nodded.

"What are you going to do now, ASR?"

"We will have to find him. Publish his photos everywhere and tight the security"

"But, we don't have his photo..."

Arnav rolled his eyes and asked,

"Won't you use your brain? I said, he is my twin"

"If we publish your photo, people will see you doubtfully. How will you be peaceful after that?"

"I will manage"

"But how?"

"Get me a fake beard and mustache"

"Are you going to be in disguise?"

Arnav nodded yes.

"Is not it necessary?"

"Yes, it seems, your twin is a perilous man"

"I'm going to be in disguise to avoid confusion. At the same time, I don't want Aarav to know I'm in India"

"Mmm...ok, I will arrange a fake beard and mustache for you"

"Go and collect all his previous case files"

"But, ASR, you missed something"

"What?"

"Won't he get suspect if we publish his photo? How would we get his photo without someone's guidance?"

"Let him suspect. Then only he will try to find the reason, fasten his action, and make mistakes..."

"Be careful ASR..."

"I have been... from so long..."

"Shall we start investigations?"

"Immediately"

That was when the doctor came out of the mortuary. Arnav and Aman got alert.

"Have you done, doctor?"

The doctor nodded yes.

"What's the report, doctor?"

"The girl must be raped for four to five times continuously. There is an inner bleeding in her body. We found three sperm samples in her body"

"Three samples?"

"Yes..."

Arnav and Aman spared a glance.

"It happened just yesterday... maybe within a few hour gap"

Arnav gulped down. Aman knew his mind was analyzing the issue.

The doctor handed the report and left.

"What are you thinking, ASR?"

"Didn't I say, Aarav got a few criminals' friendships in prison? I think they are also involved in this"

"How do you say?"

"I suspect they are helping Aarav. They would not do it for free. They are sharing the girls..."

"There is a chance..."

"It is... I don't know what they will get from a girl who is in pain" Arnav said painfully.

"You and I are human, ASR. Those who are involved in this case are not. They would think of only their pleasure nothing more than that"

"The punishment should be hard for those who are involved in such activities"

"What would be your punishment?"

"Removing their clothes, I will let a few mice bite their manhood"

Aman gulped hard, widening his eyes.

"They should not get an easy death. They should know what's pain and should scream could not tolerate it" Arnav said gritting his teeth furiously.

Taking a step towards Arnav, Aman caressed his chest.

"Calm down, ASR. It makes me scared..." he said.

Arnav shrugged his hand off.

"Let's go..."

As Arnav said, Aman published his photo with Aarav's name. He stopped meeting Khushi. They only spoke on the phone. It happened every night, before going to bed.

On the other side, Arnav started the investigation with Aman and collected the murdered girl's details. They matched with the missing girls. So, they confirmed that the same killer who burnt Swasti would kill other girls too.The case was almost completed. The only thing that remained was, catching the killer.

Arnav was confused about whether Aarav was in Delhi or not because he was not a man who would sit silently as he had no fear. He never feared anything. He would not think about the consequences. Then why didn't he react?

After a week,

Khushi was in a supermarket buying the things Garima wanted. She stopped seeing a familiar face on the glass wall. She looked behind and saw Arnav. Forgetting herself, she rushed to him.

"Hi..."

He looked at her frowning. Khushi was stuck because he was not Arnav but Aarav.

To be continued...