Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
Woody Allen
She closed her journal and glanced back at the watch, there were still 15 minutes left for the cab. She pondered upon the thought, the pain, the suffering was it over or the scar that they have left had changed her for good or bad, she didn't know.
Lonely, she was always a lonely child, finding solace lost in her own world. Her parents used to worry a lot of her not having any friends but they didn't realize that she didn't need anyone, not back then at least. She had witnessed numerous fights between them as to realize and understand what was wrong with their only child. She smiled at that memory, if only they would have been alive today. They would have seen that she wasn't as lonely as they thought she was. She did make friends, not many though, but they definitely were the ones whom she could always rely on.
Her eyes darted to a familiar looking building and a small smile crept on her face - She was finally home. The four letter word definitely did wonder and she could feel the tiredness leaving her. Last night had been a challenge for the whole team as they were trying to get a stubborn server back online and the whole night had passed in a wink. She had checked her messages only in the morning to realize that there was yet another party at her home which she missed. Then again she never was a party person but Kaira was- her best friend.
She stepped into the house and it was a mess as usual, bottles, plates, and cushions nothing was at their place but currently she didn't have time to fuss over it. The maid would be on her way as it was already 7:00 AM.
Her eyes darted towards the butterscotch milkshake that was lying on the table and she mentally thanked Kaira. It was made just the way she liked it. She had just savored the last sip and the doorbell rang announcing the maid's presence.
"Namaste Didi."
"Kamla , I am off to sleep just , just prepare the breakfast
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Few minutes in her sleep and a scream jolted her back. She rushed to the other room and halted with a jerk.
There she was her best friend lying in the pool of her own blood. Her eyes darted towards the wall and it said,
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.
When she had opened her eyes she was midst of people, lots of them and her eyes darted towards Kaira's room but she saw it was sealed, the police was here.
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The past 4 years of his life in the police department, Arjun Rawte had witnessed many murders, thefts, robberies but this case was different. Something was off regarding the whole situation and yet he couldn't pin point at anything particular. His gut feeling told him that nothing was what it seemed like and yet he knew, being the officers of law, they needed proof and for this case a motive and a murderer too.
"Sir, she is up, you may want to talk with her now."
In majority of the cases, he would let Rida interrogate but he didn't know what made him change that now. Walking towards the girl, he knew that his second in command was keenly observing him.
"Rida, there is something which is off and that's why I need to step in."
"Oh Thank God!! I thought you had fallen for her. I now can rest in peace."
He chuckled at her reply and proceeded with the most difficult job according to him - Talking with the survivors.
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"Hi, I am Arjun Rawte, the inspector in charge for this case."
"Nia , Nia Malhotra."
"Ms Malhotra, I am sorry for your loss and maybe it isn't a good time to talk but yet there are few question for which answers are needed. If it's not much trouble then we shall begin now or else if you don't feel to talk about it let me know and we can continue this in our office."
"Officer, I am fine."
"Tell us about your friend first."
"Kaira Gupta, my friend, used to work for Ad World Agency in their marketing team."
"Since when did you know her?"
"We met in college and after graduation moved together to Mumbai for our jobs."
"Were you both good friends?"
"We were best friend's officer."
"That would be all for now, Nia but I would require your presence in the station tomorrow."
Shock was all that was what he had registered on Nia's face when he ended his conversation. He had already sensed Rida's discomfort by her constant fidgeting but walked out of the room without giving a backward glance to the women.
"Nia, we have arranged for police protection for you. This house will be sealed but in case you want something let us know and we will get it for you or accompany."
"Thanks Rida."
"Do not even try to go out alone. You have our numbers contact us incase anything suspicious."
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Police station
She barged into his room only to find him lost in his thoughts, the case file still open on the table.
"May I come in Sir?"
"Aren't you already standing "In" Rida?"
She rolled her eyes, stepped back and repeated the question which was answered by a charming smile.
"You didn't read the case file or are you re-reading it again?"
"She is pretty, you were right." and that moment he remembered those honey colored eyes that had stared back at him.
"Get the whole team in the conference room now?"
She laughed at his sudden order, at first she was startled by his sudden mood swings as she had termed it but now after 3 years of working with him, she knew he was up to something.
After 20 minutes the whole team was assembled waiting for someone to begin.
"So what all do we know about the case?"
Ruffling of papers made him turn towards the little girl in pink glasses - Neha Rastogi, the forensic expert and a slight nod from him was all she needed to continue
"Arjun Sir, the time of death will be around 4 AM. The victim was drugged before so the killer wouldn't have faced any issues. There were multiple stab wounds at least 10-15 on her body and she died of excessive blood loss."
"Excessive Blood loss Neha, but we didn't find any traces of it." Rida asked.
"Rida, all the blood was cleaned. I had checked it myself, it seems the killer had cleaned the whole place." Neha replied warily.
There was a defining silence for some time which was broken by their technical expert - Siddarth.
"So, the killer drugged her, stabbed her and then cleaned all the blood from the crime scene."
"I guess do Sid."
"Also Rida, remember how the body was placed on the bed, in the fetal position ...Like...arhh"
"Like he, he cared for her."
All the heads turned into Arjun direction waiting for him to explain further.
"We didn't find any issues with the door locks, which mean that the killer knew the victim already. There was party in the house so maybe the killer was one of them or was waiting for the party to over. The victim would have known that killer or why would she drink with him? The blood on the floor was cleaned and nothing in the room was touched."
"It was a murder for a personal motive or a grudge." He concluded.
"Arjun Sir, it was definitely a man as the depth with which the knife stabs are can only be of a man and that too left handed." Neha voiced out.
"Neha, separate all the fingerprints that you have found. I need to know how many people were present in that house yesterday."
"Sid, anyone and everyone she talked within the last week, I need the details."
"Rida , be in Kaira's office tomorrow . Let's see if there was a love affair gone wrong."
"Where will you be Sir?" Rida found her mumbling.
He chuckled at the inquisitiveness of his second in command "At the crime scene, of course."
He knew the exact moment when Neha and Sid had went out leaving both of them alone and waited for he knew that she was dying to question him.
"Checking me out Ms Mehta?"
"Yes I was, you should cut on carbs Sir or maybe double time in gym is necessary."
"Point taken Rida and now can you ask me what you wanted to ask since the time we came back?"
"Why didn't you question her?"
He sighed "Rida , imagine your best friend dies and you are the first person to see her dead body. A bed soaked in blood and amidst that your friend is sleeping like a child. I didn't expect her to be so calm and composed while answering us. In our duty we see enough murder cases when people aren't able to talk for a day or so there she was talking with me, looking in my eyes and speaking as she was absolutely fine. She had answered both my questions with absolute confidence and without shedding a drop of tear. There is something behind that pretty face which I can't figure out."
"Arjun, maybe she had composed herself till that time." Rida added in her defense.
"Maybe Rida, but my gut feeling says that something is missing."
"So do you want to keep Nia in custody?"
"Nope, Just call Kamala bai and Nia Malhotra to the station tomorrow afternoon."
"Sure."
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Miles away a painter finally decided to paint something for he hated an empty canvas. Slowly and steadily he started to sketch and when the sketch was complete, he stepped back to admire his art.
The girl was looking like an angel while sleeping, her tresses covering majority of her back. She looked at peace and why shouldn't it be?
He had sent her to a place without any malice or pain. He had made sure that she won't feel any pain from the wounds.
He had freed her from the shackles that had surrounded them and now she was with her loved ones. It took the red paint and splattered in all over the painting, that was the reality he had left her with and then he had very meticulously cleaned the paint from everywhere apart from the blanket for he knew how much she hated to clean her room.
The bottom of the painting read,
"Kaira Gupta - Rest in Peace."
"His Forgiveness bestowed upon her."
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PAST
A 12 year old girl was trying to wake up her dog, but it didn't. She had tried calling him but he didn't listen and when she had finally started to beat him, he squealed. It gave her immense happiness, how dare he didn't answer to her? So, she continued beating him, taking all her anger on him.
She didn't realize when her hands had become red drenched in his blood but went on and on. Finally when she was tired, she went off to sleep not before giving her dog a final warming of not to ever ignore her.
She woke up to the shouts of her mother who was hysterical over the dead dog.
"Mom we will get a new one, anyways he was useless as he didn't listen to me?"
If only she would have stayed a little longer, she would have seen the shocked looked on her mother's face and fear from her own child.
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