
A Dead Lock!
Part-3:
"Kisses blown are kisses wasted.
Kisses aren't kisses unless they are tasted.
Kisses spread germs and germs are hated.
So kiss me baby; I'm vaccinated."
She was standing in the balcony that afternoon and was watching the garden below, with a coffee mug in hand.
Suddenly something got her attention and she went inside.
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"What are you doing here?"
She asked as he was trying to talk to some kids.
As she approached him, the kids ran away quickly.
"Come with me!"
They settled on a bench.
"What's going on here?"
"Actually nothing big!"
"So what's the small thing?"
"Just an enquiry!" He replied, still exposing nothing.
"With that kids?"
She smiled at last.
"We are in a case, dear! That's all I can tell to you!"
"Fair enough! Did you get what you wanted by the way?" She smirked at him.
He shook his head in negative as she expected.
"That's the problem. It seems they don't like me!"
"I saw Mano here two days back. Before I could come down he had left already!"
"They don't like any one of us for that matter!" He said weakly," We first started in pairs and then decided to try our luck singly. It's my turn today!"
He shrugged his shoulders with disappointment.
"Too bad! If you've to understand kids, you've to have kids on your own. Trust me, I can help you. Try me, give me lift to upstairs!" She lifted her hands high in air as though she was asking him to lift her.
He laughed and said," But I need to know what these kids can say."
He said and stood," It's getting late. I've to go!"
She got to her feet and offered," Still you can get help from me!"
"I told-"
"I don't need details!"
She raised her eyebrows.
"Well, all right. We have a toy dog that we suspect can point a finger on a suspect living here in the apartment houses. What we need is whether the toy belongs to some kids living here.
"We've cleared the kids of five and above from the list for they don't have time for a toy of that small."
"No matter what the size or age, kids will keep toys always."
"Anyway we've to start somewhere!"
"Right! See me tomorrow here!"
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She asked the kid," What's your name, cutie?"
"My name is Ridhanya, they call me Ritty!"
"Hello, Ritty!"
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"No, I couldn't find a thing! He is all clear!"
"So the next block is 'C'!"
"In C-3, an old couple is staying. I don't think we can get anything!"
"Check them out anyway!"
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"Anything you got suspiciously?"
"No sir!" Mr. Prasada Rao said proudly for he was treating him as one of the team in the case.
He gave him the registers. As he was instructed he was keeping separate books for in and out visitors.
"There were few visitors today!"
"I've already checked both the registers sir and they go with each other. No switched door numbers, that I could find."
He checked the registers shortly. The man was right! There were no wrongly entered numbers on both. As he was about to close the book, he heard a giggling sound from the garden. He turned toward it and felt a torch, started burning in his head.
He bound towards the garden with long strides.
She was playing 'Blind man's- bluff with some kids.
If he had thought she would flinch back at his touch on her shoulders, he was wrong.
She turned too casually, took the blind away and smiled at him.
"What the hell are you doing?"
He whimpered at last.
"We are playing!" She said proudly.
"You said you'd help me!"
"Go over there and wait for me!" She whispered and motioned towards a bench.
She turned towards the kids and smiled and got a smile back.
She moved towards him as the kids followed suit except Meethu, with a finger in mouth.
Meethu seemed thinking, stood there watching them moving away. The kid decided a moment later and joined them.
She took a seat beside him and plucked the finger from Meethu's mouth, which was replaced back the next moment.
He was watching her silently.
She turned away from Meethu to show her disapproval and the finger went out of the mouth without a pluck, this time.
He suppressed a smile at this.
She smiled and hugged the kid cheerfully, but went silent the next moment.
The kids around her started insisting her to tell them the reason for her sadness.
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Now it 's time for comments!
Tell me the clue of how I'm doing with the case Dears!😛
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