FS:Counterfeit Murderer last part pg 24 (5/11) - Page 14

"Sir, Shyam is not the murderer of Akash!" announced Khushi.

"What the!"

"You didn't hear sir, SHYAM IS NOT THE MURDERER OF.." Khushi was interrupted in her shouting spree when ASR said;

"Khushi, I heard what you said but I hope you are not joking!" announced an irritated Arnav.

"I'm not joking sir, do you have a laptop near you?" asked Khushi.

"Yeah, I do, why?"

"Google Dhruv Malik" suggested Khushi.

"Who the hell is that now!" asked Arnav as he typed the name on Google.

What he saw shocked him a little, he was kinda waiting for a reversal of the whole situation. Now, all made sense, all of it!

"Sir, sir , I think there is someone coming, i'll talk to you later!" said Khushi cutting the call.

The take care' of Arnav was totally left unheard. He suddenly realised that Khushi was in danger there, and she didn't even have a gun to protect her.

"Shit!"he seethed. "Aman, let's go, Khushi is in danger!"

"What, but these 2.."

"They did nothing, the actual murderer is roaming freely. Come, let's go!" said Arnav in a bossy way as he took his keys and gun and moved out of the bureau!

***

Khushi hid behind the bed as she contemplated upon the gravity of the situation. Arnav would probably be here in 10 minutes but till that she had to keep that murderer here. She knew that she might be in danger by doing so, but right now, she didn't care!

She heard the footsteps clearer now! Probably searching for this, thought Khushi as she tightened her hold on the crucial evidence.

***

Arnav rushed out of his car, armed himself and moved closer to the house. Aman tagged along. The door was wide open, and so, they didn't move anytime and ran inside. Arnav, for once, was scared. No, not for himself but for Khushi and he would not be scared to admit that. He knew how dangerous and cunning He was, and so feared for Khushi's safety.

Arnav heard some noise from the living room and moved there silently, not forgetting to have a look at the corridor which was full of Anjali and Shyam pictures, if only they had come here first!

What he saw in the living room made him red and furious!

There Khushi was, at gun point! However, she was not scared, because she knew that Arnav would be here in sometime!

"So, you were the one who had been playing with me for the past 10 minutes. Who the hell are you!" demanded Dhruv.

"Your End!" said khushi in a confident voice.

"My End," laughed Dhruv.

"Yeah, and pretty soon you will be behind jail because I have the evidence that you indeed killed..."

Dhruv interrupted, "But for that, you will need to be alive!"

As soon as he said that, Arnav found himself pulling the trigger and before Dhruv could know, his gun fell away from him, which now Aman held securely in his hand.

"Game's over Mr Dhruv Malik, or Akash Malhotra or Mr fake Shyam Jha"

Dhruv paled seeing the gun pointed to him, knowing he was trapped,If only, he didn't come back here...

***

Dhruv sat in a chair as everyone loomed around him.

"Akash, you are alive!If you are safe, then...?" asked a totally confused Anjali. She and NK had been told to staff at the bureau itself earlier on, and on seeing Akash, needless to say that Anjali was completely bewildered.

"Who the hell is Akash, Anjali, this man sitting in front of you is Dhruv Malik" barked Arnav.

"What are you saying, i'm not getting anything!" demanded Anjali.

"I'll explain," said Khushi taking the lead. "This man in front of you is indeed Dhruv Malik. Before he came to India one and a half year back, he was involved in a huge embezzlement case. He is one of the most wanted person in Austria.He was involved in a fraudulent act and due to this he was going to be imprisoned. However, he changed his name and came to India illegally. He thought that by changing his name and attire he was going to escape the law," finished Khushi.

"I ca..nnot...believe this, he was so kind and..."coaxed Anjali.

"He was so kind because he couldn't risk lodging in a hotel for too long, that's why he planned to look for a place where he could rent" calculated Arnav.

"Would you care to speak, now, Mr Malik?" quipped in Aman.

"What do you want to know" said Dhruv with a smirk.

"Everything," prodded Aman.

"Well, you are wrong about the hotel thing. Though staying at Shyam's place reduced the risk of my getting caught, however, I planned to there only to steal his name. By the time I came to India, I realised that the police here and Austria risked getting hold of me, since they I left Austria and came to India with a passport identifying myself as Akash. And so, after planning so much I couldn't afford to lose so easily, could I? So I decided to destroy the name Akash, however to do that, I needed a new identity, and Shyam became my prey. That's why I befriended both of them and then it was easy for me to get an entry in their house. I came to know that Shyam was obsessed with pursuing a job in Canada, and this was my only chance to get rid of Shyam. I had a friend in Canada who started a new business and I talked to him about Shyam. Finally, I was able to send Shyam and Anjali to Canada, and I went behind them to see to it that they wouldn't come back anytime soon . They went illegally and this is how I assured that even in the eyes of the law there was only one Shyam Jha in India" confessed Dhruv.

"Then," asked Khushi in a dazed state.

"Then I returned to India, and created ny new own identity, That of Shyam Jha. I started living in a new place and there people knew me as Shyam. I was living peacefully when one day I saw Anjali at a mall. Shyam had no other relatives and I could stay there with his name, but Anjali knew me and if she opened her mouth, everybody would have come to know about me. So, I planned to meet her. I called her, we met and she told me that she had broken up with Shyam and soon she would move to another city. So, I was not worried, because I thought that Anjali would move soon and I would be able to manage the situation till that!" admitted Dhruv.

"Then Shyam came here and you realised that your fake identity was in danger"assumed Arnav.

"Yeah, he came here on 26^th August and I realised that 2 people of the same name couldn't stay in the same country, so I hatched a plan. I asked Shyam to come and stay at my place, and then finding the right opportunity I stabbed him and he was dead"

"And you threw him in that river, tying him with the weight balls!" said Khushi.

"I knew that the body would be found sooner or later, but no matter how much time it cost I didn't want the identity of Shyam to be known, that's why I used the weight balls, to be sure that whenever he would be discovered his entire identity would be unknown!'

"And you also took care that whenever the body is found, police will most probably think that's Akash's body!"

"No...I didn't want to do that! The Rolex watch you mentioned in the article was indeed mine, but Shyam wanted to wear it and I lent it to him. During the time of the murder I forgot totally about it!"

"But then,"

"Then when you called me that day and told me about Akash dying and all, I thought this was a good opportunity for me. Then, you asked me for Akash's photo for identification. I sent you Shyam's photo, which you thought was Akash's, so that the body could be identified as Akash" gloated Dhruv.

"That's why you disabled the account after sending me the picture!" alleged Arnav.

In return he only got a proud smirk. The nerve of this man...

"But wait, that day we called on Shyam's number and not yours then..."asked Khushi.

"Before going to Canada, Shyam asked me to disable his phone number, but I didn't do so, I thought it wouldn't cost me much to keep the number very much intact, and indeed it did help me..."

"But, you made a mistake, you left your real ID card, that of Dhruv Malik in that house, and that's why you came back to that house, to look for it," advocated Khushi as she passed on the evidence to Arnav.

"If you weren't there, I would have easily escaped!" charged Dhruv.

"No, you wouldn't have," challenged Arnav, "we would have gone to that house and seen so many pictures of the real Shyam and Anjali, we would have already understood that you were lying to us all the way!"

"For being in charge of murder and embezzlement, you sure do not look scared, do you?" asked Arnav.

"I am tired of this name game now" sighed Dhruv.

"Good for you, I hope after playing so much with names, you actually remember your real name! See you in jail Mr Dhruv Mallik"declared Arnav.

Then, a police inspector took away a Dhruv, who seemed very proud of his achievement!

"I'm sorry if this case caused you any trouble," said Aman as he escorted Anjali and NK out.

"It's ok, we understand, though my finding the corpse was totally a co-incidence, it might have been interpreted otherwise" finished NK.

"You're ok, right?" Arnav finally asked Khushi his million dollar question.

"Yeah! What happened to me?" asked a confused Khushi.

"Uhh, I mean, Dhruv held you hostage and..."

"Oh that, actually I knew that you would come, so I wasn't scared!" replied Khushi confidently.

"What if I didn't come?" asked Arnav with a little smile.

"My heart never lies so I knew you would come!" finished Khushi with a wink, making Arnav's heart flip.

"Oh-kay...By the way it would be nice if you could stay with me...uhhh..i, no..no I meant if you could stay here at the bureau, you would really be helpful for me!" ended Arnav, slightly blushing about what he was about to say.

"I'm glad that I could help today, and I don't mind staying here, there, with you or wherever you say!" finished Khushi boldly.

In return Arnav only gave a proud smirk, and left the cabin as soon as he saw Aman entering. Last thing he wanted now, was Aman teasing him. Arnav Singh Raizada hated to be teased!

"What was Arnav saying," asked Aman casually.

"Oh, he was just asking me if I would like to spend my whole life in this bureau with him!" said Khushi tongue in cheek before both of them started laughing.

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Note- Ok, before you all decide to kill me for such a late update,i wanna apologise profusely for it. I had my exams and just now they are over!

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