RiKara SS - Pretty Little Liars - interlude pg 13 (11/5/17) - Page 9

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Chapter 6

To break through

There was a moment before his gaze met hers, Gauri thought she was going to get killed. A vein was throbbing at his temple and his jaw was clenched like he was gritting his teeth.

"Did she eat?" He inquired in a low tone.

"Y - yes." She replied.

His dark gaze flicked from the file he was studying to hold hers as he sighed softly.

"Thank you Chulbul," he said briskly.

The loud crashing brought her back to the reality, where Digs was attempting to enter her apartment with a heavy backpack and a flashlight between his teeth. That reminded Gauri she was yet to switch on the lights. The apartment was drowning in pitch blackness, only the luminous face of the clock read 10.00 pm.

"Your watchman almost got me," he said letting go of the backpack and collapsing beside her. "I thought somebody kidnapped you too, after you found out Mr. OSO's big secret." Gauri said nothing as she bit her nail still lost in thoughts. Digs eyed her worriedly. "Why are you so down woman? The story's almost in your hand, you just have to inform the police where Annika Oberoi is, get OSO arrested and news flash - we launch Life and Lies!"

"I wish it was that simple Digs," sighed Gauri, wrapping her hands around her knees and resting her chin over them. "I wish he was as bad as I thought."

"Oh come on G!" Digs rolled his eyes resembling Chulbul a bit. "That man is holding his own sister in law a prisoner, and he is not as bad as you thought?"

"That's my problem too!" Gauri got to her feet, tapping her forehead with her fist, forcing her brain to think - think and think some more. "He cares for her Digs, he cares a damn lot!"

"So what?"

"Tell me if you have your business rival's wife locked up, would you give a damn if she eats or dies starving?"

"Probably not..." Digs frowned.

"Bingo! Then why does he? You know what Digs, the closer I go to exposing his secrets the more I feel, this man is acting, he is badly trapped in something, or someone else he cares about is anyway - the point is, what he does doesn't defy him like he says. The real deal is why he is doing it, why not what. That's what we've got to find out!"

"And where does me and stealing all these tapes from our station comes in? Frankly girl, the things you make me do, I almost threw my job in fire countless times."

"And I help you with all those girlfriends don't I?" Gauri shot back, her attention already claimed by the stack of tapes. "I have a doubt, which I need to get straight so I can sleep in peace."

They got to work in silence some minutes later, two smoking plates of fast noodles, sat forgotten on the table as they poured over the videos Digs had brought.

"I knew it," Gauri slammed her fists on the table sending a vibration through the laptop screen. "I just knew it!"

"Um what?" Digs asked droopily, rubbing his eyes. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"SSO," Gauri said pointedly.

"Aren't we supposed to research on OSO?"

"Dumbo," Gauri punched his side. "Look at these two clips, one before the families split the interview Shivay did with a business channel, this is after the separation Shivay again with a one on one interview."

"What exactly am I looking at."

"Gosh," Gauri sighed. "Look at his hands, in one he is clasping them right thumb over the left, in the other left over right. You know that in one person's life time he never changes it, don't you?"

"Okay" Digs said slowly.

"And listen to this," she played the clips one at a time. "Earlier he used to say "You know" now he says "You see" at frequent intervals. And his accent, the way he stresses some sounds are all different."

"Hold your horses G, so what are you saying? That SSO, is not SSO? He is switched? A duplicate?"

"And Omkara is not playing Ravan for his brother, he is in fact trying to save his sister in law from a trickster."

"So the bad guy is -"

"Actually the good guy and the good guy is -"

"A jerk!"

There was an excited pause in which they stared at each other, almost bursting with excitement.

"Umm G? Your mobile is ringing." Digs said rather distractedly.

"Ab kaun mar gaya?" Gauri answered her call. "What? Hell! I'm coming wait!" She stood up, scrambling around for her wig. "Sorry mate," she waved a hasty good bye at Digs, help yourself to the noodles."
"Where are you going?"

"To stop the a good guy from killing himself..." her voice trailed off as she shut the door with a bang and disappeared into the night.

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