Chapter 3 : A little to close to home
Ranveer and Harshad who had arrived at the police station , met sergeant Arjun who was Harshad's partner. " I am sorry that you guys had to leave the party"
"Now that we are here , tell us about the case ?" said Ranveer who was at hurry he wanted to get done with this fast as possible . After all it was Ishani's engagement party and he wanted to bee there for her every step on the way, but that was not possible right now.
"Priya Pallavi was killed in her home, by a single shot in the chest.Her daughter called us and said that and claimed that she killed her mother in cold blood." explained Arjun.
"But you dont think she is telling the whole truth, you think she is covering up for someone."stated Harshad.
"Yes, but not likely as you think. I do think that she has killed her mother , but the evidence points towards that she killed her mother and it also suggest it was in self - defense .'said Arjun.
"She was protecting herself " said Ranveer and one could notice that the atmosphere in the room had changed dramatic.
"Yes , but we don't have enough evidence to support self- defense , if she is not willing to testify for it." explained Harshad to Ranveer.
Ranveer knew exactly what to do in this kind of situation.The whole case was hitting to a little to close home for him, and it felt uncomfortable. He knew he could connect to this girl who had her whole life in front of her ; he could help her to help herself. At the end of the day that was more important than his fears, he just had to man up and meet those demons.
"Where is she now?" said Ranveer which shifted his attention towards Arjun.
" She is in the interrogation rom, but why do you ask ?" answered a confuse Arjun.Ranveer never responded to his question, but went quietly into the interrogation rom, his hearth beating against his chest.
"What the hell is he doing ?" questioned Arjun. Harshad who had understod what Ranveer was going to do , decided to go there as well to show his support. Just like Ranveer he also went to the interrogation rom without answering his partner.
In that moment Ishani reached the police station, the first person she saw was her father's partner. She hurried towards him, and before she could say anything the sergeant showed her the screen where you could see what was happening in the interrogation. She could see a young girl her father and Ranveer all three sitting in the room.
Ranveer studied the little girl who sat opposite him; she had a bruise on the left side of the face. He opened the folder Harshad had brought inn, what he saw in the folder made him sick. He took his eyes off the folder and directed it towards her again.
"My name is Ranveer , and the man sitting beside me is sergeant Harshad, I am not a police officer yet my training is not completely done. But I am allowed to assist on some cases. " explained Ranveer to the girl. The girl continued to look at her shoes, but that did not stop Ranveer ".
" I want to become a cop , because I want to help people. Fight for those who don't know their rights. Women and children, who are being abuse every day, deserve to know that they deserve more than that. They have more value than they think. You Alia have more value than you think, you deserve more than you ever been told. I am going to fight for you, but to do that you have to help me .
Alia looked at him, and then turned her eyes back to the shoes. "How did you get that bruise, Alia ?" asked Ranveer , care clear in his voice. Alia muttered something in reply, but Ranveer was not one of those who give up so easily.
" I'm sorry what was that ?" Questioned Ranveer
"I said I fell" Alia said, one could hear clearly from her voice that she was annoyed. Ranveer in return gave her a smile and said "Of course "like he was expecting that answer.
"But you see this folder here "Ranveer opens the folder in front of her and continue saying "Gives me some background information about you. You are ten years old, you have pretty decent grades in school. Your father died in a car accident when you were seven. But that is not all I got." He takes out some pictures out of the folder and shows it to Alia. He hears Alia gasp, no doubt by reading her face expression that she was shocked.
So I decided to write a longer chapter 3 :) Hope you guys don't mind :) Sorry for any typos and let me know what you guys think :)
Edited by MM123456 - 10 years ago