Maryada: Vidya-Gaurav FF - Updates. p. 145 (6/29) - Page 36

Very nice devi! Very dramatic! Looking forward to my next dose of your narrative!!

Fab fab dear 👏 Never cease to amaze n leave me agape

Chapter 34: Reconnaissance

He waited until he was sure that she was asleep, until her breathing had changed to a slow and elongated rhythm, before leaving his bed to walk to their clothes-stand where her sarees from the past few days were still hanging up to air out. The window shades were parted and there was sufficient moonlight streaming into the room to allow him to sift through the clothes until he found what he was looking for… there was a blouse there with a deep tear right along the shoulder, almost ripping the sleeve off. The rage came on so quickly that he clutched the cloth in his hand as he forced himself to breathe normally. He walked to the bathroom and closed the door and ran the exhaust fan before retrieving and unlocking his spare phone.

He typed in a text rapidly.

"To: 696969

Did you know that it was my wife?

From: 00O00"

He only had to wait a minute before the reply came back.

"I was told afterwards."

He took a deep breath after reading the text. Anger never helped, he had to remind himself time and again.

"Why was I not told?" He sent his next question soon after.

"I thought you knew." The reply came back right away now.

"Who was on patrol that night?"

"M2"

"Ah… the Rogue. He knew that it was my wife?" he asked again.

"Yes."

"And the hand that was chopped?" he asked now.

"Two rapes; five sexual assaults; all pending. Will likely walk on all counts. Unsubstantiated evidence. He has backing in high places."

He resisted the urge to hit something and instead opened the window to lean out into the cool night.

"Next time, chop something more substantial." He typed rapidly.

"Roger." The wry reply came back quickly.

He smiled without humor.

"There appears be one more break-down in this communication chain. Why was I not told that the article was going to press today?" He asked what he had been waiting to ask since he heard the news that afternoon.

"It did not go from here. I was under the impression that you had been behind it."

He re-read the reply before texting back.

"Do we have a leak? Only you have access to that information."

"It was not from this end. Are you sure no one on your end has access to it?"

"Yes." He replied, although now he wondered.

"Put a call into your sources at the newspaper. I want to know who Trojan is. The next installment is scheduled next week, same day. Change your files; I will change mine as well. I want to know where the leak is."

"Roger."

This insistence on adopted military talk from American movies occasionally amused him; but it was the only humor they had, and so he allowed such contrivance from the other party.

"My wife. Was she a purposeful target?" He asked one last question. Even though he knew the answer, he had to be sure.

"No. Coincidence."

He didn't believe in coincidences, even when he could allow that there were isolated ones. And thus he replied, "See that it doesn't happen again. It's a request."

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Ahhh, so glad I checked back before I went to bed.

Wow...I wondered about Vidya's story when I read the previous part but put it down to too much thought on my part! 😲 Gaurav's caped crusader avatar...wonder if the story behind the marks is related to this or something else! This update was quite mysterious Devi! Wonder who released/leaked the article...hmmm!

Originally posted by: saomom

Ahhh, so glad I checked back before I went to bed.

Illumination! My mind is now sufficiently wrapped around what is going on. Thanks for going easy on me. M2? Rogue? 696969? Very cryptic.

Great update as usual!

I just realized how many times I used the word wonder in my last post......😲!

i knew the girl was none other than Vidya... and Gaurav's much more than wat i thought of him..a secret society!wow!
awesome update!

Devi-

I know I am over thinking this, but is the person on the other end Salome? That's how Gaurav and she relate to each other?. The dry humor line caught on to me. It might be totally off. Update soon girl..I can't wait!!!