FF: Kidnapped Update Chp18. Pg50 - Page 35

(M POV)

"Manyata, it's not safe for you to stay here'" He tells me, "with Aakash's spirit around your apartment."

It was a bright sunny day, and we were sitting on the swings in the local park. There was a cool breeze, and there were children playing in the fields.

"Uday, I know that, but it's the only place I've got now," I tell him clearly.

"I wonder why he's haunting us. What did we do now?" he mutters to himself.

I can't help replaying the scene that happened last night. The gusts of wind was him running, or to give a message. The screams, the mutters. Was he trying to make me move out of his apartment?

The paper.

The paper which Uday showed me as prove. The bloodstains, ghundas, the night at the forest. It all flashed by in my mind.

"Uday," I gasped, trying to get some air.

"Manyata? Are you OK?" he asked me worried.

"I know what he's been up to why he's haunted us. Haunting me'" I whisper.

"Princess you're not making any sense," he tells me. I look at him.

"Remember that paper you showed me in the office?" I tell him. He nods. "Well in that office there was that blood stain right?" he nods again. "And those ghundas who kidnapped me, and that night when we were at forest?" he nods once again.

"But what does this have to do with anything?" he asks.

"Uday, Aakash is probably... I don't know," I sigh, "He helped me escape for his own needs, keeping me in his own apartment. Those ghundas were seeking revenge from him, isn't it obvious? And that blood stain, he probably does this to all his victims and then kills them when the moment becomes right." He looks confused at first, taking all the information in, but then he seems to clear his doubts.

"Yes that does make sense. So maybe Aakash thought it was the right moment to kill you last night," he states.

"But the only thing now is, how do we know Aakash truly is a bhoot and not somehow trying to prank us?" I ask him. Uday gets off the swings and looks at me.

"There's only one person who will know the truth. Come on follow me" He says, leaving me confused. He quickly walks towards our apartments, leaving me running behind him like a lost puppy.

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(U POV)

I make my way towards Jay's apartment, making sure Manyata is still following me. I knew she had known something, and now it was very clear. The reason why she was smirking, why Manyata was shocked to see Aakash and how he didn't recognaise us. And only Jay knew the answer to this, whether Aakash is a bhoot or not.

I knock on the door, when she doesn't answer I start banging.

"Uday, why are you banging? I'm sure she'll open it soon," Manyata tells me, but I keep going on.

Then Jay opens, with a confused face. "Ugh, it's you. You shouldn't bang on my door like that, I was going to answer it anyway. Even police men don't bang on the door for that long," She states.

"Well I wouldn't have had to if you opened the door straight away." I tell her. She purses her lips before replying.

"What do you want anyway?"

"We need to discuss something with you," I tell her, looking around to make sure no one else was listening. "Privately."

She lets us in, and leads us into her living room. "Sit down, now what did you want to discuss?"

"Manyata'" I look at her, letting her explain everything. She nods. She tells her about everything, and Jay's left shocked.

"All this happened to you? And I was being so horrible to you. Please can you forgive me?" She pleads Manyata.

"Don't worry Jay, I forgive you. We came here to ask you a question though," She states, looking at me. I nod, deciding to carry on.

"I'll be happy to help if you need it. So what's the question?" She asks.

"You probably know a lot about Aakash. So is he like a bhoot or not?" I tell her. She laughs, nearly in fits.

"Guys, you came to ask me that? Of course he's not. That guy you saw with me was Aakash's twin, Rahul, not Aakash himself." She tells us, Manyata and me exchange looks.

"So that means Aakash is in a form of a bhoot. We're going to have to get rid of it. And soon," I tell them all.

"Count me in, and we better get Unniti to help us too," Jay tells us.

"Certainly," Manyata says. I nod to them all, starting to get plan forming in my mind.

"Make sure you get Rahul over, we're going to need him," I tell Jay. She nods.