Part 43 Confession

Gopal jerked, hearing that. He got alerted by Kiran's statement. It seemed there was something more than what they thought. Did these women kill Arnav's sister? Was there any chance for that to be true? But, Arnav was thinking that his sister commented suicide... What the heck? This issue was getting unexpectedly intensive.

Gopal saw Radhika pressing Kiran's shoulder and gesturing for her not to talk anything further. His police brain worked fast. He gestured to a constable something through his eyes. Understanding his gesture, he nodded yes and left the place immediately.

"Why would Bhuvan blame you for something you didn't do?" He asked Kiran.

"He will do that because he will try to escape from this case, sir," Kiran said.

"Oh... Did he involve in a murder case?" Gopal asked.

"He is involved in many murder cases, sir. He does anything for money. That's what his job sir"

"Oh... 405..." Gopal called a woman PC.

"Yes, sir..."

"Bring her"

"Sir, where are you taking me?" Kiran asked.

"Just come. You will get to know that"

"Sir, she knew nothing sir... She is a crazy girl sir... Her mental condition won't be stable, sir. She often blabbers irrelevantly" Radhika said.

"Is it?

"No sir... I am perfectly alright. I am not mad" Kiran said hurriedly.

"Shut your mouth, Kiran" Radhika said in a feeble tone, gritting her teeth.

"You shut up... don't you have common sense? Who will marry me if you said I am mad?" She said with a little bit of. ange

Radhika wanted to bang her head on the nearby wall because Kiran was talking about common sense who didn't even know the alphabet of common sense.

"Sir, please don't take her statement seriously. She is not so clever in analyzing people. She is scared about the prison atmosphere." Radhika said pleadingly.

Gopal who was watching their fight silently said,

"You don't have to worry. This is a common formality. She will be back in just five minutes"

Gopal gestured for the women's PC to take her away. She took Kiran from the cell. He brought her near Bhuvan's cell.

"Is it true, is Bhuvan a hitman?" Gopal asked in a gauzy tone.

"Yes sir, that is his job. Money is his only motive. He does anything for money. He kills anything for money" Kiran also said in a low tone.

"How do you know that?"

Kiran was tongue-tied. She didn't know what to say. But, she had to say something. Then only Gopal would trust her.

"He is our distant relative sir... he often comes to our house asking for money. He even threatened my mother for money, sir. He has many bad habits. He is a womanizer... Drunkard... That's why he always rooms behind money." she built up a story.

Gopal leaned back a little and looked inside the cell. A constable removed the cloth from Bhuvan's mouth that was being stuffed in his mouth.

"You bloody bi***..." Bhuvan shouted.

Kiran was horrified to know that Bhuvan heard everything she said. She gulped down hard.

"How dare you... Am I a hitman? Am I a womanizer? Am I a drunkard? What about you? Shall I say what you and your mother did?" Bhuvan exclaimed.

Kiran looked here and there with nervousness. She tried to say something but the woman police warned her not to open her mouth.

"Sir, these two are the ones who killed Arnav's sister. Arnav sheltered them... gave them food... he protected them generously but these two are greedy and ungrateful... she (Kiran) eyed Arnav. They separated him from his wife who he loved like anything. They destroyed his family...his happiness... his life... everything..."

"No sir, he is lying. We didn't kill Arnav's sister. She committed suicide because of love failure"

"No sir, she is the one who is lying. Radhika planned to get Kiran married to Arnav even after his marriage. They made a plan to make his wife go away from him. His sister Anu heard their plan. That's why they killed her and framed it as suicide."

"How did they know about Anu's love failure?"

"She talked to Khushi about her love failure and said that she lost interest in life. They used it in their favor and turned the table against Khushi. They cried in front of Anu's lifeless body that Anu died only because Khushi hide the truth of Anu's love affair from Arnav. Though Arnav became upset he didn't react in the way they expected. But, they were not ready to give up. They requested me to help them as I'm a mimicry artist. I helped them because they became poor after Radhika's husband's demise. But they were ready to make me a scapegoat. I just talked like Arnav in his voice and made his wife leave the house. That's all I did. Nothing more than that"

"Put her back in the cell" Gopal ordered the woman police. He got the recorder in which Bhuvan's statement was been recorded.

The woman police pushed Kiran into the same cell in which she had been with Radhika. In no time, Radhika started hitting Kiran like a mad woman.

"Bloody idiot... Why can't you just keep your dirty mouth shut? How thoughtfully I planned everything... Because of you, everything is ruined. Because of you, we are going to rot in hell for our whole life" Radhika hit her angrily.

The woman police tapped the iron gate of the cell with a lathi.

"Hey, quiet... Or else, will peel your skins off"

Radhika pushed Kiran in anger. She banged on the wall and sat on the floor crying.

.......

Arnav was driving the car, keeping Baby Anu on his thigh. She was standing, clutching the steering wheel. The car speed didn't cross the speed of 20km. Arnav was so conscious about it. He kept the car under his control. After fifteen minutes of the ride, he came to RM and stopped the car in the carriage. Making baby Anu sitting on the steering wheel, he rotated the wheel, right to left that made baby Anu giggle.

Arnav showed his cheek to Anu.

"Kiss me"

Anu pecked his cheek with open mouth.

"Bbhhaaa" she giggled again, waving her legs up and down.

"Are you guys coming or not?" Khushi asked. Arnav lifted Baby Anu. She shrieked holding the steering wheel.

"Na na Va dha..." She shook her head from left to right.

"She doesn't want to come. You, go Khushi... We will come within a few minutes" Arnav said.

"Don't entertain her a lot Arnavji. Children know nothing. It is elders who practice their new habits. It's not good to do what she wants. It will make her arrogant. Please don't do it"

"Ok... I won't do it again. But today, I made her cry. That's why I'm just trying to get her normal. Trust me, I won't entertain her"

Khushi nodded ok and went in. After a while, Arnav removed a lollipop from his pocket. He bit it and had half of it and then gave the remaining to Anu. As Anu started having it, he lifted her in his arms and walked in. Anu got diverted with the lollipop. so, she didn't trouble him.

He slowed down his speed hearing someone murmuring. It came from the left side of the lawn. Arnav slowly moved to the place not making noise and peeped. He saw NK talking the on the phone.

"Don't be scared. I'm here... I won't let anything happen to you." NK said.

"......."

"Just do what I said... I'm going to Mumbai in two days. You can come there. My place will be safe to you. No one will suspect you..."

"......"

"Yes... I promise... I'm so grateful to you. Trust me. I will protect you. Until everything get over, stay at my place"

"......"

"Ok... Bye"

NK disconnected the call and turned around only to find Arnav looking at him suspiciously.

To be continued...