Deadly Games

|06| : Betrayal comes from the closest ones

Sixteen year old Hrithik came out of the gates of the foster care building. His uncle signed for his custody.

"Welcome back" His cousin, who was in his late 20s, hugged him tightly.

He was glad to have his family back, but he showed no sign of emotion or grief, he was utterly remorseless, like a large void resides inside him.

His uncle opened the car door, and he went and sat on the back seat. The cousin put his bags inside the trunk of the car and closed it.

His uncle started the ignition key, and the car revved up. He folded his arms and looked outside the window, the bleak and blatant surroundings, as environment lost its charm and color.

They reached their apartment house, Hrithik thought it would be a good place to stay, better than the foster home.

It was midnight, around 1:00 am, Hrithik blinked and tossed and turned on the bed, shuffling his bed cover. He heard noises of rambling and chattering from outside his room, somewhere from basement.

He put his feet down on the line tiled marble floor, and climbed out of his bed. Opening the door, he tiptoed to the basement, which apparently, the door was open. He clambered the stairs gingerly and crouched down to hear their conversation.

"They are covering up with white lies. This was murder, murder of innocent children, man and a woman. A family was murdered." Hrithik's cousin, Shreyas snarled.

There was a man in white checkered shirt, whom he didn't recognize.

"They are a group of people, Shreyas. Any amount of evidence would be in their hands, by now. They were searching for a bigger fish and they've got it. We can't win this case, just by our false claims" That stranger shouted.

"You are supposed to be on our side, we want nothing more than justice, to avenge my brother and his family's death, to do right by him. It is your moral duty too, to do the right thing." His uncle retailiated.

The man snorted, "Justice doesn't exist in reality. Don't forget that your brother is alleged criminal and terrorist."

"Uncle was a good man, those people framed him." Shreyas said.

"I believe, but I need each and every evidence to support your statements, that Neeraj Mathur and his family was murdered."

Hrithik was listening to them, while he hid behind the stairs. When they were out of home, he snuck in the basement, skimmed through the files, looking for the truth.

He came across a file, and a peculiar logo, which he had seen before, in his father's office. He turned over the pages, and saw the same faces, he encountered before. He often heard arguing and yelling voices from his father's office.

Just before the day, his family died, his father had meeting with those people, and the next day, a tragic accident, this couldn't be a coincidence.

But ultimately, his uncle told Hrithik the truth about the death of his family.
After they lost the case, his uncle and cousin died in a car accident; plotted by the same people. He carried revenge in his heart, and since then, he was planning the execution of his enemies.

Tiara called up Jake, her team member and informed him about change of plans. She put loaded magazine into the gun, and inserted in her holster, she hurried to the parking lot, as she came out of the elevator and shifted in her car seat. She closed the door, and started the car engine.
She drove her car, watching the signal on her phone, her brother's phone was being tracked by the GPS device. She made the right turn, entering the market road, the red signal showed, he was present in Hotel Golden Lion.