It was true that Rishav was exhausted but his heart was aching more than his body could ever do. It had not been a complete week also, but the prediction about his sister had already started to come true.
He felt a little ashamed of believing such things being a guy of this twenty-first century but he didn't have any choice either. He had seen with his own eyes how Radhika's grandfather's future predictions came true.
He couldn't understand what was the right thing for him to do. Would he stop Radhika from investigating more into the case like a brother should do to protect his sister or investigate more as it was his duty as a member of the police?
He didn't find any reason behind the murders to start occurring again after ten years. Did the killer have any revenge to take or he was trying to achieve something and why could his sister's life be in danger?
"Rishav," Radhika grunts, "open the damn door."
"I am carrying things too, alright?" Rishav gasped for air, as he tried to pick up his pace to get to the first-floor door. He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he forgot for a second that they both were carrying groceries back home.
It was his work to bring them in the morning but he completely forgot. Thanks to his sister that she reminded him on the way back. They stopped at one of the 24 hours opened shopping malls to get them.
"What are you even thinking?" Radhika asked. "You had been like that from the moment we left the hall."
"Nothing much. Just normal thoughts." Rishav replied taking a deep breath. He didn't want to lie to his sister but there was no choice. He knew it very nicely that no one would be able to move Radhika from investigating. It was like her life goal. She wanted nothing more than to find the killer. "Finally!" Rishav yelled as he kicked open the door.
"Stop yelling, idiot. Jethi and jethu will wake up." Radhika hissed before putting down the bags.
"Don't bother, no one can wake them up, even if you start singing," Rishav said biting his lip in the process to stop himself from laughing.
"Yah!!" Radhika hissed again, hitting Rishav on the shoulder earning glares from him. She was very bad at singing but that doesn't mean Rishav will make jokes about it.
"So, what about that Keshav guy?" Rishav asked suddenly moving away from the singing part. He was not interested in getting any more beatings.
Radhika didn't expect such a question. "W-Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
"I had to ask sometime so why not now," Rishav asked while pouring a glass of water for himself. "So, are you interested in him?"
Radhika felt her face heating up. It would be a lie if she said that she was not interested. She liked him but some things about him bothered her. She always felt that he was much more than he seemed.
"So, you are..."
Radhika saw a lopsided grin stretching along her brother's face. He was trying to tease her and she is not going to fall for it. Not at 11:45 pm at the night.
"What about you? Are you dating? Or I should tell Jethi that she can call the girl and her family she was thinking to set you up with." Radhika said wearing the same expression her brother had just a few seconds before.
"W-WHAT?" Rishav asked almost spilling the water he was drinking. "What did you just say?"
"You should better ask Jethi yourself," Radhika replied before going back to her room leaving a perplexed Rishav behind who kept on asking.
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The Lines of Fate
Mystery / Thriller"But that smile on your face, that's the real magic." Radhika Sengupta had spent most of her life studying and training to be in the Criminal Investigation Department of Alipore, Kolkata so that she can solve her father's murder case. When she is fa...
