The Incident

Part 6

Sid agreed. Isha called Rhea and asked her to come to the cafe that they were talking in . Rhea came into the cafe after a few minutes. Meanwhile she was explaining to Sid about the condition of Rhea. Rhea entered the cafe and saw Sid from a distance and started running towards him with excitement "Sid! You came for me?" She said. By seeing Rhea Sid too got emotional and he felt responsible for blaming her. He can only think of how much Rhea went through all of these during a past couple of years due to that. Sid hugged Rhea tightly and said "Yes and I am not going to leave you alone forever . I am sorry ". She broke into tears. She cannot stop those happy tears . She is happy. Rhea saw Isha and thanked her for making her call Sid and making them meet. Isha said to Rhea "Rhea I need to talk to you and Sid about something. Let us sit ". Rhea sat next to Sid and she held his hand and leaned on his shoulders like an infant. She seemed lost in Sid's presence. Isha thought to herself "Thank God! Now Sid is here and that might help Rhea to become normal and remember the incident." She asked Rhea about that day after talking casually for a while. Isha noticed that Rhea started panicking. Rhea said "I do not know what had happened on that day. I just do not remember". Isha figured out that Rhea needed some time to become normal . She and Sid decided to give Rhea sometime. Sid started to avoid Stella and got close to Rhea again. Meanwhile Sid and Isha decided to not to mention their meeting and their getting back together with Stella. They wanted to try getting out the information from Stella. Isha called Stella again and asked her to meet in the same cafe where Isha, Sid and Rhea met. Stella agreed and they met in the same cafe. They exchanged some informal greetings with each other and Isha asked Stella "Where were you on the day when it all happened? Sid mentioned that you had called him and asked him to come. Why and what happened?" Stella said "That day was not normal to me either. I was at home and suddenly my father collapsed on the ground with an heart attack. My mother was also not at home at that time. I called Sid to come and help me in taking my father to an nearby hospital but I suddenly remembered that Rhea was meeting Sid's parents. I called another friend and she was available. I again called Sid and asked him to go back. We immediately took my father to an nearby hospital but immediately I had to make an payment at the hospital for my father's treatment to start. I did not know where to go. So I headed towards Sid's home to ask for his parent's help as they were friends to my parents. By the time I reached there I saw Rhea standing there with the dead bodies and with a knife in her hand. I freaked out. So I immediately called the police and went back to the hospital to take care of my father. That was what exactly happened". Isha asked Stella "Why did you not tell me this before?" Stella said to Isha "because I did not feel the need to tell you all of these. It had happened a long time back so I thought you might be least interested in knowing the particulars. Why are you so interested in knowing all of these?" Isha said "Just out of curiosity. Thank you". They departed and Isha enquired at the hospital and found it all legitimate. Her father was admitted there and they had asked her for money. Stella went for money but later came back to the hospital empty-handed. Later her mother came and paid the money with someone's help. But the question still arises"What had happened on that day at Sid's house. Stella killed them and framed Rhea for the murder and then went back. If that is the truth then she is keeping her own father's life at stake. Why would she do it then" Isha thought. Days passed and Isha kept on trying remembering Rhea about the incident but it was of no use. She could not think of other possibilities for the investigation except making Rhea and Stella meet. She asked both of them to come to the cafe at the same time without telling the other person about this. Rhea came to the cafe and started talking causally with Isha and at the same time Stella entered into the cafe and she was very shocked to see Rhea with Isha. "What is Rhea doing over here"? Stella asked Isha. "Isha I had told you earlier that she is very dangerous . Why did you asked me to come and meet her who betrayed me and Sid and acted like she is very innocent?" Stella said in anger and left the cafe. Isha thought that Stella is avoiding to meet Rhea causing her to remember things. Rhea acted like that she did not understand why Stella talked like that. Isha felt very tired. She could not think of any other way to know what had happened unless Rhea remembers and tells her something. She thought of leaving it to the time hoping that Rhea would remember things. She wanted to tell Ashwin about the progress of the case. She went to the principal's office and heard a laugh from inside the room while she was standing outside the room near the room. It was Rhea's voice. She leaned on the door and listened silently. Ashwin - "Finally you got what you had wanted Rhea. You got Sid. Those idiots had tried to warn you. How dare they that they asked you to step down so that they can marry their son Sid with Stella. You did what you thought was right. You should get anything at any cost and anyhow. But however I thought you had lost Sid there. But as planned Isha fell in our trap and helped you in getting back to Sid by raising doubts about Stella in Sid's mind. We should thank her for this" he said in a sarcastic manner.