Making his way among the crowd, Vansh came out of the murder spot. Such a big problem and Ridhima was no where to be seen, something was definitely wrong. She would have been the first one to show up in these things. He walked to her house only to see the door was left open.
The broken pieces of vases, plates and mugs lied all over the floor. Books and clothes lying around in a mess. It seemed as if a storm had hit the house. There was a mild sound- almost indistinguishable in all the chatter outside. Somebody was gritting her teeth.
Vansh spotted a disheveled Ridhima sitting in the corner, hugging her legs. Her eyes looked blanks, she was covered in sweat, her body trembled. He rushed to her and immediately took her in his arms, stroking her back to bring her back to senses. She looked up at him once and the next moment she started struggling to breath and then she fainted.
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"Roll no. 26?", the teacher shouted.
There was still no response.
"Is this boy absent again?", she exclaimed in frustation.
"May I come in maam?", asked a panting Kabir as he stood outside the classroom.
"Oh my God. You know you need to come to school", she commented sarcastically.
"Sorry maam", he apologised.
"What will your sorry do? You don't come to school every two days. God knows how the school decided to give you scholarship?", the teacher shouted in anger.
"I will be on time next day", he said, his eyes still fixed on the ground.
"You miss school every 2 days. You think you can pass like this. Thank God this is your last year, I don't have to tolerate you anymore from the next month", she shot the bitter words.
"You definitely don't have to tolerate me anymore", he said under his breath.
"What are you saying?", she asked on seeing his lips move.
"Nothing maam", he answered and kept standing outside the classroom. She did not care to call him in.
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Ridhima opened her eyes to see Vansh, who had dozed off holding her hands. She looked around to realise she was on the hospital bed. The events of the murder scene came rushing to her mind and she starts pulling his hand, baffled.
"Ridhima, are you alright now? Tell me what happened. Shall I call the doctor first?", he started enquiring as soon as he opened his eyes.
"Vansh I saw HIM", Ridhima said in a hushed tone, stressing more on the last word.
"Whom?", Vansh badly wished she hadn't seen the killer otherwise she might be in danger.
"That serial killer", she revealed.
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"You know what you are saying right?", he asked the third time.
"Yes", she reconfirmed one again, "Now let me tell you the whole thing."
Fear overpowered all his senses and responsibilities. People change with situations. Its true indeed. It had taken just a second for the valiant, fearless Policeman to change into a vulnerable, defenceless man who just had one thing in his mind- How to protect Ridhima?
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