Kaun Hain?

Chapter 3 - The message

I, along with Eshna went to my room and I noticed that something had been written on the mirror in what looked like blood.

"IF YOU SAY A WORD ABOUT THIS TO THE AUTHORITIES, YOU WON'T BE WAKING UP TOMORROW"

That scared me more than it should've. I knew that whoever wrote this probably wasn't bluffing seeing as there was a body behind that mirror. Horrified, I removed the mirror and went inside the chamber with Eshna following closely behind.

THE NEXT DAY

The next day me and Eshna went to our separate classes and decided to meet afterwards to discuss what needed to be done.

On my way to class I met Akshay, who I started talking to. After a little walking, we reached the class and took our seats. We were a little bit early so we talked for some time. We talked mostly about our interests and hobbies and he told me that he liked drawing but couldn't pursue it because his family didn't feel like it was a real skill. They only thought of it as a hobby. I felt a little bad for him there. Just then the lecture started and we mostly focused on the lecture, only exchanging a few words here and there.

After I was done with all my classes, I met up with Eshna at a local coffee shop and we discussed the problem."Pehle hume uske baare me saari information nikaalni padegi, tabh hi aage badh paayenge" She agreed with the fact that we needed information on her and told me all she knew. She told me that Manvi had entered college last year and that she was a super sweet but mysterious girl. I asked her if she had any enemies or people that hated her but she said no. She said Manvi was loved by everyone and nobody really hated her but yes Moksh and Maya didn't really like her. She once snitched on Moksh when he had spray painted a wall outside the boys dorm. Moksh didn't really like her all that much after that. Maya didn't like her because she was always jealous of the fact everyone liked Manvi more than her.

We decided to talk to Maya and Moksh because that seemed like the only logical thing to do at this point.

I went to Moksh's dorm and when he let me in, I told him I was here to talk to him about someone named Manvi Gupta. His expression tensed at the mention of Manvi's name. He asked me what there was to talk about. "You're probably aware of the fact she has been missing for many months now". He told me yes. I then asked him if he had any idea where she could be. He got a little defensive and said "Mujhe kyu pata hoga ki Manvi kaha hai?". I mean it was a fair point, since he wasn't really related to Manvi, I couldn't expect him to know where she was. I talked to him for a little while after that but what he didn't know was that I had been recording the conversation the whole time so I could listen to it later on.