under the wraps

he is gone

" I am a little ill-mannered, no one teaches me how to knock"

--death

As soon as she step out of her car it was not very difficult to trace the place of crime as the scene was already filled with a bunch of voices thrown by random people, which were probably there either to inspect it, report it, or just to witness it so that they will have some stuff to talk about for rest of their week. she stop in front of an old building while Rudra paused a few steps behind her, the building didn't look in very good condition and was taped all over with do not enter under investigation sign, she and Rudra entered the area with some salutes thrown in their direction she ignored all as something inside her was jumping and her brain was coming with every terrified imagination it could come, somewhere her heart was busy in praying silently for everything to be alright.

They paused in front of one of the flats which was also sealed as soon as they entered the flat bunch of people look in their direction and stop their work at hand for a moment and they step aside to clear their path towards a place of crime, which was probably washroom as she could easily see the small dried river now which was filled with pure scarlet blood making its way from washroom to all the way till bedroom. Many footprints were also printed in that blood by now, she slowly open the door of the washroom where the body was lying in the bathtub with face covered and several cuts on the right wrist

She nervously steps forward and with shivering hands uncovers the face and loud scream escaped her mouth which even force birds at the terrace of the building to fly to some other place. She couldn't and she didn't want to believe that in front of her eyes her one and only friend Rahul was lying dead never for once in her worst nightmare she imagined something this bad to happened to him . she was unable to stop her tears she still remembers his every word, how he used to laugh every time, how he was the only one who didn't leave her till now, how he was the only person who cares in all these past years to check on her that if she is alive or dead, and how she didn't care to check on him and make him ended in this situation, only is she could find the criminal a little bit earlier maybe her friend, her only friend

People from the forensic department gather outside the washroom and explain to Rudra that they need to take the body with them he nods and tried to make vera stand

Rudra: vera you need to get up, they are here to

Vera: I am not going anywhere, he is playing pranks on me, you know him right, he is not dead he is making all of us fool, get up Rahul

She said touching his face, in the hope to wake him up

Boht hogya utho sb log dr rhe hai , utho itna mzak

Rudra: vera, stop he is not anymore

Vera: what you know, you know nothing he likes to annoy me, its nothing, believe me, he is just kidding

Rahul, get up

Rudra started crying, he couldn't see her in any worse condition, he make her stand up forcefully

Vera: leave me, what are you doing, he is just kidding believe me

And forensic department starts wrapping his body in plastic sheets, she tries to free herself from Rudra in order to stop them from doing so with Rahul body

Vera: leave me Rudra, stop them

She was acting out of her senses, she was not ready to accept the truths, he looks in Mohit direction and Mohit nods and takes everyone out of the flat

Vera: Rudra we need to stop them leave me

He leaves her

Rudra: Shutup vera, come to your senses, Rahul died he is not with us anymore, someone murdered him, you have to accept it

Vera: no, I don't want to accept it

She screamed

Why every time I have to accept it, what he did wrong, it was me because of whom he died, I am the jinx I create problems for everyone around me than why he died

And she kneeled at the same place, Rudra hug her lightly

Rudra: you are not vera

He said while rubbing her head, to stop her hiccups and she continue her crying while holding one corner of his shirt

Vera: than why everyone leaves, everyone I love they leave me, they suffer because of me,I am the bad one, only if I was a little more clever he wouldn't have died

Rudra: it's not your mistake, you were not wrong for anything that happened to you I am equally responsible too , it was not only your responsibility to catch the criminal

Vera: I will find him

Suddenly her tone changed, this one was filled with aggression and anger

Vera: I will find him who did this thing to Rahul, I make him pay for his every wound, his every blood drop, his every scream, his every inch of pain, I will not leave him, I will make him pay for everything he did to my friend

She yelled, her eyes were bloodshot red, and for a moment even Rudra felt terrified for the moment

Rudra: yeah we will find him soon very soon

Mohit: sir, mam I need to show you both something

He said while coughing which makes Rudra and vera get up from their position and he took them to show them to the front of wall of the bathroom where with blood it was written on the wall that

" let's begin the game"

Vera: you must start this but I will make it end

She said with a sense of commitment in her eyes