under the wraps

who is he?

"i am aware with your dark soul, but your fake innocence still haunts me in the dreams"

Its been 3 days since rahul gone, and I am left with nothing but memories that are fading a little more every day , his daughter is sleeping with her head on my lap after being tired of asking multiple time when his father is coming back and me giving her one or two excuses every time, she was supposed to stay with until her aunt finish her 3 day shift as a reporter, she was shocked too after hearing everything but can't postpone her shift to someone else cause she was supposed to be on duty three days straight, with rahul being divorce and his ex wife being currently on business tour she was only left with me to trust with akriti rahul's daughter, I am staying at house from last three days I lose the will to communicate with anyone and my head was stretched from million of thoughts, and a little sense of guilt, the bell rang and unwillingly I have to get up from the couch laying her head slowly and carefully on it , I couldn't afford to break her sleep and with slow and steady steps I open the door, to find rudra on the door, his hears were messy , face a little tired he stayed there trying to read my expression and gauging my response

Rudra: can I

Vera: no you can't I don't have any will to

I was mid way in completing my sentence when mohit, nitin and prachi pop from behind him

"we were worried about you"

They said in unison, closing door on face of all of them would be a little too rude, with that thought I allowed them to enter my house

Vera: please don't make much noise she just fell asleep a minute ago

I warned them beforehand in case, they all simply nod

Nitin: you've been ok?

He was the first one to ask

I nod

Vera: is their any progress

Nitin: not yet we can't find anything at autopsy,

Mohit: and their was no sign , or evidence or sign of an intruder in his house, not any ransom note neither witness like any other previous case but due to his open challenge we know that the criminal is similar

Bell rang again and rudra get up on his own to open it like it was his own house, I wasn't intending to open it also, but when it heard him " how can I help you"

I have to get up with an annoyed face , he was so tall I can hardly see person standing on the door, peeping from over his shoulder, I spoted mansi who was throwing expression of an utmost confusion at rudra, after seeing me she sigh with relief, rudra couldn't understand and look back and for a minute expression of terror run on his face,

" you startled me, planning to give me heartache or something"

After few minutes mansi who was actually rahul's sister was sitting on the same couch where akriti was sleeping and everyone else was looking at her as if she was new character of cartoon or something

" oh I forgot to introduce her, she is mansi rahul's sister and news reporter of daily times"

And everyone nods, "why you were confused btw, you barely answered my question on the door'

Rudra asked her

"I thought I was at wrong address"

She replied

'so how is the progress, I heard that you people still lack evidence and all'

"we are working hard, but reporters are always so determined to turning us into slackers"