under the wraps

Part 80

"We will be a good match you'll have to just become a little wiser when I act dumb"

Rudra: ok I tell you

in a skeptical low tone came out of his lips "but first change your clothes, and dry your hairs, you are all drenched, I lent you my clothes"

He insisted and she responded with a subservient manner which was unusual

he placed two bowls of maggie on the table, and run a direction towards his bedroom vera was still there, he was about to knock but she opened before that, he came back and sit on a sofa and she follow him quietly, he was about to eat when he feel something on his face which was vera's gaze who was still looking at him, her eyes were still drowning pensively

Rudra: I am telling you, so you don't have to look at me like that, uhhh its true that i send prachi to you, I became so insecure about my grades back then that i was left with only the option to lower your grades to increase mine, but one day when i was returning to my house i saw your father making a scene in front of cafe, and when i asked around i found out that you worked in that cafe, and he was your father i couldn't understand that if your father lives in abroad why you worked in cafe, but when i found out truth about you i realised that you were already going through a lot and scholarship was your only option to get into a reputed college i also realsied how strong you were and how weak i was you were still not giving up on your dream and i was choosing such cheap tactics to fulfill mine but i couldn't tell you myself and i was not even talking to you back then properly owing to my own insecurities and mess that was going inside my head prachi was the only means throught which i was getting to know you, she came everyday and used to tell me a little more about you, your likings your dislikings, that how you like reading comics, your craze for horror movies, and how can cook such a great things, she tell me and everyday i fell a little

He looked at vera she was listening to him silently with lucy in her lap her wavy hairs half dry half wet swinging lightly over her shoulder

I mean I get to know you a little more everyday, i start admiring you every day and it gave me the inspiration to be happy and accept my condition and to work best in my present scenarios, life was giving you lemons and you were still making its lemonade and enjoying it and all I was doing was complaining and whining about my condition when one day Prachi came to me and said she finally found what I need to lower your rank, your secret which I already knew, she said we can take help of one our classmate who is really good at spreading rumors and she gets your diary also where you yourself accidentally wrote your secret, I refuse and told her that I don' want to do anymore, I don't want to use such cheap tactics to destroy you and I also told her that I

Vera raise her eyebrow

Vera: that you what?

Rudra: i...i....I nothing and

Vera: that you like me?

Rudra: Yeah, I mean what like you?

came out of his mouth stuttering

Vera: why don't you?

Rudra: I mean yeah, actually no, no yeah, I don't know

Vera: you still don't remember do you?

She stand up and was about to go to the kitchen to grab the jug when he stopped her

Rudra: actually yes, i like you I don't remember what I said that day but I remember slightly but I was scared that you will kill me if I tell you that I actually remember

Vera: so you remember?

Rudra nod,with head facing floor

They both sigh

Vera: you are quite an actor

I told her everything and we throw your diary in the school dustbin and decide to leave everything as it was but the next day all that happen and I don't know how nor but I know one thing that we really didn't do anything

Vera: than why she accepted in front of the principal that I hit you without any reason

Rudra: cause my grandfather forced her, he forced me too but when I refused he threatened me that if I try to stop prachi he will not let any college to admit you that's why she had to

He stopped for a few minutes and then start again

After a result when I heard that you were leaving the state I run to your house to stop you and apologize to you but I was already late you already left i screamed your name but you didn't listen I went to the playground we used to hang out and i found lucy, waiting for you there like me and I found we both were in need of you and we both were lonely so I took her in

Vera: so it was you who screamed my name

She said in a low tone with a shocked expression

I thought I was hallucinating

Rudra: you heard me that time

Vera; yeah but I thought

Rudra: Leave it what happened has already happened there is not much we can do about it now so leave it

Vera: how can I leave it, I was stupid not to listen to you, you were helping all this while you, why didn't you tell me

Rudra: because you didn't listen, you always pushed me

And I couldn't make you understand, so leave it to finish your maggie, and tell me

Vera: Tell you what?

She said in a confused tone

Rudra: is it yes or no?

And she chocked her food

Rudra: sorry I didn't mean to surprise you, it is just that I told you everything about how I feel and that I like you as a woman but I don't know anything about how you feel,

Vera: I don't know yet, I mean I never thought about you like that

She said slurping soup of her maggie

Rudra sigh

Rudra: it's ok to take your time, even if its no, it will be ok I don't wanna force my emotions on you, i will wait, but I feel so relieved today it's like i lose a lot of weight from my heart

So don't ever ignore me and if anything again happens like this at least for once listen to me

Vera nodded and they both smiled

Next day

Everyone including vera, Rudra, Nitin Mohit, and Prachi gathered at Sushant's house at 11'o clock

Sushant looked at mohit and a smirk run on his face

Sushant: so you come anyway

He leads them to his room and closed the door behind

Prachi: why are you closing the door

Sushant: you will soon find out, he start pushing one of the cupboards filled with books initially they didn't understand his action but soon he pushed the whole cupboard which revealed a wooden door behind it he opened the door and signal them to follow him

Behind the door were secret stairs that lead to another room, in that room there were several newspaper prints of all murders, pitchers of some recent murders, and short stickers with several notes were hung on one of the walls

This is all research I have conducted by myself and a few pieces of evidence I have collected

Vera: before you start I want you to answer my few questions

Sushant: is that an order?

With a poker face he said as if she had ask something implausible