under the wraps

Part 81

"You can wash your hands, but I still can sniff the smell of blood from your shoes"

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

Vera: you said we need to trust each other so we also need something in order to trust you

She explained her intentions and reason for putting such question on the table , Sushant move his eyes from left to right as if he was letting them decide for him

Sushant: ok ask?

He comes out calmly unexpectedly

Vera: if that nail is not of your girlfriend then why do you have it and to whom does it belong?

Of course, she was still suspicious of him, everyone in the room was

Sushant: ok I tell you what happened

He was already expecting that question and started soon as if he already prepared the answer

so listen with patience when my girlfriend went missing I tried everything to find her, but she just disappeared like thin air, my father said that people like her were attempting suicide recently and when I searched what were the causes behind their suicides I found something fishy they all had same problems and they share the almost same personality, so I was afraid that it is not a suicide but undercover murders, when her body was found I searched the area thoroughly and found that nail but after DNA it was proved it was not of my girlfriend, my father erased my name from everywhere to avoid any future rumors

But I continued my search and during one such murder I almost catch him but he slip from my hands, but he drop his diary at the scene

Vera: how come we didn't find it

She said in a confusion ,and everyone nods , they too in confusion

Sushant: because I took it before you people could find it, cause I don't trust you, people, even I was the one who informed you people about the missing shoe of the victim I found it and report it to the police otherwise you people would still be considering all the murders suicide

Rudra: we also don't trust you, you touch evidence without permission, you didn't disclose them to us, you even painted the nail you found at the crime scene

He sounds angry but vera calm him with voice

Sushant: who said I painted it?

Vera: but if it doesn't belong to your girlfriend it might belong to the killer

Sushant: you know why you people can't catch the killer until now?

He looked directly into vera's eyes and a smirk run on his lips

Sushant: because you always thought that killer is a man, but it's not the case killer is a woman

Everyone shocked vera, rudra,prachi, nitin, mohit, walls, paintings, news paper articles on the wall and may be lizard which no one notices was shocked too but Rudra was angry and confused too