Heartbeats And Halos

Chapter 16

• P a l a k •

"What!?" I shrieked and Roshan took his face away from the phone.

Ok so maybe that was too loud.

"You see we were exploring the city, we have come too far, now we are stuck at some remoted area and we can't find any taxis," Ragini said in one breath and I frowned.

"Remote area!?" I screeched again.

"Calm down woman you are gonna damage my ears." She said. Annoyance in her voice was evident but I couldn't help getting worried.

"Ragini, in what part of Bhubaneswar are you that you can't find a freaking taxi?" I asked in utter disbelief. Autos, cabs, and taxis were available throughout the city then how couldn't they find any?

"Don't worry! We are too far away anyways! It will almost take two hours to reach there and the movie will be over by then." She informed and my scowl deepened. "We will see you directly at dinner?" She said well more like questioned.

"Ragini I am worried. Where are you should I inform Dad? It's not safe out there." I asked worried about her safety and she immediately replied in a rushed voice.

"No no no!" She yelled. "Don't inform dad! He will be worried unnecessarily plus I am not alone this big guy here will protect me." She stated and I got confused. Who will protect her?

"Who?" I asked incredulously.

"Aree Rishabh who else." She said. I had almost forgotten Rishabh was with her. It was a relief that at least she wasn't alone and someone was with her.

"Ragini, are you sure you guys will be okay?" I asked but before she could reply I spoke again. "Why don't you send me the location and we'll go the---"

"Relax Palak! We are adults capable enough of taking care of ourselves. All I am saying is we won't be able to come for the movie but we'll meet you at the dinner straight! See you bye!" Before I could say anything she cut the call.

I sighed and looked over at Roshan who had a frown plastered over his face as he furiously went through his phone. I poked his arm silently but gently and he looked down at me. He was so freaking tall that I had to raise my head by forty degrees to look him straight in the eye.

I raised an eyebrow as if to silently question him what was wrong.

"They are fooling us." He stated and I scowled. He showed me his phone. At first, I was confused but then I observed it carefully to know it's a location tracker. The location of Rishabh and Ragini. It showed that they were in a radius of four kilometers and were in a place where plenty of rides were available.

What the actual Fuck? Did my sister lie to me?

"Why would they lie to us?" I asked incredulously and he chuckled.

"Don't you get it? It's a setup. They are doing this on purpose."

"But why?"

"Because they want us to be alone for obvious reasons" he looked around us and I looked down. So this whole thing was a setup. They wanted us to be alone. That Ragini is so dead.