"He did it all! He is responsible!" Ria quickly blurted, angry and annoyed at Shiv
"Hello! I haven't done anything" Shiv shot back at her before turning to the constable "Hawaldar (constable) sahib, don't listen to her. She is a mental case" he whispered softly
Constable looked at him suspiciously before glancing at Ria skeptically
"What are you talking about?" Ria questioned "If you say anything about me, I swear!" she continued, only to be cut off by Shiv.
"You are not some queen for us to talk about you" Shiv threw at her, before signaling the constable to watch her
"Is that why you wanted to stab me, just a while back?" Ria asked, emphasizing the word 'stab'
Constable narrowed his eyes at both "Are you trying to pull a fast one over me? What do you think I am? Some movie or TV police that is stupid?" he asked them firmly
"No! Of course not! I wouldn't dare think of you like that. I cannot comment about her though!" Shiv quick added in a sweet voice
Ria humphered looking at him "Don't trust him!" she told the constable "He is the one responsible"
"I will judge that" Constable told Ria firmly before throwing a stern look at Shiv as well.
"I am telling you, she belongs in the mental hospital" Shiv whispered to the constable as he made the way towards the drivers
"I will decide who is mental and who needs to go to the hospital" constable told him firmly
"Take him away" Ria added quickly "The world will thank you for putting him away"
"Quiet! If I hear one more word from you, I send both of you to that same mental hospital and put you in the same room." the constable warned them
"I could have gotten a heart attack because of these two cars and drivers" The driver of the small car exclaimed as the constable reached him "Put them all in jail"
"Jail is not a cheap hotel for us to take anyone and everyone in" Constable to him "Besides, we don't like to voluntarily take on headaches" he murmured to himself, as he glanced at Ria and Shiv, before turning to the drivers.
"What happened here?" he asked them
"I signaled their car" Gopal started explaining, pointing to Shiv's driver "to overtake them from the side. Just as I was passing them, he swirled the car towards ours. I had to make a sharp turn to avoid being hit. I couldn't turn the car back around, to avoid hitting into the tree" he explained
"Tell me your version" constable ordered Shiv's driver Raghu
"Sahib, it is not our fault. When he signaled, I let him pass us, but just then a man, riding a cycle, cut in on to the road, out of nowhere and fell down on the ground losing his balance. I had to steer the car away to avoid running over him. Just as I did that, this other car" he said pointing to the driver of the smaller car "came at us full speed. To avoid hitting the car, I steered the car quickly, but couldn't avoid hitting the tree"
"Where is the man on the cycle?" constable asked
"I think he fell down back there" Raghu said pointing to the crowd that Ria remembered seeing behind them.
Shiv rushed along with the constable to check on the man. Ria made to follow, but Gopal stopped her "Choti malkin (young mistress), you don't go there. It could be dangerous. Some of these village people can get violent" he told her, looking concerned
"But we need to check on the man. See if he is okay" Ria tried to reason with him
"I will go and check" Gopal assured her "You go and sit in the car"
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Pride vs Prejudice
ChickLitRia and Shiv seem to have everything going for them: intelligence, bright future, loving family and lots of money. But looks can be deceptive! Ria has only one focus in life: to prove herself. And the one person she would love to rub that in the fac...
