IshRa FF Beginning Again

Part 20

Raman grabbed the phone and practically growled "Hello. Yes this is Raman Bhalla " He listened for a moment. "She's says she is what? No, I'll come down. Just tell me where the police station is."

Ishita watched the puzzled expression on Raman's face. When he said "she" Ishita knew what the problem was. When Raman hung up the phone she asked. "Well is it Shagun ?"

"I don't know. That was a detective inspector Gupta. He says there is a woman they arrested who is claiming to be my wife . She refused to give her name and she had no ID on her. All she would tell him was he could call her wife . It isn't necessarily Shagun , I'd better go and straighten this out." Raman leaned in for a lingering kiss. "Then we can get back to more important things."

"Actually, Darling," Ishita answered. "It's we better go and straighten this out. Go take a shower and don't argue with me on this one. I'll take a quick one when you're done.

Raman smiled as he headed for the bathroom. '" I wouldn't dream of arguing with you on this one. Actually I like the idea of you having my back. "

As Raman started to close the bathroom door Ishita called after him. "I'm going to remind you of that the next time you do decide to leave me out of something."

Ishita sat in bed for a moment contemplating the last few hours. Everything seemed to have happened so fast it had almost a dreamlike quality to it. "Well, if this is a dream please don't let me wake up from it." Ishita thought.

In no time Ishita had also showered and was ready as well. And soon they found themselves at the  police station.

When Raman and Ishita arrived, Raman spoke to the first officer they found. "I'm looking for Detective Inspector Gupta. I'm Raman Bhalla and he called me a little bit ago. "

"I'm Inspector Gupta . I'm very glad you're here. Your wife is giving us nothing but trouble." He pulled out a pad of paper. "If you could start by giving us her name."

"Does this woman have long dark hair and a mouth that refuses to shut up?"

"Yes that fits her description."Gupta was relieved at the idea that someone could help him with this mess. The woman was driving him nuts. They didn't usually have this kind of problem out here. Mostly he dealt with drunken tourists

Raman and Ishita looked at each other and said the same thing. "Shagun "

"Shagun what?" Gupta asked

Raman responded. "Shagun Arora. First of all I am not her husband . And second I'm afraid to ask, but what did she do?"

"Possession of stolen property and attempting to fence stolen property." Inspector Gupta answered. "You said you're not her husband . Care to explain why she said you were?"

Ishita muttered under her breath. "Cause she's psycho."

"I am an acquaintance of Ms. Arora. My wife and I ran into her earlier. I assume she thought I could be of assistance to her. You said possession of stolen property. What did she have?" Raman asked already suspecting what it was.

The inspector pointed to a desk where two other officers were working. "Jewels."

Raman and Ishita walked over to take a look and were stunned. On the desk was a satchel with a large quantity of very expensive jewelry. Raman let out a low whistle. "Well she has been busy."

Ishita Said "I must say she did go for the high quality gems."

"We caught her red handed making the sale. A couple of my officers found her and the man she was trying to sell these too. We don't usually get this sort of thing out here. This is the sort thing that happens up in Delhi or Mumbai " Gupta said.

To  be continued ...