we had to walk back up to the bus stop
then catch a bus. It was 6 when we reached
home, all this time we had kept quite. None
of us uttered a word. And all this time I had
been only thinking of the argument. We
were sitting on the couch. “do you think that
she killed him?” Priyanka said.
“but……….some how I don’t think she had
killed him. If she had then why would she
come all the way from her house at mid night
to a lonely and haunted looking street?” “you
have a point. you know what…it’s better to
have a book and note down our thoughts,
suspects and all the evidence we get.” “Now,
you sound like a pro detective.”
“obviously….who’s child am I ?” she winked at
me and we laughed. Her father is a police
man. He is in a higher position. A respectable
man he is. And suddenly a thought struck
me. “hey Priyanka, why don’t we take help of
your dad?”
“I already told you that he’s not in town.
He is on a mission already, and its not
advisable to tell him.” “why not? He is a
respectable police man. And ……” “ he would
ask her to file a complaint. And you know she
won’t.” “when she doesn't think it’s
important, why should we? Who are we to
her?” “let us give her some time. I am sure
she’ll agree to look for the truth.” I agreed to
her as I felt the same.
we were soon fast asleep. Roarrr…… I
immediately woke up. Not because of the sound
but because priyanka woke me up. “what is it?” I
sleepily asked her. “did you hear that?” “heard
what?” it didn’t strike me at first as I had totally
forgotten about the sound. And I did not even
tell her about it. She stared at me. “oh! The
sound….don’t worry about that. The sound is
from the construction site. They are working late
at night.” she gave a sigh of relief. “shall we go out
and see if she has come?” I hesitated for two
things, one to leave the bed as I was too sleepy
and I know she would be there. But still, because
of some curiosity, I got up and followed her to
the balcony facing the entrance of our house. We
saw her standing there. This time she was there
for a longer time. “don’t you think that today she
has taken a lot of time standing there?” priyanka
whispered. “yes, but there is no use in standing
like this. What does she get standing like this?” “I
agree, we tried to help her. What else can we do?”
there was silence for fifteen minutes. “do you
think we should meet her tomorrow?” priyanka
asked. I was not interested, at least not at the
moment. “no, let’s give her some time. I am sure
she’ll come tomorrow.” “how can you be so sure.”
“she is taking a lot of time tonight. That makes it
clear that she is thinking about our suggestion.
And if you are done, can we please go back to
sleep. My eyes are burning.”
