Next day, the criminal investigation department.
The door flung opened revealing the tall man in a dark coat hanging till his knees. The eyes in the meeting room went straight to the door as the cold air brushed their faces.
"Jake! Close the door. It's cold! " Sam says as she crosses her arms to make her hands a little warm. So did mon, who was sitting just beside her.
Jake immediately closes the doors but not much later Sid opens it again and then Mr. Dayal. They could have just opened one of the doors slightly and entered. These men were not big enough that they needed both the doors wide open to get inside.
After a while of glaring at their leader, Sam said " I asked Kunal to join us today" .Dayal nodded in agreement. They worked on their pending case works, while Jake was engaged in he's laptop.
Sam noticed how focused he was while doing his work. It was rare to see someone who has always been so lethargic, work so hard. She studies him as she rests her face on her palm.Sam tries to look more closely to his features and can actually agree that he's quite good looking.Not to mention how good he has been working these couple of days even though he has no such experience.
Engulfed in her own thoughts she thought to herself 'was he really just a party member? None of them in this room have ever seen him in any kind of political meetings or campaigns ' He looks so simple and just like a commoner from outside but he's actually kind of mysterious to her. Is it just her who thinks that way or all of them think the same. Probably she is Overthinking. Mr. Dayal has already checked through his background, right! ' how can i be such a dumb.' Sam smiles at herself.
She peeked through her side to see what he was typing on his laptop but could hardly see anything.This is the second time,she feels like she's carrying a whole baggage of questions on her brain. The first time was when Jake was injured. That scene still is so fresh in her mind that she can feel shivers in her spine.
"What do you want to ask?" He said as he looked up, making her break through those thoughts.
Sam could feel those deep eyes piercing through hers for a while and then skipping to something else.
"Aah nothing. How's your work going on? " She felt relieved to finally ask something more normal. Back in her mind she was cursing herself for those so called imaginations.
"Just fine."
"Oh" She smiles and can see the rest of them staring at her.
The door opens again but this time slightly making a crack sound. Kunal was just on time.
"Come on in" Dayal says.
"Good morning." He greets everyone and sits just beside Mr. Dayal.
The team told him what they are actually presuming now and asked if he knows anything else.
"I wish I knew" sighs. He has already been the biggest witness so far and that was enough for his part, but dayal still got a few more things to know.
"How did you follow your sister that night? I mean did you take a car? " He asked.
"Isn't that obvious? " Sid interrupts and Dayal glares at him.
"Yes I did. That was the fastest way to catch up with her car. "
"Exactly!So how did you bring back the other car when you had to get Muss Disha to the hospital? "
" Aah. I never thought of that". Sid whispers to Jake and receives another glare.
"Oh, I brought it back the next day! " He answers.
"And we were never told about that. "
" Oh I'm sorry "
"Not just you but even his neighbors and that shopkeeper. They never said anything about this. "
"Is it important? " Jake asks.
He nods and then says "Can we check that car? "
"Sure"
Kunal agreed to him without any objection. The whole team packed themselves into the same car and drove according to his directions. Soon they were in the outskirts of the city.
"Is your place this far? " Jake who was driving the car asked to make sure if they were on the right path.
"Yes. That is why I moved to the main city. " Kunal answered.
Although the place was much far from the city centre, the roads were fine and covered in green on both sides. Soon they reached a villa spreading to distances. Kunal hopped out of the black car first and in no time started to walk towards the tall entrance. He must have felt homely the very instant they reached the house.
"We are coming too, Kunal! " Mon answered to his sudden change in attitude.
"Oh" As if he almost forgot about them. They entered through the huge entry gate and the guard stood up immediately as he saw his master.
Kunal gave them a big walk around the campus and finally stopped in front of the garage. The car was enveloped in dust changing its whole appearance into something else.
"It is not been used in ages. " He says as tries to dust off the car.
"Yeah, we can see" Sid coughs and clears the dusty air with his hands.
"This is the one" He says.
"Dayal checked the cars outdoors and so did the others. Not to forget the entire garage was being scanned by the team in case they miss any type of clue.
" Keys? " Dayal asks as he cocks an eyebrow at Kunal.
"Ah.. I will be right back" And literally runs in excitement just like a kindergarten kid on their way back home.
"Mr. Dayal! " Jake calls suddenly.
He points towards the car dashboard where a small showpiece was placed. It simply is a dancing doll. To that Dayal was quite confused as he was not getting the reason behind Jake's curious expression. At first everyone had the same reaction as Dayal but soon they realized what exactly their teammate was showing.
There was a minute camera placed just at the behind the doll in a way that it is visible from outside but not to a person sitting inside.But most importantly it is only seen if someone checks the whole car thoroughly not by any passerby.
Kunal comes running towards the car and passes the keys to Mr. Dayal. They directly unlocked the car and rushed straight to the dashboard to see the camera planted there.
"This? " Kunal mumbles as it was his first time too to see that hidden camera. Indeed,this car has not been used since that night.
"Yeah. Check this Sid. "
"Sure" he says looking at Kunal who was holding a stunned face.
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