They stared at the young figure standing right in front of them. Unsure of what he heard just now, Sid asked again "you? You mean that it was you who called Jake?"
"He said it just now, Sid" Mon interrupts.
"Leave that. I'm asking you, why do you want to tell us about your own sister? " Dayal says as he leans a little towards the wall.
"She's my cousin and I wanted to save her from all this mess"
"And how will you do that? " Jake asked.
"By telling you guys the truth" He says looking straight into Jake's eyes which made him flinch once.
"Why did you choose to say this in person to Jake? You could have told us in the office as well! "Sam asks.
" I thought you all may not believe me and will keep asking questions so I asked Jake to come meet me there. As he's actually not a part of this department, so I thought he'll understand. I was about to tell him this,but then I saw you coming as well"
"What's wrong with these siblings? Why do you always keep on hiding from us? Also, you asked Jake to come but he's also a part of our team now! " Mon says.
"Yeah I know now…."but he was interrupted by Dayal " Tell us the important things now, will you? "
"Yes.It all started from the day I came to know about my sister's relationship with that lawyer. He was actually one of our trusted lawyers and he had helped us a lot in many cases. So, we treated him as our family.Disha has always been one of those demanding kids and my uncle, I mean her father.He never failed to to fulfill her wishes so she grew more demanding day by day. Finally, uncle realized it and he started to avoid it sometimes or maybe he'll just say no. " He stopped.
"So what happened after that? " Dayal asked.
" One day she was arguing about something with her father and she… she hit him on his back with a glass bottle.Uncle was admitted to hospital the moment the housemaids knew about this. Thankfully he was okay. She was taken to the Psychiatrist the other day. At that time she was 21.The psychiatrist said she needed a counselling.They went for it and in a few months she was getting normal. But then… "
Sighs.
Starts again "then a year later I saw her with Mr. Curl on the sidewalk just a few walks away from her house. I asked her about it and at first she refused but spoke eventually that she was dating him. I don't know when it started but that day onwards I knew about. No one in the family had any idea about it and still would have not known unless she told it by herself after his death. She had to. There's not much of a choice"
"What do you mean? " Jake asked.
"She had an argument with him one day. That argument led to a fight.Disha wanted to get married but Mr. Carl was not ready yet.During that period he was in great loss because of some case.I think it's related to that politician and he got cancelled as a lawyer not long after that. Disha should have been more understanding towards him but she's too adamant for it. I explained it too but she ignored me. That's when she started to have mental breakdown and acted weird. She can't take rejection, sir. "
"She seems fine now, isn't it? " Dayal asks.
"That's where the problem is. We thought she was acting weird because of her breakup and will be fine after a few days. But it became even worse when we saw her talking to herself, locking herself in her room for days, avoiding us, skipping meals and even hurting herself"
"She was in depression right? " Sam says.
"Yes.So we forcefully took her to the psychiatrist again. This time she got some medications too. After a few days she started having hallucinations as well. That's why she didn't even know what she did. " He looked towards them and paused. A sense of guilt flashed in his expression.
"What did she do? " They asked in unison.
"After a few days we thought she recovered a bit. So we let her be by herself sometimes. I was always there for her but I had my own works too. I was preparing for my civil service examination that was to be held soon. I had to join the department anyhow. Then, I locked my sis in her room in case she does something and went to my room. But after sometime I heard something break and I rushed to her room to see. She jumped out of the window and started the car. Probably she took the keys when we didn't notice"
"Where did she go? " Sid interrupts.
"I followed her but she was too fast. We ended up in front of Mr. Carl's house. I stayed outside and heard them shouting at each other, throwing things and after that someone screamed. Then everything was silent. I went inside the campus the moment I heard that and saw my sister coming out with a broken glass vase in her hand, sobbing. "
He continues "She killed Mr Carl." He finally breathed as if this is what he was waiting for. He let out everything he knew and felt relieved.
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