Fatan Khan was sitting in his room in Paigne's house. He sat in a sofa, his legs crossed and deep in his thoughts. He was the one who shot Franklin and Lavan. He knew that both were dead. But no details came about Lavan. He wasn't there at all. Those made Fatan's head spin. Did someone come there and save him? Where is Lavan now? But Paigne told him not to think about that. She assured him that Lavan did not know anything about Fatan or Paigne. Even if he's alive still, he will not know anything about them.
Suddenly his phone rang. He attended it. His friend Lima contacted him.
"Yes tell me", Fatan said.
"I have got you important news", Lima said in a hurry.
"What is that?" Fatan asked calmly.
"Today a girl named, Marin came here to investigate about the yesterday's incident."Lima said. Fatan couldn't believe what he had heard.
"Are you sure?" he demanded.
"Yes. But I didn't tell her anything."Lima stressed.
"That's well and good. I'll contact you later." Fatan said and cut the call.
Fatan rushed to see Paigne. He found Paigne in her bedroom, lying on her bed. Fatan thought that Paigne was asleep but Paigne opened her beautiful brown eyes. She sensed the entry of her friend. She sat on the bed and waited for Fatan to speak. Fatan sat closer to Paigne and said "A danger is approaching us."
Paigne looked puzzled and said, "What's that?"
Fatan shook his head and said, "Franklin's granddaughter, Marin is trying to dig out the truth".
Paigne sat still deep in her thoughts Moreover Marin is like her daughter. She thought for a while and got to her feet. She shook her head and said, "Then she will be our next target". She said those words and went to her kitchen. Fatan Khan went to his room and knew what he had to do.
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The time was 4.00 pm. The man's face was full of sweats. He was sitting opposite to the Police Inspector of the city. The police man was holding the man's phone in his hands. The man received a text message the day before. It was,
Paigne is gonna kill me…
"When did you receive this message?" the policeman asked. The policeman's name was Gajan. He looked so stout that his belly would defeat his shirt buttons. "I received it yesterday at 7.15 pm. And at 9.30 pm he was shot dead by his own daughter!" the man yelled. He was the one who received the message which was sent by Franklin. Franklin mentioned that his daughter gonna kill him and that was what had happened. The man's name was Henry. He was the father of Lavan and Greyson.
"Are you sure that Paigne was the one shot Franklin? It doesn't make any sense to me." Gajan snapped. But Henry didn't give up his protest. "It makes sense to me! Franklin is like my father. Somehow Paigne came back alive and shot her father!" Henry said in a serious voice. But Gajan didn't seem to take it as a complaint. He said, "Paigne was dead ten years ago. How could she come now?" That made complete sense. Henry shook his head with despair and said "You didn't get the point, sir. You don't know the person behind the death of Franklin. But Franklin knew that. That's why he texted me. Paigne is the person behind the death of Franklin." Gajan thought for a while and said, "I just've two questions." Henry said, "Ask".
"How did Franklin know that he will be shot dead by Paigne? Even if he knew that why did he go to the spot? After knowing that you will be killed in a place, why did you wanna go there?"
His questions made complete sense. His questions proved that he was an intelligent policeman. Henry said, "I don't know that. But one thing is for sure. Paigne had killed her father. That's it."
Gajan gave a brief smile and said, "I believe this message from Franklin. Also I take it as a complaint. I need to complete this case. I shall arrest Paigne. She will be in the city."
He said as he and Henry shook their hands and Henry left the station. Gajan went to restroom. He thought that he could finish this case and get promotion.
But he didn't know that there was a policeman named "Sam" near to his room where the discussion between Henry and Gajan occurred. Sam had started a voice call to his boss Fatan Khan. Fatan had heard everything. Fatan also knew that Gajan would make an attempt to arrest Paigne and him. But he won't let it happen. He had already planned for that.
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Marin felt disappointed. She decided not to tell anything about the dart to her family. She decided to find the reality behind Franklin's death. She sat on her bed, deep in her thoughts. She decided to go to Franklin's room to see the photo once again. The time was 8:30 pm.
She reached Franklin's room and had a fear that someone would notice her entry. But that didn't matter to her. The room remained the same when she entered morning. She had the dart in her bed, under the pillow. She reached the wardrobe. Again she took the photo in her hands. She had seen the photo already. She decided to dig about the husband of Paigne from her mother or father. She kept the photo in the wardrobe and closed it. Her eyes noticed the phone near to one of the pillows. Marin wondered why anyone hadn't taken that. She knew that it was non-sense to see other's phone. But she took it.
She saw herself with her grandfather in the wallpaper. There were many apps in the phone. Marin clicked the Messaging.
Her common sense told her not to read others' messages. But she found many messages. She clicked the Inbox icon. There were many messages from many persons who were unknown to Marin. Next she clicked the Sent box icon.
She found a triple worded message at the top. Before reading the message, she realized that the message was sent only yesterday by Franklin. She decided to see the message. She noticed someone entering the room. She kept the phone in hands and tried to hide it. Her mother, Rossy had come to invite to the dinner.
"What are you doing here, Marin?" Rossy asked in suspicion. She searched Marin all over the house and finally found her here.
"Nothing mom. I have just come here to have a look at my grandfather's room." Marin seemed to be emotional. Moreover she had a great affection on her grandfather. Rossy gave a smile and said "Come down. Have your dinner."
Marin nodded and waited for her mother to go. She looked at the message. The message was,
Paigne is gonna kill me…
Marin's heart slipped a little on reading the message. She took almost thirty seconds to understand the horror behind the triple worded message. She knew Paigne. Also she knew that Paigne was dead. But why did Franklin want to send a message like this? How did he know that Paigne is alive? Whom did he send the message? Marin found that the message was sent to Henry. Again her heart slipped a little. She knew that Henry was the dad of her bestie Lavan. Why did Franklin send this type of message to Henry?
She found her cousin Cole standing near the door. Marin seemed to be relaxed and said "I will come." She kept the phone on the same place where she had taken and took the dart with her and went out of the room with a mind filled with infinity number of questions.