The time was 8:30pm when they reached their destination. Greyson's house was medium sized. It was a two storey building.
Greyson took Marin into the hall which comprised a 16 inch long television, two sofas, a glass table, a kitchen and the house looked clean and tidy.
He made her sit in the sofa and told her that he would prepare dinner. Marin didn't know whether Greyson knew to cook or not but she was hungry. The pain in her hands and legs had faded away. But to fulfill her stomach's thirst she needed some food.
"Marin please wait for fifteen minutes. Do you wanna watch television?" Greyson asked.
"OK" Marin replied. Greyson took the remote and switched it ON. He gave the remote to Marin and went to the kitchen.
The first channel was a news channel and Marin loved to watch news. It was not live streaming but it showed the incident which happened that day morning. There stood a female reporter, who would be in her late twenties. She was holding her mike in her hands, which had a symbol of her news channel.
"…..It is said that Mr.Gajan was a skillful police Inspector. He had dealt with many complicated cases and succeeded…." Marin was not interested in it but the reporter's next statement caught her breath.
"...he assured his higher authorities that he gonna finish the Industrialist Franklin murder case…" Marin came to the edge of the sofa to hear it.
"…..it is said that a middle aged man had given him evidence about the case. But while travelling in his way to the house of the Commissioner of Police…" The lady reporter stopped for a moment and Marin was hardly breathing.
"…..his car blasted and he turned to ashes…" Marin switched off the television. Everything struck in her mind. When she was under the custody of Paigne and Fatan Khan, she came to know that they had killed a person. Now it was confirmed that Gajan was the one who was killed by Fatan.
This made Marin's head spin. She was afraid that Paigne would target her family members. 'What would happen if Paigne placed bombs in my house?' she thought.
She stopped thinking about it on seeing Greyson emerging from the kitchen. He returned with two plates and Marin wondered what would be the dinner.
Greyson placed a plate on the sofa. Marin smelled and found that the dinner was noodles.
"Wait a minute, Marin. I have a small work in upstairs." He said as he ran upstairs quickly.
Marin was so much excited on seeing the food after many hours. She took the plate and began to eat the noodles with the help of a fork.
After five minutes Greyson came down and went to the kitchen and returned to the hall with another plate.
"Why did you turn off the television?" he asked.
"I was not interested in it." Marin responded.
Greyson too had noodles as dinner and began to eat. After a while, they both completed their dinner. Greyson sat next to Marin and said, "Tell me everything about the problem."
"Do you know where Lavan is?" Marin asked as she thought that Greyson would know. But Greyson ignored that question and said, "Explain."
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It took nearly twenty minutes for Marin to explain the history of Paigne. She told everything shortly.
She said who was Paigne, what had happened to her family, who was Fatan Khan, who were William Dravid and Kasper Dravid, why Franklin was killed and the most important one was the involvement of Lavan in this web.
"Fatan was the one who cheated Lavan and I don't know where he is." Marin said in sadness.
"Alright now come with me upstairs." Greyson said.
"Why?" Marin asked.
"To show you your room."
Marin followed Greyson .The steps were made of wood and it made a distinct sound.
They went upstairs. It was empty and there were two rooms opposite to each other. There was a window at one end and there were also three chairs. Greyson went closer to a room and said, "Open it Marin."
Marin was confused. "Why should I?" she asked.
"You just open and go inside. I shall close the main door and come up." Greyson said as he went downstairs..
Marin went in. The room was too big and the ceiling fan rotated swiftly. She noticed a bed, a table and a chair. Fruits like apples, bananas, grapes were kept on the table in a basket. There was also a plate of noodles.
Marin noticed a guy lying on the bed.
In an instant, she was frightened. 'Who it would be?' she thought. At first, she thought that the guy was dead. Next she concluded that she was wrong. She noticed the chest of the guy rising and falling. She couldn't see further. She thought of moving forward but a hand rested on her shoulder.
She was frightened and before she could yell, the hand was placed on her mouth.
"Don't shout. It's me, Greyson."
Marin was relieved. She turned to face him. Greyson said, "Don't you know who is it?"
"No" Marin replied.
"Go close to have a better look." Greyson said.
Marin nodded and moved forward and saw the guy.
Her heart started to beat instantly. The guy was her bestie.
It was Lavan.