The building was incomplete and someone should have stopped their construction due to any problems. But that was not a problem for Marin. There were no security guards. In the first floor of that building, Fatan Khan and Paigne were placed in chairs. They were insensible. Their hands and legs were tied up with ropes. Marin, Greyson and Lavan were standing in front of them.
Lavan was in his peak of temper as he was cheated by Fatan Khan. Fatan had used him to kill Franklin and he cheated him as well. If Marin and Greyson decided to kill them, Lavan would be the one who would stab Fatan. The right side of Fatan's lips was bleeding and Lavan was responsible for that.
Marin was the saddest one. Paigne said that she was like her son, Kasper. But she had betrayed her. She was the one to see Paigne weeping in happiness and she embraced her. She knew that Fatan Khan would come back to consciousness within twenty five minutes. Lavan said that he would kill Fatan when he came back to his consciousness but Marin rejected his idea. Paigne told her that Fatan was the one who executed their plan. But Marin doesn't know what the plan was! So she has to wait for Fatan to regain his consciousness. There was no water with them and so they couldn't use it to make Fatan awake. She prayed to God that Fatan should not lie to her.
Moreover she noticed the actions of Greyson which were unnatural. He did not talk to her even during the kidnap of Paigne. Marin was sure that Henry would have told the truth to Greyson. 'Was that the reason for his actions?' she thought.
Fifteen minutes had passed. Ninety nine percent of Marin's body cells said that Fatan would not tell her the truth. The time was 6:45pm.
Greyson, who looked dejected rose from his seat and walked several feet away. It seemed to Marin that he was lurking something to her. She too rose from her seat and went closer to him.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked.
For the first time in her life she noticed Greyson crying like a child.
"Hey! What happened?" she exclaimed.
Greyson shook his head. He thought of saying the reason. But before he could open his mouth to speak, he noticed the movements of Fatan Khan. Fatan came back to his consciousness. Marin noticed a change in Fatan's face.
Fatan seemed to be normal and looked like he had come back to reality a few minutes before. He cleared his throat and said, "He knows the truth."
Marin was rooted to her position. 'How did Fatan know that?' she thought.
"Did you know?" she asked Greyson.
Greyson gave a look at Marin and said, "Yes. He's …that guy!"
Marin couldn't believe what she had heard. Obviously she knew that Greyson knew the truth. But she didn't expect that it would be Fatan Khan. 'How did Fatan become that guy who was planned to kill by Franklin and his gang?' she thought. Millions of questions rotated in Marin's mind.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"I'm damn sure!" Greyson yelled.
Marin turned and faced Fatan and went to sit on her seat by slipping her hand into her pocket. She sat opposite to Fatan and said "Tell me everything."
Fatan who was beaten by a pack of youngsters gave a greedy smile and said, "Why did you wanna know that?"
"Who are you? Please tell me everything." Marin pleaded.
Fatan laughed out loud and said, "I was a human. Now a monster!"
Marin knew that Fatan was beating around the bush. She controlled herself and said, "Please tell us everything."
"Sure. I can. Your family members are demons. My parents had worked in your grandfather's industry."
Marin realized at once that this time too Franklin was responsible for a crime. She grew angry at her dead grandfather.
"My parents were Akhan Khan and Hema. They discovered that Franklin was seizing the lands of the poor people. He wanted to construct industries in those lands. He knew that he was against the Government. But if anyone complaints to the Police, he will kill them instantly. To say in short, he was a monster!"
"So your parents tried to stop him and they were killed. Right?" Marin asked.
"My parents were honest and trustworthy. At that time I was a youngster, so they don't want to share their problems with me." He stopped for a brief moment and he continued.
"They knew that they will be killed by Franklin." Tears rolled from Fatan's eyes and he went on. "They presented me a gift box and asked me to open it when they return. But till now they didn't return…"
"What did it contain?" Lavan asked.
"Everything had happened on my birthday. They presented me that gift on that evening. They told me that they had an urgent work and left me alone. Within an hour I received a phone call…"
"What had happened?" Lavan said.
"They informed me that my parents were dead in a car accident and closed the case."
"So Franklin had killed them." Marin said hopelessly.
"Yes. Do you know one more thing? I went hopeless and decided to commit suicide…but this lady, who is sitting near me, my friend, Paigne consoled me. She became my parents and my world. " he said. Marin knew that too. Paigne had told her when she was explaining her history.
"But one day, I opened that gift box." Fatan said and let out a breath and continued "Do you know when I did it?"
"I don't know." Marin said in a lowered voice.
"I opened it on Franklin's birthday after the end of that party." Fatan said.
"What did it contain?" Lavan asked.
"A letter describing the truth about Franklin which was written by my parents. They knew that they would be dead soon and so they wrote this letter."
There was a silence and Fatan continued "My soul burned in anger and I wanted to take revenge on Franklin. But Franklin knew everything about me. Before I could take a step, with his pack he decided to finish my chapter! I was frightened and placed a piece of paper in my house which contained the words,
"My fate had ordered me to escape"
"And so you went to Mumbai. Am I right?" Marin asked. She remembered Paigne's history. When Paigne sought help from Fatan, he was in Mumbai for a musical concert. "Yes. I went there to meet my friend who was a smuggler. I decided to kill Franklin's family. But before that, that old man committed another terrible mistake. I think what I meant." Fatan said.
Marin knew that Paigne's husband, William Dravid was the man who was killed by Franklin and his gang. Everything had happened as if it were pre-planned.
"Orders of Fate", Fatan muttered and continued "What to say! Paigne called me through phone and sought my help to kill her father without knowing that I was too preparing for that! And I joined with her and it took ten years for us to bounce back." Fatan said.
Marin understood why Fatan Khan was too aggressive when she was kidnapped by them.
"And you!" Fatan said as he pointed at Lavan and said, "Do you know how your father Mr. Henry, became an industrialist?"
"Nope." Lavan replied. That question stirred both their hearts.
"He was the guy responsible for my parents' death. He rose to his position only because of eavesdropping! He heard Franklin's orders to kill my parents when he was waiting outside Franklin's cabin and Franklin noticed his eavesdropping. In order to escape from Franklin, he shook his hands with Franklin to become an industrialist."
Lavan was taken up on hearing the secret of his beloved father.
"He's right." Greyson said from the back with sadness in his voice.
"What did my father do?" Marin asked.
"He was the second criminal in this case. You know that he was responsible for the death of William Dravid." Fatan finished.
On hearing those words, Marin took out her mobile phone and kept it closer to her ears and said, "Did you hear that Jake?"
She had dialed Jake's number before the start of Fatan's history. She did it to prove that her father was also a culprit.
"Yes" Jake, who was in his house replied.
"I'll call you." Marin said and cut the call.
One important thing is to be asked. Their plan. Marin glanced at her wrist watch. The time was 7:15pm. Before she could open her mouth to ask her heart was broken into pieces as Paigne had regained her consciousness.
"Why didn't you tell this to me Fatan?" Paigne asked.