God is a Gamer by Ravi Subramanian

Author:Ravi Subramanian
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780143421399
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2014-09-12T04:00:00+00:00

51

Mumbai

Tanya was furious after the Times Now report. She went public with her allegations. She gave media interviews accusing the finance minster of having a hand in her mother’s death. She had always felt that he was using her mother. And that’s exactly what she said in her interviews.

A few days later, an extremely agitated finance minister arrived in Mumbai. From the airport, he went straight to his hotel. This was a personal visit and he managed to evade the press.

A little after midnight, he left the hotel in a private car and drove to Malabar Hill with two accompanying cars. The cars stopped in front of a multi-storeyed apartment complex. The minister got off and walked in.

Tanya opened the door. She betrayed no expression, no emotion, even though she wasn’t expecting him there.

‘Yes? What can I do for you, sir?’ she asked, keeping her anger in check.

‘May I come in?’

Tanya stepped aside and allowed him to enter.

Varun was in the living room. The minister was surprised to see him there but didn’t comment. He remembered him as the guy who was by Tanya’s side on the day Malvika had died.

‘What brings you here . . . sir?’ Tanya asked again.

Varun got up to leave, but Tanya pushed him down by the shoulder. ‘I want you to be here,’ she said firmly.

‘Tanya, I wanted to tell you something,’ said the minister.

‘I’m waiting with bated breath.’ Tanya was extremely sarcastic. Nobody had ever spoken to the minister in that fashion.

‘You have been reading a lot about your mother and me in the press. Not just reading, but you have also been speaking quite a bit about it. Even implying that I’m responsible for her death.’

‘I’m sure the law will take its course. And if my mom was murdered, someone will pay for it.’

‘That someone is not me, Tanya. I don’t care what the world thinks about me but I wanted to tell you that I did not kill your mother.’ He nearly choked as he said this. A confident orator, who could stand in front of the entire Parliament and hold his ground, was tearing up in front of Tanya. ‘Your mother and I were extremely close. We were more than friends. We went back a long way, Tanya. I knew almost everything about her, and she was my secret vault. I would never confess it outside the room but I loved her. And believe me, she felt the same way. If things had gone well for a few more months, we might have gotten married.’

Tanya knew that the minister was a widower. His wife had succumbed to cancer a few years ago. She was taken aback by his emotional reaction.

‘I didn’t want you to be influenced by the media and start believing that I killed her. I am as sad as you are. That’s why I came in person.’

‘Thank you for being so considerate,’ Tanya said arrogantly. ‘But I’m going to need a stronger reason to believe you.’

‘Look,’ the minister started off, ‘I didn’t have to come and explain myself to you.

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