Siya Rajput Crime Thriller 2: Little Girl Gone by UD Yasha

Author:UD Yasha [Yasha, UD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, India
Published: 2021-05-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty

The next few minutes were a complete blur. I remember Rathod pulling me out of the Detention Room and settling me in the corridor itself, away from any windows. I heard him call for backup and a one-kilometre perimeter around the building from which he thought the shot was taken.

‘Will you be okay for a minute?’ Rathod said.

I nodded my head. ‘Yes, don’t worry. But please don’t tell anyone what we’ve found,’ I said, remembering what Manohar had said just before dying.

‘I won't. I need to report this on the off chance that the shooter is still lurking in that area.'

Sitaram Mule. The name had stuck. Manohar had said we could trust him. He was the former head of Pune Police. That was all I had gotten from him. Nothing more. I had not even asked him about why he was spying on the Gills or where he had gone in the middle of nowhere near the Pune-Solapur highway.

Rathod returned after what I guessed had been five minutes. My breathing had stabilized by then and I could think clearly once again.

‘Let’s take you somewhere safe and comfortable,’ he said and offered me a hand to help me get up.

I accepted it and followed Rathod deeper into the CID office. I had never been to this part before. He unlocked a room and we went in.

‘This room has extra fortification. The walls aren't just bulletproof but even blast proof. You can get your breath back,' Rathod said and handed me a towel. ‘It has a bathroom as well if you want to wash up. Stay in this room. I’ll be back in a bit.’

‘Thanks,’ I said.

I thought it was a good idea to wash my face. I went to the bathroom and stared at the mirror inside. I closed my eyes and splashed water on my face. As the cold water hit me, the image of Manohar’s head blowing up and falling forward flashed through my mind. I opened my eyes and I realized I was heaving loudly. I stayed inside for a while and only came out when I heard Rathod enter the room.

‘The media knows about the shooting. Radha called me. She is worried. They’re coming here right now,’ Rathod said.

‘What about maa?’

‘We’re placing a patrol team outside your house.’

‘Manohar said we can’t trust the police. He said even the top is rotten.’’

‘This is my patrol team. I have personally vetted each of the people in it. I trust them.’

I nodded, feeling better. I trusted Rathod the most at that point. If he believed in something, I definitely did.

Rathod’s phone chimed. ‘I just got a text from Radha. Atharva is staying back with your mother and Shama.’

I heaved a soft sigh of relief. Atharva would be inside the house. He also had the skills to protect maa and Shama in case things went south.

‘What did Manohar say?’ Rathod said.

I told him everything that had happened since I had entered the Detention Room.

‘I know Sitaram Mule,’ Rathod said. ‘We worked together during his final year of service.

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