The Siya Rajput Crime Thrillers Books 1-3 (Where Are They Now Finding Her The Bones Are Calling) by UD Yasha

Author:UD Yasha [Yasha, UD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-06T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Three

I read the name again just to be sure. How could this be possible? My eyes ached. I hoped I was reading the name incorrectly. The letters on the paper got bigger. I read them again.

Aniruddha Rajput. Senior Inspector. Rupees fifty lakhs. 22nd May 2003.

Maa had been taken in August of 2003. I could not breathe through my nose. I heaved air in and out loudly through my mouth.

Aniruddha Rajput was my father. He had gone missing on 23rd November 2003. It was three months after my mother had been abducted by a serial killer. Radha, Karan and I had been heartbroken to lose both our parents within such a short time. There had been no lead in dad's disappearance. Not a shred of a clue. Until now.

‘That’s my father,’ I somehow managed to say.

Rathod knew who he was.

‘We don’t know if the contents of the file are true,’ he said.

‘I know, but the chances of them being untrue are slim,’ I said.

We returned to the bedroom. I sat on a cracked chair.

The memories of the days immediately after dad’s disappearance came back to me. We had got by with the help of our maushi—our mother’s sister. I cried every single day in my room for the next year. I was afraid of the dark, of any harsh sound and of the phone ringing. I feared the next call I get would be from a cop, telling me my mother or father or both had been found dead in some deserted corner of this world. But that phone call had never come. People, including other cops, had doubted that dad had a role to play in maa's disappearance. I had never once believed it. In fact, that's what had driven me to take up criminal defence. I knew how much it hurts when your loved ones are accused of heinous crimes. Especially you believed they were innocent.

I had always believed in dad. Every waking second. But everyone suspected him even more when he also went missing without a trace. I could see why others thought he was guilty. The husband is often the culprit when the wife goes missing. But I was sure dad would never hurt his wife and three kids—all of whom he adored so much.

Even as the days became months and years, I kept believing in him. I fought for his innocence when people raised accusations three months back, when a new slew of murders were being committed by a killer, who had a connection with maa’s abductor.

So, when I saw his name on the list, everything I believed to be true about dad had begun to crumble. I felt terrible. My teeth were clattering. I was confused. A big part of me was in denial. This has to be a mistake. This has to mean something else. Maybe this isn’t even a list of bribes given out to cops.

Rathod put a hand on my shoulder. I held back the tears. I gulped hard once and got up.

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