CHAPTER 13
ARAV’S POV…….
After dropping Samantha at home, I and Shaurya, I both went to the office to talk with Liza. She is my friend but for me, family comes first. Why did she do that? We provide every facility to our staff. For us, our staff is like our second family.
I provide her job and I assured Shaurya that she is good at her work and she has the potential for work now I can’t say anything to Shaurya. He trusted me and what I did. I broke his trust.
“Shaurya, I….” before I say sorry to him he said in between
“There is no need to say sorry Arav. She broke your trust. It’s not your fault. It’s okay. We have reached here now let’s go.”
I just nodded my head and we both went come inside. Liza saw us. Right now she is looking all pale and why not she did such a big mistake
“Liza, in my cabin. Now” Shaurya said and Liza followed us
We trio came inside the office and Shaurya put his coat on his chair and started rubbing his forehead. Whenever he rubs his forehead that means he is controlling his anger and trying to start the conversation. I know what he is thinking so I start the conversation
“Now, will you tell us the truth or shall we hand over you to the police?”
“I…. I am sorry” Liza said and bends her head down
“You are What? You are sorry? Do you know what you did? You tried to frame Mr. Pathak. He was in mess yesterday.”
“Sir….. I…..”
“You get to know that Mr. Pathak caught you red-handed. You are the one who was stealing money from the company and when you got to know that Mr. Pathak knows everything you wanted to get rid of him so you frame an accident. You wanted Samantha to die and Mr. Pathak will be in mess and he will not be in the sense of his weakness gets died and according to your plan everything was perfect and he was in mess yesterday and when you saw that Mr. Pathak will not be able to contact us you gave us that fake file and said that in finance Mr. Pathak is the one who tried to steal the money. Am I right? Miss Liza” I shouted at her and she was cryingContent property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.
“No, all this was not true. I admit that I stole the money from the company. I am the one who tried to frame Mr. Pathak but I am not the one who tried to frame an accident. I am not the one who wants her to die; I don’t know what you are saying. I even don’t know what happen yesterday when Mr. Pathak received the call and after that, he just run away from there.” She said and cried.
Shaurya and I, both look at each other and then he asked
“That means you are not the one who frames this accident?”
“No, I am not one,” she said while crying
“Then why did you steal the money and that to be 2 crores?” Shaurya asked in his angry voice
“Because My ex-boyfriend is blackmailing me,” Liza said and crying loudly and we both are looking at her in utter confusion
According to me, she had a boyfriend but why is he blackmailing her?
“Will you please tell us?” I asked
“Before we came here to Los Angeles I was at my home. When Shaurya sir called me and informed me that we have to go to Los Angeles tomorrow. After disconnecting the call I went inside the washroom. When I came out taking shower, he was seating on one of the couches. I asked him what is he doing there he showed me his phone where I was taking shower. He fixed the camera in my bathroom. He has my nudity pics and video of taking shower. He even edit some of my photos where it was shown that I am sleeping with some men as well. When I said to him that I will complain at the police station he said to do it before the police came here and arrest me I will upload all the videos and pics on social media and then I will be the one who will suffer. I asked him what does he wants he told me that he wants money. He asked me to give him 2 crores. I don’t have that much money then he said then I will upload it. I asked him if I will give him money and I stole money from the company and gave it to him.
Mr. Pathak get to know about this when he checked the file. He was coming when on the way to your office he got a call and after disconnecting the call, he run away dropping the file. I got the chance to take that file and after changing it I am the one who called you before you met with Mr. Pathak. I am sorry, really sorry. I don’t want to do that but I had to”
“You want us to believe in your lies? What proof do you have?” Shaurya asked her
“I have call records. I have his messages. I can prove to you that I am innocent and here I am the one who is the victim.” Liza said and showed us all the proofs.
“Why didn’t you tell us before? We helped you in this” I asked
“I was scared Arav. I am a girl, what if I told you and he gets to know then he posted the pics and videos and I will be the one who suffered? That’s why I didn’t tell you” Liza said and cried
“Arav, I will call the commissioner and tell him the situation. If there is any ex-boyfriend then he will be caught soon.” Shaurya said and called the commissioner and after disconnecting the call he send all the proofs to him. I don’t know why but I can feel Shaurya isn’t believing in her. He doesn’t believe so easily. It’s his habit. I can’t say anything to him.
We assure her that everything will be fine soon and I gave her a day off. She is not in her right mind. When she went outside I turned around to say something to Shaurya but before I said he started
“Now don’t tell me that I have to believe in her. She was all ok yesterday and when she get to know that we knows everything she cooked up this story. I am sorry Arav but it takes time to digest it. If there is any ex-boyfriend who tried to blackmail her then I will the one who cut off his head and if there is not any ex-boyfriend then I will also be the one who will put her behind the bars and make her life a living hell.”
“Ok, do whatever you want to do. But first, you need to calm down. We have to go home. We still have a puzzle to solve. If she is not the one who framed this accident then who did it?”
“You are right, let’s go home”
We came outside the office and sit inside the car and after some time when we reached home everyone was in the living room and I don’t know why the environment is looking all tense. We both are confused. When we looked at everyone’s faces we noticed a guy who was sitting there. We never saw him nor did we know him
“Mom dad, what happens? Why you all are looking tense? Who is he?” Shaurya asked
“Shaurya, he is Samantha’s classmate and he knows who is behind Samantha’s accident,” Dad said and we both are shocked and looking at him now.
“Who did it? How do you know about it?” I asked questions
“I will tell you from starting please listen patiently.” He said and we nodded our heads. In the living room, mom dad, and Mr. Pathak sit on one couch. Beside them, that guy is sitting on a single couch, and in front of him, we both are sitting. After settling down I asked him to speak
“I am Rahul, Samantha’s classmate. We have the same course. I don’t have so many friends here. I have a girlfriend named Tina. We were dating for four years. One day, in our class new admission, came. It was Samantha. When I first saw her, I started to like her. I become friends with her. We started to talk, and she also started to help me with my studies. I started to love her and started to ignore Tina. I never fell in love with her. Tina liked me but I don’t but she said to come into a relationship because she is the popular girl in college and I am the popular guy. I don’t believe in a big friend circle but she has lots of friends.
One day, Tina asked me why I started to ignore her. I told her the truth that I never liked her but I liked Samantha. When she asked me if I told her my feelings too I decline and said that she is a natural girl, she believes in simple life and doesn’t believe in relationships. I don’t want to ruin my friendship with her. My family background is not so good. I belong to a middle-class family. I lost my dad when I was 11. He had a heart attack and my mother is a teacher. She gave us all the facilities which every parent gives to their children. My sister is younger than me. She is in class 10th now. I got the scholarship in Los Angeles.
When Samantha met with an accident I was with her. Before she met, I told her to wait for me. I went to ATM for taking some money and after taking it I was coming when I saw Samantha helping an old man cross the road but when she was coming back she got hit by a car. I run towards her but before I did something I was hit by the same car and fell on the ground far from her.
Before I lost consciousness, I saw the car driver.” he said’ we all asked who was he?
“The car driver was none other than Tina,” he said and we all were in shock.