It was Saturday night. For a youngster like Johnny, a partying day, for a housewife like Rashi, just another day to look after her menacing kid and for an elderly retired Jasbir, one more day to mull over the past.
But this Saturday was different. All the three had gathered at a public park. They wanted to have a look at the car that Patil had. Johnny was not much adept when it came to trying out his hand at car mechanism. He wanted to check Patil’s car to know if he could pull off the decided plan of failing the brake of the car within 10 minutes.
All the three kept on looking at the third floor flat of a posh housing society which was straight in front of the park.
“His flat’s light is on. Usually he won’t be at home during the weekend. He would go to his farmhouse in Lonavla right after the Saturday shift.” Jasbir was perplexed.
“Maybe his wife or kids are at home.” Rashi remarked.
“No! That slicker is a bachelor. He doesn’t have anyone by his side. He lives alone here.” Jasbir’s eyes moved down to the ambulance van that suddenly entered the building. “Something is not right.” He mumbled. “Wait till I get back here.” Jasbir slowly made way out of the park and directly headed to the apartments.
“Gosh! There are police too.” Rashi gasped seeing a few uniformed men coming out of the colony.
A few anxious moments later both Johnny and Rashi saw Jasbir talking to the tall and muscular detective who they had seen earlier at the Electric board office.
“Isn’t he Balbir, the detective who was supervising people who were giving free drinks in the EB office in the morning?” Rashi asked.
“Yes.” Johnny said nothing more as he watched the old man retracing his steps.
“I think it’s a wakeup call to not get into risky business.” Rashi whispered. “We were just frustrated in the morning and so ended up planning a murder. But seriously, you never kill people just because they are rude or corrupted, right?”
“I too was thinking the same. Maybe we should ask the oldie to calm down a bit.” Johnny remarked.
What were the police doing in the apartments? And what was the old man upto? Was this indeed a wakeup call for both Rashi and Johnny? To be continued...
Aiyo. Leaving us at a cliffhanger 😲😲😲.... jaldi do next part....