Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One Page #3

Sit!

What if the gun fires?

- Weren't you ashamed?

Did you even spare a thought for me

when you stripped before him?

"Meghna, I wanted to be close to you.

Harish was only an alibi"

"I was helpless, Meghna.

- Aren't you ashamed?"

Now face it. Apologize to me

"I'm going, Meghna,

far away from your life"

"That won't satisfy me.

Don't touch me, apologize to me"

"I can't do that, Meghna.

- Apologize"

"Apologize!

- Meghna, I needed you... "

"Apologize.

- I was helpless, Meghna"

"Meghna, you needed love... "

Ms. Amrita...

Bloodthirsty wolf!

"Amrita, please open the door"

At least don't leave

with an ill-feeling

I want a baby

Tell me something. Why do you

always call when I'm eating?

I see

"No, she's not here"

Hold on for a second.

I'll ask Meghna

Any idea where Amrita could be?

At home. Whose call is it?

It's Raj. He's very worried

Amrita's missing

Really? That's very strange

"Don't worry.

She's no kid, after all"

Oh yes. As soon as I finish

my dinner. In 10 or 15 minutes

She never did a thing like this

I don't know

what goes on in her mind

I know hope everything

turns out to be all right

Did you ask at the factory?

- She hasn't gone there

I telephoned

And where's the car?

- She has taken it

She has taken the car

"No need to worry. She'll be

all right, wherever she is"

"A few days ago,

we saw her at a mountain"

There was this huge stoned structure

lying in ruins

There was no one around

till far and wide

There was a stillness

in the skies

There wasn't even a bird in sight

All that cut through the mountains

was the silence of the rocks

It appeared as if she was

undergoing a punishment

Her face was a picture

of sadness

She looked worried; terrified

"She moved forward,

to caress the rocky slopes"

It was as if a rhapsody

had broken the stillness of silence

"And then appeared

in the mountain, a wedge... "

"and then it fell,

divided in two pieces"

Take me home.

I want to go home

And then I saw the soil assuming

the color of the rocks

And like blood that has dried up...

there appeared a dark stain

As if a flowing river

had come to a halt

Hurry up. Quick!

Congratulations on

your freedom

Looks like your wife's departure

has brought back your sleep

"If you're bored to sleep all alone,

after some days... "

do let me know. I also run

a modest marriage bureau

"It's meant for cripples,

but there's no harm in expansion"

Your partnership is

good for my business

What makes you run away

with your tongue suddenly?

Did anyone see you coming?

- You don't leave that to chance

"When I got here, your wife was

all dressed and decked up"

"Only thing is, the redness of her

dot had spread to her temple"

"When I looked in her eyes,

I saw your picture in it"

I got the feeling that she was

about to break into a smile

"And then came Harish,

looking for your wife"

"When the door wouldn't open,

he left in disgust"

You say amusing things

Where did you leave her?

- She's happy without you...

wherever she is.

But we have a great partnership

Isn't it? Your cooperation

has made my job easy

But my fee is going

to remain the same

Let me have the money.

- Where is the body?

It's not going away anywhere.

I carried her on my shoulder...

"put her in a car, and left her

at a sand-factory faraway"

Everyone will run for a glimpse

of her at daybreak

You will also get an invitation

You can cling to your wife then

and sob uncontrollably

You won't come to any harm.

That's my promise to you

Now give me my fee.

- Here you are

The rest?

- When the body is discovered

Listen

The car...?

- There isn't even a scratch

It's as it was

Calcutta? Who told you

that she was going there?

There's a ticket.

For tomorrow evening's flight

"Actually, Inspector,

this incident involving my wife... "

Take a look.

- I don't know

Maybe you can find out

Amrita was very moody. She'd go off

just anywhere when she was in the mood

She'd come back and

tell me the stories...

and really shock me.

- I see. Strange woman indeed

But this time...?

"Inspector, whatever happens,

this killer ought to be... "

I have the same objective as yours

She wasn't murdered at home

Her body was dumped in the car

And the car was abandoned in

a deserted place outside the city

I don't think they'll be able

to catch up with him

Who...? Whom?

The killer. It's impossible

"She was in a hurry.

A tearing hurry, I'd say"

She made the booking

over the phone...

and came personally the next day

to collect the ticket

"Calcutta, 9W211.

"In a hurry, she even forgot

to cross the cheque"

Madam didn't come that day

"Or else, she'd surely have

paid a visit to the factory"

"When I called her residence in

the afternoon, nobody answered it"

We were facing a financial crunch

for quite a few days...

payments were getting delayed...

I had some outstandings too

"But what can be done, sir?

Such things happen in a factory"

"No, she was happy-go-lucky"

Jovial. Very clear

about what she wanted

An enemy...? She didn't

wish anyone harm

The last time...?

When she came to the hospital

With Raj.

Meghna had taken ill

My wife. She's okay now

Calcutta?

It's surprising that no one

knows anything about it

"I wasn't at work that day, sir.

I don't know what transpired"

"Maybe the master arrived in a white

jeep that day. I saw nothing else, sir"

"I'm sure, I didn't, sir"

"No, sir... no.

I saw nothing more"

"I considered her to be my elder sister.

In fact, she was even dearer"

There was something biting her

for about a month

"Although she didn't tell me,

I sensed it"

It could even have been

her financial problems

"I wish she had told me. She would've

been alive today, for all you know"

What harm had the poor woman

done to anyone?

What did anyone gain

from her death?

And look at the police.

They're out to malign her name

They're looking for evidence

of her infidelity

"Harish, you were very close to her"

"Although she's no more,

you can tell me"

Could she ever have cheated on me?

"Raj, Amrita was in

love with you"

Only you

They make so many stories

at a woman's death

Do you know why she

was going to Calcutta?

No.

- Now that she's dead...

I think I've gotten

closer to you

I can share my grief with you

I loved her very dearly.

I still do

I cried a lot. But not so much

as to lose my senses in grief

"With time, I will

overcome the anguish"

Calcutta...? Rubbish!

I was the one who asked her

to run away

I knew of a way

she could escape

She trusted what I said

But she couldn't avert

what was pre-destined

"Greed, jealousy, hatred... "

She mustn't even have realized when

the bullet was fired and when she died

She at least didn't have to suffer

Humiliation is all I get

What makes me angry is that...

someone must have taken her body

in his arms and kissed her

You and I have lost her.

Everything else is a lie

If you could mail this

on your way?

Amrita... come here.

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