Disturbed
(An investigative, romantic and psychological thriller)
By
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
“Relax… relax yourself my dear.” Patting on my shoulder smoothly my aunt is saying. “I am thinking that there is more than your imagination in it. I hope that Smaran comes out with solutions to all our problems.”
“Just be relaxed. My uncle surely keeps his promise.” With a smile on her lips Menaka said.
Then we are all sat in the sofas there. “Viola what all this is? Despite your hypnotizing and programming why still Dazzle is imagining like that? I am thinking it is better that you do stop all your hypnotizing etc.” my aunt is saying.
“I have advised that a long time back itself.” Williams who has come there just then is saying. “It would be better in such a way.”
“There is no mistake of Viola in this.” looking into the sorrowful face of Viola I am saying. “What she can do if I imagine like this.”
“It seems there is some truth in what they are saying also.” Viola is saying. “Why cannot I prevent you from imagining like this? Last time Williams saved you, this time Menaka.”
“What happened?” it seems that Williams does not know what happened as he just came and participated in the conversation. Then Viola explained to him what happened and what would have happened if Menaka not stopped me.
“My god!’ Williams shocked on hearing that. “Why these terrible and dangerous imaginations?” he exclaimed.
“There is more than her imagination in all of this.” my aunt is saying. “All the time we are thinking that it is only her psychological disorder. It may be more than that.”
“What do you mean?” looking at her straight Williams asked her.
“Imagination would not be like that Williams. No one imagines a voice, follow it and try to jump over a wall to his or her own death. Dazzle is saying that she heard some voice. Really there may be a voice which can make the people follow it like that.”
“I have followed Dazzle all the way on to the terrace. I just did not hear any voice.” Menaka said.
“I also did not hear any voice on that day.” Williams said.
“That means only I am imagining all the way that bloody voice.” I am quite irritated now. “How I am going to be cured of this I cannot understand.”
“Don’t be frustrated Dazzle. Just wait. That Smaran………” keeping her hand on my shoulder Viola is trying to say something.
“How that Smaran can do anything with this? This is all bloody hell related to my psyche. He is just over confident. Nothing more than that.”
“You first relax yourself.” Williams strongly said. “I say somehow or other we are going to find a solution to this. You don’t feel worry.”
“I just cannot remain without worrying while all this is happening like this to me.” I am exhausted and leaned back in the sofa there.
&&&
I am in the office and Menaka is also with me. I am settled comfortably and feeling relaxed. Menaka’s presence like that with me is really very much soothing. I have completely forgotten my yesterday’s experience.
“How you are feeling now Dazzle?” reclining in the chair she asked me.
“Nice of course.” I hissed out heavily and closed my eyes. “It is indeed because of you and my good family, I came out of my disturbing mood fast.”
“In fact your family, they all do love you a lot it seems.” While looking keenly into my face she said.
“You are absolutely right. My aunt loves me more than my own mother. In fact I never have felt much about my own mother because of my aunt. She became a virtual mother to me.”
“You are very lucky in fact. That you have got such a good woman in your life to look after your affairs.”
“I must say yes.” I am about to say something more but my cell phone started ringing. The true caller is showing me the caller as Neptune Detective Agency. What is this Neptune Detective Agency?
“Hello.” I attended the call and said.
“Is this is Miss Dazzle Penkins, Penkins Conglomerate?” I am hearing a voice which is no doubt male.
“Yes, of course.” I am saying. “Why you have called me.”
“I am calling from Neptune Detective Agency.” The caller identified himself. “I want to discuss a very important matter with you.”
“First tell me what it is?” interest picked up in me. Someone called from a detective agency and is telling me that he wants to discuss a very important matter with me!
“May I know what it is?” I asked him again as there is no answer immediately.
“I cannot discuss that matter with you over phone. I can say this only face to face with you. Will you please give me some time? I can come now itself.” I am hearing his pleading tone.
“Please come straight to me. I do wait for you.” I said to him.
“It does not take me more than ten minutes to reach you.” Then he abruptly cut off the phone.
“Oh, my god!” keeping my cell phone down I hissed out.
“What happened Dazzle?” Menaka is curiously looking into my face.
I am explaining to her what happened while she is listening curiously. “It surely may be a very important thing he wants to discuss with me.”
“You are hundred percent right.”
We both are very eagerly waiting for that person to enter into my chamber. I am startled hearing my cell phone ringing again. I took it into my hand and saw on the miniature screen. Neptune Detective Agency again.
“Hello” I attended the phone call and said.
“May I know who it is?” the other side voice asked me. It is not the voice previously talked with me.
“It is you who called me. You have to identify yourself to me. Not me to you.” I angrily said. Why a different person now, I cannot understand.
“Madam.” The other side voice is a little agitating. “I am the traffic inspector. The owner of this cell phone just died in a motor accident. It is the latest number he called through his cell phone. So I have called to this number to know about his details.”
“No.” I screamed aloud. I involuntarily stood up. “No, no, no.” I am yelling in the phone.
Menaka immediately came towards me running and took me into her hands. “What happened? What happened? Just tell me.” Trying to comfort me in her hands she is asking me.
“The person, the person who called me just now….” I am having difficulty to talk.
“Tell me what happened?” Menaka is trying to keep her impatience.
“Just now died in a motor accident.” I slumped myself in my chair again.
“How did you have come to know about that?” still holding me in her hands Menaka asked me.
“Traffic inspector there called me. My number is the recent number in his cell phone that he called. So he wants to see if I know any details of that person.”
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“Neptune Detective Agency. Not a very much reputed agency. What all I came to know is your dad met the owner of it, Mr.Salmon, and asked him to do some investigation on something.” Smaran is saying to me.
As soon as Menaka reported about the Neptune Detective Agency matter to him, detective Smaran investigated into it and came to me.
“What is that matter owner of that Neptune Detective Agency was asked to investigate by my dad?” even in the unnerving state also I am feeling curious. After hearing the death of that person so, I became completely upset.
“Your father asked him to keep it completely secret. So that Salmon did not say anything about it to any other person.”
“My god! Why it is so? Why every time it is happening so?” I am irritating a lot. I am now trying to think carefully. “If it is my dad who entrusted the matter to him it was surely more than six months or so back. Why this person did not try to meet me until now?”
“I don’t know. I cannot say. Either his assistant in his detective agency or anyone else who knows him well are not able to say anything at all. He kept them completely in blind about that. If your dad asked him for complete secrecy for that matter, he did it perfectly.” Smaran is saying. “I think he might have some breakthrough in the matter only recently. That was why he tried to reach you only now.”
“Another mystery to solve as if we are not having enough mysteries in our hand.” I am still irritating.
“Solving of one mystery among these solve all the other mysteries also.” Smaran is saying. “I keep my promise. You don’t worry at all.”
Now I am explaining to him what happened yesterday’s night. He is hearing everything so carefully and patiently.
“I said that your life is in danger.” He is saying. “You need to be even more careful from now onwards.”
“How long I have to be careful like this?”
“Just eighteen days. Twelve days have passed already in the time I promised. After these eighteen days there shall be no problem whatsoever to you.”
“Are you that much confident on this Mr.Smaran?” I am feeling very much surprise seeing the confidence in Smaran.
“Yes. Everything shall be so clear to you. I shall make everything so clear within these eighteen days. Just be patient. Don’t ask me if I have got any hold on anything. Of course I already have got some strong leads but I am not going to reveal them to you now.”
“Alright then. What all I do want is this problem to be solved completely. Nothing more than that.” I am smiling now. I am feeling relaxed in the presence of Smaran and his saying so is making me courageous. After few seconds silence I am asking him again. “Who else is there in that Neptune Detective Agency? Besides that….what is his name?”
“Salmon…I think I said it to you….he is the proprietor of that agency. He is not very much talented or skilled and very ordinary. He has only one assistant and she is a divorcee. He has no family. I presume that there may be a relationship between that divorcee and our Salman.”
“My dad could appoint big talented and famous detective if he wanted. Why did he go for an unfamiliar and un-reputed detective I cannot think.” Knitting my brows together I said.
“Might be your father knew him personally. Moreover your father wanted not to give much publicity to the matter. So he selected someone like him.”
“What is that divorcee’s name? How much aged she is?” inquiringly looking into the face of Smaran I am asking “Surely she can shed some light on our matter.”
“I don’t remember her name now. She is aged thirty eight. A recent divorcee. Have no children. I have asked her all sorts of questions. I think I said this to you before.” Smaran breathed deeply and hissed out before continuing again. “That Salmon did not say anything at all to her. She herself is feeling lot of surprise that he maintained such secrecy in this matter. It is never before like this. He used to discuss with her each and everything he investigates.”
“Alright then. I cannot think any more on this.” I am feeling headache now.
“I suggest you not to worry about any of these. But I wanted to say one thing here.”
“Tell me what it is?” interest picked in me once again.
“Some people don’t want at all that you do know about what Salmon was going to say. In my opinion it was not an accident. It was a murder.”
“I am also having a doubt like that in myself. You have just confirmed that.” I am feeling intensive fear again. Who can be those crooks?
“I want to caution you again. Your life is in danger. Be very careful. I asked that Menaka be with you all the time. Where is she?”
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