Chapter 18 A Horrifying End

The plan was to scare and threaten, but the moment Sunil pulled out a gun, Ritu knew she had messed everything up. It waved at her and then at Kapil, and she wouldn’t lose him. She was not going to lose her source of peace and joy just as soon as he came, and while Kapil tried to use the negotiation approach and convince Sunil, they just came to warn, and Ritu was not taking chances. Despite Kapil’s advice to stay still, she charged at him fiercely, and what followed was something no one could explain, but when the trigger went off, there was one person on the floor coated with blood. The remaining two stood in disbelief, mouths agape, and they didn’t need a medical examiner to confirm there was no life in the body on the floor. That body belonged to Sunil.

Speechlessness turned to fret and then finally screams of terror, and Kapil put his hand over her mouth to shut her up.

“For God’s sake, Ritu, be quiet.” He held her tight until she went silent and nodded to everything he said. It