The Last Second

Sabari fumed as Prasanna demanded to leave back Ananya at his residence. “You scoundrel… “ Sabari walked to Prasanna and gripped his t-shirt at the collarbones, crushed it and squeezed it tightly. In the force, a part of the t-shirt slightly tore apart. Prasanna, who didn’t expect the sudden attack on him tried to stop him. “Hey Sabari…. Chill man… “ “Bastard… Why should I?” “Wait.. Listen to me for a moment… “ Sabari’s grip loosened and took his hands from the t-shirt. Prasanna shrugged his shoulders, adjusted his t-shirt and looked at Ananya. “This is not the right time to behave as you want to…   You will have to think twice before you do anything of this sort. I’m saying this as you are in deep trouble already.” “You are not the apt person to advise me… How dare you demand me to leave my wife here?” “For sure you have mistook what I said. I wanted you to do that for my safety..” “What BS is that??” “There is no assurance that you will go to the cops once...

Sabari was stunned when Prasanna uttered Sidharth’s name. Prasanna’s eyes were enjoying Sabari’s reaction to the news. There was an unusual silence for few seconds and Prasanna cleared it. “Are you Ok Sabari?” “I just cannot believe what you said just now… Was that Sidharth?” “Ya… it is him… Your MD…” “It cannot be… “ “Do you have any reasons for it?” “Hm.. Nothing specific.. “ “It is hard to believe… But, it is him.. “ “Motive?” “Betrayal” “I didn’t get that… Can you explain?” “As a ‘Chief of the Research Scholars’, Prathap is the top paid employer in your company. In spite of it, Prathap has sent the confidential research papers of the Bionic Project to a foreign Bio Tech company. “ Sabari raised his brows in surprise. “Are you sure?” “Yes… That reason was enough for Sidharth to kill Prathap” “How do you know all these?” “That is something that you need not know” Prasanna’s answer raised Sabari’s temper. “Then, why the hell do you want to tell it t...

Ananya was awestruck hearing to Abilash over phone. She imitated a shock in her voice. “Are you serious Abilash? Isn’t she not back in hospital yet? She told me that she will be heading to the temple first before going to the hospital” “That wasn’t what has happened” “Oh…” “She didn’t go to the temple… Instead she visited a priest in Velachery” “A priest??” “Ya… She told me that he is a priest and also an astrologer.. “ “Why did she visit him?” “To check with him whether the situation is right to get married… and he has suggested doing some special puja and atonement before getting married… “ Ananya looked at Sabari with a weird reaction. At the same time, she switched on the speaker of the phone. “But Abilash… Does she believe in those rituals and atonements?” “Like I said before, that was a surprise for me too… She had informed you that she is visiting temple, but landed in the priest’s mutt in Velachery. Not just that. She told me that she is going to Kanchipur...

Sabari compelled a smile at Ananya and said, “What did you say?” “Oh ya.. Didn’t you hear that… We were over-confident that no one would watch us destroying Vasu’s body. In a matter of few hours, the cops were able to locate the exact spot where we disposed the body. And now, they have reached our door asking to postmortem the mud samples and cloth particles. You are compelled to find out which microorganisms have been used.” “Exactly… All we have to report is which microorganism has caused this chemical reaction. It doesn’t prove that we are the one who did that.” “It won’t be long before when the cops unearth the truth. An anonymous person had been watching us in the spot and reported to the cops. Another one has captured everything as a video and sent it as a short film. Moreover, he has invited us to his home. Aren’t you convinced yet that we are surrounded by threats?” “Oh ya.. I don’t deny that we are in a spin” “That is what I see… I can still feel that you are too cas...

Ananya was stunned as she saw a cop in the uniform walking towards their entrance. “Sabari!!! What is happening? Why do we have a cop in front of our house?” Sabari tried to calm her down. “Relax Ananya… I don’t think it is anything to be petrified about. He is Inspector Mahadev, who is investigating Prathap’s murder. If my assumption is correct, he is here to get more information about the death. I will handle him and while I do that, I want you to behave normal. Stop sweating. If you behave indifferent, it might get Mahadev’s attention.” Ananya cleaned up her sweaty face with a hanky and at the same time, the calling bell rang. Sabari walked to the entrance and unlocked the door. Inspector Mahadev stood there with a smile on his face. “Sorry to bother you Mr. Sabari… “ “No problem at all.. Please come in.. “ Mahadev entered in and Sabari directed him to the couch. He sat on the couch and asked, “Looks like you left Prathap’s residence while the last rituals were still...

The moment Sabari confirmed that it was his car, panic gripped Ananya. She placed her hands on either side of his shoulders and held it tight. Ananya said, “Sabari!!! Our situation is getting worse as days pass. Who is this guy, Prasanna?” As usual, tears began flooding her eyes. “Ananya!!! Unfortunately, we did a mistake. There is proverb that every mistake we do would give birth to 10 different problems. Prasanna is one among the ten. Let us wait and watch what he is trying to convey”   The DVD continued to play and the voice was heard once again. “Mr and Mrs Sabari!!! By now, you would have come to a conclusion that the car in the video is yours. Keep watching and I will continue to speak whenever necessary” The video played everything that happened in real, from the moment they pulled Vasudharini’s body and destroyed it with the help of the microorganisms. Every scene was perfectly shot with a night vision camera. There were noise of whispers and breathing as the vi...

Sabari and Ananya looked at each other hearing the calling bell. “Who could that be?” “Not sure… I will let you stay here.. Let me go and check” Sabari walked through the hall and unlocked the door. To his surprise, he saw his neighbor Venkat waiting. That gave him a slight relief for the time. But, Venkat looked a bit concerned. “Hey Venkat… Come in…” “Sorry Sabari.. Actually I’m heading to work. So, I don’t have enough time to come.. I came here to tell you something important” “Ok.. Sure.. Go ahead” “Ten minutes back, I saw someone in a bike in front of your gate. I casually peeped out through the window and saw him. As he was wearing a helmet, I couldn’t see his face clearly. He parked the bike, walked to the gate and dropped something into your letterbox. “ Sabari’s heart beat rose rapidly as he heard that. He clearly understood there is a new issue brewing up. However, he decided not to expose it to Venkat. Sabari asked Venkat, “How was the guy?” “He was tidy ...