CHAPTER 2

                JENNIFER

When I returned to the station, two people were waiting for me in front of my table. I sat on my chair and looked at the new guy who must be working with me on this case. I look at them.

“Hi, I am Avinash. I am going to work with you on this case.”

“If you know any details about this case, they could be beneficial for us in the further investigation.”

I say this because I don’t want to waste my time, as this case isn’t something big. Even though I know this case was closed, I want to find out how they concluded the guy who was dead in an accident was the killer.

“I don’t have any personal thoughts about it, I wasn’t one of them when this case on fire.”

He says honestly, so do I. Maybe it was my bad luck that I had to take this as my first case, and I am not going to give up just because I am standing in total darkness without knowing where to go.

“Like the news says they found the killer dead in his car two weeks after.”

“As a police officer, didn’t you think it could be a set-up?”

“Why did someone set up like this, and more than that, the fingerprint, the DNA taken from the crime scene, the car on the CCTV footage, everything says he was the killer. If the headache leaves by itself, why bother to take medicine?”

“I am right, brother?”

He looks at the driver's brother, and he gives a smile. Then looks at me.

“I know this is your first case, sometimes the young one is the one who solves most of the well-planned crimes. Even though I know we are starting from the cliff edge, let's hope and do our best in this case.”

“Don’t you think it also, Avinash?”

He looks at the young man sitting beside him who was staring at the case file. He looks at the brother and then at me.

“Yes, why not?”

“I have been in this field for around one and a half years. No one let me into the big case like this, if the opportunity comes to my doorstep, why the hell am I going to kick it out?”

It reminds me of my brother, who always says opportunities come once; if you take it in your hand, the world will be under your feet; if not, you will be under the world’s feet. If he is here with the man sitting in front of me, he would have wrapped his hand around his shoulder say…………. “Then what’s up with the life buddy?”.

I come back to reality when Avinash asks-

“Is there anything on my face that makes you smile like that?”

“Sorry.”

“Let's go to the crime area tomorrow, the first thing before that, I wanted every detail about the guy who was involved in the fight six years back with Ragul.”

I step inside my room which is perfect for one person. Single-size bed, small kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, sink, a perfect one for one person. I place my case file on the table, take the towel from the chair, switch on the light in the bathroom, and shut the bathroom door. When I was in the shower, I heard the ring of my phone without looking at it. I knew who it was… I come out of the shower, wiping my wet hair with a towel. I took my phone from the nightstand and then dialled my mother, who must be waiting for my call for the day. From the moment I got my own mobile, my mom calls me when I go anywhere alone. “Did I reach? How was the travel? Is anyone there you know? Did your classmates go with you?” and soon it became my habit that if I am travelling alone, I will call her to update her about my current situation. “How am I doing? Where am I? Do I have my classmates with me? Did I have my lunch, breakfast, or dinner? How was my day?”  and this long distance for almost a year, it's so hard for her to get used to it. I also feel alone when I enter my apartment. I can bring my mom with me to stay, but the farm animals and our pets want someone to look after them, and more than that, my dad is the one taking care of our farm animals, but my mom always helps him with it. And yeah, they can sell them and come to stay with me. But me also even I will also quit my job to take care of our farm animals and our pets because they are not just animals to us, they are our family.

She answers the call in two rings; she must be waiting for my call.

“Hey, Mom, how are you?”

“Fine, how are you, Jeni?”

I can hear the cow’s sound in the background.

“Fine Mom, so what is she saying?”

“She is saying she wants to kick your ass with her back leg.”

I chuckle, hearing another sound from our cow. She is beautiful with her black skin, with a small corn of her head. She is cute, even though she has grown up faster than I could have realised. She has grown up enough to become a mom herself.

“Where is dad?”

“He is feeding the boys.”

“How many days?”

“It’s been a month, Jeni”

Our goat gave us two cuties, and they are such naughty boys. They also run to the rooftop if the roof door is open, then they will cry and call anyone to bring them down to their mother.

“So, how is your day, Jeni?”

“Working on a new case, Mom.”

I hear my dad saying in the background-

“Keep the good work girl.”

I smile, he is always a good supporter to me, staying near me or staying away from me. After chatting with them for a few more minutes, I hung up the call, saying Good night, Mom.

I sat on the chair, then opened my laptop to check if I got any emails from Avinash about the case we are working on together. When I go to the email, five new emails are waiting for me. Two from my brother, which were one year ago, and the other two from my online book club, where I sign up to read. The very latest one from Avinash, without wasting any seconds, I open it and start to read the details about it.

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