Focused on the road,
Never catch a thief by his crown
Because he has none to show
And if you’re fierce enough to catch them
by their tail,
A tale is what they’ll have to say
A tale of jealousy met with conspiracy
Because behind the back is all the guts they declare
12
pm, Wednesday afternoon, 1st July, 2017
Ray didn’t think she had enough
strength to spice up life right now. Seeing V smile ear to ear was annoying her
more than ever! She sat next to him on the bedside and pulled his gaunt cheeks
harder than ever and then just lay face down for five minutes thanking God for
the fruit of the investigative work she had undertaken to prove the torture to
her parents at the hands of her relatives!
She still couldn’t fathom the
reason her neighbors would go to the length of prioritizing emotionally
disturbing her over their own lives. She turned around and whispered to V, “Why
V? Why me? Why would they hurt me?”
V lied down besides her
massaging her forehead and after gently kissing her on the cheek to keep up her
confidence intact until the police arrived to arrest the perpetrators and said,
“Sometimes devil has no other way than to overpower weak spirits in his quest
to hurt the God’s man trying to do the right thing. You see Ray, the thing with
the devil is he won’t disturb the ones following his path but he will use his
followers to disrupt the path of the man doing good for himself. Now relax,
freshen up – Okay no wait don’t freshen up, you take like hours to wash your
face, just splash some cold water and get ready to witness the downfall of the
evil.”
Wrapped in her husband’s arms,
the newlywed took a quick nap and then fifteen minutes before the cops arrived
in the family building to make the arrests, Ray pulled on some fresh clothes
and simply tied back her hair with a pin. V vanished. Ray didn’t inform her
parents about hell going down in the next instant. She wanted to witness the
drama first hand and catching the world off guard.
Officer Vetkar – “Hello, Ray?”
Ray- “Yes officer, all ready. How
much time?”
Officer Vetkar – “Below your
building.”
Ray- “Common up.”
Ray left her room to attend the
front door in what seemed like a century. What with her secret rendezvous with
her man at all times, she was happy in her small heaven. But today demanded she
get her bitch out and she did. She sauntered towards the main door and opened
to the waiting officers outside the Zaheers’.
Ray – “Please come in officer.”
Her parents assuming world
peace and generally gossiping over afternoon tea stood up in full attention.
Zabair Zaheer – “Yes officer,
how may we help you?” “Ramen, what is this?”
Ray – “Dad, this is when shit
goes down. Please sit back and enjoy your tea while officer Vetkar and I fill
you on the latest from crime histories.”
Her poor dad felt ambushed and
was a little shocked, considering his 68 years, he sat back down carefully and
her mother like a desi mother ran to the kitchen to fix more tea!”
Officer Vetkar – “Sir, your
daughter is a brave young woman and I think you should respect that about her
going forward.”
Dad – “What happened officer?”
Officer Vetkar – “Your neighbors
hacked Ramen’s phone after she returned back from college a few months back.
They used the phone censors to track your daughter in her most vulnerable
situations to bang doors that followed her every move and tried to mentally
disturb her so she would become crazy from the shock.”
Pankti Zaheer almost dropped
the tea tray on her way to the living room and her father just sat there gaping
at officer Vetkar.
Officer Vetkar continued, “We
have an arrest warrant for Armeen Zaheer and her family – Husband and parents
along with children as co-conspirators for which the children may face juvenile
detention.”
Ray’s father finally spoke and
said, “I can’t believe this! This cannot be true! They are distant relatives!
They are blood! Are you saying they saw my daughter all this while and used it
against her?”
Officer Vetkar – “Yes sir. Rahul,
give me the prints please.”
Rahul, the sub inspector passed
the proof of material downloaded from Ramen’s phone from all these past months
and a record of Armeen’s phone discussing how to drive Ramen crazy with her
gang of dumb fucks.
Zubair Zaheer broke down completely
and Pankti Zaheer just stood still at the entrance of the living room.
Officer Vetkar – “Sir we are
here to make the arrests. We dropped here to inform you about the torture your
daughter has been going through these past months and how she bravely contacted
us to investigate her doubts before announcing them to you.”
Zubair Zaheer now looked every
bit of his 68 years as if the storm had wiped out the will to live from him!
Dad – “Arrest the bastards and
get them here! They are now answerable to me!”
Officer Vetkar – “Yes sir, get
back to you shortly.”
Officer Vetkar and his
entourage left the Zaheers’ and climbed up a floor, Ramen following them, her
face full of glee and she witnessed God’s slap on the evil when Armeen the fool
answered the door.
Officer Vetkar flashed his
badge in her face and Ramen was proof that truth be told at all costs at all
times. Armeen was so shameless she yelled out at her good for nothing husband
and demanded why they were at her door like the fool asking a fool why there
were brains in the world.
Officer Vetkar lost his
patience and entered their premises without being called in. Armeen face was
boiling with rage while her husband and his parents gathered around to make
sense of the “injustice” happening to them!
Officer Vetkar: “I’m here with
an arrest warrant for Armeen and her family. It’s you if that’s you.” Officer
Vetkar said pointing to Salman, Armeen’s husband and his parents who were now
crying foul!
Armeen absolutely refused to be
arrested, screaming and yelling the brids out of their nests!
Officer Vetkar had no patience
for scums like them and ordered the lady inspector to do the needful. That’s
when Armeen spoke for the first but not the last time, “Ramen you are bitch! You
deserved the torture!”
At that officer Vetkar
interrupted the hooligan and reminded her that no woman, no matter who she was,
deserved the torture that Ramen experienced. “Ma’am you are not in your senses
but before we throw you behind bars, Ramen’s dad wants an explanation. Please
co-operate with us if you want to spare yourselves third degree.”
The criminals started laughing
like maniacs and that’s when Ramen joined them and said, “The joke’s on you my
friend.”
Officer Vetkar led them to the
Zaheers’ followed by Ramen in step with the officers.
Zubair Zaheer was waiting at
the door when Armeen started screaming uncontrollably. She yelled at Zubair, “You
guys are poor! We are the landlords! We will revoke your rights from this
house! Ask the officers to let me go right now!”
Pankti marched her way to the
front door and slapped Armeen so hard she was almost knocked down by the force.
The officers entered the Zaheers’ and ordered Armeen and Salman to sit on the
floor and explain their motive.
Officer Vetkar – “You have very
little to your defense so you might as well spill the tea now or wait for the
lady inspector to treat you right at the station.”
Armeen – “I am entitled to a
lawyer.”
Officer Vetkar – “I can assure
you ma’am he will do very little with the amount of proof we have against you.
You’re easily behind bars for years to come.”
Armeen howled and screamed
expletives and that’s when her husband, Salman slapped her this time. He began
crying and ordered Armeen to tell the truth finally.
“Why, should we? Ask the
parents to tell Ramen that she is on TV! Her stupid reality show through which
she is earning crores!”
Ramen just stared at Armeen and
this time Officer Vetkar clammed down on the whole house! He pointed at Zubair
and Pankti asking to verify this statement made by the culprit.
Pankti and Zubair could no
longer take the more shocks and couldn’t let Ramen go through any more then she
had.
Pankti –“Yes Ramen, you’re on
TV. You’re really doing well for yourself. It was supposed to be revealed to
you a year later when the challenge of you blogging successfully was
accomplished but little did we know that these parasites would use it against
you to torture you mentally disturb you.”
Ramen thought she lost her
hearing and her eyesight. She just wanted to run back to her room and in V’s
arms but she gathered the strength for the last time and asked her mother to
tell everything finally!
Pankti – “This started after
you returned unannounced from college where your professors and classmates got
in touch with us informing us that you were live from the moment you returned
and it was for your good so that you could earn your rightful money and claim
success. We agreed because we know that
you’re least interested in a job and god knows when you’ll marry so this was
for your financial security. Please don’t misunderstand this.”
Now looking at Armeen and
Salman with hatred that the skies could be torn apart, Pankti continued, “but
you spoilt it for my daughter! You criminals! I can’t imagine the pain my
daughter must have gone through these past months!”
Armeen started laughing
hysterically and declared, “Ramen you are a witch! The moment we found out your
were live we couldn’t believe that you paupers had a chance to earn more than
us and how can you be successful while my husband is a good for nothing? A
lesson taught right!”
Officer Vetkar lost his cool
and asked the lady inspector to take Armeen and Salman and drive them to the
station.
Ramen continued to stare into
space and suddenly everything made sense! The isolation in college! They were
watching me all along!
Pankti and Zubair tried to talk
to Ramen but she ran into her room with a zillion thoughts captivating her! “Was
she really a reality TV star?!”
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