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Joel Mendonca SJ
The Cold Secret

will surely be against this relationship – dream, but he was living a nightmare.
she is of another caste, another religion She was too guilty to say a word to him.

and we have a generation gap between Even before she could open her mouth,
us”. Joseph turned around and walked away.

“Love is a funny thing my friend. Have Everything fell into place. The day when
no fear and things should go on well”, he told Rahul, the day his father ap-

Rahul assured him. peared all of a sudden and now, when
The very next day Joseph’s dad spotted Riya was Rahul’s.

the two love birds together and gave Revenge was all that he sought. He swore
both of them a blasting. Joseph was in a to kill the two birds with one stone.

wreck and Riya was too embarrassed to But here now, was his lifeless body hang-
show her face. Fortunately, for her it was ing from the ceiling fan.

the last term and somehow she managed The police arrived with the forensic de-
to finish her exams. partment. IPS Katé was heading the

Joseph kept persuading that he would team.
seek a way out, but she did not seem to “I hope no one has touched anything

be interested. Devastated, he was forced within the house”, his voice was firm and
to spend a year at rehab to overcome his he meant it.

depression. He motioned the team to begin the pre-
After a year, one day, he decided to pay a liminary investigations.

visit to his friend, Rahul. He tried calling The crowed revived Radhabai and she
his cell phone, but couldn’t get through. was the first to be taken for questioning.

He went and rang the doorbell, the door “You were the first one to witness the
was opened by a familiar face, but this scene, am I right?” Katé asked.

time decked up with a red mark on the “Yes sir, I am the maid who works here
forehead and a mangalsutra around her and I prepare food for Sahib”, she con-

neck. tinued, “He had given me a spare key, as
“Riya”, Joseph cried. he goes out to do odd jobs and searches

He could not believe his eyes. He thought for some work. Yesterday was a holiday
he was dreaming and it was not just a and the food I laid out the day before is

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