Abhijeet blinked thrice in a second, as he attempted to gather what was the meaning behind the quite cryptic and eerie drawings in dark red ink on crinkly pages.

He flipped through the file of the photostates of the dairy found in jasmine room, looking for a pattern that could maybe help him in finding a direction.

Unfortunately, there seemed to be none.

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Ishita was simultaneously taking notes as she was going through the pages of Jasmine's diary, carefully examining every page.

The page she had filled with her bullet points indicated that she clearly was onto something.

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Purvi scratched her head, looking at a page in her hand, as bani and kavin seemed to be betting restless.

"Yeh jasmine apne khoon se latpat chaku kyun rakhegi apne hi kamre mein!" Exclaimed purvi, as something striked bani.

"Ek din maine usse apni ek t-shirt bathroom mein saaf karte dekha tha chup kar... Shirt jahan stomach ko touch karti hain, usmein khoon tha!" Revealed bani, as kavin and purvi looked at her in shock.

"Par woh apna pet kyun kaategi?" questioned purvi, as kavin looked at her in disbelief.

"Arre taanke lagwane padte! Pet nahi kaata obviously..." Shut down kavin immediately the suggestion.

"Usse.... Aadat thi... Skin pe cuts maarne ki..." Revealed bani, as kavin sighed in disbelief.

"Deepika ko thi... Aisi hi aadat?" questioned kavin, as bani reluctantly shook her head in no, hoping for it to be the truth.

Kavin and purvi eyed each other, without exchanging any words, they immediately understood what was to be done next.

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Purvi rang the bell of a house it was hard to make out belonged to whom, what could only be done is wait for the owner to answer the door.

She smiled, as the door was answered by deepika's mother.

"Hi." Greeted Purvi , with a disturbingly polite smile.

Only for her to move away from the door, for letting purvi enter it seemed, but unfortunately, it revealed the presence of police officers in the house.

Purvi's face immediately went blank.

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Kavin had made a mess of deepika's room, considering it had only been five minutes since he entered.

"Kuch mila suri!" Heard kavin an exclaim from the outside, alerting him, as he started to rush with what he came here for.

He opened the drawers to her study desk rapidly, before he heard footsteps approaching, he looked around for where to hide, unfortunately, that's when the door opened.

"Fuck..." He mattered to himself, knowing he was screwed.

He stomped his foot in anger, only for him to notice that the door only remained slightly open, still not opening completely.

"Arre dekho zara! Madam behosh ho gayi!" Exclaimed pasi, as rushed footsteps towards downstairs could be heard very clearly. Amidst this noise, kavin continued his search.

He sighed, taking a glance of the clutter that was made, he was close to admitting defeat.

Suddenly, he looked over to the bathroom and for some reason, decided to go in.

He rushed through the cabinets, looked under the cinq, only for his glance to fall on the toilet seat, which appeared to be clogged. Suspicious, he disassembled the back of the seat, only for him to find in a polythene, just what he was looking for.

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The door opened only for dushyant to enter his room, as ishita was looking over her notes.

"Kuch pata chala?" Questioned dushyant, as ishita nodded.

"Kahan se shuru karo? There's just so much!" Replied ishita, as dushyant came and sat next to her on the bed.

"Matlab?" attempted dushyant to clarify.

"She has drawings of.... Poses of deadbodies...uhhm... There's a spot of blood on different body parts on each page...she's... manifesting murder or something...." Attempted ishita to explain as dushyant felt only more disconnected.

"Ishita..." Intervened dushyant, clearly her rambling was going nowhere.

"I'm very confused and disturbed basically..." Expressed ishita her state of mind, as dushyant placed his hand on her knee, taking a huge sigh.

"Yeh puri situation hi aisi hai..." concluded dushyant, as ishita shook her head in disbelief, sadly agreeing.

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The sun had set on the day already, as kavin and purvi finally entered their room to an anxious bani.

"Behosh hone ki acting bahaut achi karleti ho tum.." Remarked kavin, as he held a file in his hand.

"Zyada kuch kahan karna tha, bas humari shaadi ka din yaad kiya, itna dhakka laga ki main sahi mein hi behosh ho jaati..." Retorted purvi, very sarcastically.

"Aap dono ko report mil gayi?" Asked bani, jittery, impatient for a response, snatching the file from kavin's hand.

"Deepika ne bhi apni body pe cut maare the... Wahi chaku bathroom mein chupa rakha tha..." Informed kavin, as bani threw the file away.

"Iss sab ka matlab kya hai?" Questioned purvi, as they all couldn't help but wonder.

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Abhijeet, hid in his car, secretly staring at the window to kavi's bedroom, far away from the house for them to see.

"Par sir zaroori thodi hai ki khanna sahab hi aayein ho Deepika ke kamre mein... Humein toh bas ek bikhra kamra mila, koi bhi ho sakta hai..." Stated pasi, as abhijeet smirked.

"Kaha tha na pasi sahab, humein minute nahi lagta bande ki dubti nass pakadne se...Mrs khanna aise hi nahi aayi thi wahan aur galti se behosh toh bilkul bhi nahi hui.." Explained abhijeet, as pasi too started to think.

"Yeh log kuch toh chupa rahe hain..." Expressed abhijeet his sure epiphany.

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The house was completely dark, as the night was. No source of light in the hall made it slightly frightening to say the least, but what was really terrifying, was the presence of an unknown intruder.

With slight steps, it slowly climbed the stairs, taking out the butcher knife that was hidden behind before.

Slow prances only lead for it to reach a door of the extreme left room, the knob to the door unlocked, as the door opened with the wind, the grip on the knife only intensened, while the first step was made to that room.

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