PARI'S POV:

"Excuse me, Doctor!" I entered, knocking his door.

" Yeah! Come in officer." He said with an unpleasant smile.

" Yes, doc! You said something about the whole report." I asked as I sat in the chair opposite him.

"It is not a fracture alone and also not an accident." He said picking out a pack.

I know it is not an accident but not a fracture alone?

"What is that doctor?" A frown automatically appeared on my face.

"It was an attempt to murder, I did not say as your husband was there. First he has been sedated then his wrist was slit and there was a huge blood loss that's why he is still unconscious, his wrist was slit with a glass piece." He said and handed the glass piece which was packed in a polyethylene cover.

" Who admitted him here?" I questioned him again.

"He was holding the glass chip in a piece of cloth, he was found by a tourist bus and the people on the bus informed the hospital. And also it was a deep cut, it couldn't be an accidental cut." He said and gave the packet to me.

There was a glass piece in an isosceles triangle shape covered with dried blood.

"Do you have anything more to say?" I asked him again.

"Yeah! I have one more thing to ask and as well as to say" He said but still hesitated to say.

"What's that? shoot it" I asked him to say.

"Does he have the habit of taking drugs?" He asked with hesitation.

" Doc, what are you even asking, for god sake HE IS AN I.P.S officer!" I yelled, then what does he deserve then, is this even a question.

"Yeah! I know I understand but there's something fishy here" He said taking a file.

"What's that?" A frown automatically formed in my face.

" If he's not taking drugs then he is intoxicated, I mean DRUGGED."

He said and passed a file towards me.

" We should run a blood test to identify the exact drug which is induced on him." He said looking at me.

"Okay! Then let's do it, Doc! " I stood from my chair taking the file and the packet.

As soon as I came out of the doctor's cubicle I called my teammate to handover the glass piece to the Forensic department.

" Hello, Francis!"

" Hello, mam!" His confident voice boomed in my ears.

" Francis do you know about Karthick's accident?" I asked not knowing whether he knew it or not.

" No, mam. What happened to him? Is he alright now?" He asked with a worry-filled voice.

" Yeah, he is alright but still unconscious. I want you to meet me at 'YK Hospitals' right now as soon as possible" I ordered him.

"YES! Mam, I will be there as soon as possible" He said in a stiff tone.

This is not my usual tone so he would've sensed my urgency.

I walked towards Karthick's room.

When I went in he was awake he was sitting in a reclined position.

He gave me a weak smile, that's all I could control. I ran to him and gave him a tight hug but without disturbing his injury.

A soft sob escaped my mouth, I didn't intend to, but it escaped automatically.

" Everything happened because of me, first it was him and now it is you. I'm sorry, all this mess happened only because me "

I don't know what to say, this was all because of me.

God! Why me? Why me? What did I do?

I will not let him live in peace!

For others, it might be just an accident and a minor injury but not for me.

PAIN AND AGONY WILL ONLY BE KNOWN TO HIM WHEN IT COMES TO HIMSELF!

" Bubloo! First, please stop crying, and second, it is not your fault" He tried consoling me but I know it is not true.

But I don't want him to take stress or get worried because of me so left the matter.

When we finished our emotional scene we turned back to see a furious lady standing behind us.

"What's happening here?" She yelled at us.

"Deepthi behave! We are in hospital" I warned her.

"You don't have the right to say the word after creating such a scene in the morning" This she yelled softly. I pouted and turned towards Karthick, he raised his eyebrows at me and I just shrugged.

" Tell me what was that? " She asked. I didn't know what to say so I turned towards Karthick to seek his help.

Being my understanding brother he spoke for me,

" Don't you know work ethics? We aren't supposed to share our work details to our family!" He said in a warning tone. I know it was fake.

" Oh! Bubloo's sweet brother. I am a government servant too so even I know the rules and work ethics. But your Sweet sister! Ask her what she has done in the morning and see her hand plus one more thing, I know this problem is beyond work" She said in a mocking tone.

"Yeah! Yeah! I accept you are a genius but use your intelligence in your work, not in mine. Okay?" I said in a grumpy tone.

"Pari! That's enough! And you Deepthi don't expect us to reveal to you. You know us" He barked at us.

"Whatever!" She mumbled. I showed my tongue at her.

"Wait! Even I will have a day like today ' Deepthi get my gun' " She tried imitating me.

" Girls! Stop this childish thing" He yelled again, we kept quiet.

"Deepu, you leave for work," He said, she went out slamming the door.

" Did you make any moves? Did you ask about my discharge?" He asked.

"Just now you woke up and immediately you wanna get discharged? Are you kidding? Seriously?" I just let out the frustration.

"For that? I can't sit idle seeing everything and did you give that glass chip to the forensic lab" What the hell! Whatever, I will just answer his question.

"Nope! I just called Francis to produce it in the lab" I said he just hummed for it.

"Now narrate the whole thing. I am asking this as a DSP, not as your sister so tell everything that happened. Everything in the means you know, each and everything without missing anything" I demanded an explanation from him.

"Where's the letter at first?" He asked and I handed him the letter.

"So were you conscious at that time?" I asked to clarify things.

"Not fully but partially!" He said still his eyes in the letter.

'What do you mean by that?"

" Yesterday due to some construction work my route was diverted. Everything was good till that place when I was crossing that place, I suddenly heard a blast sound. It was my tire.

I climbed down to see my front tire punctured with some log which was filled with iron needles. I didn't know what to do so I wandered my eyes throughout the surrounding. Nothing was there other than the empty road and the wasteland with weeds, I don't from where but suddenly there started to form some type of gas or smoke.

I saw it was coming from the middle of the weeds. I entered the land to see no one there, I searched throughout I didn't find anyone" He was saying I interrupted.

"You idiot! Why did you go in? Don't you a thing called brain?" I shouted.

"You are an idiot, being police, how will I come back when I have suspicions? What if it hurt others?" He said smacking my head.

"Yeah! That is something to think of but you could have called anyone before taking the risk" I said with concern.

"That was my greatest mistake ever!" He said he regretting his action.

"Okay! let's let it go for now" I gave a pat on his shoulder.

A call interrupted us.

"Hello! Francis, where are you exactly?" Francis was the one.

"Mam! ..... Exactly at the reception" He said after a small break.

"Okay! Do you want to meet Karthick?" I asked him.

" Yeah mam! Of course, I want to meet him, mam," He said.

" Okay then! Ask the receptionist for special ward, room no: 420 and come to the ward" I said and ended the call.

"420! The correct number for the jerk" I muttered under my breath.

" I heard it!" He grunted.

"So what? I am not afraid of you!" I snorted back.

He muttered something but I couldn't hear.

Before I opened my mouth there was a knock on the door.

I opened the door to find Francis.

"Good morning! Mam" He saluted me.

"Good morning! Come in Francis" I let him in.

"How are you, Bro?" He asked as he entered in.

"Fine! Bro" Karthick said and they talked for 2 minutes.

He turned towards me.

" Mam, you called me for?" He asked me.

I took the pack from the file the doctor gave and gave it to him.

"Yes, mam! Anything more" He asked in a professional tone.

"Yeah! Get the CCTV footage in the way, Karthick traveled yesterday and that's all you can leave" I said.

"Yes, mam!" He after saluting me, I just gave a nod.

"Whoah!" He exclaimed dramatically.

"Don't waste my time, continue whatever you were narrating" I said with a straight face.

"As I felt something fishy, I tried moving out. I felt dizzy. It was mild I reached the road and tried calling someone but someone kept a cloth on my nose I started losing my consciousness, I struggled to get off their hold but the hold was strong. I could remember only pieces of things someone slit my wrist, I took out the piece and kept in my kerchief and clutched it tightly. Someone patted my cheeks. The last thing I saw was..." He said with a frown on his face.

"Continue," I said as he stopped.

"I don't remember everything exactly but!" He once more frowned.

"But! What?" I frowned.

"The small blue eyes, it was not like human....." He didn't complete it.

"It was like...