mystery solved(part 3 of the story)

Ullas had almost come to the conclusion that Neha was the culprit. His friend s uncle was an Inspector in police department. He approached his friend s uncle. When ullas narrated the day s incidents they decided to visit Neha and enquire.

At Neha s house…
Neha s house was locked. Now the suspicion grew. Ullas did not want to risk calling neha again. So police uncle made the call this time. Rough voice of Mr Police "hello. Is this Miss Neha?"

A soft voice came from the other end "yes neha speaking. Who is this?"

"I am from police department. I need to talk about your friend Rohan. I am at your house now. When will you be coming?"

"I do not want to speak about him. And I will not come there now."

"Miss Neha do not mess up with police department. You might find yourself in trouble."

"What do you want to talk about Rohan. Ask me now. I am not in town since last week and wont be coming for another week. So if you want to talk about him either wait for 1 week or talk now."

No need for further questioning realized both Ullas and the Inspector.

Inspector " Ullas, Rohan might be fine. I ll anyways take your complaint and see what I can do."

Disappointed that he was no where comparable to Sherlock Holmes Ullas went back home, and began to think again. Tanya s conversation came as a flash. "People can still make out the stain and the marks. …. I do not like red…"

Could it be Tanya ? How could it be? She was always calm. Even after their breakup Ullas and Tanya remained as friends. How could she have killed him.. Again he called up the inspector and let him know about his next suspect. Inspector told him that he would pay Tanya a visit and enquire

Just then Tanya called up. "Hi Ullas. I am sorry. Could not talk to you properly when you had called. I was arranging things at my new place"

"New place?"

"ya I didn't like this part of the city. No friends here. So I shifted to southern part of the city, with some of my friends. I had shifted last week itself but had not got time to settle things."

"oh ok." 'how could I ever compare myself to Mr. Holmes!!! I am pathetic' thought ullas.


He was in no mood to think about the other possible suspects. Rohan was one of his close friends and that day's incident was kind of a shock for him. He didn't know what to do now. Basically he didn't want to do anything. 'let me get drunk… again…' he thought. With in no time he had lost count of time. And of course he had lost his senses too. He was uttering nonsense, singing sad songs.

After some time (or lot of time…) he woke up (still not in his senses though).

"hey Ullas!! Man!! You are drunk again?"

"Hey rohan. Missed you man."

"hmmm. What made you get so drunk?"

"it was a sad day. You wont understand."

"believe me. My day was the worst. You cant beat mine."

"ya I know. Had totally forgotten about that incident…"

"You know about it? How? Who told you? None of our friends were there. Had you called her up?"

"Rohan you are asking too many questions. And I am not in the right state to answer them all. I know about the incident. Do not ask me to explain now."

"ok fine. even if I ask you wont be able to answer… I know that too"

"Rohan, where did it hit?"

"man!! How do you know? Well it hit me here" said rohan pointing at his heart.

"did it hurt?"
"I don't know…. It was all over within fraction of a second"

"2 shots…" said ullas.

"you know a hell lot about this. Yeah 2 shots" said rohan.

"ullas you have had enough. Go sleep now."

"ya. I better sleep now. wait a minute, I forgot to ask. Who did it? The 2 shots."

"I thought you would have figured it out by now, looking at the amount of information you have collected… it was my latest girl friend… or rather last girl friend."

"oh her… ya how could I have not thought of her… I thought it must be one you old girlfriends… ok so mystery solved. I ll sleep now"…..

Next day…. 'Mr. Holmes, I solve mysteries when I am drunk. Can you beat me??? How could Rohan s latest girl friend have missed my suspicion!!! Poor rohan. I told you she was dangerous, but you never listen to me' said Ullas to himself.

"how are you man? You were drunk."

" I am fine no…."

No he was not fine. there was something wrong. Either he must sill be drunk and imagining things or still sleeping and having a dream. How else could he see Rohan in front of him, and talking to him!!!

"why are you staring at me? Are you back to you senses of still lost somewhere?"

"Rohan!! You are alive??"

"of course I am. What s wrong with you? You spoke with me last night. Remember?"

"I thought you were dead…" and he narrated his last evening s adventure.

Rohan could do nothing but laugh…
"dude I was in a theater watching a movie, with her when you called. and as battery was low, my mobile got switched off. I told you that I would call later… but may be due to noise you could not hear me. And then we went for dinner… so got late.."

Ullas was slowly understanding now…
"but rohan, yesterday you were talking about 2 shots … and you said it was over with in fraction of seconds…"

" Oh that… that was my latest breakup… and about 2 shots… I don't want to talk about it…." Said Rohan rubbing his cheeks.