34 Sweet Revenge

" And that's what happened. " The assistant concluded, giving the full report. There was a silence. Arnav didn't speak for a whole minute. He was staring out of the window of his office, watching the sun rise above the horizon. It was almost 6 in the morning.

" Very well ", he replied, coming out of his daze.

" Make sure their needs are catered to, especially Susan's and call me as soon as you come to know about Sofya. "

The assistant nodded and left for the hospital. As he got into the car, he thought about yesterday night.

Yesterday night had been a big mistake.

He had gone to the scene at around 2 am. When he reached there, it was almost deserted, the police had not been there yet. There was nothing there, not even a soul in sight, except for a few shards of glass and blood splattered here and there on the wall. Next he had gone to the nearby police station to withdraw the footage from the surveillance camera on the street. As warned by Arnav, the footage for that specific time was wiped entirely clean, it was all a blur. The department dubbed it as a technical glitch. Same thing happened with the camera of a posh restaurant, that was located exactly in front of that alley. The entire feed was deleted. When the manager of the hotel was questioned, he adamantly stated that he had no idea about it.

Arnav had already warned him about it. It maybe staged to look like an accident, but it was actually a well planned crime. Someone with a motive might have done this, a motive to defame and hurt.

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Nina Saltzman dumped a bag in front of the big man. The big man beckoned to one of the men standing behind him. The man moved forward gracefully. Opening the bag, they could see hundreds and thousands of notes of cash bundled up inside. Looking behind, he nodded in affirmation.

The big man came closer. Nina couldn't help but shudder slightly, she still stood her ground. He had a round face, shrewd eyes, lopsided mouth and reeked of tobacco. His well built muscles was covered in tattoos and his wrist had a viper sign engraved on it. Spitting some of it aside on the floor, he handed her the envelope.

She took the envelope eagerly, tore it open in a hurry and a series of photos fell. The photos were all about the night when Susan was raped. Smiling slightly, Nina thought about her sweet revenge.

" Don't forget your end of the deal. " The man reminded her in a slightly high pitched voice, staring coldly at her.

Nina nodded. Of course, how could she forget. The other end of the deal was to give Sofya Khemka to them.