Chapter 205 - Was she always this stubborn?

Zack came and sat beside Shreya after a while. There was nothing for him to do here as of now anyway.

"Tired?" He asked putting his arms around her shoulders while Shreya comfortably snuggled in. She would always act spoilt when she was down… at least when she was down physically. Like now… she seems exhausted.

"More like dead-beat!" Shreya replied and yawned profusely. She could barely keep her eyes open. Her biggest concern of finding the evidence had been completed which was a big relief in itself. Even though they hadn't confirmed it, she had a feeling that it was what they had always been looking for. That knowledge gave a feeling as if some huge weight was lifted off of her shoulders.

"Why don't you go home then… Anyways it doesn't look like Pritham is going to be done with it anytime soon. We all had rested for the day. We will stay here… you go… Get some sleep. You have been working all day right?" Zack said resting his hands over her head and rubbed it gently.

Shreya, of course, did not budge from the place. Even though she had a gut feeling, she still wouldn't be fully relieved until she actually saw it with her own eyes. Until then, she won't be able to leave this place. But since she was too exhausted, she did not complain about the pillow service Zack was providing. After a couple of minutes, the stead sound of her even breathing filled the room.

Consciously or unconsciously, she actually trusted Zack more than anyone else. It was not that she doubted that the others would betray her… if she had that doubt, she would never have brought any of them into this room and let them guard it. But her concern was their skill… and maturity.

And again, it was not that others were immature or less skill… it was just… with other Shreya always assumed the role of the one protecting them. But with Zack, it may be the aura that comes along or it may be because he had been her mentor for the better part of 6 months she had learned combat and other skill… whatever maybe the reason, Zack was one person he trusted to actually protect her instead of the other way around. He was that person she did not oversee every last step he ever took.

"Was she this stubborn always?"Srinivas asked coming and standing in front of them both. He himself had a taste of how stubborn Shreya can be in the two weeks he had spent with her on the island. She never once took 'no' for an answer for anything. If she wanted something to happen, come what may, she would make sure it happens.

Zack looked up at him chuckled as he replied, "Oh… you have no idea… You should have seen her when she hired me. This little thing walked through the worst part of the city for a full one week… daily until I accepted her job offer. God knows how long she would have come if I haven't budged."

"Well, that sounds exactly like Shreya…" Srinivas said smiling. He could easily see Shreya doing that.

"She told you about her parents?�� Zack asked even though it was pretty obvious just by seeing him in this room. He wanted to confirm.

"You could say that I guess… I mean she summed everything up in three sentences. So, I am not sure whether it counts as telling or not…" Srinivas replied. He was still confused about that part since she did not explicitly tell him anything about her parents. Whatever he knew, most of it was actually what he had observed and assumed and not something she had personally told him. But knowing Shreya, if he came to know of something, it meant she had let it happen. And if she really wanted to keep him in the dark, then in all probability he wouldn't have known anything at all in the first place.

You have to understand, Shreya never talks about her parents to anyone. Not directly at least. Especially their death. Whatever she had said to everyone around her… it had always been the same… just a statement of brutal facts. Always in the abstract. No emotions or explanations will be attached to it. The only person she ever explained in detail was Charan…

Charan was the only person she had ever confided in emotionally. He was the one person to whom she had trusted herself to be emotionally vulnerable.

So no matter how much she trusted the people around her, she never trusted her heart with anybody else. And she was clueless why she trusted them with Charan, but she did.

"It had always been like that when it came to her parents. She can talk all sorts of crap for days if you let her. But when it came to this… it will be almost impossible to pull two sentences out of her. You got three which is probably a record in itself. All she ever said to me was, 'My parents were murdered. You want to help me with the investigation?'" Zack replied gloomily. It had happened after a year of him coming to work for Shreya.

Out of the blue, Shreya called Zack to her office. She made a prior appointment and all which had never happened before that. She needed something from him, she would just call him up or show up in front of him. But that time, he called him up to meet her in her office the day before. Zack was wondering whether he had messed up something. He might not have been soo keen on the job at first but then he liked it here eventually. He felt belonged here. So, he was not really looking forward to losing it just yet… so he was going to as for mercy from Shreya. To let him work here for a while longer… maybe forever.