OUR SECRET LIFE

The killer

It was a rainy night . It followed thunder too. Someone opened her restaurant door and got into the kitchen. It was a girl. She pulled the table and opened a secret door.Then placed something which was inside a plastic cover . There was a person in the corner of the room who was tied to a chair.

Murder increased day by day. The news was all over the newspapers . Police suspect the murderer as a psycho killer and they also doubt that there is a group of people behind the case.

It was a sunny day and there were only a few customers. A man stepped into their restaurant. His eyes were dark and he had bowl cutted hair . “I’ve seen you somewhere. But I don’t remember.” she invited him and asked him. “You are Deepak’s girlfriend. Right? I came here with him for a business meeting.” he replied with a smile. “Oh. ok. But, I’m not his girlfriend.” she replied shyly. “Ops, sorry. I thought you were his girlfriend. You both are matching.” he said with a smile. “Oh, is it?” she replied. “You can stay here with other staff.” she added and took him to vimal’s room. “Can I get a separate room?” he requested. She started thinking.”I’ll let the other owner comment. And then I’ll inform you. By the way, what is your name?.” she asked him. “I’m Alax.” he replied. She went to the restaurant to meet Vimal and informed Alax’s request . He agreed and she returned to Alax. “You can stay here.” she guided him by showing a room . He thanked her.

It started raining at night. Alax woke up at night and wore a black jacket and hat . He opened the restaurant door and pulled the table. He opened the secret door and got inside the room.

Alax got out of the secret room after a few hours and closed the door. He got inside his room and opened his suitcase. There was a set of phones and he took one of them . He called someone. “I’ve arrived as per the information sir. I will do as you said.” he hung up the phone and got into his room. He rushed to the restaurant in the morning. He slipped his legs while walking and was about to fall. Abhishek saved him from falling by holding him with his hands. “Thank you.” he thanked him. “You are the new chef. Right?” Abhishek asked him. He replied yes and both of them got into the restaurant.

The next night Alax got out of his room when others slept. He entered the restaurant's secret room. He untied the man who was sitting on the chair. That person was sleeping and woke up when the rope was untied. “What are you doing? Leave me alone. Are you among the group who tied me?” he raised many doubts. “What do you think I’m doing? Of course I’m among the group. What else do you wanna know? ” he replied. He got out of the chair and sat on the floor. He took the plate and started having food. Alax sat near him and patted his hair. “You heard about the increasing murder cases. Right? What do you think? Who is behind all these cases? Do you think that there is a group of people? or only one person like me?” Alax asked him. He didn't reply and just gave a look at Alax. He returned to his room.

The next night Alax opened the secret door. He started feeding the person on the chair. He returned to his room after locking the secret room. He slipped his leg and was about to fall. Someone caught him from falling. He looked up to see the person. It was Abhishek. He felt something on Alax’s body when he touched him. “ falling is your hobby?” he asked. Alax smiled and didn’t reply. Alax started walking to his room. “Alax, what were you doing at the restaurant at night?” he asked. “I was...just roaming around. Cuz I had no sleep.” he replied and returned to his room. “Something is fishy. Falling is his hobby I guess. So I will clear all my doubts next time when he slips.” he thought in his mind. It was the next morning he

got to check Alax. He searched all over his chest part while catching him with his hands. “What are you searching for? Leave me.” he pushed Abhishek and shouted. He left his hands from Alax and smiled. “Nope . Nothing.” he replied and got into his room. Abhishek was smiling while returning to his room. “I tried my best to walk straight. But how can I just fall everytime? Why can't I walk straight?” Alax thought about himself. “It’s getting interesting. I guess I should investigate more about Alax. I wanna know his original name, the reason why he came to our restaurant , and so on.” Abhishek thought in his mind and smiled. “What were you doing in front of the restaurant ?” Vimal asked Abhishek. “It’s nothing. He was about to fall and I saved him. That’s it.” he replied and went to have a glass of joy.

After a few hours Abhishek came with a cute girl. “Hey , who is this cutie? Is it our Neety?” she smiled and greeted her. Neety greeted her. “It’s been days since we met . Dad showed you his working place?” she asked her. “Yes dude.” Neety replied and held her hands.”you are still calling me dude? Call me aunty.” Rithika smiled and suggested. “Oh, you don’t look that old to call aunty.” Neety smiled and replied. Three of them walked into their restaurant. Rithika introduced Neety to everything in the restaurant. “You have a daughter? I thought you were single.” Alax said . Rithika started preparing dinner. At night Abhishek woke up from sleep. He found Alax entering the restaurant at night as usual. He decided to catch him. He started to follow Alax. He returned from the restaurant after a few minutes. He returned with a man. He was the one who was tied in the chair. Abhishek was surprised to see a man with Alax. As the man had wounds on his body , Abhishek suspected him. Alax dragged him and pushed him to a car. It seemed like a kidnap. The car went from there. Alax was gonna get inside his room. Abhishek stopped him. “What were you doing there? Who was there inside our restaurant?” he raised his doubts. “What are the other secrets that you hide from us?” he added. “What do you mean by secrets?” Alax asked. “Don’t hide anything. Even though I knew you were a girl , I didn’t reveal your secret . If I feel like not to reveal your truth, I won’t tell anyone. It would be better to tell me. By any chance are you a serial killer?” he raised all his questions. “You knew I was a girl? Still you didn't tell anyone? Thank you for that . But anyway , I won’t tell you my truth. About that, I’m sorry. As you know a secret of mine, I also know one of your secrets. The secret only you and me know. Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone. I won’t tell anyone about your secret. Instead forget everything you saw here. You didn't see anything today. “ she explained. She stepped into her room. “What’s the secret that you know about me?” he enquired. She came closer to him and said something in his ears. He was surprised to hear that. she replied and got into her room. She closed the door and he stood there for a few seconds. After a few hours Alax got out of her room wearing her usual night black outfit. Abhishek held her hands and stopped her. “What about making a contract?” he enquired . “Contract? At this time? What contract?”

“I’ll explain to you. Are you in any hurry? If not, I’ll explain it to you now.”

“If you explain it within 10 min , you can proceed.” she replied and he started explaining. “ I actually don’t know who you really are. But you know all about me. Can I get a chance to know about you? Idk if you are really that psychopath who is popular in social media. Can I work with you? Consider me as an intern.” he requested. “We both won’t reveal our secrets to anyone. What do you think?” he added.”Ok. Do you wanna join now itself? There are certain risks. Are you ready to accept the risks? And as you believe, what if you are caught for murder? Are you ready to accept that situation?” She thought for a while and raised all her queries. He accepted. “What is your real name? Why are you acting like a boy?” he asked all his doubts. “You thought that it was that easy to know about me?” she smiled and asked. “I’ll join now. Where are we going?” he asked her. “Ok. As for now , I will open our secret room. I don’t wish to reveal this secret room with others. But as each of us knows everything, there is no problem with revealing the secret room.” she replied and held his hands. She started walking and he followed her. “How do you know the secret room in this restaurant? Even the owners don’t know about the room.” he enquired. “This building was mine before. I sold this to Vimal and Rithika.” she replied. “Are you telling me that the three of you met before? But, why didn't they recognise you?” he was curious. “Should I need to explain the whole story? Just follow me.” she replied and opened the secret door. He was surprised to see the room as it was covered with blood. “Hey , are you really a serial killer? What is this?” he was shocked . “Worried about your life? After seeing this, do you really wish to join?” she enquired. He agreed to join. “Now all you have to do is arrange everything on the table.” she handed over a plastic cover and told him. He opened the cover. “What is this? Knife , rope, and everything you need for attacking a person. As I doubted, you are the psycho killer. Anyway , glad to meet a psycho killer.” he said and started arranging everything on the table. “I’ll return now. Try not to get caught. If you are caught , I won’t join you. Take responsibility for yourself. And same here. If I get caught , I won't show you to anyone.” she warned and got out of the restaurant. After a few hours she returned with a man who was highly injured. She pushed the man to the chair and tied his hands.

Rithika called Vimal to their hall . “What’s the matter?” he asked her. You know Neeraj right ? He requested to work here.” she replied. “You mean that boss who was mean to you. Right?” he guessed. “Yup. If you could help, it would be a great help.” she replied. He agreed and enquired . “I have a doubt. Why does your boss wanna work in this restaurant as a chef? I mean , he is rich and if he needs to work , he could work other places right?”

“Idk the reason.” she replied and smiled. “He is in our restaurant now.” she replied and both of them returned to their restaurant. “Rithika told me everything. You can join us tomorrow onwards. You will be staying at your house. Right?” Vimal conformed. “Can I get a room here?” Neeraj enquired. “Yes. We all stay at the same house. But as of now , we don’t have any rooms left. If you can share a room, it will be better.” he replied. Neeraj agreed and Vimal called Alax . Abhishek followed him. “Can you share a room with him?” Vimal enquired. Alax agreed. “Nope. He can’t stay with Alax.” Abhishek denied. “What’s wrong with you?” Alax whispered to Abhishek. “I don’t allow you to stay with a boy.” he whispered back. “You can stay in my room . I’ll stay with Alax.” Abhishek replied and all of them agreed. “Hey, do you consider yourself a girl or what? I mean, you didn't allow me to stay with Neeraj cuz he is a boy. What is the logic if it will be the same if we both stay together?” she enquired. “What if our plan is leaked? Think about that.” he replied and got into Alax’s room. “Are you not scared to share a room with a psychopath? If not , I’ll let you know something.” she replied. “I’m not scared . Anyway, what is the thing you wanna inform me about?” he enquired. “I’ll tell you that in our room.” she replied and when night came she lied on her bed. “Do you think I’ve personality of a psychopath? You don’t watch psychopath movies?” she asked. He put thoughts on that. “When I think of that , you may be a common killer. That means, there is another psycho killer?” he enquired. She smiled and didn't reply. “She slept?” he thought in his mind.

Next day after Alax’s shift , he dressed up and got out of the house. “Are you going somewhere ? If it is related to our work , I wish to join you. '' Abhishek asked Alax. “Ok. As your wish.” Alax replied. “Are we going by car?” he enquired. “If we go by car it will be easy to track. We can walk. We will reach there within minutes.” she replied. After walking a few minutes they reached near a car. She knocked on carglass . Someone was there inside the car. Abhishek looked into the car and was surprised. It was Neeraj.“Hey , you wanna meet Neeraj? If you wanna meet him you could meet him in our house. Right?” Abhishek enquired. “As you know , this is our secret mission. So we should not act like we know each other. That’s it.” she replied with a smile on her face. “Are you all a group? I mean , you both are psycho killers or what ?” he was confused. “It is better to make him clear everything.” Alax replied and told him to get into the car. “You asked for my real name right? I’m Bella. As you imagine, I’m not a psycho killer. I’m a secret detective. Neeraj is my partner. We both deal with the psycho killer case. I came into the secret room the day before when I was joining. I came there as a girl. ” she explained everything. Abhishek was surprised for a moment. “Then what was with the terror atmosphere?” he enquired. “That was to create a scary atmosphere in the secret room. So that I could interrogate suspected people and others so easily” she smiled and replied. After a few hours of discussion Bella and Abhishek got out of the car and started walking. “Can I ask you a question?” she was ready to ask a question. He agreed. “You and Rithika are best friends. You know her secrets , likes and dislikes. But , she doesn’t know your secrets. She doesn't even know the secret which I know. What’s the matter? As I explained everything, can you explain it to me?” she raised all her doubts. He agreed to explain later.