Chapter 28 :: Concerning facts!
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So, he made calls last night and arranged everything with Richard and then invited her parents his In Laws' in KING's mansion....at his father's house, of course he couldn’t possibly ask whatever he wanted infront of Mayuree.
"is there a problem son ?.out of no where you __"
'What are you hiding ?' one look from his son and Richard stopped, besides Rikkard cuts him off as well by asking Mayuree's parents
Their eyes widened, offguarded ....all 3 of them just looked at each other!
"W..what!...what are you talking about!" Naina stammered and asked, her nervousness was perfectly visible on her face
"why,..what happened exactly!" She meekly asked looking frightened
'that's what i asked! Mrs.Parrish' Rikkard stated looking at them
"Son!" Richard's voice rumbled in his chest.....even though it was a simple word said in gentle voice, hidden warning under it didn’t go unnoticed by Rikkard
'I want to know.
and don't you dare deny otherwise' He ignored his father's voice and said again, this time looking hardly at them
"mind you attitude boy....
Where is your manner Rikkard!" Richard's voice boomed as he glared at Rikkard
'Then tell them to answer me truthfully' He glared back
'why there is no record of her here in New York,....in USA ? who is she ? Is she even your daughter ? Where was she that,....that no information about her is available anywhere ?" He asked again.....
he had enough of secrets,.....
Her mother started sniffing.......even her father looked at him shocked!
flabbergasted!
Richard didn't know what to say here or where to start! He sighed looking away......
''she went missing when she was 5'' Naina whispered while crying.
Rikkard's eyes widened in shock, he looked like someone pulled away the ground beneath his feet.
"Yes! She went missing when she was 5, she....she returned after 9 years!" Alex said looking at him gloomily
"and of course she is their daughter, you do not have to worry about her authenticity.....it was verified by DNA test. Whatever made you do a security check on her" Richard added and glared again
'then why did you have to hide it from me ?' He frustratingly asked
"you never asked! you never showed any interest" Richard just shrugged as if it didn't bother him but inside he was really getting angry, frustrated actually! How dare he try to insult his friends infront him, embarrassing him infront of them......
after all these why now he needs to know ?
'have you noticed anything abnormal in her, Mr. Parrish after she came back ?' Rikkard asked
"No! She never talked much about past years.....a sister from the orphanage returned her to us saying she got lost and some people saw her brought her to the church and they took her in and put her in that orphanage where she was raised. Orphanage authority contacted us when they somehow found out about cops trying to find missing child and NYPD informed us and that's when we went there.....we even took a DNA test to as cops suggested,...our family doctor confirmed that she is our daughter" Alex replied earnestly
"You could've asked that before....you didn't have to hire detective for that! this is embarrassing....you dare humiliate my friend and your wife's parents over a trivial matter" Richard said angrily....
'yes! A wife who doesn't eat properly, doesn't sleep properly and have constant nightmares' Rikkard stated
"she never told us anything....and she wasn't here either until she turned 17! We sent her india 6months after she came back, to live with one of my friend's house in Mumbai. She studied there 1 and half year but she came back......
After she came back from orphanage, she was bit jumpy always silent! We thought she had problem adjusting, but she never said anything. She was here for 6 months with us, remember.....you were there at our anniversary,.....but we sent her india next day with Farhana. Our doctor suggested that little change of atmosphere would be beneficial for her." Naina replied sniffing
"but she did told us about making her room soundproof though when she first came to our house, it was something about her problem with loud noise from outside even though she listens loud music or watch tv with really loud sound" She added further chuckling
''She is ok! Right!? she didn't do anything to offend you, did she !?" She asked looking at him
Rikkard gave the woman infront of him a long look
Is she serious now....what's wrong with Indian mothers! Here he was concerned about her daughter's mental well-being and She's asking if her daughter did anything to offend him.....As if her son-in-law is more important than her own daughter......Rikkard thought
He shook his head and answered
'no Mrs.Parrish.... she is absolutely fine and did nothing to offend me! I was just concerned. I was thinking about appointing a doctor.....a nutritionist maybe!...and i apologize if i offended you. I've to head home father! She's alone! I'll take your leave....I'm sorry again"
And he left from there
Apparently no one knew what exactly happened to her all those years.....in that orphanage for 9 years !!!!? that's something he didn’t expect to hear.
Is that why he didn't saw her when he went to Parrish house before leaving for his higher studies! she was just 3 or 4 and he was 15 maybe when he first saw her in one of their dinner......
back then he wanted to meet her before leaving for study, but he couldn't,.....no one told her she went missing though he did remember his father and her's being all tensed, hearing her mother crying and screaming out of her lungs.....he remembered missing her terribly back then!
But she never listened loud music and watched tv! she hates noise that's true and mostly stayed quiet even when she was stayed in other room before,.....not that he was always home most of the time in past few months, he was out, working,..
even sleeping in the office, before he started noticing her!
What was she hiding.....
Now that Zahin maybe......could be the only one he knew who knew her ? he should have done a background check on him......
maybe he could know about her,......there was possibility,....he thought while driving when his phone beeped! frowning eyebrows, he pulled his phone out to check, someone sent another picture from private number that made him halt his car with a loud screech!
very old picture.....possibly a cut out of a newspaper headlines about 2 terrorist died and 2 missing in a shootout.....with small writings beneath it!
strange!.....who would bother sending something like this and why ?
He carefully looked and noticed.....it was a picture of a young Mayuree Parrish with another guy on her side!
a terrorist shootout in Pakistan ?
She died in a terrorist shootout !?
Then who is here with him! who is she! why isn't anybody saying to him.....
fucking s**t!
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