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Chapter 11 - “Trapped in Fear”

Seeing the dead body, everyone gets terrified and steps back, standing at a distance.

Their throats go dry.

There is such deep silence that only the sound of their breathing can be heard.

Then Vijay breaks the silence and says,

"This looks like someone's dead body."

"We can see that too, but whose body is it?"

Gathering some courage, Vijay goes near the body and turns it over…

The moment he sees the face, he is shocked and falls to the ground.

"Th-this is Ravi!!!"

Everyone else is equally stunned, their faces turning pale.

Suddenly, they smell a very foul burning odor.

Holding their noses, they try to run away in fear. They rush down the stairs and reach the hall.

They try to open the door, but it won't open. Within moments, fire spreads all around the farmhouse.

Smoke slowly fills the hall.

They struggle to breathe.

They are not even in a condition to help each other.

Gradually, their eyes begin to close…

But before losing consciousness, they all see a half-burnt man.

After that, everyone faints.

Next morning…

Ajay wakes up and finds himself alive.

He gets up and looks around, shocked—because the farmhouse is completely fine.

There isn't even a single burn mark.

Ajay sprinkles water on everyone's faces and wakes them up.

After waking, they can't even believe for a moment that they are alive.

Then Vikas says,

"Bro Vijay, what was all that that happened last night?"

Suddenly, everyone remembers Ravi's dead body. They rush upstairs.

They search everywhere, but Ravi's body is nowhere to be found.

Exhausted, they sit down at the same place and stare at each other in silence.

"You were right, Vijay.

Whoever this is, they are taking advantage of our fear.

They want to take revenge for those two deaths. But before killing us, they want to scare us and make us suffer."

"Who could it be? Someone who knows the secret of their deaths and is so closely connected to them?"

"That person must be very close to them."

"Vikas, you once told me that there was another friend of theirs who was someone's girlfriend. Maybe she is behind all this."

"No… it can't be her."

"How can you say that with such confidence?!"

"Because…

Two years ago, I saw her outside a restaurant. I couldn't stop myself from talking to her.

When I tried, she insulted me in front of everyone. I couldn't bear it.

The next day, I went to her house and killed her.

After killing her, I cut her body into pieces and fed it to the dogs at the meat market."

"She can't be alive. There's no chance."

Then Vinay says,

"Then maybe the other guy had a girlfriend who is taking revenge on us."

"No, that other guy stayed away from girls. He had no interest in them."

"What do you mean…?"

"Yes."

"Why are you all stuck on the idea of a girlfriend taking revenge?

Do you really think a girl could carry a dead body, cut it into pieces, and record a video?"

"Girls these days aren't as innocent as before."

"Oh really? So do they suddenly have the strength to carry a body down the stairs?"

"This isn't a woman's doing.

This is a man."

"But who?!"

"I don't know.

But if we want to stay alive, we must find him before he destroys us.

We need to investigate all their relatives and connections.

Make a list of anyone suspicious.

Then dig into each one."

"Once we catch him, we'll give him such a death that he'll fear being born again."

"Alright. And from now on, don't receive any unknown calls except from each other."

"Hmm."

Everyone returns to their homes and starts investigating in their own ways.

Meanwhile…

Ravi is tied to a chair with ropes in a room.

Under his feet, a small furnace is burning.

His feet are slowly burning in the fire, and he screams in pain.

Nearby, Alka sits on a chair, watching him suffer—smiling with satisfaction.

Whenever Ravi can't bear the pain and faints, she moves the furnace away from his feet.

Then she picks up her phone and calls Vijay.

"Hello, Vijay."

"Hello Alka, how are you?"

"I'm not good."

"Why? What happened?"

"What happened?

We finally went to Mussoorie together, and what did you do?

You ruined the whole trip."

"Oh… sorry. I forgot that your friend has died.

You must be very disturbed right now.

I shouldn't be talking like this.

Sorry."

"It's okay."

Just then, Ravi regains consciousness.

Hearing Alka talking to Vijay, he starts shouting loudly:

"Vijay! Help! Vijay, help!!"

Vijay hears a faint voice and asks Alka:

"Is that Ravi…?"

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