The Passing of a Legend (Part IV)

Here’s the story, The Passing of a Legend (Part IV). I penned this story a few years back after a famous actor was found dead in a Middle Eastern resort.

The Passing of a Legend (Part IV)

The fivesome came out of hiding and found themselves locked inside the room!

“Now what?” Radha asked.

“Now, we go out before the room-boy brings someone with him,” Keshav replied and went toward the door. Using the Swiss knife, he opened the door again from the inside. When they walked out, they heard 2 men talking to each other. The sounds were coming from the direction of the service lift. Keshav directed all the others toward the storeroom. They were just in time to close the door as the room-boy and the manager passed them to go to the room they were in, some time ago. When they went inside the room, Keshav gestured the others to leave together. When the fivesome were out of earshot of the manager and the room-boy, they gave out sighs of relief. They reached the girls’ room and discussed the developments behind closed doors.

“Something suspicious is really happening here,” Radha commented. “There is someone on the floor where no one is supposed to be.”

“What can be the right course of action now?” Asha asked.

“Though things are suspicious here, we are looking for evidence in the Prakriti case. And that will be hindered if we go looking for the hidden person,” Katherine observed.

“On the contrary, I would rather we look for the hidden person. Who knows, we might find something significant?” Kartik suggested. “Come on. There’s no time to lose. We must go back before they shift the hidden person to a different place.”

They all freshened up and made another trip to the third floor. This time there was a room-boy, sitting on a chair, near the staircase, overlooking the lift, as well. Kartik disabled him and the fivesome went further. There was no one else on the lookout on the floor. Keshav had to open each door to make sure they did not miss anything. Further down the corridor, as he tried to turn a door lock with the Swiss knife, they heard a muffled sound from inside the room. Keshav gestured the others for silence and opened the door. A stench of urine mixed with fecal matter greeted them.

When their eyes got accustomed to the darkness, the fivesome saw a figure uncomfortably tied to a chair inside the room!

To be continued…