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When Stella came out of her thoughts she found Jacob was driving the car and she was sitting beside him on the front seat. She looked ahead on the road. Jacob glanced at her with mischievous look.
"Just few days back, Gibson came to me." Jacob said.
" You? .... He met you?" Stella asked in puzzle.
With wide eyes, she looked at him, anticipating his answer.
He just nodded.
" In what connection?" She asked.
But Jacob didn't answer; he just concentrated on driving as if he didn't listen.
It would not be proper to disturb him while driving...
She thought and again continued to look ahead on the road. While looking ahead she again lost into her past...

... Stella and Brat sat across each other in the drawing room. Brat was a casual fat police officer around thirty-five, not with much height, but sufficient, which was required to join police force. Stella was lost in void, slowly came to present. He was carefully studying her expressions and actions.
" So.. what you was telling?" Brat took some notes on his writing pad and extended his hand to pick up a glass filled with water.
She looked at Brat. Their eyes met. Brat took a gulp from a glass of water.
Stella sighed in despair and continued,
" I went on calling him... But he did not look back ... not even once ... Now it’s almost a week.... Neither he came nor his phone... "
Brat, who was about to keep the glass of water back on the table, held the glass in air for a while and asked,
" Since then, did somebody ring up for him? "
"No." Stella replied.
Brat looked at her, kept back the glass of water on the table. He then scanned through the portraits hanged in the room. A photograph of a college girl caught his attention.
"Who is she? " Brat asked.
"Suzan ... my sister - in - law" Stella replied.
"What does she do?" Brat asked gazing at the photograph.
"MBA, last year "
"Can I talk to her? " Brat asked, etching his temple.
"Suzan." Stella loudly called in.
"..I mean in private." Brat interrupted to add.
Understanding his intent, Stella got up and heavily started to go in.
"Just a minute." She said while going in.
Brat kept looking at Stella going in slowly.

...contd..

Novels - Aghast CH 43 Signal Receiver

Handcuffed Anthony came out of the warehouse, surrounded by armed police force, for he was not some simple killer, he was a serial killer, who had killed four victims one after the other. Police took Anthony to a car. Detective Sam waited back at the warehouse gate. He seemed to be moved by the incidence.
I need to spend some time alone...
The important task of catching the killer is over...
Therefore it will not make any difference if I don’t accompany him...
I can also do the detailed investigation of the warehouse by waiting back...
He signaled his Partner, “ You go ahead. I’ll catch up with you.”

The car in which Anthony sat started, and darted away. The other cars also started and started to follow Anthony’s car. A big cloud of dust rose. Detective Sam kept looking at the settling dust cloud and the departing cars with gloomy face.

As all the cars left and the atmosphere around became quiet, Detective took a round near the warehouse door. While walking he Looked at the sky, it was pink, the sun was about to rise in few hours. Taking a round he came back to the door and lazily entered the warehouse.

It was still dark in the warehouse. He took a round, looked at the glowing computer monitor. Detective went to the computer and saw the software running on it. He tried to operate the software. Some buttons he pressed at random, a device kept besides the computer started blinking. He held the device; it’s a signal receiver, on which there was display. The display showed the ‘In signal range’ Instruction= ’LEFT’. He kept back the device. He again pressed the button on which ‘Right’ was written. The signal receiver blinked and showed ‘In signal range’ Instruction= ’RIGHT’. He pressed other buttons ‘ATTACK’. The signal receiver blinked and showed “In signal range’ Instruction= ’RIGHT’ He held the device, started observing it carefully. Suddenly he sensed something outside the warehouse. Holding device in his hand he went out.

He came out of the warehouse and looked around.
There is nobody here...
Then what that sound was?...
Might be something else...
As turned to go back in the warehouse, the blinking device in his hand caught his attention. His face went pale and white. The signal receiver showed ‘Out of range’ and Instruction= ’NIL’ He kept on looking at the device with his mouth open. There was crowd of so many doubts in his mind.

Suddenly he sensed something around. A black cat ran in the warehouse. Once he looked at the device and then at the warehouse door through which just now the cat had entered. Slowly he started moving towards the warehouse door. He vigilantly entered the warehouse. While entering the warehouse one question was troubling him. If the signals could not reach even outside the warehouse, how had they reached the four victim’s houses?

.. contd..