Another place

I find us packing our stuff as soon as we get to the hotel. The adrenaline is getting to us. We are finally getting somewhere. Though the thought of Ritam’s crippled sister saddens us. But at least we have a name. Ritam Dey. That’s a start. I am sure we will be at Ragini’s doorstep soon.

‘Are we leaving already?’ I ask. ‘It’s a nice city. Can we rest a while? Have a few walks along the city lanes? Nice dinner?’

‘Deb,’ Avantika says and throws my bag to me.

‘What?’

‘Nivedita. It must have been weeks since her brother hasn’t met her.

What if Ritam’s parents didn’t let Nivedita know? What if they never tell her that Ritam is never coming back?’ she says with concern.

‘I was just kidding. I wanted to see how kicked you were.’

From what I inferred from the diary Ritam’s parents had never bothered to contact Nivedita after they sent her