Lucifer's Last Sin ✔️

• Chapter Twelve •

"I had no idea that Manik had an elder sister," Abhimanyu exclaimed, staggered by the new information.

"Why did she take her own life, Cabir," Mukti inquired, her curiosity piqued.

"Manik Malhotra, is the son of Raj and Neyonika Malhotra. Raj was a gluttonous and selfish businessman, and Neyonika was a devious woman who ran behind money. They showed little concern for their own children. Manik was attached to his elder sister, Alizey, who cared for him like a mother would care for her child."

Abhimanyu, pressed further, "What happened so suddenly that Alizey felt compelled to take such a drastic step."

"Raj's business suffered a massive loss, and he went bankrupt. Neyonika was such a callous woman that she forced her sixteen-year-old daughter into sex trafficking," Cabir raged.

"What?" Mukti roared. "How could a mother subject her child to such atrocity? Didn't Raj save his only daughter?"

"No. He, like his wife, was a jerk. This couple was willing to go to any length for money. Their lust for wealth had driven them insane, to the extent that they forced their daughter to sleep with multiple men every night for a few euros "Cabir snorted. "Manik was only ten at the time. Alizey loved him immensely. She used to tell him stories and put him to bed early before their parents got home with the clients. She didn't want Manik to hear her agonizing screams. Aliezy was gang-raped every single night for two years."

"How could they do something like this to their sixteen-year-old daughter? They were so cruel," Mukti seethed.

"Can you please tell us what happened next, Cabir?" Abhimanyu pled.

"Hearing Alizey scream jolted Manik awake one night. When he descended the stairs, he was horrified to see eight men raping her sister brutally in the living room. Manik tried to save Aly, but those heartless men locked him in a room," Cabir growled, his fist clenched angrily.

"Poor little girl," Mukti sobbed. She couldn't even fathom the amount of pain that innocent girl went through.

"They left the house in the morning after those monsters had their fill of her. Aly dressed up and went over to Manik to check on him. When he saw Alizey's body, which was covered in bruises, scars, and blood, Manik burst into tears. He was frightened. Manik told Raj and Neyonika everything when they came home, hoping they would file a complaint against those monsters. But little did he know that it was his parents who had pushed Alizey into sex trafficking. Raj forced him to stay quiet. Manik was surprised, wondering why his father wouldn't let him tell anyone, and how he could be so composed after learning that his daughter had been raped. He went to his sister to seek answers to his questions but he found her hanging from the ceiling fan. Alizey committed suicide that day as she grew tired of fighting the pain."

Cabir went on, tears welling in his eyes, "Manik was terrified. He took his parents to Aly's room. When Raj and Neyonika saw Alizey hanging from the fan, they were shocked. They were devastated not because their daughter had committed suicide, but because their only source of income was no more. That heartless couple quickly carried out her final rites."

"Why weren't the cops informed?" Abhimanyu asked.

"Everyone was told that Alizey had died in a car accident "Cabir responded. "But, Manik found a suicide note in Aly's room a few days later."

"A suicide note? What was written in it?" Mukti inquired.

"Alizey revealed how Raj and Neyonika forced her to sleep with men for money and how she was gang-raped brutally. She had also written to Manik, pleading with him to flee from home. Little Manik went to a nearby police station to seek justice for his sister. That naive child had no clue the people were heartless and wicked. Raj bribed the officer, and the case was closed without any investigation. They took Manik home and thrashed him mercilessly. Raj wanted to kill him, but the cruel Neyonika also wanted to use him to make money," Cabir added.

"Oh, my God!" Abhimanyu exclaimed, "What happened next?"

"They murdered that innocent Manik's innocence. They were the ones who turned him into the devil. When Manik saw his parents sleeping at night, he hit them on the head with a vase. He tied them up with ropes after they passed out. He waited all night for them to wake up. He wanted to give them a painful death and hear their screams. When Raj and Neyonika awoke in the morning, Manik stabbed them a hundred times. He didn't leave the house for fifteen days. He stayed with their corpse. The dead bodies began to decay and emit a foul odour. The neighbours suspected something was wrong and called the cops," Cabir told on.

"Manik confessed his crime, following which he was arrested. He was taken to juvenile detention centre, where he was given psychiatric help. But he got away from there, by killing the doctor and the guards. He grew from a young boy to a beast. And he's slaughtered thousands of people since then."

"But why did he assault me, Cabiraa?" Abhimanyu inquired. "And why does he insist on calling a mere doll his beloved sister?"

Cabir's paused for a while, before responding. "Manik experiences such episodes where he believes that the broken doll is Alizey, and she is being raped. In order to save his sister, he resorts to violence."

Mukti's voice trembled with sorrow as she spoke, "It's truly a heart-wrenching tragedy. Manik is trapped in a cycle of pain. He desperately need professional help to heal from the deep wounds of his past. We must take him to a psychiatrist."

Cabir let out a weary sigh. "But Manik, is adamant. He refuses to take help."