Cloaked Intentions

Chapter 16

The next day had started on a bad note. Roy had not made it through the night. If that hadn't been enough, Vishwas had called in the afternoon to let Sanskar know that the post office looking after Roy's address didn't have any post boxes. Now a lot depended on finding which post office held the post box with all the proofs in it.

It had been four days since Roy's demise. Shekhar's return from Delhi had drastically cut down the time they had managed to spend with each other during the last four days. They had been trying to make the most of their clandestine meetings at night as a result. This night too found them in Sanskar's room, wrapped in each other's arms, trying to steal some gentle kisses from each other in between their words.

"Shambhu Kaka is getting suspicious of us" Sanskar said softly. Swara broke apart from his kiss and looked at him concerned. "We knew this time would come at some point" he added, making Swara nod quietly. "Your father too asked me today how my house search was going"

"How will we meet if you aren't here?" Swara asked feeling low

"Actually, it might turn out better" Sanskar said with a mischievous smile "Then we can meet for longer without worrying about all of them" as he pulled her closer to himself

"I will miss meeting you here though" Swara said pouting, making Sanskar lean in to place a quick kiss on her lips

"You love our meeting place this much, huh?" Sanskar teased

"You are going to miss these secret meetings even more than me. I know you too well. You love it that you can meet me here right under Baba's nose without him knowing about it"

"What can I say? I am a risky kind of a guy" Sanskar said winking at her.

They had been sitting together for a while when Sanskar broached the topic that was on his mind since afternoon.

"Cookie, what do you know about the charity trust that your father has opened in Shomi's Aunty's name?" Sanskar asked

"Trust? How did that come up suddenly?" Swara asked confused

"I accidently found a file on it, midst some that your father wanted me to look at. It was related to that trust"

Swara nodded "I don't know much about it. He has set it up to help people with health conditions when they cannot pay for their medical treatment themselves. Did you find something in the file that wasn't right?" she asked

"It had some payment receipts for the treatment of a patient in a special facility in Delhi. Some one by the name of Kiran P Das"

"P Das. You don't think it is related to Protim Das do you?" Swara asked, her eyes widening

"I don't know. Das is such a common name and the receipts never mentioned the full middle name for me to read more into it. But I don't know why your father would be paying for someone's treatment in Delhi. I would have imagined there would have been enough cases and facilities to support in Kolkata"

"What are you thinking?"

"I am planning to go to Delhi tomorrow to find out what is going on" Sanskar said

"I want to come along"

"I was hoping you say that." Sanskar said with a smile "I already booked two tickets for us in the early morning flight, returning back in the evening. You think you can make an excuse to your father without being caught?" Sanskar asked

"I know I can. But how will we get more details on this person. What facility is this?" Swara asked

"I am already ahead of you there. It is a facility for mentality challenged and afflicted patients. I got Dr Bose to write me an introduction so that it would be easy for us to get into the facility and make inquiries" Sanskar said with a smirk