The Secrets of Confessions ✔️

Chapter 36: It All Unfolds

Not gonna lie, I'm kind of proud of myself. I didn't have much to work with. Only memory, insinuations in diaries, and an autopsy report. And yet, I was able to accurately say who was the correct killer. I knew since I started investigating that Arjun wasn't guilty. And now, I've got them red handed. "Ashmita, it's not what it looks like-" she starts, but I cut her off.

"No, it's exactly what it looks like. Why were you so interested in the diaries, hm? And what was the need to tear out the pages?" Sarah looks at me, dumbfounded, and just starts to stutter. I stare at her, with a more dangerous look than the last. "You wouldn't be tearing out those pages or be so interested in the diaries in the first place unless you had something to hide. You're hiding something, hm?"

Sarah keeps on staring at me, and to really deliver the final blow, I say, "You killed my mother, right? Arjun is innocent, and you got away with it for 16 years."

Sarah finally stops looking like a deer in the headlights, and looks at me with a slightly dangerous look. "How did you find out?"

I cross my arms, and lay out my framework for finding out. "My mom referred to you in her diaries as 'Hungarian.' Your maiden name is Sarah Magarian. The term for Hungarian is 'Magyar.' Two, you said that my mom rejecting advances caused her to lose her life. You wouldn't have known that unless you were there. Also, on her autopsy report, there was an imprint of a chain bracelet on her body. You told me you used to wear a chain bracelet before my mom died, and you claimed you lost it right around that time. That's too convenient. There was also barely any bruising on her body. You've admitted your strength is very low. That wouldn't have caused a lot of bruising on her body. All you had to do was give the first stab in the stomach, then she'd fall to the floor and you'd finish off the job. And of course, the motive. You had all the motives in the world. Mason slept with my mom back when she was still alive. He was so close to her around the time she died. Jealousy would have played a factor, and you thought that Mason was still in love with my mom. You decided that you could just kill her off and get her out of the way so that you could have Mason all to yourself. It all ties together like the ribbon on the Christmas gift, Sarah. You're the one who did it."

I try to keep my facial expression as straight as a piece of spaghetti, but honestly, it's hard. It's hard for me to not lose my shit and just start yelling at her and cursing her out. I take deep breaths to alleviate my anger, and make sure that I keep on staring her in the eye. Sarah, after hearing my entire thought process laid out, puts the torn pieces of diary on the table, and stares daggers at me. Fear starts to boil in the pits of my stomach, because she's a killer. Who knows what she could do to me at this moment?

"I should've known. You were too smart for your own good. I should have let Mason lose the custody battle, so my secret could've been kept. You've got a big mouth, Ashmita. I know where you're going to go, Ashmita. You're gonna run down to the police, tell them what you heard. You're not going to be able to convince them. They would never believe you. Because you're wrong. Especially about the motive."

I raise an eyebrow at Sarah, as she continues to get in my face. She walks towards the garage door, and says, "Mason may have been in love with Jyoti. Who wouldn't have? She was smart, beautiful, sassy, headstrong, a great mother. Just everything that a woman should be. It was enough to get me to fall in love with her too."

My eyes widen at her confession. "In love with her? Oh my god. Sarah was in love with my mom?" Shock hits me in the face like a swift punch. I take deep breaths so that I don't crumble onto the floor in pure shock. But, at the same time, I'm kind of disgusted. Not at the part where she was in love with my mother. I don't care if someone loves someone else of the same gender. The one thing that disgusts me is her involvement with Mason. Was she just leading him on all this time? Was she ever in love with him at any point?