My Programming Mind | THS Book 2

Chapter Twenty Three

"So, tell me why. I'm curious as hell."

"Whenever I see family fights, especially between children and their parents, they remind me of my own. For the past six years, it has been haunting me so badly that I couldn't focus on anything, at least until when you showed up that's when I said Fuck It. But seeing you going through the same thing as mine and at relatively a younger age, it hurts me more."

He was going to brag non-stop. That little pause he took gave me a nice chance to stop him.

"Stop there! I need a nap."

"Huh?!"

"Not the car, you fool. Shut up and good night. I mean good mornight." I then closed my eyes and let the things register in my mind. It hadn't taken a long time before I slept again.

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It was already 12 when I woke up in my room. Roy was sleeping on the floor near the foot of the bed. I just went to brush my teeth and heard Roy's phone go off. I hurriedly brushed my teeth to go get it, but I heard Roy mutter some words and I knew that he had taken it already.

"... Why could you allow that while I told you to keep a close eye on my door? ...I have both keys, if it was locked how is it open then? ...I'm coming."

It was a part of the heated up conversation that I made out while I was still in the bathroom. He told me to rest while he ran to wear his shoes and went to the front door. I wasn't a fool to just let it slide, and I went after him.

"What's happening today? I understand nothing at all." Priya said running to where I was.

"Even I don't know. Something about somebody breaking into the office and I don't know what happens next, so let me catch up with Roy. I'll keep you informed."

'Tamasha'

I made it out before he finished the driveway. I climbed in and we went to the restaurant together. Jaan was standing outside. He rushed to the driver's side and started to speak to Roy as they made their way inside.

The only person I could gladly speak to in such kind of situation was Arnold, and so I didn't bother following them around as Roy himself said nothing during the ride there.

I found Arnold tense and paranoid in the kitchen and he even ran away when I asked him 'What happened?' I knew there must have been something off with him to act that strange at me of all people. He either knew what happened or saw something that relate to the situation at hand if not involved whatsoever.

I just went to Roy's office to find the door broken by something like a kitchen material.

"What could have broken this door? Without the key, it can't be opened and it seems like the person knows well about these things to just follow the papers." Roy exclaimed in utter disappointment and disbelief at what he was seeing in front of him.

"I don't know boss. The morning shift started with everything in hand and no any sign of this case here." Jaan said.

"Maybe a fork, like a kitchen fork. The marks can't be of any appliance and considering this is a restaurant, it might be only a fork with these marks and the one accessible." I explained trying to sound convincing and reasonable.

"I think this boy is right. I can agree with him." Finally, a person in a group of people. Might be my luck.

"Aarush, how do you suggest all these? And do you have any other idea of what might have happened?" After like forever of thinking, Roy let me in on their discussion.

"Can we check the footage of the time when you suspect this might have happened?" I sounded like a detective but I just wanted to make sure I made myself useful.