“They said they’d hurt Kavya—”
“I was going to pay the final installment tonight,” he whispered. “Ten lakhs. After that, they promised to leave us alone. But when the calls stopped, I thought they’d gotten impatient. I thought they’d already…”
Meera’s anger curdled into ice. She pulled out her own phone. “We’re calling the police. Right now.”
“They said they’d hurt Kavya—”
“I was going to pay the final installment tonight,” he whispered. “Ten lakhs. After that, they promised to leave us alone. But when the calls stopped, I thought they’d gotten impatient. I thought they’d already…”
Meera’s anger curdled into ice. She pulled out her own phone. “We’re calling the police. Right now.”
