I said “mom he is cornered, he does not have a choice. He has to agree. Imagine if he has already paid us more than 1cr in cash in the last few days how much he would be worth. Also the moment the cheque is deposited you will get the sms from your bank confirming it”.
She said “ok” sipping her drink. I said “a medical examination will surely reveal evidence of his actions. We will use that. Till we sort this out tomorrow you will not have sex with anyone because in case we really have to go to the cops the evidence needs to be preserved”.
Mom asked “but how will you explain to Raja and Ram”? I said “I will answer the door tomorrow morning telling them that you are not keeping well, they will keep quiet”.
I ordered some food from outside and we had dinner and then retired to bed. Except drinking her milk I did not do anything else. Mom had a very disturbed sleep and woke up around 8 in the morning.
I was already awake when she called me to empty her milk tanks. After helping her with it, I brought her to the hall. I had already made her morning coffee and breakfast.
She asked me about Raja & Ram, I said “I collected the milk and told Raja as planned. He wished you to get well soon and left. Same with Ram when he came”.
Mom said “Sonu I am very nervous about this whole thing”. I said “mom recollect everything he did to you last night, do you really want to spare him after all that? I don’t care about the money. It is just that I want to teach him a lesson this time”.
I showed her the recordings from the patio cameras where he can be seen coming in at 9.30 and leaving around 10.30 with his pants down. She was thrilled to see it.
The recordings made her recollect everything and soon mom was fuming with rage. As expected Ramesh called at 9am, mom put him on speaker. He said “Darling I am really sorry about last night, I don’t know what came over me. Please forgive me”.
Mom spoke exactly the way I had instructed. He admitted to the rape, as expected he was shitting bricks when he heard about the police complaint and the evidence and the recordings.
He begged for mercy many times but mom did not accept it. He then tried negotiating the amount but mom did not agree. He tried negotiating paying in cash but mom did not budge.
Finally, after a lot of dilly dallying he agreed to deposit the cheque but begged for an additional hour to complete the transaction, I looked at mom and nodded ok and she accepted it.
We didn’t have to wait for too long before we got the picture of the cheque and deposit slip and sms from the bank. Ramesh called and said “Darling I have done everything you asked for, Can I please come and meet you now”?
Mom shouted loudly “you bastard after last night you still have the nerve to ask me this. I don’t want to see your bloody face ever. And in case you try to budge from your commitments let me tell you, all my calls have been recorded and I will use them as needed”.
Everything was over by noon and we took a sigh of relief. I said “mom now that everything is over can we finish your pending shopping”? Neetu said “yes we will go but before that there is something that needs your attention”.