Call Barring !!link!! Now

“Who were you talking to? The calls at 7:15. I barred them.”

He spun around, shock bleeding into guilt. “Meera? What are you—” call barring

He stared at her, then laughed—a hollow, broken sound. “You barred them? God, I thought… I thought they’d stopped me.” “Who were you talking to

“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…” then laughed—a hollow

“Rohan.”

“They said they’d hurt Kavya—”

“They’ll hurt her more if we keep paying. You know that.” She dialed 100, her hand steady. “The call barring didn’t break them, Rohan. It broke the spell. No more secrets.”