Seeing Yet Not Believing

  • 27 Dec - 02 Jan, 2026
  • Mag The Weekly
  • Fiction

‘Good morning’ Kevin said slowly turning behind, ‘Raymond? It’s you, what are you doing here?’

‘Why is there a problem, or are you not happy to see me?’

‘No, not at all, I was just a little surprised’

‘So what are you doing these days?’ Raymond said beginning to walk.

‘Oh I’m just a…just a…’

‘Drug dealer?’ he asked jokingly.

‘What? No what do you mean?’ Kevin said confusingly.

‘So? How do you earn?’

Kevin remained silent and realized that something was fishy. He felt that his brother was aware of his profession and was here for a very special purpose.

‘What are you thinking Tramp?’

‘So you know I’m a tramp. Ok I don’t want to talk for long, tell me straight, what do you want from me?’

‘Watch this video first’ he said showing him a video in his camera.

Kevin saw the entire video of his last day’s drug deal and got panicked.

‘Ok ok, what do you want from me?’ he asked closing his eyes.

‘Nothing special, I just want you to give up your way of earning and live a low life which you deserve’

‘Low life? How do I earn or live, has no concern with you brother, stay out of my business’

‘You have twenty-four, ok forty-eight hours. I want you to hand over your masters to police or directly to FBI, who are looking for these drug dealers since long. Your time starts after I leave’

Saying this he left Kevin and sat on his bike, and went on the opposite direction.

‘I have the right person to stop you Raymond, my time has not started, but your count down has begun’

A Task for Jacob and Confrontation of the Twins
Meanwhile outside a cinema theatre, Jacob and I were standing and having a conversation regarding the movie. During our conversation, he received a phone call, he answered:

‘Yes who is it?’

‘Jacob it’s me Kevin’ Kevin replied in a tensed voice.

‘Kevin it’s you? I mean you sound quite distressed’

‘Listen Jacob I need a favor from you, I’ll give you whatever amount you’ll demand’

‘Favor? What sort of?’

‘Now listen carefully, within one day I want you to kill Raymond and I want no objections’

‘Hold on hold on, you want me to murder our elder brother? What are you up to?’

‘Listen, we both said to each other that Raymond is no longer our brother and we are no more part of Matthew family’

‘Ok but I just want to know why do you want me to do this?’

‘I’ll answer all your questions once he will be dead, right now just go and assassinate him’

Jacob ended his call, and looked at me,

‘George I have a sort of task for you, which I can’t do myself’

‘You were talking about someone like an elder brother’ I said to him.

‘Yes, I want you to assassinate this person alone, and then you can keep our demanded amount’

Back at Kevin’s place, he was feeling sort of relieved but still frightened with what was about to happen.

Next day at a park outside the museum, Kevin was waiting since ten minutes for Jacob. He was holding a brief case with money demanded, which I demanded after assassinating Raymond in his home.

Jacob arrived after a couple of minutes in his bike, as he stopped. He kept aside his helmet and opened his hair. He went close to Kevin and shook hands with him,

‘Good morning Kevin! You’ve grown quite a hair’

‘Yes you too, we are still the same, I thought you might have changed’

‘Anyways it’s really good to see you’ he said after laughing on Kevin’s comment.

‘So did you get my work done?’ Kevin asked feeling absurd.

‘Oh yes of course, my partner George killed him last night’

‘Good here’s your return back as much demanded’ Jacob said handing over the brief case.

‘So what’s going on at your cocaine business?’

‘It’s good but right now if it’s easy for you can I ask you for another favor?’

‘Yeah sure’

‘My girl friend Julia said if I won’t see her today, she’ll leave me forever’

‘So?’

‘I want you to go to her and act as me, I mean as Kevin’

‘What if she recognizes me?’

‘Just show her that you are angry on something, and remain silent’

‘Ok I’ll try, where does she live?’

Kevin gave him the details about her and left for his business purpose of supplying cocaine to new customers of their deal”.

Raymond’s Murderer

As George stops narrating the story, Inspector Kevin stands up and after walking for a while asks him:

‘So you murdered Raymond?’

‘No, Jacob did it. He kept this thing as a secret from Kevin and told me to tell everyone that I had murdered him’

‘Oh any special reason?’

‘Maybe he didn’t want Kevin to think of Jacob being a danger to family’

‘But the family was already broken, anyways what happened next?’

‘Then…’

‘Hold on’ he interrupts George looking at one of the cops, ‘Take Raymond’s murderer to the lock up and keep him awakened, full night’

‘Sir how come you guessed that this guy is Jacob?’ George says pretending to be serious.

‘Experience’

Moments later, the criminal is sitting inside the locked up cell. He is planning his escape until Inspector Kevin arrives with a cop and says to him:

‘That guy George is big fool, while telling the story he admitted his crime of making the bomb blast at the university’

‘Oh yeah, so?’

‘So what? We’ll arrest him what else’

Saying this he looks at the criminal guy.

‘So a hit man no? How much salary Rolf gives you’

‘Rolf? I don’t know any guy Rolf’

‘You don’t’ he laughs, ‘so you’ve left your serial killing business, and your boss Rolf?’

‘My boss is not Rolf, I work for Jack the cocaine supplier’

‘Wait a minute, you are not Jacob are you?’ he asks getting astonished.

‘Jacob’s dead, you saw him’

‘So you’re not Raymond’s murderer? We are actually up to arrest that criminal’

‘Raymond was murdered on my order, so no matter if Jacob did it or his partner, I’m the criminal’

‘Don’t teach me law, tell me why did you kill Jacob?’ Saying this he looks at the cop standing behind, ‘Go and bring George, I have some questions to ask’

‘Yes sir!’ the cop says leaving the lock up cell.

‘So tell me what happened after you ordered Jacob to go and act as yourself in front of Julia’

So Kevin getting more frustrated starts narrating a story of a week ago:

Unexpected News
“I always knew that coming up events cast their shadows before, but this time there was no fire before the smoke was seen. Two months after my confrontation with Jacob, something happened which I didn’t expect to happen. I was returning to Julia at her home. She used to live with her maid in her pent house. She often persuaded me to live with her, under a roof. But I used to enjoy living as a Tramp.

As I reached her home, I rang her bell. She came outside and angrily said:

‘Now what do you want?’

‘Are you still mad at me?’ I said moving inside.

She got angrier and stopped me. She tried to push me outside.

‘What’s wrong with you Christi?’ I said angrily resisting my arm.

‘Why are you here? We broke up, remember?’

‘Broke up? Are you out of your senses?’

She angrily slapped me and yelled:

‘Get out right now! I don’t ever want to see you again’

Then I also got angrier and exclaimed in heavy voice:

‘What the hell is wrong with you today? Why are you acting as if you are an insane?’

‘I also asked the similar question, last day when we broke up’

‘Last day?’ I asked realizing something, ‘Which day are you talking about’

‘The day you fought Eddie’

‘Your brother Eddie?’ I asked realizing at once that Jacob had created the problem, ‘I’m sorry can you tell me what happened that day’

‘Excuse me? Now you’re acting as if you don’t know anything, right?’

‘Actually Julia I was drunk’ I lied pretending to be serious, ‘Really, trust me, I don’t remember anything about that day. My friends gave me too much alcohol that day that I was really out of mind’

‘Now that makes sense’ she said believing me.

‘So what happened that day?’

‘That day when you entered home, you were acting as if you knew nothing about me. You were looking at me as you never saw me before. My brother Eddie was already home that day, and he secretly said to me that you weren’t actually drunk, but you were acting like this on purpose. I sort of believed him. Perhaps you over heard us and started talking rubbish about us’

‘Oh no’ I whispered getting angry on Jacob.

‘When I tried to stop you, you started abusing me and said dirty talks about us. Eddie got angrier and began to fight, but you just broke his arm with one hard kick. I began to cry and asked you the question, which you did earlier right now. And then you said ‘let’s break up’ and saying this you left my home’

‘Unbelievable man!’ I said getting angrier than ever, ‘So Jacob, I mean I got your brother injured and destroyed our relationship myself’

‘Yes and I hate you for that, and I have decided that we’re not re-uniting ever’

‘There’s a lot explanation I have to give you regarding the secret behind that day. You’re unaware of a big fact, but in short I swear upon God that I haven’t done any harm to your brother’

After hearing this, she got a little confused. And I left her home immediately losing my temper.

My Intention to Murder
Finally I decided to kill Jacob and do nothing else. I was intended to murder him secretly in his apartment. I used to think that Raymond was the worst person I knew, but Jacob almost changed my judgment with one incident. Although this matter could be resolved any other way, but my hot temper only forced me to kill him for creating a chaos at my girl friend’s home.

Earlier today at evening, I went to my Boss Jack and took his sharp dagger from a desk, where he used to play cards. He was standing by the table’s side and he said to me:

‘You were always frightened of committing murders, today you seem to be over coming your fear’

‘Some treacherous incidents even turn angels into devils’

‘I agree, a personality can never be judged by clothes, right?’

‘But those clothes cannot save that person from upcoming danger’ I replied firmly.

‘Take this’ he said giving me his gun, ‘This dagger’s speed is not as much faster as that of a bullet’

‘Thanks’ I said taking the pistol.

I left the garage, which was our home place or sort of an office. I went on foot to the Wellington tower and decided to murder my brother.

8:30 sharp, I was standing outside his apartment, knocking his door wildly. Some people were panicked seeing me.

I was getting angrier as I knew that he was inside and not opening because of my fear. So I just kicked the door hardly more than seven times due to which the door lock broke.

I went inside breaking it further and yelled:

‘Jacob where are you?!

Come out…’

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