Tony patted her back to console wiping the wetness in his eyes from the back of his hand.

"Along with beating me everyday, since past two times he started bringing his cousin Daniel home for having sex with me." Freya started letting out her dirty truth bit by bit to her father even though she knew it was breaking his heart.

"I restricted Daniel's advances upon me and thus Eden started abusing me further. I could not tolerate his torture anymore. To reduce my mental stress I stole money from his purse when he was drunken, resorted to drugs and alcohol. The effect of the drugs keep me numb to his attacks for the night. By the time I go sober he is out of the house for work." Freya released her ache with a quaver in her throat.

Finally when her tears died she reya dried her tears, recollected herself and asked her father. "Where is Eden, daddy?"

Tony looked at Freya startled. "You do not remember anything? You were the one who called me to your house, Princess?"

The past continued

Freya looked at her father horrified. "Dad I do not remember anything." She ran her hands in her hair in desperation.

"It is fine princess. Many of us do not remember what happened when we are under the influence of alcohol." Tony patted the head of Freya in consolation.

"But I do not understand, why did I call you to my home, this late in the night?" Freya asked him curious at the same time in unease.

Tony cleared his throat, plainly not wanting this conversation to pull on. But he had no option, he had to take the poison for the sake of his daughter, for the sake of his vacuous decision upon her. The cops could be at his door at any moment.

"Princess, you had always been my obedient daughter. You never opposed my decisions whether they were good or bad. Today I want to discharge one more duty towards you of being your dad. Promise me you will accept whatever decision I take." Tony extended his hand and squeezed her palm in assurance with his other.

Freya looked at him in astonishment and vacillatingly extended her palm on his. Tony breathed an air of relief.

"You killed your husband in your intoxication, princess."

It was like a bomb broke in her heart. Freya went pale listening to the undigestible news her dad broke to her.

"Now listen to me clearly. The cops can come here at any moment and arrest me seeing my finger marks on the bottle with which you killed him. You will not open your lips at any cost." Tony warned his daughter solemn.

Freya was dumbfounded assimilating the information. She needed a shot immediately to calm down but she also knew her dad was not allowing her to do the drugs anymore. "Dad, if I killed him then why will your finger marks be there on the bottle?"

Tony did not meet the eyes of his daughter and spoke bland. "I erased them and planted mine on the place."

Freya stared wide at her father. "Dad why do you want to take the blame of the crime I did?"

Tony shook his head in dispproval. He ran his hand on Freya's head adorably like he was blessing her. "You suffered so many silent cries because of my dense decision princess. I will not allow you to suffer more. Just tell me one more thing, sunshine. Did anyone watch you kill him? Come on think, brush your memory."

"Freya scratched her head trying to recollect the incident and the realization hit her like a volvo. "Yes dad, Eden's cousin Daniel saw it but he fled away from the incident fearing my inebriated state."

Tony nodded in understanding. "As long as he doesn't come out of the curtain we are safe. Let us see what's going to happen next."

Daddy please..." Freya urged with her eyes letting out tears. Tony wiped the tears of Freya with the pads of his fingers. "You promised me princess. There is no other way left. This old man is any how going to die in a few years. There is no use of me in the family. But if you are behind the bars your complete life is destroyed. You will be rusticated from the job. I want you to stay happy at least now, princess."

"Daddy no...." Before Freya could say another word, the men in blue walked to the entrance and spoke to Linda. "We are looking for Mr Tony Stiller. He is under arrest for murdering Mr Eden."

"No. My husband is innocent. He is not a killer." Linda screemed with fright and tears in her eyes. "Why would he kill his own son-in-law? I think you came to the wrong house." Linda gathered her failing courage and challenged the officer. Alaska who was sleeping till then came wide awake hearing the confusion processing in the house.

"We have an arrest warrent miss." He showed her the papers. "Now will you please call Mr Tony Stiller? Otherwise I'm sorry to say we may have to barge into the house." Alaska looked at her mother surprised at the declaration of the officer and Linda's mirrored the same.

Tony walked to the place and announced. "Yes. I am Tony Stiller."

The police locked his hands with handcuffs. "You are under arrest Mr Stiller."

Tony did not argue or say anything. He simply walked to the police van leaving weeping Freya, Alaska and Linda behind.

As soon as the cops left, Linda held the shirt of Freya and pulled her inside the house. "What did you do bitch? Did you kill your husband and booked my husband in this giving your innocent eyes to him?"

"Please mom leave me." Freya cried. "Then why are the cops arresting Tony? Did he take your blame on his head?"

Freya did not reply Linda and restricted her eyes to the floor.