I was drenched in sweat! God knows what colour my face was?!
“So here you are; our curious guest!” Ojal said, hands akimbo!
I was lost for words and didn’t know how I was going to face this dilemma! I hastily pushed her aside and hurried at the speed of light!
Ojal was shouting “I will get you back, you bastard…”
As I reached the top, I had no choice but to pull the partition towards the entrance and block it completely to impede them from catching me.
I instantly grabbed my suitecase and stormed out of the house, not knowing where to go or what to do!
It was pretty dark, echoed hooting owls and barking dogs in the near distance daunted me even further.
I whimpered “What shall I do?!”
I could vaguely remember my way, threading through empty and uneven roads, which gave me the impression of no end!
At any moment, I could be eaten by a fierce animal; with their echoes kept ringing in my ears!
All of a sudden I tripped over not realising why or how, but having felt a thin rope around my legs then I knew it was a trap!
I guess I was off the main road and perhaps entered some sort of sacred or forbidden territory!
Shortly after, two men were at the scene trying to rob me. Alas they were not interested in my suite case, they wanted me! At the beginning they were mumbling in Hindi but when they realised I didn’t look Indian, then they started to communicate in broken English!
One of them held a machete and the other continued to twist the rope he used to entrap me!
One of them said, “You make noise, I take your head”.
I could hardly see their faces as they were covered with a dark cloth!
What am I supposed to do? Give in to those bastards or try to defend myself, but I had no means to a weapon whatsoever! Oh dear Lord, please help me!!!
