FALLEN 👿 By GAUTAM K MIRCHANDANI ✍️
The
house was silent and still!
I
shone the torchlight on my wristwatch, 2:15: a.m., the watch declared.
Walking
downstairs, I walked into the kitchen and poured some sweet cold water from the
earthen jug into a glass, and I drank.
After
drinking two glasses of cold sweet water, I walked out of the kitchen and was
about to head upstairs to my room, when I heard voices that sounded like
whispering!
I
froze in my tracks! Thinking perhaps some robbers or a thief has entered the
house. I looked around the kitchen and found a long wooden pole. I picked it up,
holding it firmly in my hand, and walked very quietly in the direction of the
whispering voices.
Shielding
the beam of my torch, I turn to a corner. The voices were coming from a room. I tiptoed and pressed my ear to the door, and was shocked to recognise
the voice of Davey and his father.
An
argument was going on between the two of them!
“But
father, it is okay,'' Davey whispered.
“You
are mad; you should have asked me, before bringing him here.” Dinah Pindar
whispered fiercely.
“It
is okay, he won’t know a thing,” Davey said.
In
disbelief, I realised that they were discussing me!
“Davey,
you are a fool, don’t you realise the season will be on us, and soon things
will not be as easy as you think, not with strangers around us? Dinah Pindar
whispered impatiently.
There
was a moment of silence!
I
waited anxiously to hear what Davey would say, and then Davey spoke up.
“If
things do not go as I have planned, I will see to it personally,” Davey said
mysteriously.
I
waited patiently to hear more, but I couldn't hear anything else, and then I heard footsteps; they were coming out of the room.
Quickly, I hide in the shadows!
The
door opened, and they came out. Without a glance around, they walked away.
I
stayed in the shadows, my mind in turmoil! I felt overwhelmed and drained, and
there and then, I decided to leave for Bombay
in the morning.
Something
was wrong here; something was definitely wrong.
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