As Priya was pacing quickly, she felt that somebody was following her. She was tensed and her heart started to thud in quicker successions. She slowly gained courage to turn behind and look. Oh! She was wrong. It was not just one, but there were three men, following her pretty closely. They looked like beast rogues. Their devilish looks sent a chill down her nerves. 'Raj was right,’ thought Priya. She hurried to reach the main road, but the scoundrels surrounded her already.
“What did that Manager tell you? Did he give you anything? Where have you hidden it?”, questioned on of them.
Priya was stunned. She did not mention anything that happened the other day, to Raj. But, here she is, amidst the morons, questioning her as if they have watched everything that has been happening all around her.
She pushed off one of the rogue and started sprinting towards the Main Road. She decided to cross the road and reach to other side, by the stretch of greens and waters. She did not even stop for a nano second and sprinted right across the road and as she wished she was thrown to the other side, by an SUV. She went flying in the air and landed on the roots of a huge tree, which had swollen above the ground. She felt intense pain embracing her and slowly sank in the pool of blood.
As Priya recollected that accident, she paused and stared at the tree behind the bench. Tears were rolling down her eyes, profusely. Karthik looked at her and at the tree - the magnificent tree with large swollen roots above the ground.
“Priya, you OK?”, asked Karthik, hesitatingly.
She nodded 'yes’.
“It all happened here and I landed on the roots of this very tree. I can still feel that pain! Suddenly, I was surrounded by so many faces and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance”
Karthik did not respond.
After a brief pause, “I will meet you later, Karthik”, said Priya and slowly disappeared in the mild darkness of the dusk.
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