PHOTOGRAPH (part-1)
It was a beautiful morning. The weather was a little dull, it had drizzle and a soothing breeze. It was the perfect weather to go out for a walk. I wore my sneakers, plugged in my earphones, and started listening to songs on Spotify. I was in my world, I felt happy and chill and was just smiling at everyone for some reason.
That’s when I accidentally bumped into someone. They dropped their wallet on the floor. It was a dark blue leather wallet, it sure looked expensive. So I bent down to pick it up and apologize. But they had just vanished in thin air! Whoever it was wasn’t there anymore. I knew that it was wrong but I decided to take a small peek to get some clues and whereabouts of this person. So that I could return the wallet to them again.
When I opened it I was taken aback by what I saw. My photograph was in the wallet! Besides that, there were a few rupees and a free coupon from a Thai restaurant. Something was written on the backside of my photograph in dark block letters saying, ‘MEET ME AT THE RESTAURANT’.
I thought it would probably be the Thai restaurant because of the coupon, so I decided to go there. I had to find who this person was, vanishing in thin air was a good enough mystery but having a photograph of me was just creepy! The whole happy and chill and all smiley I was feeling were gone it was replaced by worried and anxious and scared.
The Thai restaurant was an authentic place and had a piece of very calming background music. The place was certainly not packed. I just pulled up a chair. Crazy thoughts were running across my mind like “what if I was walking right into a trap?”, “what if they kidnap me?”, “What if I don’t find this person?” The flow of these thoughts was all of sudden broken when the waitress came and left a Thai dish on my table.
“I am sorry, but I didn’t order anything, you must have got the wrong table,” I said
“Yes ….yes,” she said.
I repeated myself but she gave the same reply, I don’t think she understood me. So I just left it because it was the least of my problems right now. I looked at the dish….it looked so tempting, the aroma was so good. Just as I was about to dig in, the waitress came with a piece of paper and just left it there.
“Excuse me, but what is this?” I asked politely
She just turned away and went to the counter. Well, that was rude, I didn’t expect her to act this way. It was as if she was hypnotized or something. I opened the chit and sat there stunned with my mouth open and trying to find words. My photograph was there in it again. That’s when someone tapped my shoulder and said “I see you found my wallet” . He was tall man wearing a white suit,his clothing gave me a villainous vibe.
“Oh …so this is yours?” i asked
“yes”he replied
“Why do you have my photo ?”
“Well…youll have to ask my boss” he said with a weird grin.
The next thing I knew I was in a black car with 2 men sitting on both my sides . My mouth was taped and my hands were tied. The car drove for a really long time .Then it finally stopped.
STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT….
