Orengish cloudy sky, soft winds blew her hair, they held hands and walked in to the ever lasting stretch of water. They sat on the rocks, her head on his shoulders.
"Its time. I need to leave now." She said.
"So soon?"
"Yes"
"Soon you won't have to leave ever."
"Umhmm"
"What happened baby?"
"Nothing"
"Nervous?"
"Yes. What if something goes wrong? What if we are caught?"
"Don't worry, I will take care of everything. You trust me right?"
"Of course"
"So the plan for tomorrow is confirmed?"
She nods her head.
"Don't worry everything is going to be fine. After tomorrow, we will be together forever. Relax and act normal."
"K"
At 3:00 a.m a day later
He stood nervously at the corner of the street, with his bike, waiting for her. After a while he saw her coming with a bag. He was relieved. She was sweating profusely.
"Everything okay?"
"Yes"
"You have brought everything with you?"
"Here"
"Come on let's leave before anyone sees us"
They hopped on the bike and drove away.
The newspapers read next day:
"Five members of a family murdered, cash and jewellery stolen. The daughter of the family missing. Theft suspected, but police have also put forward the murder angle."
A few days back there was again a news:
"The daughter of the slaughtered family found dead on the highway. A Love angle could be there......."
This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.
14 Obiters:
Awsommm..as ever :)
scary and nice :)
http://surabhiitsmyway.blogspot.in/
Good story evolved of the subject. I must say that I like your blog template very much.
Amit :D
Surabhi thanks :)
Abhra....thanks for both the compliments :)
What irony! Sad the daughter had to trust anyone more than her own family & had to suffer this fate... Realistic story...
There was one case where a daughter had actually killed her entire and eloped with her lover. In the end she paid for it though..!Nice post :-) cheers
Sad reality.. written beautifully ...
Yes it is :)
Heta Gala: yeah this is getting to be common....sad...thanks :)
Ananya... thanks :)
Scary...but then reality is sometimes stranger than fiction.,..
Rinaya- true :)
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