Shweta crawled back to her place, curled up and hid the phone between her lap and stomach. She drank the water. She was so weak, even slight movement of her muscles made them pull. She looked down at the mobile. To her captors, her eyes would appear shut. She turned on the mobile phone’s silent mode.
She could not make a call without being caught. She could only send a text message. But she could not message anyone other than Shiva. She didn’t know any of her friends’ number by heart. Whatever she remembered were just landline numbers. And that wouldn’t help now. She didn’t know if Shiva had his phone with him now or whether he was awake to see her message! Or was his mobile lying in a corner letting her message go unnoticed? But she didn’t have a choice. This was the only opportunity to seek help. If she delayed further they would find one of the mobile had gone missing.
She began typing slowly, “Shiva… Where are you now? How are you? I am held captive in a construction site inside a partly constructed building. This place is 15 minutes non-stop drive from the place where we were hit. I heard a pile foundation being laid somewhere nearby. And, I can feel it Shiva, though you may be hurt, you are safe. DON’T REPLY TO THIS NUMBER! This is one of these guys’ mobile that I flicked. Going to put it back now. I love you… Please help me… ‘The US’ Shwets” Before crawling back to put the bottle in place, she opened the ‘Profile’ menu in the mobile and just before she placed in back, set the mobile back to the mode in which it was when she took it from there.
Pankaj was missing when she went to put the mobile back. After placing it she turned around and heard his voice drifting across from the nearby room. He was furious over something. She couldn’t associate the other voice with anyone in the gang. The new voice told Pankaj that tickets to Abu Dhabi for Shweta and Pankaj were ready and her visa was ready too! But his visa processing had got delayed. He would get it only after a couple of days. The voice also said the car to reach Cochin was also ready and would pick them up the next evening.
Blood drained from Shweta’s face! She was going to be smuggled out of the country! She had to inform someone! She had to call for help! She hoped Shiva received her previous message. She turned back to pick up the mobile again. But it was gone!! Someone had taken them away. She was stuck in that place. She crawled back crying. She was lost now. She lost hope for the first time.
Then suddenly she saw a way out! She wondered why this hadn’t occurred to her earlier! She got the answer too! She hoped she would be helped. Now that the hope had disappeared, she saw this way! The way to end this madness! She crawled as quickly as she could to the ledge of the floor and looked down at the ground. Fifty feet seemed very high! She hesitated. She quickly made up her mind and took a deep breath and took the jump of her life.
She could not make a call without being caught. She could only send a text message. But she could not message anyone other than Shiva. She didn’t know any of her friends’ number by heart. Whatever she remembered were just landline numbers. And that wouldn’t help now. She didn’t know if Shiva had his phone with him now or whether he was awake to see her message! Or was his mobile lying in a corner letting her message go unnoticed? But she didn’t have a choice. This was the only opportunity to seek help. If she delayed further they would find one of the mobile had gone missing.
She began typing slowly, “Shiva… Where are you now? How are you? I am held captive in a construction site inside a partly constructed building. This place is 15 minutes non-stop drive from the place where we were hit. I heard a pile foundation being laid somewhere nearby. And, I can feel it Shiva, though you may be hurt, you are safe. DON’T REPLY TO THIS NUMBER! This is one of these guys’ mobile that I flicked. Going to put it back now. I love you… Please help me… ‘The US’ Shwets” Before crawling back to put the bottle in place, she opened the ‘Profile’ menu in the mobile and just before she placed in back, set the mobile back to the mode in which it was when she took it from there.
Pankaj was missing when she went to put the mobile back. After placing it she turned around and heard his voice drifting across from the nearby room. He was furious over something. She couldn’t associate the other voice with anyone in the gang. The new voice told Pankaj that tickets to Abu Dhabi for Shweta and Pankaj were ready and her visa was ready too! But his visa processing had got delayed. He would get it only after a couple of days. The voice also said the car to reach Cochin was also ready and would pick them up the next evening.
Blood drained from Shweta’s face! She was going to be smuggled out of the country! She had to inform someone! She had to call for help! She hoped Shiva received her previous message. She turned back to pick up the mobile again. But it was gone!! Someone had taken them away. She was stuck in that place. She crawled back crying. She was lost now. She lost hope for the first time.
Then suddenly she saw a way out! She wondered why this hadn’t occurred to her earlier! She got the answer too! She hoped she would be helped. Now that the hope had disappeared, she saw this way! The way to end this madness! She crawled as quickly as she could to the ledge of the floor and looked down at the ground. Fifty feet seemed very high! She hesitated. She quickly made up her mind and took a deep breath and took the jump of her life.
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