"Fifty"
"Bhaiya I want to go to next stop, not next city, 50 is too much"
"How much will you give"
"20"
"Twenty! Twenty?"
She nods head vigorously.
"Madam, minimum fare is 20"
"I'll daily give twenty only, take it or leave it"
"Ok, get in"
Five minutes later...
He sneaked a glance behind him. There was a recent clipping in the newspaper he read, that happened in his city... the usual kidnap and murders, sometimes rape cases one is all to well accustomed to.
The woman sitting in the passenger seat seemed entirely oblivious to the world, or even the route, but there was something wrong about her.
He shifted his beady eyes and gulped nervously. From the rear view mirror he stole a glance at her, and cringed. The woman was grinning evilly looking down. He heard her mumble to herself now and then, and at one point she even burst out laughing.
"Universal Bhaiya" she chanted as tears flew out of her eyes.
Who was this universal bhaiya, is it a code word? Where had he gotten himself into?
He went slowly, and thought of million things that could happen. Will some friends of her would get into the auto and pretend as passengers and lead the auto to somewhere? Will he lose his honor?
As she shifted behind, he remembered all his life like a flash. No, he was the only husband of his wife, and only father of his children. He won't let this happen to him. He cursed himself for not buying that pepper spray, to protect himself. What to do it was 500 rupees. He should learn bargaining like his passengers does with him. Speaking of which...
"Stop here!" he heard her shrill voice and braked suddenly, at an evacuated place.
He saw her run her hand in her bag while he started chanting hoping it wasn't chloroform.
He would plead and beg her, to leave him, if not for him, atleast bhagwan ke liye chod de...
"Ye lo your twenty rupees bhaiya" she said and got down the auto much to his surprise.
But when she was getting down, his eyes fell on the phone she was handling and there was that one word he was terrified of...
"Universal bhaiya"
He tried to look more, but then she walked away and all he could chance upon was India Forums, Crayon, and a text half typed which said
"Nammu, you made me laugh out loud so much that the auto driver might have pissed in his pants...
- Shika"
Edited by .Maggie. - 9 years ago
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