It was a snowy night , The whole city was covered in snow that day. After when Ivan comes back to his house after buying medicines for his father, he tries to call maria but she doesn't picks up the call. " Did something happened to her ? Or is she just angry with me ? "
He questions himself
" whatever! I just hope she is doing fine , may be i will try to call her tomorrow"
While Ivan was about to go to sleep , at that moment his phone starts ringing, Ivan seemed so happy as he was expecting it to be maira
" I hope it's her ..."
But surprisingly it was an unknown number. Seeing that the smile on Ivans face faded away like a shooting star in the sky.
" Who is calling me at this time ?" With the confusion in his mind he finally picks up the call
" Hello?"
" Ivannn! "
The voice seemed familiar to Ivan
" Maria ? Is that you ? "
The smile that faded away from his face , was brought back by the voice.
" Yesss it's me my loveee! " Maira's excitement seemed limitless
" Who's number is this ? What happened to your other phone ?" He questions
" Well the thing is, after while returning from shopping someone snatched away my phone and bag that's why I'm calling you from my new number"
" Wait! Like seriously? You got robbed? And did you file any police complaint ?"
Ivan just couldn't process what had happened with maria, it seemed so unreal for him.
" Umm .. well Ivan the thing is, it's not a big deal, i was just robbed. Don't worry about it, also it's my new phone and my old phone was not in good condition so yeah just forget about it "
" Uhh ok I guess so, but still I think you should go to police, i mean it's just my advice, rest is upto you " he was confused aswell as worried about her.
" Ivan don't worry it's alright, let's just say nothing happened ok ? "
" If you say so then alright I guess " he kinda agreed to her but he wasn't satisfied
" Ok thank you for understanding, anyways now i get to go to sleep, goodnight Ivan, i will call you tomorrow, sleep well my love "
Hangs up
" Hello ? " He looks at his phone an says
" She disconnects the call ? It's so strange, also she didn't even say a thing about why i didn't pick up her call in the morning "
He finds everything so suspicious
" Something is so strange here or am i just overthinking? Anyways whatever it is, I'm so tired for now "
Ivan then turns his lights off and goes to sleep.
While on the other hand maria after disconnecting the call her hands started trembling with fear , the fear that she would never forget...
4 hours ago...
Maria was on her knees.
Blindfolded.. approximately 5-6 men were around her.
Among those men's, one of them approachs her with a gun in his hand.
With 6 bullets in it.
Just to scare her, he shoots a few bullets in air
" Ahhhhh!!!, what's happening here?"
Screams...
" Why am I he..."
She suddenly stops. She didn't dare to continue her line.
As she was on gun point.
The guy with the gun gets closer to her and wispers in her ear.
Then he takes the gun back from her forehead and says
" Did you understand what i said? Are you willing to do it?"
" Yyesss " she replies
" One more thing, if u say anything that happened here to anyone, then remember the consequences that you would face later"
He orders her
" Ohk i gett it.. " The fear couldn't let the words flow easily.
4 hours later
Maria after disconnecting the call, she tries to sleep but her thoughts were echoing in her mind, Thinking about what happened today in the evening, she was traumatized.
" If i tell what happened with me today to someone then will they really do that ?"
She questions herself
" I think, for everyone's well-being i should not speak about this to anyone, yeah that would be right thing"
That night her body temperature Started rising, She falls sick that night.
And somewhere deep inside, she knew—
she had just stepped into something she couldn't escape.