Lakshmi’s POV
My tongue was on fire, well that was how I was feeling.
“Scott!” I yelled as I used my hands to fan my tongue.
“Wait there” he motioned for me to stop moving and he zoomed out of the kitchen only to return with some bread.
“Chew it” he gave it to me, cutting a small piece and shoving it in my mouth before I could even give him permission to.
“How do you feel?” He asked when he noticed that I slowly swallowed the bread.
“Are you trying to kill me or something?” I was angered and my eyes showed it.
“What do you mean by that?” He lowered his brows.
“Firstly you gave me that food that was extremely hot and then you tried to choke me with dry bread” I rested my folded hands on my chest and he did nothing but laugh at me.
“Well I wasn’t the person that told you to eat the food while it was steaming hot. Well, I guess that has taught you to be patient” Scott was teasing me and I threw my socks at him and he dodged it. I ended up chasing him round the house.
“If I lay my hands on you trust me you are dead” I kept on throwing things at him until I saw my dad at the entrance of the house.
“What is going on here?” My dad was surprised to see me with a slippers on my right hand, obviously aiming to throw it at Scott.
“Oh daddy, Scott wants to burn my tongue” I cried like a baby as I went to hug my father.
“Both of you” he shook his head and went upstairs and I went to have my meal.
“Baby”Scott mocked me and I glared at him in the worst way.
At a random street in America
Two men who came for their own business suddenly couldn’t stop throwing glances at a teenage girl who was clearly waiting for someone as she kept on checking her watch.
“What is taking him so long?” Mara was getting very impatient especially after she had been waiting for a guy to come pick the delivery. She had been waiting for over two hours and she felt like she couldn’t wait anymore.
She tightened the backpack around her waist with the rope attached to it. She tried to wait for a taxi but she couldn’t get any, she was at a location not too far from her house and she knew a short cut, though it went through an alley but it was getting dark and she needed to get home before her mom got worried.
She didn’t notice the two goons looking at her until she had gotten to the alley.
“Catch her” she heard a musculine voice whisper behind her. She turned around but she couldn’t see anyone.
But when she turned again to continue her journey two men ambushed her, grabbing her by the leg which was a very wrong move because she kept on kicking.
One of them dipped his hand in his pocket and brought out a white handkerchief for some reason, he kept on trying to get it close to Mara’s face but she kept on rotating her head like a standing fan and she slowly reached into her pocket to bring out a small, flat perfume bottle only to spray both of them in the face.
“Ahh!” They both yelped in pain and rubbed their eyes.
“Next time when you try to kidnap someone, make sure you know the right tactics” Mara picked up a stick which was beside her and began to beat them both before she ran away.
They couldn’t see for almost 15 minutes and Mara had already gotten too far from their reach, with all their bruises they managed to get themselves off the floor.
Mara’s POV
“Hello, is the job done?” Keren spoke after I had picked her call.
“What f*ck*ng job did you send me to do? Are you trying to get me k*lled or something” I was shouting at her, I hadn’t even arrived home yet and she called just at the right time.
“Mara you cannot talk to me like that. I am your boss, you little..” Keren was talking but she just paused and I could feel that she was trying to get a grip of herself.
“Mara, why weren’t you able to complete the task?” She asked me calmly this time, I guess my answer to the first question she had asked clearly told her that I didn’t make the delivery.
“It is not my fault okay? I waited for him for over 2 hours and I didn’t see any signs of him and when I tried to go back home I was attacked” I was fuming but I tried to keep my cool since she was also trying to be calm.
“What!” She was shocked and only with her voice, I could imagine the expression on her face.
“Did the call disconnect? Or is the phone broken?” I was being sarcastic because I knew that she heard me correctly.
“I heard you Mara, I am just shocked” she said calmly.
“I just want to hope that the guy not coming and me getting attacked have nothing to do with each other because if it does..” I kept quiet at that point.
“Are you threatening me ?” Keren’s tone of talking suddenly changed and it sounded more scary.
“I don’t care how you want to see it or how you choose to respond to it, that’s none of my business. In Fact, I quit. I don’t want to continue this kind of job that wants to take my life” I wasn’t going to have any of it.
I ended the call at once as I slowly approached the door of my house.
“Mum” I kept on knocking on the door but no one answered me. The lights were switched off and I could tell that it was either my mum and little sister were asleep or they were about to sleep.
“Mum it’s me, Mara, please open the door mom. I am starving” I kept on knocking but yet no reply and it also began to rain heavily. My eyes widened when I saw those men again from afar and they were approaching me.
“Oh no! Mum please I beg of you forgive me and open the door” I kept on knocking and pleading, I had already begun to cry as fear gripped my entire body.