first meeting

When I opened my eyes, there was a light and it hit my eyes. It took me a while to adjust to the lighting in the room. When my eyes were wide enough to see anything, I saw that I was in a hospital room and lying there.

Two girls were sleeping sitting on the sofa in front of me. Those two were none other than Saira and Raveena. I wanted to call out to both of them but my throat was dry so I was not able to say anything and then I heard someone's voice.

" The doctor has brought this girl to her senses."

Looked in the direction of my voice and saw a man standing there.This was the one who hit me at the concert and saved me from falling. At that time he was in simple dress but this time he was in police uniform.

I saw that a doctor came to me and started checking me. Hearing our voice, Raveena and Saira also got up and she also ran and stood at a short distance from me. There were expressions of distress on the faces of both of them which I could clearly see.

" Are you feeling okay? Look, I need to take a statement from you."

What  did he say? statement? But what is my statement for? I was just paying attention to what the policeman was saying when the policeman asked me:

" Look, you don't need to be afraid, first you calm down. My name is Inspector Rahul Bajaj and can you tell me that you saw the face of the man who killed three people in front of your eyes?"

When he asked this question I thought of what I had seen last night. I saw blood forming in front of my eyes. I am an eye witness. I started getting scared thinking about last night's blood. My breathing started increasing.

" Look, you don't need to be afraid. The police is with you, I am with you."

I don't remember what happened after that because darkness came before my eyes again. When I opened my eyes for the second time, the atmosphere was the same as before, only this time no one was sleeping. This time Inspector Rahul asked me very lovingly.

“Did you see the murderer’s face?”

When I looked at my friends standing at a distance, both of them were shaking their heads indicating no. I did not know what to do because I knew that if I told that I had seen his face, my life would become hell and the murderer would come after me.

" No, I did not see his face, he was wearing a mask and dark glasses on his eyes and he was also wearing that hoodie."

I was angry at myself that I had lied but my parents are far away from here and I live alone here. Whenever you work part time in college and come home alone at night, it would not be a big deal to attack and kill me.

" Okay, there is nothing to be scared. If you haven't seen his face then there is no danger to you but do you remember him mentioning anyone's name or did you see any sign with him? If you saw anything like this it would help us find the killer."

Not just a sign, I had seen his entire face but out of fear I just said that I did not see anything. To be honest, I was nervous that I was lying to a police officer but there was nothing else I could do. After about 2 hours, I was taken to my flat and left. Inspector Rahul came to drop me home. Inspector Rahul is a very nice person and I was feeling very embarrassed for lying to him. Once or twice I felt like telling the truth but then I stopped myself.

After that day, my life continued as normal for about a week. Amidst all this, I used to meet Inspector Rahul two-three times because he still had a doubt in his mind that I could help him.

That  was a Friday night and I was going to get leave for two days after that. I just wanted to lie at home comfortably for 2 days. I was also taking a day off from work because Sunday is a very busy day, hence I did not get Sunday off.

Since it was Friday night, it was 11:00 pm when I came home from the mall and I was coming home on foot because I was not able to find time. I was walking when my phone rang and I looked and saw that it was my father's call.

I was very upset after whatever had happened last week and on top of that, I also had to look after college and my work, so due to all this, I was not able to talk to my father much. To be honest, I was feeling bad that I lied to my father too and on top of that I had to tell such a big lie that I did not see the face of that murderer even though I did.

" Where are you at this moment? I can hear the sound of vehicles moving around you."

Although my father is around 50 years old, he says that he cannot hear anything, although he could clearly hear the sound of the vehicles nearby. Thinking this, I started laughing but the next moment I ignored it and said.

" Don't worry, I'm on my way and the flat is not far from here.  The truth is that I can see my flat in front of me."

" Look, you are telling the truth, otherwise I will call you back home. You know I hate lies."

My father was telling the truth because he hates lies very much. He even punished me for a long time when I told lies. I still remember when I was little and I ate chocolate and lied that I had not eaten it, so I did not get to eat chocolate for 1 month even though she was only 4 years old at that time.

" Yes I know you hate lies and I'm not lying. Okay, I have reached, I am going down and up, I will talk to you tomorrow, I am feeling sleepy."

I lied to dad because I was far away from home. It still took me half an hour to reach home, so you were going home on foot. I couldn't lie any further and if I got caught I would really have to leave it all and go home. I was scared and could easily get caught so I hung up the phone.

I slowly started walking back towards my flat when I started feeling as if three-four foot steps were following me. I looked back and saw four people wearing suits and boots walking at some distance from me, who stopped as soon as I saw them. I had heard a lot about kidnapping and rape, so I got goosebumps.

My eyes started watering. I started walking quickly. As I was walking fast, the people walking behind me were also walking fast. Now when I started running with fast steps, I started hearing sounds as if they were also running behind me.

Good thoughts started coming in my mind and I started feeling that this is my punishment for the sin that I have earned by lying. In devotion, I bumped into someone and that person hugged me and hid me in his arms.

When I slowly looked back, they quickly turned and ran away. At first I couldn't understand anything, but as soon as I saw the barrel of the gun shining in the man's hand, an electric current ran through my spine.

" Today we both have a meeting and I want to talk to you about something special."

It was the same murderer and I was in his grip. I don't know what's going to happen to me next. I don't know whether I will live or be killed by this murderer. Please give me best luck.

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