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024 THE BACKSTORY
It all started 2 years back
It was dark already, I took a glance at my watch to check the time and to my horror, it was even more late than I expected it to be. It's 2 a.m. It took me a little longer than I expected to finish up my assignment at my office.
I locked the office and took out my phone to call my driver. But it doesn't seem like a good deed to disturb someone this late, so I decided to walk back home.
Soon I felt like I had some company, due to the bad lighting I couldn't make out who was I being followed by.
But being a coward I broke into a sprint.
Panting in fear and exertion, I continued to push myself to my limit, hoping and praying for some blessed, living soul to walk out and help me.
My answer came not how I expected, in the form of a broad chest that I smashed into while checking behind for my pursuers.
"hey," a rough voice murmurs "Are you okay?"
Oh, no.
No
I prayed
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