Part 3- A mess waiting

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Mike woke up and walked out of the room.

Looked at the clock.

TIME: 10:30 p.m.

Played some songs on the speakers.

Then he gets into the kitchen. He was in great mood to cook.
He looked for a pasta and got easily. Boiled them in a vessel.
Took a knife and make the pieces of veggies, onion, and tomato.
Heated them at low flame into another vessel and then added boiled pasta.
He needed a cheese and looked out for cheese everywhere.
Later, found empty box of cheese.
He turned the flame at higher, and he thought he'd lowered it.

Turned off the speakers.
He grabbed the house keys and left the house.
He was going to close the doors.
Then he remembered he forgot to carry headphones, get in, he kept the keys down and put the headphones on, get out of the house, forget the keys inside and closed the door.

And the door left half opened.

TIME: 11:30 p.m.

While walking in a road, Mike saw the closed shops and realize.

"Shit! It's a night, everything get closed by now".

Mike keeps walking.

Mike think of to go back and then remembered. MEDICAL STORE.

He started looking for medical store.

After 10 minutes of walking, he found one.

He got there and ask for 2 cheese cubes.
Shopkeeper gets in.
There were 2 guys standing outside the store with heavy bags on the shoulder.
Mike looked to them, and they gave him a look.
Shopkeeper come out.
Give him cheese cube and said the total. Which was 36.
Mike remembers he has to buy some medicines too.
Mike didn't remember the right name.
He check in his phone, open chats with dad and clicked on medicines image.

Mike show it to shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper approach for his phone.

Mike gave him the phone.

Shopkeeper look at the image, very closer to.

And get in, while looking at the image.

He kept phone aside and search for medicines.

He come back with medicine in hand and forgot phone into drawer.

Shopkeeper gives medicine to mike. And said the total.

It's 436.

Mike paid him in cash and receive the bill.

Mike look at the bill and react strange and ask SHOPKEEPER.

Is it 27th of September?

Shopkeeper recheck in computer and say yes it is. What happened?

Mike nodded his head as a NO!
Then leaves.

Mike was on the way to get back home.

MEDICAL STORE

Mike's phone start ringing from the drawer.

MIKE

Mike was walking, while putting headphones on.

Two men were walking behind Mike.

It was one of cold night, the lane were dark and streetlights weren't working well.
Lights were flickering in every 10 seconds.

Mike looked behind, didn't able to see their face.

Mike started walking fast.

Changed route frequently.

The two men get separated and kept walking behind mike.

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