OBSESSED

07

"I am not lying. I saw someone in the house last night. And believe it or not, he was Naira's stalker." Nilima shouted at all of them. Mahesh was shell shocked.
"Naira has a stalker!!!" he gasped. Naira was herself perplexed. When did that happen!!!!
"Everybody is dumb in my house. I am talking about the man who helped Naira twice." she spat angrily. Visheshwar looked up at her tiredly.
"Fine. And how does he look like, I mean you saw him didn't you last night???" he asked uninterested. Nilima shrugged her shoulders.
"I didn't see his face. I only saw his shadow but he was tall and sturdy just like Naira told." she said folding her arms. Neil looked at her puzzled.
"Can't you be mistaken!!!! I mean it was dark after all." spoke Neil softly. Nilima was irked.
"Shut up Neil!!! I am damn sure he was the same guy who keeps bumping into Naira. And now when he has broke into our house, Naira is no longer safe. You know what, let's go to the police station and demand police protection immediately." she said seriously. Visheshwar sighed.
"Ofcourse dear, police is too free and willing to give protection to everybody!!"
"That's literally their job.." interposed Nilima. Visheshwar huffed.
"You can't demand police protection just because you think you saw a shadow in your house. And didn't you visit the police station yesterday??? What happened!!!! Dear, police does not work on speculations. They need some sort of an evidence. And you need to stop obsessing over this man. He helped your sister Nilima. And how it's only you that saw him last night but nobody else??? Nilima dear you are scared for no reason. That man means no harm." Visheshwar tried to pacify her. Nilima fumed.
"I don't give a shit about what you guys think. I know that there's a man who's after my sister. And he's most probably a pedophile. A fucking predator who is preying on my sister. If you won't do anything about it, then I will!!!!" she lashed out at them. Naira quietly heard her sister. Should she be scared that there's somebody out there who's preying on her??? But that man seemed kinda nice and sweet.
"Nilima please stop it. That man was just trying to help Naira. You are literally wasting our time nothing else." Mahesh told her sharply. Nilima frowned at him.
"My intuition is never wrong. I know that that man is upto something and I am going to stop him whether you like it or not." and with that being said she stormed out. Visheshwar sighed.
"I don't know how to handle her." he whispered.

Kirti and Naira were talking on the phone when it was still daytime.
"What!!!! There was an intruder in your house last night." Kirti said shocked. Naira clicked her tongue.
"Nilima didi thinks that there was an intruder. And she thinks it was the same man I met that night in the hotel." said Naira.
"But that man helped you, why would Nilima didi suspect him???" kirti was baffled.
"I don't know!!!!" she confessed. Kirti drew in a breath.
"Hm. Anyways!!!! Are you coming to college tomorrow???" she asked.
"Hm I guess yes." Naira replied softly.

It happened during the early hours of the night when Naira's parents had to urgently leave for Sisodias house as Mrs. Sisodia had fallen down the stairs and her husband was out of town. They were family friends so they had to rush. Naira's grandparents had went to the Dharamshala for listening the Bhagvad. Nilima and Neil were at work which left Naira alone at her house. Naira hated to be left alone but she had no choice today. To kill time she watched Television, did her homework, scrolled through Instagram but she eventually got bored of everything.
"It sucks to be alone." she whispered as she played with the paperweight on her study table.

Suddenly the lights went off leaving her in utter darkness. She stood up with a start. Looking around in fear she was met with complete darkness. Quickly she made her way to her cupboard where she usually kept the candles and matchbox. However before she could open the cupboard she felt a pair of feet approaching her from behind. Fear settled over her as she fisted her hands tightly, too terrified to make a move. Was he a thief??? Or a murderer??? She wanted to shout and gather the entire colony into her house but she sadly couldn't find her voice. A familiar masculine scent raided into her nose but before she could recall whose scent it was, a soft material was pressed over her eyes. It took a full second for her to realise that she was being blindfolded and that's when she opened her mouth to shout.
"Shhhhh baby girl. You don't wanna piss me off." he whispered huskily into her ear. She shuddered as his warm body came too close to her. Wasn't this voice familiar??? She wanted to pay more attention to the voice but the situation wasn't very conducive to that. Although she had a blindfold over her eyes she could see the lights had came on.
"Please let me go!!!! Who are you???" she whispered, sobbing helplessly. All she heard was a chuckle which came from not too far away from her.
"Relax baby doll!!! I just wanna play a little game." he whispered, his breathing erratic. Naira understood nothing. What game was he planning to play??? Hide and seek??? Blind man's buff??? Or UNO??? She didn't had UNO in her house though. And most confusing of all, why was a grown man wanting to play silly games with a young girl???
"What game??" she asked, her fingers reaching for the blindfold. It was just too tight for her to slip off.