13 1/2 days

{1} "The last time I saw them"

"LILLY??!?" I shrieked out loud  (to my four years old beast) who smashed Today's Newspaper. There are little ships spread everywhere around my resting chair, in Living Room. And Magazine's cover, where Models are exposed to show their expensive clothes are filled with erect, straight and fat butterflies. The left space on the table is covered by shrill Elephants and fat Giraffes .

I at first laughed at the drawings she made everywhere. But then I came into the same angerish- tone. She would be spoiled if I will not teach her.

"Lilly......!" I called Lilly while entering into the kitchen, where my dear wife is busy experiencing something new to blast.

Well we have to eat and appreciate whatever she makes. Even if it is a Poison, you have to eat it or Elizabeth will eat you with her piercing gaze.

She is the one who completed my life giving me the beautiful child in this World.

"Honey, What's this time?" She laughed looking at the newspaper in my hand almost covered with handprints of paint.

I put my hands on my hips pretending false anger .

"She will be spoiled little brat! Where she is? let me make her understand this is wrong. Where is she?" her eyes opened wide, with the certain concern of my tone .

"You! Will make her understand?  The one who taught her to be spoilt ?" She laughed magically Mimicking my posture .

"It's you who spoiled her my dear wife!" She pouted and came closer to me holding my hands in hands she said.

"When I even look at her with wide eyes or say a little bit harsh words-" She pointed at me and said humerous-ly "-You are the one who saves her when she is on mistake, fought with me every time on the subject of hers." She was looking at me like I am a four year old child not her husband.

I scratched my temple and then swayed my hands and rolled my eyes as if i am angry.

"I never did...."

Door-Bell Rang.

"Daddy...!Daddy..! Daddy?!" I was trailed off when I heard Lindriya running into kitchen, holding something in her hand . We abruptly got aparted hearing her voice. Well she is the one who took my wife away from me.

"Daddy??Daddy...!!" , she came in and trailed off looking at the newspaper in my hand.

"First of all what is it honey?" I expended my newspapers a little forward to her. She smiled showing her some of the tiny teeth , doing something with her fingers and my heart melt right away. Her emerald eyes are the best part of her face, and speak a thousands words.

"Okay! Now tell me.....why you were calling me?" I picked her up in my arms and placed a kiss on her forhead. Meanwhile my wife also joined us in a family hug. Then she rose a papper from her hand towards my face.

It looked Important....

I whilst giving her to Elizbeth got the envelope in my hand . I rest it on the table and bring out a paper cutter from the drawer of my study table.

With sharp cutting thud it opened up.

There was nothing inside.

I called Lilly. "Yea Daddy?" Sill in her mom's arms, she came towards me bouncing .

"Who gave you this Lindria? and do you remember the rule 'do not open the door for strangers'?"

Her eyes lit up with sudden optimism to tell me something . "Daddy...Oops...I forgoch...Thingy by a Mane with big.... f-fath..hat" I became a little suspicious on this empty latter .

"What is written inside Honey?" Elizabeth's brows drew together and I replied anonymously.

"It's empty inside..I mean no latter only Envelope?" I examined the envelope nothing written outside besides the name.

Strange.

"May be someone planted a prank? By the way, what's the name written outside the Envelop?"

"Nothing just A and Z." I hurled away the latter in the basket and began to tickle Lilly Again. She giggled out loud while asking help from her mother in baby language, still stuttering.
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We all were enjoying our meal it was Sunday no problem, my wife wanted to stay at home instead of going out. She is also expecting a new baby so we stay at home most of the time because of her condition.

My life's is pretty much simple.  I have family and steady job in a newspaper company as  a Photographer.  We are blessed with supportive parents as well above all I love to decide names for kids. It's a boy this time. It's because of her, she says: I want a miniature of you running and jumping in our home . I am not sure what i wanted in my life but this is definitely not what i meant to be.

A hand on my shoulder made me cut off my thoughts.

"I heard someone is ringing at this late....at our frontier.....I guess it would be Ria or Brandy up-to somethin' usually they only show themselves at this late." I laughed at my lady's statement about our neighbours.

They are the strange neighbours we have ever seen in our life. Something bad happens to them always at night. Even three of their devil kids came into being at midnight. Brandson use to knock at our door for help whenever they have urgent delivery of her wife. Or they are running out of gas for cooking or something.

They have four children, two boys and two girls. And they are expecting a child, again! I don't know why people do not care about the population of earth. They should get their other children brought up first.

But moreover they are very good and kind people, though we never needed them.

Ding-Dong...

I heard the soft thud of knocks at the door along with bell, and I halted my brain to think further about anything related to kids.

I went to open the door but on my way to corridor I saw lizay holding lindriya. Trying to make her sleep.

I kissed foreheads of both of them and she flinched a litte nodding me that 'she is sleeping' I pointed okay with my hands and passed the living room behind. My heart was beating a little rythmless from the track.

I opened the door . And came out looking here and there narrowing my eyes to analyse.

I saw no-one here.
Two strange things in one day.
I began to walk back towards my front door when suddenly someone put a black jercy's clothe on my face making me gasping for air. I hurled a lot.

"Who is there...?" I tried my best to make myself free from the person's grip but the arm around my neck made no offence to speak even to move.

"From whom, you are hiding?" . Before I could do anything a sharp niddle pressed in my skin that made me flinch in pang . "Ugh! You. Bloody.Bastard....... whadoyowant?" My voice faded away slowly. I wanted to protest, ask, fight but my tongue wasn't accompanying my brain so did my body.

The last I remember, I fell off the ground and someone threw me up on others like me, in a truck. And it started moving....

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I am looking forward for constructive-criticism....

Love , Rida~