HIGHWAY

8

With a speed of flash, he was out of the car and even faster then that he was at my door.

After opening my door, he held me by my elbow to pull me out. My head almost hit the roof edge of his cart in the process and my mouth made a wincing sound.

"Hey!-" My protest was ignored as he pulled me out after closing the door behind me. His grip was rough and solid. That moment I saw the guy I saw back there who killed Recce and the gang.

With a slight push he let go of my elbow. My feet stumbled a little to gain my balance and my eyebrows creased together in shock.

I turned back to look at him giving him my best scrowl mixed with an uninvited ingredient, confusion.

He stood their in his own criminal style, leaning on one side of his body just ready to get back in the car leaving me alone in this dark night.

"You are on your own"

"What?" I heard and understood very well what he meant and the depths of the meanings it held I just couldn't accept that he was actually abandoning me.

He didn't even bothered to repeat but just turned around slowly, his eyes were the last ones to turn. As if he was scanning me if I was a drug which was worthy keeping or no. I guess, the answer was a No.

An unfamiliar feeling usually called as anger flashed through me. Tightening my fist, I shouted "You.... Stop. You cannot do it"

He didn't turn. He didn't stop.

That moment I felt weak. That was the only chance for me to try and if he was not taking me in then there was no way of survival. This looked like the road barely taken and I was the last passenger tonight. I remember I had my last meal when I had dinner in my room alone. After that, I was bruised and my body needed food. Seeing that I managed to yell, speak or talk or dammit, walk was infact a surprising thing to me as well.

"You just cannot leave."

No reply.

"Are you serious"

No reply.

I was no more seething, there was fear building inside of me now.

"What will I do? Where will I go? Fine, I would do anything you say."

He opened the door ignoring my protest, most of it, request.

Now, this was the last chance, if he leaves I was no more in a state to even blame myself. What would I do?

For a last time, I put all my strength in another try giving it all my energy and my best. After this I didn't think I'd be left with an ounce of energy to stand straight on my feet.

And I shouted.

"what you cannot leave a girl like that all alone in woods?"

That was a rhetorical questions with a million of meaning which I knew would only back fire at me as an answer.

Finally, he stopped and turned around giving a look which screamed, seriously?

I knew he would fire back.

"And why can't I leave a girl alone like that all alone in woods when she herself left everything to be alone in the woods. I am doing you a favour"

"Yes, I am own my own till here and will be further but nobody dump me like that. Not even you. Whoever drug dealer you are oe claim to be."

He didn't reply but stood their staring at me with fire doing a zumba in his grey eyes, currently looking more like dark as this night sky. I took a step forward with angry controlling my body "You are nobody to tell me what to do what not to do." Lord only know from where did I git this much courage to shout on a criminal. Hell, he can take out a gun and put holes into me right now. "I am done with that shit. I left it behind. You, who-so-hell-ever you are got no rights on kicking me like that." My feet kept walking towards him not giving him a chance to fight back but I could see his fist curled up to push a head and break it like a watermelon. "I will do whatever I want to. Nobody. Nobody can control me. Not even a prick like you. I got my choices and I made one. And here I am making another" I paused once we were face to face, eye to eye challenging each other's anger and not waiting for another move just staring and reading the colors of our eyes. "And here I am making another one" That last sentence was also supposed to be filled with anger but it came out a little soft.