THE BOMBAY RUN

PART 5

Part 5 :

Andy could see a car park outside their home. Andy was sitting on a chair in the garden enjoying the summer and seeing beautiful colour’s around of different flowers which included roses, lily, sunflower and every beautiful flower he could think of and the combination of the fragrances from these flowers was just mesmerizing. The thought of no dangerous cases and no scary goons and seeing his father coming out of the car that just parked in front of the garden was like super awesome and a magical feeling. He ran towards his father like a 5 year old kid and hugged him so tightly that he could never let him go anywhere else. He was living the best moment of his life.

Just then a voice echoed “ Please put on your seat belts we will be landing in 10 mins”, then he realized that he was dreaming all the while as a tear trickled down his cheeks and slight frown formed on his lips.

“Hey bro wats wrong? Are you alrite” Jason inquired on seeing Andy’s wet eyes.

“Just had a dream that I was back home and hugging Dad” Andy chuckled wiping tears from his eyes.

Jason knew Andy was a little sensitive and emotional since childhood. He knew just a perfect cure for the moment that his Dad used to do when Andy was upset. He just put up a big smile on his face to make Andy feel good and he felt his responsibility has a elder of the two to keep the spirits going high in such crunch situations.

“ Everything will be fine as before don’t worry” and Jason hugged his brother to calm him down.

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The plane landed at the Bombay international airport. This was their first trip to this part of south asia. As soon as they were out of the airport doors scorching sun hit their faces. “ Phew! It’z damn hot in this part of the world ” Jason wiping his forehead with his handkerchief to wipe of the sweat.

It would be hot in India as it’s the month of June, the last month of summer, just a month before the rains build up in Bombay. Bombay was the ancient name of Mumbai during British times who ruled India for some hundred years from 1858 to 1947. The name was changed in around November 1995 and it soon became a financial capital of India. Mumbai is often referred to as a city that never sleeps and it was sure that the boys weren’t gonna get good sleep over here due to the task they have in hand.

Soon they were surrounded by chants ‘ sahib (hindi word for mister) please hire my taxi’ from the taxi drivers waiting for the passengers. They surrounded the boys and started fighting as if the brothers were the last passengers on the earth. However they managed to tell one of them to take to the Taj lands hotel.

As they were travelling they came across the foul smell from a nearby gutter but were relieved as it quickly faded off. They checked into their rooms and ordered some lunch as they were hungry after a long journey and advised the receptionist to put a limit on the spices that are put in as they knew India is known for its hot spices and it could upset their stomach. They had their lunch and strolled out to have a look around and get some maps which could help them in their journey around the city.

“ Look don’t turn back directly there’s someone following  us right from the moment we left the hotel. Pretend as we are just normal tourists” Andy whispered into Jason ears. Jason just strolling his head around had a look at the guy behind. He saw a guy limping behind who had a small mole on his left cheek and was very short just about 3/4th of the height than his own and wearing a striped black and white tshirt with a brown trouser to go along with it.

“Let us just reach the hotel now and we’ll see about this guy later!” Jason whispered into Andys ears.

They reached the hotel and to their amusement that man had disappeared and no one was following them now.

The boys were just a bit worried as its hardly some time that they have landed in Mumbai and they were already being followed.

Do the ROA group already know that they are here? It’s the big unanswered question for now.

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Authors note :

This is by far the longest of all the parts and maybe the best in my view. I feel I am improving with every part. I know this part was a bit not so interesting but you need to accommodate such fillers in between as you cant have something interesting happening every second.

I hope you liked it and as usual would be happy to hear your suggestions!

Thanks!!

Mohit