After finishing her lunch in the cafeteria, Varsha headed back to the classroom. With a few minutes left before the break ended and the next class started, she took her seat in the second row, at the last bench. The classroom was empty, but she could hear footsteps in the hallways. Nothing else to occupy her mind, she glanced to her left, where an empty bench stood. Just a few days ago, a new transfer student had occupied that spot—a boy.
As Varsha pondered this topic, she remembered how the boy had a cheerful demeanor. Since his seat was next to hers, the first person he spoke to after introducing himself to the class was her. He repeated his name and offered his hand for a handshake , maybe at that time if she told her name in reply and accepted his handshake, she would've become his first friend in school maybe, but she ignored him thinking that he is the same as other jerks in class.
But why ? Why is she thinking about this boy now? Who only attended school for only one day, his first day, came from Erelis he had told when introducing himself and same day after going home, suddenly gotten killed and there's no evidence who killed him, how he gotten there and more then anything else it was the first time in her life she saw him, they never saw each other before, and also she isn't the type of person who felt pity for every other individual who dies, "why am i thinking all of sudden" ,she thought and she also knew the reason.
Last night -
Last night her father called her on phone, Varsha and her father doesn't have a good relationship, they barely talk to each-other only through phone-call and meeting in person is likely impossible, her dad always tries to talk in person but she refuses all the time.
She doesn't like her father because her father worked with something like criminal organization or underworld type of people, she doesn't know clearly all the things, she only knew about her father are from her mother and her brother, but she only believed in her mother's words, because her brother lives with her father she thought maybe her brother dose this type of work too, though her brother had visited her place once or twice in a month to check on her but he hadn't visited her in almost past two months, she doesn't have much problems with her brother sometimes when he visits her place she thought of asking, if you to works with those type of people but of course she doesn't have courage to ask him, maybe she is afraid of knowing or already knows the truth.
When her father called her last night and told her to be safe and don't be out at late night and come home before dark and don't talk with unknown people. The conversation was very brief and one sided , but through the sound of voice she could clearly understands that her father really meant that, she herself also thought that maybe her father telling her because of what happened to transfer student , she wanted ask, "is this because of what happened to that transfer student?" But she couldn't speak single word at that time and now, she is thinking about this stuff and suddenly her eyes caught sight of a student, who was coming over to his seat , the farther most corner besides the window.
He is the most unusual or weird student in the whole class she thought, she only knows his name, Paul , that's all she knew about him, where he lives or what's on his mind, only sitting on the corner ethier looking outside the window or observing the students, and most important of all she felt some strange aura around him whenever she saw him.
'Well that's nothing do with me, as long as... "
And Paul's and varsha's eyes met with each-other varsha advertes her eyes hurriedly shrugging her elbows focusing on next class, Paul to without any interest shifted his eyes outside the window.
3 :15 PM -
Last class ended at 3 PM but Paul as always waited few minutes in his seat for students to leave first and now currently he is outside the school campus walking towards his apartment.
As he was walking for 2-3 minutes he sense that someone was following him, "probably not, maybe it's some other students " he thought because he isn't the only one who've waited for other students to leave first maybe there are some who left after him, but just for his satisfaction he looked behind, but didn't see anyone, the roads empty, only the black car he could see which is very far off but can't see if someone was inside the car, and then again brushed the thought aside, thinking it was only just his imagination.
But he quickly picked up the pace, walking faster. Just a few meters ahead was a right turn, but his apartment was straight ahead. As he approached the turn, he dashed to the right like an animal, just a meter away from a pole. He spotted it and quickly hid behind it, waiting patiently. A minute went by, and he could hear footsteps approaching, but his face showed no sign of nervousness; like he was used to this.
The footsteps got closer and closer to Paul, and he could hear them clearly. When he sensed the person was within reach, he stepped out from behind the pole, clenching his fist. But just as he was about to confront them, he stopped, facing the person following him. Why did he stop?
Because he knows the person's identity, it's Mia the girl from before, he talked to when he was have his lunch. Mia face had a expression of shock and fear her both hands raised upwards slightly, like she didn't expected that the person in - front of her react like this. And hurriedly said -
" I.. I can explain ".
"Didn't I told you before, to never show your face again " Said Paul his gazed fixed on her trembling eyes as he waited for a reasonable answer.
Mia gulped her salvia in nervousness and explained - " It.. It's not my fault if my home is on the same direction as yours, what can I do about this? Huh.. and when I saw you walking alone, i.. i thought if I walked closer to you, you.. you probably yell again like you are, doing right now, so I was walking behind you far behind ,slowly.., without your noticing, to... do not distrub you again.. tha... that's all.
"And I'm not laying " She hurriedly added.
Paul of course doesn't believe her but again, he doesn't want to argue with her either, so he just walked past her and started walking towards his apartment, he noticed that Mia also walking behind him same direction as him a meter behind him, but he ignored her.
Twenty minutes later he reached in front of four story building, on the fourth floor it was his apartment, he checked again looking behind, if Mia was still following him, but she had disappeared without leaving any trace and Paul didn't sense when did she disappeared. Paul thought she is troublesome.
7:15 PM -
Soon the darkness covered the city but Paul's room was filled with light he was sitting in the sofa inside living room, watching something in his phone or maybe waiting for something, at a glance living room looks all milky white, walls, sofa, floor all white,the wooden dining table which was few meters away, is in mix of dark brown, brown, and light brown color, there's also four wooden chairs with same color as dining table, dining table is covered with white clothes nd Cabbage laying there ready to cut, a knife nd also dish to place the cutting vegetables but it was currently empty, Paul maybe about to cook his dinner after he is done with his smartphone.
Soon enough his smartphone started buzzing he instantly tapped recive button without looking at owner name but actually there's no name saved, it was only numbers but he knew ,who's the owner and he was waiting for this call, half a second later there's a response - "Paul?"
It is Simon.
Paul answered clamly with - " Yes "
"You were right, there's someone was following you, from the morning when you left the apartment for school and later from school to apartment. "
Paul didn't speak and waited for info to come in .
" I'm monitoring him but why was that man following you ?" Simon asked his voice clear nd steady.