Waiting for the sun

The lady was walking fast. It looked like she was being chased by someone or was in much hurry to reach somewhere. She looked back once, twice and when assured nothing and no one was behind her; she moved ahead. Her high heels were not of much help in her little marathon. She must have been sweating if it was a sunny day , but thanks to the weather which had suddenly changed for the past couple of days.

She reached the main gate and flashed her card to the security man who was standing upright waiting to thrash any intruder. He looked at the card, then looked at the girl's face and then looked down again. His eyebrows raised and it was clear he was suspicious of something. He signaled something in the wireless device he had with him and then moving closer to the girl, muttered few words. Much to his amusement, the girl looked disturbed by this development of situation. Obviously she had expected to be let-in straight away. She looked annoyed, walked a few steps clutching her fists and swearing, again went back to ask something. This time a lady guard appeared from inside and with a not-so friendly smile; welcomed her in.

Once inside, she was taken to a security room which was dark and smoky inside. By this time , she was panicking. She could not understand how come this place, for which she had traveled so far could be so harsh to her. How could her identity be in a question here? She was asked to wait in the room and she felt as if no living thing could survive more than an hour in this place and she would be gasping for air if someone didn't come to her rescue soon. She had quit smoking a few months back, but now she longed for a cigarette. She wished she had one with her, she could go out and without her fear behind her, she would light it and enjoy it till the last puff. She remembered the last cigarette she had had with Abraham and what had happened just after that; and the very thought of the nightmare which she had crossed; sent chills to her bones. she sat on the stool kept there which made a metal noise because of movement and it echoed in the room. she bowed her head and tried to gather more strength and courage to go through this. She kept telling herself that this was the end of all miseries, this place will be the end of all pains. Now that she had reached here, it was just a matter of few minutes that someone would come and recognize her and she would be embraced with all the affection in the world. It will be all and over soon and nothing could take it away from her now that she had done so much and left so much behind to reach here; she just deserved every bit of what was truly hers. All the pain and agony which she had gone through, all those sufferings were about to come to an end. She longed for a peaceful sleep and now was the time.