It isn’t too long a journey” clearly evident that she didn’t pay much heed to her mother’s words and was more focused on her sandwich.
The big bite of the sandwich had resulted in the exposure of all the ingredients that have been packed inside the sandwich. Martha took a look and found cucumber slices inside it. This reminded her of her grandfather’s words ‘I will force you into eating green veggies’ “You had succeeded in your venture Paa.
I am now fond of these green veggies” thought Martha as she remembered the incident that occurred more than a decade back.
It took not more than five minutes for Martha to eat the ham sandwich. Her devotion towards the sandwich finally ended when she took the last bite of the sandwich.
The last bite was more of a humdrum bite as all there remained was bread since she had already had most of th
Benjamin quickly got down on his knees as he saw Martha’s left ankle moving abruptly, believing the cause of her pain must be somewhere there only.As he held her ankle in his own hand, Martha very slightly lost balance to which Benjamin raised his other hand for Martha to hold on to in order to balance herself. As he investigated the degree of the cut on her ankle made by the string, Martha balanced herself by holding his father hand and another hand resting on the restaurant walls. Honestly, she didn’t feel any sort of pain even if the skin was cut deep by the string, for she was finally able to see his father being sensitive and precautious towards her which she felt was enough to survive even the greatest of pain.In a nutshell, she wasn’t experiencing any sort of pain but was rather delighted. Her mother soon arrived at the scene as Benjamin was keenly engaged in determining the nature of the wound. At prima faci
That’s when she discovered a file kept in the glove box which she never saw before.As her mother was keeping the first aid kit back in to the glove box, Martha came up with a question to ask her, “Mommy, why did you go out of the restaurant before any of us? Were you seeing somebody outside?” Hearing this, Cindy quickly shut the glove box and said, “That’s none of your business Martha.” She was somewhat taken aback by the response of her mother over such a small question.Only a couple of minutes ago she was exhibiting her motherly nature towards me by making sure the safety pin don’t hurt me while she dressed my wound. And now she acts as if she is my stepmother who answers every question from her stepchildren just to avoid their presence.They kept traveling in the same direction until she saw a sign that her grandmother had told her way long ag
“At least I can share my feelings with a tree” smiled Martha. “Everything would become normal as it was once we had reached granny’s place. She’s the only person at this time I can think of who’d understand me.Of course Matthew as well but it’s impossible for him to reach out to me and hug me tightly and say repeatedly how much he missed me and how worried he grew when I didn’t show up at the Sunday gathering. I wonder if he’s even missing me or not.If yes, I hope he misses me in a good way and not curse me for not meeting him today” she again lost in talking to her own self.She just waited patiently to reach to her granny’s home which, as per Martha, was just half an hour away from where they were driving. So lost she was in her thought that when she came back to the reality, she found the window next to her was all covered up
Martha kept on enjoying the view outside, not opening the window only to get scolded.The car was moving at a standard pace until the car slowed down. Martha, who sat by the left window of the car, didn’t realize the deceleration till the time she the four wheel drive deviate from the usual route to its right.She observed the view on her left going behind her sight as they moved towards their right.She suddenly turned to her father who had turned the steering to the right to make a turn.It bewildered Martha and made her rethink the route to her granny’s place.“But this is not the route to go to granny’s place. Where we are even headed?” she thought to herself, still being unable to question either of her parents. She took a look of the road they were supposed to dri
Because so far I have been going towards this man’s house there seems to be no human settlement nearby this area at all.What kind of a psyche is he? He is surely mad enough or should I say, ascetic enough to give up on all worldly attachments that he is living far off inside a field” Martha kept blabbering to herself.It has been one hour and they still had not reached the destination.“It is going to take a while” answered her mother when Martha inquired to her how long it will take to reach the destination.“A while? What sort of an answer is that? Depending on this situation the three of us are in, ‘while’ can be interpreted as another one hour by me and as a whole day of traveling inside these fields” argued Martha with herself only since she couldn’t argue with her mother to seek the explanation of whi
But how long has it anyway been for our relationship to grow? Hardly a day” Martha kept giving herself excuses to escape the question for whether Matthew was in love with who she is or simply interested in how she looks or what assets she had got.“Who gets intimate with his girlfriend on the very first day of relationship? Also, what would happen if I deny him to have those intense moments and turn a deaf ear to his silly jokes? Would he still love me the way he used to do when I would give in to his desires and laugh at his jokes? Huh, poor Martha and her fancy tale of getting loved unconditionally.Ugh, these sessions of self-speaking are good but I am way too much into them than I should be. I need to speak to someone.Not either of my parents for sure but someone else.There are two people I need the most right now. Not both appearing at once but the presence of either one of t
Therefore, the whole region depended predominantly on agricultural activities and it would be a choice of a fool to seek inhabitation nearby such a barren land. Benjamin drove a little farther from the exit from the fields to reach a place where there were big rock lying on the ground on to which a person could sit to take some rest, usually someone who would have come all the way from the fields.He stopped the car nearby the stones. He came out of the car followed by Cindy. Martha preferred to stay where she was seated until Cindy said, “Come outside Martha, you will feel better and after sometime we will resume our journey.” Martha did as her mother told her to do so.She was not out of her senses. She now acted in adherence to only one principle, ‘Do as mother say’ and hence she acted accordingly. Somewhere in her heart, she knew something is just not right at all.But she had lost the valor t
Martha was the last to board the car and they continued their journey. Benjamin drove in the direction Cindy had been looking in when she sat on the rock.Martha still not convinced if this is going to be the route they would be continuing their journey on until her father began to stride on through the motor vehicle. “Here we go again” she mumbled to herself.This time too, the path followed a narrow lane, however broader than the one they have been driving through for the past few hours.Again, there were trees flanking either of the sides of this lane.The road seemed more developed than the last one since there were less uneven patches in itBenjamin was accelerating more this time as compared to their travel experience with the previous lane since he had lesser number of uneven patches to deal with.The car was yet moving at a
She gasped in fear as her worst of sufferings began to unveil themselves in front of her. Ronan too held Martha’s mother in the air for a while to prove to the young wench of how ruthless and gruesome the werewolves could be to someone.Ronan was further encouraged when Alpha, even after resigning from killing Martha’s mother, did not object when Ronan was putting her under intense distress.Ronan first looked Martha into her eyes and then shifted his gaze towards Cindy who bore a nonchalant face.Neither did she seem to be under distress of soon going to die nor was she horrified as her daughter was for presuming that she will be seeing her mother for the last time now and never again.This irritated Ronan who, in order to take the pain out on her face, tightened the grip around Cindy’s neck but without any result. Cindy appeared lifeless.&nb
She joined her hands and pleaded before the biggest of the demons, “For god’s sake, let us go!” she didn’t cry and not even had pleading sound in her voice.This was because she had got exhausted by now; physically, mentally and emotionally. “Sorry not sorry but you two are not going anywhere. Most importantly, this young wench” – its indication was towards Martha – “In fact, we cannot now afford to let you go alone in front of the general public as we fear you might spill the beans about our whereabouts and bring some special forces for the rescue of your daughter” Cindy did not react.She had lost the ability to perceive anything that was told to her and just wanted a way out of this hell that existed on Earth. Alpha continued, “Therefore, I have arrived at a conclusion which is that you shall be executed before your daughter so that i
They didn’t want to believe in the reality.Alpha too wanted to be a part in this act of causing misery to the family and spoke to the werewolf whose claws were stained with the blood of Benjamin, “Let go of the poor guy’s hand, Ash” – It addressed the other werewolf as Ash – “He is dead now and therefore, he can do nothing to help but spoil the floor through the blood dripping out of his body.Throw the body out in the woods” Alpha reminded both the ladies to come back to reality and accept it. They must know that their husband or father is no more now.They must, especially for Martha, take it as a lesson of what the werewolves are capable of doing; that they must fear the werewolves and make sure not to argue with them. Both Cindy and Martha had gotten numb.It was a tsunami for both of them where the tides were going against them and sinking t
Both Cindy’s and Martha’s calls were now too late to be comprehended and acted upon by Benjamin. He has gotten quite close to the demonic figure.Cindy, now instead of Benjamin, prayed to God as it was now upon the almighty to ensure the safety of Benjamin.“God, it is all upon you now!” she cried. Benjamin had now come within the range of the werewolf while his hand in the air extended to grab the neck of the beast.The werewolf smirked for it knew how foolish of a person Benjamin was to charge a being hundred times stronger than him. It noticed Benjamin’s hand approaching for its neck and pitied for what it was about to do to him in the next few moments.It first raised his left hand to defend the frail attack on Benjamin’s part.It simply grabbed hi
Though for a fraction of second, she fancied the Alpha fondling her but immediately ceased that thought.She lowered her eyes and avoided eye contact with the Alpha. But soon enough, she raised her head to look at her father and mother to see their reaction on what the Alpha had just said.They too were as disgusted as Martha on Alpha remarks. Cindy gnashed in anger while her face turned red, though she didn’t have the courage or the strength to raise a voice against Alpha.On the other hand, Benjamin bore an expression of sheer rage against the one standing right in front of him. His body was trembling with anger and his eyes conveyed only one thought – to fight and eventually die for the safety of his daughter.Yet he remained at the same spot he was at and spoke with much anger in his voice, “Neither we are fulfilling our obligations
This startled the other werewolf a bit as it wondered how come its master was seeking permission from someone inferior to it.Martha duly noticed the expression of the other werewolf of how it got startled and then she thought to herself, “What a moron! Doesn’t even get sarcasm” She looked at Alpha and nodded her head. The Alpha too nodded slightly in agreement and turned to Benjamin. The Alpha said, “So Mister Benjamin Stewart, there is not really anything to discuss about. Like what I clarified earlier, we will stick to that only” Martha was less focused on what it said but more focused on how it was said.It was peremptory in his speech. It was just not in a mood to entertain any sort of discussions.It took more than usual time to register what it said since she was busy examining his unwillingness to debate on the matter Martha apparently ha
When someone would step on it, it would make a squeaky sound; as Martha observed when the werewolf resting on the baluster went upstairs.She wanted to find a way out of this gloomy environment; “a broken window or maybe some emergency exit I could find.But it won’t help since this bunch of dense hairs would be at great ease when catching up with our pace.I have already seen their pace when one of these was nonchalantly blowing out the fire torches as our motor car moved. Running from them is not an option” she thought.She kept on thinking about something to confront these werewolves when finally, the Alpha spoke for the very first time, “Let us discuss our agendas now” Everyone got wide awake as soon as the words escaped through the Alpha’s mouth.Martha too, immediately looked up to see Alpha. Its voice was gruff. It carried the impression o
For a fraction of second, even werewolf got startled at how furious she had turned herself and therefore had to move its gaze away from her. She registered this astonishment of the werewolf and strike while the iron was hot by summoning in an even louder tone, “Somebody get me a glass of water” She just didn’t shift her gaze at all from the beast who wasn’t willing to let go of her neck. She could barely conceal the anger that manifested on her face.Seven to eight feet ahead of her was Cindy who witnessed every second of this and couldn’t believe her daughter intimidate one of the werewolves.The werewolf too couldn’t hold back his anger but it was afraid it would have to face the wrath of Alpha if he acted on his own with the girl.Martha kept on looking into its eyes without even blinking.She just didn’t want anything at that time exce
Martha, thought not being able to move her head even a bit, moved her eyeballs to her left where the greater werewolf stood and muttered to the best of her survival instincts that were triggered at that time, “P—l---e-a—se” and then signaled it to the claws that were on the verge of bursting blood out of Martha’s neck.Understood from her gesture, the greater werewolf now smiled widely so to express its pleasure to Martha that it was deriving out of her misery.Martha, however, wasn’t at all concerned of what he or anyone else felt of her state and just wanted to get out of this grip.She was losing her breath.She could sense the blood halting in her veins. Her eyelids were about to adjoin which will disable her to take note of the surroundings.She couldn’t take it anymore.A last thought that originated in her mind was &ndas