Anuj walked with Mahira, the trademark Anuj grin flashing wide on his face.
"Hey gorgeous, you look amazing in this," he complimented her sincerely
"Thankyou," she smiled
"slept late?" Anuj teased her
"Nope, why would I, well, I told you I am scared of sea, I mean being alone,"
'Then did you just run a marathon?" he asked,
"Nope, I ran because.... well, I ran late for the meeting,"
"Then did you rummage through a powder room?" like playing a rapid fire round, he kept firing questions at her
Mahira rolled her eyes at him, "What do you want to ask exactly?" she asked exasperated already
"Nothing, I just wanted to dust this off," he began slapping his hands over her sleeves, like dusting off powder, Mahira realised it must be flour that must have stayed on her dress by mistake, she simply grinned, "th
The Blue roses looked like they belonged out of this world, Sonia walked closer to one of the bunch and wanted to pluck it"NO," John literally yelled on top of his lungs, Sonia froze in fear, turning around she looked at him with wide eyes"I'm sorry to scare you but these are poisonous roses, also as long as you are on this island, do not, I mean DO NOT attempt to pluck any flower or leaf, especially the blue rose,""Why is that?" asked Sonia"because the islanders worship the blue rose here and if you are caught then you may never be able to return to your city ever and...," he looked fearful"and?" quizzed Sonia"You may have to bear the brunt of facing the Tribal head's ire," he concluded his piece of i
John was no where to be seen for a while, by the time Tazz and team finished their task it was almost 5:30 in the evening. Mahira realised how hard Tazz worked, he was a hard task master for sure. John returned and spoke to Tazz for a while, Tazz looked at Mahira, he nodded at whatever John spoke , looking like he was in agreement to whatever John was suggesting. Tazz walked to where Mahira was, “ready to leave?” he asked extending his hand out to her, she held it and stood up, like it was a natural daily thing between her and Tazz.“If you guys are done,” she replied , her feet sunk into soft sand as she attempted to walk, Tazz held her hand tight, she didn’t know why her feet felt limp, maybe from sitting for so long“What happened, are you getting pins and needles?” Tazz asked
“Welcome back Maghama,” she said with a smile.Mahira who was suddenly overwhelmed by strong emotions hugged the lady , the lady spoke in her local dialect, though she was incomprehensible to Mahira, she stayed still like there was a tacit understanding between them, Anuj was completely stupefied while Tazz remained calm.The house from inside looked very huge like a small village made within the house itself, there was a festive ambience in the air with beautiful colourful motifs hanging around, colourful paper lanterns were up on the ceiling which were really high. There were huge cultural traditional wooden masks that adorned the pillars on the sides. The whole place looked like a feast was up, everything was bright, colourful and in happy colours. A colourful wooden settee with traditional prints on it was placed r
On their way back to the villa, Tazz did not even so much so as spare a glance towards Mahira, she knew he was annoyed as she went against his wish, but she somehow could not hold herself back from committing to them, she felt a deep sense of helplessness emanating from them and she felt that she had the power to help them release their pain.“Hey what do you think, why do they want your night so desperately?” asked Anuj in a whisper“How do I know.” she muttered back“Do you think they want to discuss special plans regarding the island with you, or maybe, give you some kind of special magical gift, like supernatural powers?” he pouted in a kiddish way thinking this was unfair of them“what makes you think that I would know which option to choose,&r
Mahira was struck with fear, she swiftly leapt out of the bed and turned the bed lamp on, she glowered at Tazz who held a poker face.What the hell are you doing in my room?” she asked in anger“We aren’t done yet,” his tone was straight and he meant business, only that it was almost 3 am“Seriously, like you want to discuss what we left incomplete back then at 3 am, and what’s with you sneaking into my room repeatedly, please leave and let me get some sleep,” she was tired of his mood swings like he was a woman heading towards menopause, he wanted to hate her then again he wanted to be with her.“I’m not going anywhere till we decide about tomorrow,”“I do not intend discussing anyth
“Hello Sexy, all set to work with me , finally,” he leered at her and she immediately felt disgusted.It was a day filled with hot weather and hot temper, by the time they finished working on their project, Coleman’s ego was brutally injured by Mahira’s on the spot tongue lashings. She hoped that after today he would think better than to mess around with her. It was almost 5 in the evening when the jeep returned with the honoured king Tazz the great, Mahira was already in a sullen mood and did not want to even look at Tazz. She saw that Sonia was still seated beside Tazz with Anuj behind, a big smile flashing across Sonia’s lips“Hey, hop in,” Anuj extended his hand towards MahiraMahira looked around and saw John , “hey John, is the ride ready for us,”
Note: Dear readers, since the beginning we have been referring to Maya as Mahira as she had taken over Mahira's credentials to escape, for this chapter and next we shall refer to her as Maya so that there is no confusion as she finds out about the real MahiraIt must have been about ten minutes that Maya could not fathom what was happening, the mole on Mahira’s upper lip was the only thing that separated their similarities,the real Mahira used to love her mole, but what baffled Maya right now was that why was her last image of India with the tribals?, did they know Mahira? were they thinking her to be Mahira?, was that why they all thought she was Maghaba?, but then who was Maghaba?, then suddenly a life altering thought flashed in her mind, was Mahira their Maghaba.Maya’s mind was in a mess right now, she suddenly found it difficult t
Mahira stood dazed as she looked at 2 glass boxes that stood vertically before her eyes, when she'd closed her eyes she clearly remembered it wasn’t there, but now, as she opened her eyes, she stood frozen staring at those 2 glass boxes, they were beautifully decorated in many rich jewels and rubies with golden rim all around it, blue roses adorned the box at several places looking more a painting and not real flowers, at the bottom of the glass boxes were the same rich tribal art full of their culture but they were not plain empty glass boxes that stood vertically supported by the wall of the cave, there was a lady next to the boxes who was doing some kind of dance movements. She turned around to look at Maya and Maya recognised her as the old women who had ages of wisdom into her eyes,who had turned her back on Maya when they had visited the first time. She looked at Maya wi