Drift Apart

Meenakshi felt a lone tear trickle down her eye, as she found the 70th call gone unanswered.

Anirudh dashed around the corridor, trying to get hold of a second number of Sakshi, but to no avail.

"Ryan, do you have any other contact number for Sakshi?" He asked

Ryan nodded his head in negative, his expressions more or less torn with inner turmoil. 

The tension intensified in the hall, in tune with the unsettling silence, subsequently broken by Meenakshi. 

"Enough of all this! Dad, I'm going to Sakshi's house." 

"You're not going alone. Ryan! get the car keys." Anirudh ordered.

Sakshi's house 

Meenakshi cupped her mouth with her palm, witnessing the unconscious figure of the watchman lying on the floor. 

Anirudh strode a few steps towards the door, only to find it unlocked. 

"Something has gone wrong here".