"Vino...vino. .."

He irritatedly rolled to the other side of the bed, pulling the sheets over head. ..

  Still, he wasn't able to strain the bright light. ..

" vino. ..where are you. .?"

He yelled impatiently. ..vinodh, who had been a  trustworthy companion pranced through the stairs to reach him. ..

" where the hell have you been. .?The sunlight is irritating. ..pull on the curtains. .."

He spoke under the sheets. ..

Vinodh laughed sarcastic. ..

" sham. ..just look at the time, it's already mid afternoon. ..i think you have forgotten   ...we have to handover the girl ..and moreover, the curtains are still on. .."

  Mid afternoon. .?We have a deal today. .?

" I don't care. .."   He managed to tug into the cozy bed again. ..

Vinodh knew sham well, his decision would be final no matter what. ..but, he knew how to handle sham. ..

 
Grinning wide, he pouted his lips and whistled. ...

   The very next moment  , sham got up and threw the pillow at him. ..

" stop. ..no. ..vino. ..no. .I will kill you. .."

He shouted and he was  too late  it seemed. ..

  An African grey parrot flew  to vinodh. ..striking her wings, she sat on vinodh s shoulders. ..she saw sham , sitting on  the bed and flew over him. ..

  Sham...being defeated, smiled at the parrot. ..

" Hey. ..blueBee. ..."

He extended his index finger at her. Having a seat over his finger,

"Sham. ..sham. ...guud mrng. .."

She gleefully called his name and wished good morning. ...

   " good morning babe. .."

He fondly touched her torso. ..He scooped the sunflower seed and fed her with. ..

      " vinodh. ..you're becoming smarter. .you have learnt to handle me. .."

   Vinodh, bowed his head theatrically to him. ..blueBee was one of sham 's weakness. He would do anything for his talking pet parrot. ..so as she. ..it was a weird relationship. ..and at times, vinodh needed  blueBee to manage sham 's tantrums. ..

  
  Sham got up and staggered to maintain his balance ..He held his temples and sat down. ..

" bloody hell. ..the hangover. ..! Vinodh. ..why you are allowing me to drink beyond the limit. .."

He asked with puppy face. ..

Vinodh rolled his eyes at him. ..

" oye. ..hello. ..this happens every day. .if you start to drink, you will forget everything. ..and  you know what. .? Yesterday,You were about to slap me when I told you to stop drinking. .."

      He told showing an angry face to him. ..sham looked up him concerned. ..

" did I. .?sorry man. .."

Vinodh clucked his tongue. .." I got used to you. ..not a big deal. ..now, we  are getting late. .."

Sham hugged him. .."you are like my big bro. .."

" dramebaaz. ..enough. ..go to hell "

He took the chance to tease him. ..

  Sham took a quick shower. he chose his favorite attire , black shirt with a faded jeans. ..gripping the silver bracelet at his wrist, he put on the cologne. ..looking at the mirror, he satisfactorily nodded by touching his gorgeous hair. ..

    Checking his loaded pistal, he descended down. ..

" vinodh. ..where's my mobile. .?"

    " sham. ..mumma ..."

the word 'mumma 'was enough for sham to alarm. ..He took the call immediately and spoke to her politely. ..

" mumma. ..how are you. .?"

"Shravan beta. ..I am fine. ..how are you. .?when are you coming. .?"

  Shravan sighed. ..this was the constant question she would arise whenever she spoke. ..honestly, he had no answer . infact, he may or may not be returning alive. ..He couldn't tell anything to her about his life at Delhi. ..a dark side of him. ..He didn't want to let her know about his original life. ..

  He brought out a fabricated laugh that would reflect his fake happiness. ..

" Ma. ..I will come soon. ..but, tell me. .what you would do if I come home. .."

    " immediately  I will get a princess for you. .I will make you to marry her. ..through years, I would live happily with your kids. ..that's all I wanted. ."

  Shravan 's eyes shut. ..

Marriage. .?I am previllaged to live alive. ..that itself is a big deal in my life. ..

   He had to show her, that he's happy. ..her happiness meant a lot for him and it depended on his happiness. ..

" Ma. ..get a princess. ..I will come soon. .."

He cut the call after a while. ..leaning to the couch, he fought back with the tears that threatened to flow. ..

  Vinodh sat beside him, " shravan  ..why don't we leave everything ..why don't we  live a normal life. .?"

   Weakly smiled at him, shravan took the pocket knife and checked it's sharp edges . ..

" vino. ..it's not easy as you say. ..we have stepped into a Web and backtracking may kill us. ..we have no choices. ..we are destined to live this life. ..counting on the days. .."

   He tapped his thighs, laughing at vinodh. ..

" vino. ..where's the girl. .?actually, who's she. .?"

  Shravan took the coffee mug from vinodh. ..

   " shravan. .you're too much. .didn't you know the girl. .?"

" no man. ..I haven't seen her face. ..and my job was to kidnap her. ..I only focus to my assignment and I don't care about the details. .."

Vinodh laughed at heart. ..

" shravan. ..you're going to faint if you see the girl you kidnapped. .."

   Shravan shifted his gaze to him. .."does she look that much pretty. .?  Not a  big deal. .."

  He stood up Jerking his shoulders. ...

" shall we go. .? When Mr. white would  come to get her. .?"

" the deal would be around 3 o clock. ..she's in the steel factory now. ..where we could fix the meeting. .?on steel factory itself or shall  we choose some other place. .?"

  Shravan rubbed his chin,  thinking for a while. ..

" let's fix the meeting at steel factory. ..it would be the perfect place if something goes wrong. .."

Nodding to him, vinodh followed shravan. ..

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      As the medication's effect faded off, sumo  slowly gained her consciousness. ..as her eyes were blindfolded , she couldn't see where she was. ..she felt suffocation as her mouth was tied tightly ...she was bounded to the chair with her limbs tied. ..

  Her throat parched as it was nearly eight hours since she eat or drink anything. ...

    She couldn't recollect what had happened to her. ...she didn't  know why they had kidnapped her. .?

Swirling thoughts, hunger, thirst and dehydration made her to faint again. ..she had nothing to do than getting into the situation. ..

     " is she awake. .?"

Shravan asked vinodh. ..

" no sham. ..I don't know. ..I told the boys to take care of her..."

Sumo could hear the footsteps approaching her and their conversation barely audible ...

  She was alert. ..she had to find any way to get out ...

    As the footsteps neared, her heart thumped harder in bewilderment. ..

 
" She's still unconscious. ."

Shravan shocked to see her state . shravan went closure. ..Sumo could smell his cologne. ..

  Yes. ..it was him. .the tallest guy. ..!

Her senses awake as she scared to recall the previous night. ..she was disgusted to his attitude. ..and the look he had on her.

  Shravan leaned at her and loosened the knot over her mouth. .He  touched her forehead...

  Sumo immediately pulled her off. ...

" don't touch me. ..." Her scare and angry equally echoed at her voice. ..

Immediately shravan stepped back. ..

" easy. ..I was just checking whether you've temperature. .."

Infact, sumo had mild fever as she was left cold over night. ..she was bold enough to handle her and she determined to try her best to escape. ...

  " who are you. .?what am I with you. .?"

She was courage enough to initiate her try. ..

  Shravan kept quite. ..

" vino. ..give her food and water. ..it's too late. .."

  " no. ..i need nothing. ..tell me. ..who are you and what have I done to kidnap me. .?leave me. ..or else. .?"

  " or else. .?"  Shravan  repeated. ..

He was actually astonished to see her brave attitude. ..hence, he spoke softly. ..

" look. ..madam. ..mmm...I don't know who you are. and why you are important. ..it was my assignment to kidnap you. ..and I am  all done. ..now, just have something. ..i am not sure when will they give you food and water. .?"

  " no. ..i don't want. .."

She refused. ..

Shravan pressed the water bottle to her lips as her eyes were still blindfolded. ..

  " madam. ..you need energy to argue with me. ..atleast for that reason, please drink some water. .."

   He made her to drink water. ..infact, she needed it badly. ..

   " thankyou "

He withdrew the water bottle and stood up. ..

    " I think they have come. .."

Vinodh looked shravan. ..He nodded and went to receive them. ..

   Now, sumo was scared to hell. ..for no reason she found nothing harm with sham and vinodh. ..she was calm as they seemed well mannered to some extent. ..but, this wouldn't be the case with the new persons. ..for the first time, she gulped out of fear. ..

  Frightened, she sat froze. ..

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   Don  Sham -  singer sumo -vinodh -blueBee. ....

How do you feel with them. .?is there anyone to save sumo. .?

Please, pen down your views. .

Give a chance to my other book too . ..

" you are the pole star of my life "

It was a parallel  track to edkv at Shravan's pov. ..I guess you will love it...give a chance. ..and, it would be a short one like my other stories. ...

Then,

Have a great read ...enjoy the monsoon. ..but, take care of the health too. ...

Cheers,

Arulpirai. ..