After 3 Days in Turkey

Piya and her friends (Khushboo, Misha, Shruti & Rati) visited Istanbul (city in Turkey) for the first two days and today they reached Antalya city. They all are having the best time of their lives.

Piya shared the fake girlfriend story of Khushboo and herself with her friends. How she told her boss that Khushboo was her girlfriend and how she broke up with her. All was done to get a half day leave from the office. By the time, she completed the story, everyone in the group cracked up except Khushboo who was embarrassed.

It took the time and the effort for Khushboo to make her fiancé understand that Piya is just her friend and nothing else. When he came to know that Piya is joining the bachelorette trip, he was determined to come along but Khushboo put her foot down and told him that she would not talk to him until the wedding if he did any such thing.

At the airport, her fiancé had a long talk with Piya making her understand that Khushboo is his and she needs to keep her claws to herself and find someone else. Embarrassment is a small word for what Piya felt at that time. She told him the whole story and apologized to him for the inconvenience. After her story, he was at ease and comfortable to send his fiancé with her.

Today planned to visit the Duden waterfalls.

Everyone is taking the pictures of the scenic beauty of upper and lower water falls. They see many visitors enjoying the view but their group is the odd one out as they are making reels and throwing jokes on each other.

Let's go Piya, Misha says as Piya is busy checking out the antique jewelry stalls.

You go, I'll join you all in a minute, she is checking the bracelets for her sister but a little boy suddenly comes out of nowhere and gives her a chit.

"Hello, Remember Me?"

She reads the chit. The chit puzzles her so she decides to ask the little boy about the owner of the chit but the boy disappears. She thinks that one of her friends is trying to pull her leg to make them wait. She throws the chit and joins them.

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India

Siya had extra classes in the college. She got a call from her mother telling to come soon as it is getting dark outside. Due to the classes, she is running late and waits at the bus stop but no bus came from the past 15 minutes.

She opt to take a rickshaw (auto) but none of them is going to her locality. She feels that someone is watching her and notices 3 men creepily staring at her so she decides to walk in a crowded place.

She didn't turn back but still feels the eyes on her back and men following her. With that thought she doesn't see a jeep coming on her way but luckily the driver presses the break at the right time before any accident happens.

Are you crazy, the jeep driver comes out and shouts at her.

Siya realizes what would have happened if the breaks are not pressed at the right time but what scares her now is that it is the Police Jeep and the police man comes out of the jeep.

I.... I'm... sorryyy..Sir

She starts crying in fear and apprehension of what will now happen to her. Will he arrest her and that notion is enough to make her dead cold.

Heyy, calm down

Seeing her face and body language, the policeman took pity and asked her to relax. He offers the water bottle to calm her nerves which actually works and in some time, Siya feels little ease.

Are you okay? Why are you planning to suicide?

Siya's eyes bulge out in shock to his question. She negatively nods her head and says.

No... No... I was trying to save myself

What? By coming under my jeep?, her reply confuses him.

I was at the bus stop waiting for my bus and noticed 3 men weirdly looking at me. Their stare creeped me out so I got out of that place but still they were following me.

Now, he understood what she was saying and he remembered that some men took the wrong cut in one-way when she almost came under his jeep.

Okay

Thank You for saving my life, Sir, I'm Siya Sharma

You're welcome. I'm IPS Advik Kapoor.

Its good to meet you, Sir

Can I drop you?

No sir.. I'll take the auto

She didn't feel right to reach the home in a police jeep. What will her neighbors think though he is just offering her a ride. He understood her dilemma and halted an auto. Tells the driver to safely drop her.

Thank You once again, Sir, he gives a little smile on her response and both go their own paths.

At Night in Turkey

The girls are sitting in a diner and waiting for the food to arrive. Piya gets the call from her family but due to a network issue she is unable to talk so she goes outside for a better connection.

She talks with her family for some time but gets scared when turns. The same little boy is standing behind her. The boy gives her a another chit but before she can catch the boy, he runs away.

"You didn't do good by throwing my chit away"

The chits are now scaring her. She decided to confront her friends and ask who is playing this chit game with her. She goes back to the diner with an annoyed face.

Who is sending me the random chits?

What?

Chit?

Which chit?

What are you saying ?

Everyone is confused with her question.

Today I got the two chits. First one I had thrown away and second one, see

There is no chit in her bag. She is sure that she kept the chit in her sling bag. She recalled that while coming inside, she almost crashed with someone. Neither does she see the face of that person nor hear any apology from him.

Piya, what are you saying ?

Seeing her friends faces, she understood that none of them played the chit prank with her otherwise they would have cracked up saying "gotcha". To lighten the atmosphere, she laughs and asks how her prank is.

Piya, you scared us, Khushboo scolds her

All good? Shruti asks.

Yeah yeah, all good. Let's have dinner and go back to our rooms, Piya changes the topic by talking about the random things but her mind is still revolving around the chits.

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They all are sitting in one room, watching videos and photos which are captured during the trip and discussing the next day tour. Piya feels sleepy so she calls off the night and goes to her room, which she is sharing with Misha whereas Khushboo, Shruti and Rati are sharing another room.

She hears a sneeze before she opens her room door and sees the same little boy standing at the farthest corner with a big smile.

You...

The boy runs away before Piya can say anything further.

Wait..

She runs behind the boy to get the answers without informing any of her friends. She chases the boy and reaches the top floor but no one is there except a few rooms which are locked without any use.

Hey... where are you?

She doesn't see anyone on the floor and waits for a few minutes to get some response but there is none. She decides to leave the place and tries to open the door but the knob is jammed. Notably, this floor does not have the lift access. She slams on the door and calls out for help.

Heyyy... open the door.... please open the door

Helppp Anyone there?

She leans her head on the door with a helpless face which turns to afraid when the lights start flickering

HELPPPPPPP, this time she cries for help but her pleas met the silence.

A few minutes later, the lights are completely off and the floor is complete dark. Piya's breath becomes heavier and her forehead sweats with the fear. She feels that someone is there on the floor and watching her movements. The floor resonates with her screams when she hears a thud" sound and starts banging the door with the full force. Fortunately, the door gets open and she runs away without turning back.

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In one of the rooms of the scary floor,

Why did you hit me, dude?

Shut up, you scared her more.

Hey, that was not intentional. I just slipped, Aryansh

Yeahh, with a loud sound, Junaid

Sorryy.

Yes, it is Aryansh who is scaring Piya as her punishment for leaving the country without telling him. After settling the issue with the news agency 3 days ago, he tried calling her but her number was not reachable for the whole day except one time.

Hello

Piya, where are you? I was trying to call you but your number was not reachable. Are you okay?

Yes, yes, I'm fine. I am with my friends as we are going to....

Before she could finish her sentence, one of her friends voices came asking her to cut the call and rush to board and the call got cut. He didn't understand what they were boarding but she seemed busy with her friends. He didn't call her again and thought to talk with her tomorrow at the office.

The next day, he tried calling her in the morning to offer her a ride to the office but her phone was switched off. He reached the office and got busy with the meetings till the afternoon. Once he got some time, he started looking for Piya. When he didn't find her, he asked Ram about her.

Where is Miss. Sharma, Ram?

She is off for this week due to personal reasons, Ram answered.

What? When did she ask for a leave? Who approved her leave? What personal reason and why I'm not aware of this ?

On Aryansh's list of angry questions, Ram calmly answered "She asked for leave last night as she is going out to Turkey with her friends and I approved her leave"

Without saying anything, Aryansh went back to his cabin but his mood was completely off on realizing that she didn't feel a courtesy to inform him even as a friend.

At night, he was standing on the balcony and saw her insta status on Atharv's phone, which he got by bribing him with an extra pocket money. Seeing her happy and smiling increased his anger and he decided to teach her a lesson. The next moment, he called Junaid and told him that they would be going to Turkey the next morning. He asked him to make the arrangements and cut the call.

In a few hours, he got the information about Piya's trip details and implements his plan. When he saw Piya at the waterfalls, he felt happy and calm but her act of not informing him fueled his anger.

That little boy is Junaid's friend's son whose help they took in scaring her.

Present

Piya reaches her room and finds it empty. It seems Shruti is still in another room so she locks the room and goes to bed for sleep with shivering hands and trembling body.

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At Mid-night in India

We are sorry, please leave us. We will never trouble any girl

Three men are crying in the basement and apologizing for chasing a girl at the bus stop. They are kidnapped when they are going home and have been tortured from the time they are thrown in the basement

Not any girl. You think to harm my kitten, boiling water was dropped on them and their screams echoed giving peace to their tormenter.

I would not spare the person who thinks to harm my kitten. I only have that right.

His men throw salt and chilli mix over their wounds.