What I imagined...

(friday, 21 April 2006)

Another rainy night in the country, refreshing and uplifting the mood of everyone by making the climate cool and delightful.

Heavy rain showers could clearly be seen under the luminous of light poles. The pools of surface water on the roads forcing the drivers to drive car slowly but still not to every driver.

A black Mercedes in high speed running straight, continuously penetrating the raindrops and splashing the water across the road, then from the empty lands, then from the highway and join the cars running on the main road. Took a right turn and Stops in front of A white bungalow.

Guard immediately opens the gates and salute, the car enters from the gates and stopped into the sheltered parking area near some other luxury cars.

A butler name Patrick, about 35, short body straight shoulder, approached running, opened the car's door and greet his master with a slight bow ," Good evening, Sir."

A tall, muscular man with tough face get out of the car and stretched his back, must be driving from a long time. He is COP Ralph Cooper, a rich cop with inherited wealth and solitude personality who have a habit of driving his way on his own, ordered Patrick in gravelly voice ," A girl is on the passenger seat, take her to a spare room and make sure, she have everything she needed."

Patrick immediately in acceptance replied without a delay, " Ok, Sir." and walk to the other side of the car.

Click... Click..

The girl trying to open the car's door from inside and her trail was stopped by a voice.

"Let me help you Miss." said Patrick and open the door from outside and lean himself to peep inside the car.

She was a young girl, no more then 11, fair round face, black long hair with totally blank expressions.

Seeing no interest of coming out, he extended his gloved hand toward her and ask, "You need any help ?"

She looked at his face from her nervous, watery eyes and took a bit to think whether to hold his hand or not and slowly move ahead her trembling hand to hold his hand.

COP was still standing there, he wanted to rest assured whether she would be fine with a stranger there, inspecting the situation under control, he then went inside the house.

His son Richard, 15 ,sitting on a couch at the corner of dinning hall.

They both look each other's faces and cut the glance in a second due to lack of interest in conversation and without a word COP stepped towards his room to get fresh for dinner.

Slowly the girl with little steps came in, following Patrick, inspecting very sight with slight fear on her face. Maybe because of unfamiliar surroundings.

As Richard saw them he surprisingly stood up of the couch and quietly keep his eyes on the stranger's face.

Patrick take her to a spare room, just next to the dinning hall and kitchen. "Here's your room , Miss. Please, make yourself comfortable and sit there on the chair, let me arrange some clothes for you" pointing to a chair.

She doesn't spoke a word, did the same as was told and sit on the chair keeping her eyelids on marbled floor.

Richard's curiosity made him followed them to the room, who his father bought with him as he never allows any stranger to his house. As Patrick left, he secretly peeped in.

Both of there eyes contacted, she got a bit more nervous and immediately cut the glance.

He noticed a very strange fear on her face, she was scared and trying to hide her fear but couldn't.

He was caught by the sight, so he decided to came in, just in front of her.

Before asking anything he took a brief look on her with his spying eyes.

Her clothes were clean but feet where covered with dried mud and she have some kinda scratches all over her displayed puffy hands.

Her body started to tremble and breathing increased as she senses a strange boy's eyes spying on her, even Richard's curiosity increased.

He wanted to know about and he came a little closer to her, that made her scared more.

She rubbed her both hands and twitched herself.

Without sensing her restlessness he excitedly asked, " Hey..! Who are you and why are you with may dad.?

She doesn't spoke a word and kept her eyesight on her blue jeans.

With every question of him, she was getting more uncomfortable.

He again asked," Why are you here, did dad rescue you ! What happened to you ?"

"What happened ! "

She in shocked looked at him as if she remembered something she might have forgotten, her face was exhausted, suddenly tears started pouring from her eyes and she lost deeply in thoughts.

"Hey ! are you listening to me...", He tried to distract her but she didn't respond.

She started to have mixed emotions of fear, depression and anxiety, suddenly with her breath she fell unconscious from the chair.

He got afraid as he never accepted someone's reaction like that and ran to his father's room, "Dad...Dad..... something is wrong with her" knocking the bath room's door.

COP immediately came out of the bathroom wearing bathrobe, ran to the girl's room and picked her up in his arm.

" I... I just asked her, her name." worriedly said Richard.

"Can't you mind your own business." he furiously shouted and called Patrick and handover her to him," take her into the car."

Then went to get dressed and took her to the hospital.