Bringing A Gigolo Home

Sarah's cell phone beeped twice indicating its battery was low. Its voice caused Sarah to return to the present and she glanced at her cell phone lying on the pillow.

Rubbing her forehead, which was covered with gauze, she went to the bed and picked up her phone, only to see it was going to get switched off. As she took it to get charged, she halted.

'Wait... What did she say? don't go outside for two days... Stay at home... Just switch off your mobile and TV..'

Sarah tilted her head and frowned upon remembering Isha's earnest request.

'What does she mean? I should ask her again.'

Standing near the charger point, she waited until the mobile getting restart. Suddenly, she heard someone speaking in her living room and perked up her ears.

Putting the cell phone on the stand beside the charging point, she went to the door slowly. Opening it slightly, she took a glance outside, only to found the TV was on.

One random news channel was playing on it. From the corner of her right eye, Sarah caught a figure lying leisurely on the sofa across the window.

Sarah opened the door and came out of her bedroom, eying discreetly the person. As she got near, she picked up her hockey stick from the back of the bookshelf which was beside the entrance of the kitchen.

'Thieves these days are really daring!'

Just when she was about to hit the man, he spoke without turning his head, his voice was mellow but firm, causing Sarah's hand tremble which was holding the hockey stick.

"You awake?" It was apparent that he had sensed her presence behind him.

"Who are you?" Sarah asked him warily. "What are you doing in my house?" Then she glanced at his clothes and visibly shocked. "Why are you wearing my T-shirt?"

She could see clearly his strong attractive fair muscles and delicious biceps. He was wearing the long t-shirt that she usually wore at night when she didn't feel like wearing pants. The t-shirt fitted him perfectly. How could it not fit him well? It was originally belonged to Rudra, her elder brother who had the same physique as this man.

"You dirtied my shirt last night. I washed it and currently, it is drying up on the balcony." The man said calmly, still not turning around.

The information came so suddenly crashing over her head, making her dumbfounded.

She was with a stranger for the whole night? No, a man spent a whole night with her under one roof? And he was currently wearing her clothes!

"Did something happened between us last night?" Sarah gulped and asked thinking about the various chances of the man staying overnight in her house.

'Did I bring a gigolo home last night? Alcohol consumption is really injurious to the brain. It can cause you to commit adultery... Wait, I am single now. It doesn't matter if I really do such things now. Especially when the beauty offering himself to you..'

Hearing her question, the man laughed and shook his head indicating 'No'. As if she would not believe him, he said loudly and clearly, "NO!"

Sarah's dirty line of thoughts broke after hearing a firm 'No'. with a little bit of disappointment, she heaved a sigh of relief and slumped in the chair nearby, still holding the hockey stick.

'Sob... sob... It's good that nothing has happened. My chastity is still intact.' She consoled herself.

"Then why are you here? Did we meet in the Bar?" Sarah asked him and glanced at the TV, on which, the commercials were going on. She looked at the big clock on the opposite wall. It was eight past thirty. She felt hunger driving her crazy. "I thought Isha brought me home last night. It turned out, you helped me get here. Am I right?"

"You are quite smart." The man said, looking out of the window. Sarah really wanted to see his face but she didn't have any energy to get up and walked around.

After a while, the man spoke again, "You caused a big ruckus last night."

Sarah's back straightened up. "What do you mean?" She asked, feeling foreboding ominous.

"You should see it for yourself." He pointed towards big LED TV on their sidewall, on which the BCT News India Network news channel was playing. The commercials had been ended and they had started to show headlines.

Confused, Sarah glanced at the TV screen again and gradually, she found her answer why was she feeling sore and aching all over.

"Good morning viewers. Now let's see the news in detail." The News Anchor said on the big screen and behind him appeared a picture of... Hers!

She looked frightening, with killing intentions in her eyes as if she wanted to destroy the world. Her hairs were messy and her eyes were bloodshot. The picture made Sarah stunned speechless.

'WTF!'

The News Anchor kept prattling on, "...Yesterday night was quite dramatic as the famous Author cum celeb of Adventures of Seven Wonders caught in a huge scandal... Well, it could not be called as a scandal but a serious criminal matter.."

'Sh*t!' She suddenly remembered how she had kicked Saket between his thighs.

'Is he dead?'

Also, she had sold Shivani's Handbag for two crores!

When she thought about those two things she had done, Sarah clenched her fists tightly.

But what she heard next was enough to blow her senses away.

"...While everyone, especially her fan followers were expressing sympathy towards their favorite Author for being a victim, she went to Paradise Bar to celebrate her break-up party with her friends, and to vent her anger and frustration, she almost beat five youngsters to death in her drunken state... According to the statement given by the Bar owner and the viewers present at the Bar, nobody knows the actual reason behind the affray, but it was Sarah Deshpande who hit one of the men first causing her to erupt great havoc.."