Journey continues.

After the miraculous escape, my efforts to find another Rick went in vain. It was 1.00 am by then and I could hardly see any Rick near by, the roads were deserted and night life of the city went for a pause as it rained that night. There is always a ray of hope in all blues and so was with me I could see one establishment lightened some distance away, I started moving towards the establishment and to my bliss it was a police station. I found one cop at the gate itself and narrated the incident in one go with a request to get me one Rick.

I was not out of the shock completely and was blabbering while speaking, heart beep was still on very high note, and my entire body was shivering. I was thirsty and the accident drained off my entire energy, I was repeatedly rolling my tongue over the lips to keep them wet. In the mean time the cop arrived with one Rick and without wasting any moment I boarded…, forgetting my desire for water.

After driving few kilometers I asked the Rick driver to stop for water, I purchased one bottle and gulped it. The Rick driver was new to the area and every time to enquire about the address I need to get down and enquire the watchman and security personals stationed at the commercial/ residential complexes. It was raining, and in repeated attempts of enquiry; I got drenched completely and was feeling very cold.

Almost after one hour or so we reached the destination. The address which I wanted to go appeared in complete dark; obviously it needs to be as it was 2.30 am by then. I knocked at the big gate of the establishment but no one reverted with a reply, I shouted with the name of few people whom I know were surely inside, but again the same result.

I got tensed, Worried and restless, I also discovered that I’m completely drenched and my cloths were ragged from multiple places. Again a ray of hope in all blues “A watch man of nearby business establishment approached me, and wanted to know as to why I was loitering on the gate”. I gave him the explanation; in order to assist me he did the same set of task which I did in order to gain attention of the people who were inside but all in vain.

Defeated with all his efforts he placed the final card “Jump the boundary wall, get into the premise and shout for some name”. Initially I thought of doing so but taken a back thinking that if this established didn’t proved to which I was looking for, people present there will beat me red & blue, they will not accept any of my excuses and will hand over me to the cops.

I was in an utter fix, deciding not to go ahead with the action plan I decided to wait outside till morning. With nowhere to go I found a shabby shade nearby wherein I could get some shelter from the rain and cold. I asked the watchman for some water, changed my cloths and waited there patiently. Though the shade was shabby I got into sleep mode within few minutes.

I don’t know what happened after that, I waked up by the call of the same watchman who was about to leave, he told me that the gates are open now and I can go inside.

Collecting my energy I waked in to the establishment; looking at some of the known faces was bliss for me. I told them the entire story and the entire group was amazed to my experience, in the nick of time someone came with a newspaper "Page three headlines" with the summary of the accident and name of the injured ones. I could recall the accident and how miraculously I got saved; I thanked the Almighty and prayed for the injured, I was a hot topic in that gathering. I somehow convinced myself to forget the real nightmare.

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