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Today, I present my short story – The Stalker (Part II) – based on some real life incidents.
The Stalker (Part II)
“You seem to be in a rotten mood,” he went on, relentlessly.
“You would be too if you were a girl and received this letter… It was dropped into our letter-box, probably during the night or early this morning,” she put a sheaf of papers on his table.
The long letter that had been printed from a computer gave details of her whereabouts on all the days of the previous week with endearing punctuations. Time to time Keshav’s expressions changed to one of displeasure while reading it.
“It is surprising that how much a stranger can know you just by observing you. Even I don’t know so much about you,” Keshav said seriously. “A stranger usually stalks a person to create fear or to blackmail the person. In your case, you being a crime reporter could be the reason.”
“What do you mean?”
“You have helped the police place so many criminals in jail. One of them could have come out of jail and would be taking advantage of the fact that you are a girl. I will personally visit your home and handle the case myself.”
To be continued…
