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.... hearing   the footsteps  behind her she turned around  scared  she screwed her eyes hard enough to see who was there but she saw nobody,  she began  walking fast , six days a week se went to work  at Mrs siddiqui  s house  by the end if the day when  it was time to go home  dark shadows   deepened , she walked  to her work and back home as routine  from  the bungalow of  beghum sahib it hardly was ten minutes walk back home to her quarters,  the bungalow was situated in  a posh area but it remained secluded,  she had to cross a lonely street followed by a jungle  next was a  huge open ground  to reach ber colony   always  hyper noisy  buzzing with activity 

It had never happened before but today she felt  she was being watched  when she exited the bungalow,  a shiver of fright  rippled through he on  more than one occasion  but seeing nobody around  she felt satisfied  , she again  started moving towards her home 

She was about to pass through the tight street  when  echoing  following footsteps  made her turn around,  in the dusky darkness she couldn't see a living soul around as far as she could see,  the   mood of the weather didn't allow any bird  or  beast to  walk free all of them were  comfortably tucked inside their  nesrs and   resting shelters 

Bar .. bie a whispering husky voice  made her spring up,   her heart  started thumping  hard to squeeze out her  life she choked 

Who is there   she stammered 

 Her voice frozen from fright in her throat