She heard footsteps: loud thuds of beekaneri chappals stomping on the ground. There was a burglar in the house. Worse, it could be one of those over-weight goons who frequented the chawl in search of her rescued gangster. Even though Sultan had left and she had reassured all the hideous bald-headed idiots he would not be coming back, they would not just take her word for it. They had come in once or twice before to search every nook and corner for a sign of the wanted man.
She picked up the first thing she could find with a sturdy center of gravity and waved in the pitch black room. Looked like the intruder had cut off all electricity. And then, she saw feet: crooked, muddy feet like those from the puddles of holy colours in the veranda.
A smashing blow to his forehead and the man was down. She lay on his chest and began hitting him repeatedly.
"Kamine, tumhari himmat kaise huyi".
"Madhubala aaahhh yeh kya badtameezi hai? Aaahaan".
Her tongue fell out of her mouth as she discovered the familiarity in the voice. It was RK. Guilt took over as she debated leaving him to search for a light or nursing him in dark.
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