Your Love LIFTS Me Up

Part 1

Finally this is here 😂😂😂😂 maanvir di

The train came to a screeching halt announcing the arrival of her destination - a new station, a new chapter of her life. A job in a MNC had brought Ishita Iyer from the land of traditions, Chennai, to the land of aspirations, Mumbai.

Beware of pickpocketers

The city welcomed her with a caution. She chuckled as her mind hummed the popular song that described the city aptly.

Ai Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yahan
Zara Hatke Zara Bachke
Ye Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan

Being a topper in studies and confident in her approach, it was a cakewalk for her to crack the campus interview and get placed in one of the leading business firm. Her parents were proud of her achievement and happy to send her off but equally concerned about the challenges of staying alone in a new city - and a city that was infamous for it's crime rates. They had filled her in with the possible circumstances she would have to face and given her tips on how to tackle them. Her friends had gone a step ahead when they gifted her a carton of pepper-spray. And the spying neighbours had all negative things to say about the city. Well, in one way or the other, they had all created a hype about the whole issue in the name of preparaing her mentally to face the unpredictable.

After staying for a week in a distant relative's place, she had shifted to the studio aparment provided by her company that evening.

She made herself acquainted with the house and  surroundings mentally making a note of the changes she wanted according to her tastes.

"Chalo ab sab set hogaya hai. Kuch khaake so jaati hu kal office bhi toh jaana hai" , Ishita thought and proceeded towards the kitchen.

She checked all the groceries only to find that the stock is less for the next day .

" Ayyoooo ab kya karu? Kal pura din office mein beet jayega. Pata nahi kab tak ghar pahunchungi aur ab yeh . Ek kaam karti hu abhi jaake le aati hu " , She thought and made a quick note of things needed .

" Bhaiyya yahan paas mein kuch dukaan hai kya? Ration laana hai mujhe " ,  Ishita asked the watchman .

" Madam  aap ab jaogi ? Aap toh jaante bhi nahi ho is area ko aur raat bhi bahut hogaya " , He said.

" Haan par kuch toh chahie na mujhe kal ke liye . Poora ghar khaali pada hai aur maine abhi dekha" , She explained

" Ek kaam karo madam phir toh . Yaha se walkable distance pe ek chota sa store hai aap vahan se le lo " , He said guiding her.

Half an hour later Ishita reached the apartment with her bags, entered the lift and pressed on the button 25.

Just when the lift was about to take off, the door opened to a man in mid 20's who came falling upon Ishita. She was shocked, disgusted as she smelt alcohol in his shirt and pushed the man away .

The man was shocked at first but chose to leave it as he was in no mood to pick an argument with her.

The smell of alcohol was making her nauseous, moreover she got frightened. She decided to deboard the lift but to her dismay it had already left the floor.

While Ishita was fidgeting with her dupatta not knowing how to handle the situation , the man slowly snaked his arm behind her waist . Terrified with this Ishita screamed and pushed him away.

  "20th floor" , He said looking intently at her .

"  Is aadmi ke saat 20 floors voh bhi akele ........ ye toh piya hua bhi hai . Pata nahi kaha phas gayi mai . Kya karu ab ?????",  Ishita mumbled thinking of ways to escape the situation.