She pulls her phone from her ear and she realizes her phone is dead.
" Oh God, what didn't I charge my phone. I just hope Neil heard me"
She sits down in a corner and wraps her arms around herself. Half an hour later she hears a sound coming from the door and Neil busts in.
" Avni? " he looks around trying to see her in the dark, he sees her and goes to meet her and the door starts to close behind him.
" No No No, Neil. Don't let the door close" she yells
He runs to the door but it closes before he gets there. He pulls the door again and again but it doesn't open.
" what's wrong with the door? " he asks
" I think it can only be opened from outside. Something's wrong with the handle" she answers
" And the light?" he asks
" stopped working " she says
" do you have your phone with you?" she asks him
He shakes his head
" why didn't you bring it with you" she says
" I left it in the car when I was rushing to get in the house"
She sighs and they both sit down, Avni a little bit closer to Neil because of the dark.
" an unlucky day, right?" Neil says but Avni doesn't answer.
He looks at her and sees her scared face, he turns and cups her face.
" Avni what's wrong?" Neil asks her
" N-Neil I'm" She begins
" Go on, say it" he encourages her
"I-I'm scared of the dark"
" Scared? Why?" he looks at her
She doesn't say anything " Avni Pls tell me"
" I-" She tells him about how Dayawanti locked her into a storeroom, and left her there with rats and all sorts of insects, in the dark.
" Oh Avni, I'm sorry all that happened" he holds her to his chest " but I'm here now, you don't need to cry, you don't have to worry again" he assures her
" Thank you" She says and holds him closer
She holds him for some time but then pulls away, she wipes her tears and sits back
" How are we going to get out of here?" Avni asks
Neil stands and looks round the room for anything that could help, he comes back and sits down " we don't have a choice we just have to wait until everyone comes back"
" OK"
" I'm sorry" Neil says
" for what? " Avni asks
" you called me for help and I ended up being useless, just taking up space in the storeroom" Neil says and Avni giggles
" what's funny? " he asks
" Nothing" she laughs " and yeah, you just ended up being useless"
" Gee, thanks" he rolls his eyes
They sit in comfortable silence and after sometime Neil talks
" You know what let's play a game" Neil says
" what game?" Avni asks
" Hide and seek" Neil smirks
" Uh..that's so childish " she rolls her eyes
" Come on, we don't have anything to do and this storeroom is pretty big, and I love hide and seek" Neil states
" OK fine"
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"...5,4,3,2,1" Neil counts " I'm coming" He moves around to look for Avni.
Avni sees him coming her way and shifts farther, then she stops when she hears a ripping sound.
" oh no" she mouths, her dress is ripped by a nail at the back of a cupboard, revealing her bra.
"shit" she says
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