He was woken up by the loud bang on the door. First, he thought it to be a dream. Then he suddenly realised Ashok was not lying beside him anymore. He rubbed his eyes and looked around.
Bang! The main door creaked. 'Open up', shouted someone.
He was not sure what was happening. He checked his watch. It said 3 pm. 'Who could this be at this hour? And where is this Ashok?’ he thought to himself. And then a fear ran through his body. He muttered ‘No, no this isn’t possible? They cannot know we are here’.
He jumped out of the bed and ran towards the hall.
As he entered the main hall, he saw Ashok peeping through the eye hole.
'Hey, what is happening?’ he asked.
'Shh, do not make a noise', Ashok gestured through his fingers. He looked scared.
'Open the door or we will summon the police, you scoundrels.' 'Bring them out', 'Disgrace to the society', 'Baahar Aaao *****', the shouts increased. The banging continued.
Ashok came running to him and whispered 'Shit, what to do now? They know we are here. We are caught Raj, we are caught. What to do? Think think', the fear in his voice was evident.
'I knew it. I knew it. That dog Shivkesh, I know it is him. He told them about us, he always seemed to be a rogue. We paid him so much but yet. We just should not have trusted him’ Raj gnashed his teeth in anger.
Ashok was now under great stress. The banging increased now. The main door seemed to give away to the incessant blows.
Both Ashok and Raj looked at each other. An escape was impossible.
Raj finally spoke 'We cannot do anything now. Let us open the door. Else this mad crowd might treat us in ways we can’t even think of'.
Ashok tried to say something but Raj was already on his way to the door.
Raj looked at Ashok and gestured 'It is all over'.
'Come on you two, we know you are in there', 'Enough is enough', 'We are going to break the door', the shouts increased.
As Raj opened the door to the hostile Society Committee, Ashok muttered, 'What have we done? It was those two guys who stayed in A2-703, who misbehaved that night. They created a ruckus not us. What did we do? Is it a sin to be a bachelor? Are we not humans or are we not socially acceptable? Where will we go now?'
The despair was drowned in the shouts of 'Bachelors not allowed anymore', 'Get out immediately', 'Disgraceful you young people are'......
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