The Wrong Number

Chapter - 5

                                                                                          ‘The car’ 

I could barely see her face as she had put both her hands in front of it. I wanted to ask her why she was sending me that kind of images in which I couldn’t even see her, but I didn’t dare to ask as I wasn’t sure about her reaction, I barely knew her. Then I noticed her hands. On her left hand's index finger, she was wearing a simple plain gold ring, and on her right hand's wrist, there was a bracelet. Those were slender but beautiful hands. Her fingernails were trimmed and it had this natural pink color. I felt an impulse to take those hands in mine and kiss it, but I didn’t express my feelings to her, it could be awkward.

“You have beautiful hands,” I simply said and didn’t demand any further image.

“Do you know hands reveal certain traits of a person?” she asked.

“No, I don’t. Would you care to explain it?” I asked curiously.

“Each finger of our hands stands for something unique about us. For instance, our little finger tells about our communication skills, ring finger about how expressive we are, middle finger about us being responsible, efficient, confident, and also shows our growth. The index finger says about the strength of a person and also his shrewdness. Thumb strives for success in our life. So, how striking certain traits of our character depend on how strong a particular finger is,” she explained.

“That is quite informative,” I surprisingly asserted. That was an honest remark. I was astounded by her having such precise knowledge.

“I’m glad that you get to know something new from my side,” she replied.  We talked about a few other topics afterward before going to sleep. It was again almost morning when we slept and I again stayed awake for some time after saying her Good night, this time the reason was her image. I started checking again the last image which she sent. I so wanted to feel the warmth of those hands, it felt like I could smell the mild fragrance coming from them. I didn’t know when I fell asleep while thinking of those hands.

                                         The next day I again woke up around the afternoon. I checked my phone and found no text, but this time I didn’t get surprised or anxious as I affirmatively said that it was not going to be a problem if she wouldn’t text me during the day time. I cursed myself for doing so. Although I was curious to know the reason behind that yet I knew that I was not going to ask her anything. I didn’t know why I was so gutless to ask her anything at all. I sighed, put the phone to bed, got up, and went to the bathroom to freshen up. After coming out of the bathroom, I didn’t check my phone and went downstairs straight ahead. It was December month and the days were quite chilled even during the afternoons. I was having my winter vacations from college, so I needed not to worry about waking up so late. Mom was not at home so I went to the kitchen, put some food on my plate, and sat on the dining chair. I was not in any hurry so I enjoyed every bite of my food. After finishing my lunch I went outside to spend some time in the warmness as it was quite freezing inside. The partial presence of the Sun was not sufficient to create enough heat. I zipped my jacket and walked to the park, which was just a few meters away from my house. Most of the benches were occupied, I searched for some time to get a free bench but found none. I was going to come out of the park when I saw two ladies got up from one and left it free. I ran towards it to grab it before someone else could, reached there on time, and placed my ass on it in victory. It was a good bench, placed in the best position as it had been just opposite the Sun. The rays were not much stronger but were producing enough heat to make me a little warm from inside. I put my hand in the pocket of my trouser to take out the phone, but it was not there, I forgot that in my room. I was in no mood to go back and bring that and she was not going to call or text me so there was not much use of it for me, so I didn’t move. Besides, I was enjoying being there. Many people were there in the park, came, like me, to enjoy the Sun as we were not able to see it every day. I adjusted myself on the bench and tried to get relaxed. After a while, I went into my thoughts, the thoughts which were about her. What she will be doing right now? Is she still asleep or awake? Is she also thinking about me? Is she missing talking to me? Then my thoughts again moved to her hands, those beautiful hands. I so wanted her to be with me at that particular moment, to sit beside me, to talk to me in her same sweet voice. Every thought of her was giving me some kind of unique pleasure. I wondered what would happen if I meet her in person. I didn’t even know where she resided. I thought to ask her about it on our next phone conversation, but I was not at all convinced that she would give me an answer after all she hadn’t even told me her name yet, but I still kept the hope. I don’t recall how long I sat there while wandering in my thoughts, but I do remember, by the time I came out of them the Sun was nowhere there. I was the only person left in the park at that time and it was getting deadly cold. I started feeling a bit hungry too, but I still was in no mood to go back home, so I decided to go to the nearest market to eat something. I checked the pocket of my trouser; at least the wallet was there. I had this good habit of never going out without a wallet. I came out of the park and started walking in the direction of the market, which was at ten minutes’ walking distance from the park. It was getting dark so the lights alongside the road were turned on. It was not the main road where trucks or heavy vehicles drive and I wouldn’t rather say it a street because it was wider than a normal street. Small streets were attached to it from both the opposite sides. Not many people were there on the road that night as they were not insane to come out of their cozy homes during that chilled night, unlike me. There was total darkness at one spot on the road because the light there was not working. I was crossing that spot when all of a sudden a car driving from the opposite direction changed its way and started coming towards me. Its front lights were dazzling my eyes. I got panicked as it was coming at a very high speed and there was not much distance left between us. It was almost going to hit me when I jumped sideways and stumbled upon the ground. Fortunately, there was grass on it so I didn’t get injured. I stood up in a hurry to check on the situation of that car, it was nowhere in sight and people were moving at their normal pace as nothing the hell had happened.