The Succours
I t is around 2P.M in the afternoon and the devil is beating his wife. Aahana is sitting near the window of her room, colour combination of her room is purple and beige. The whole room is decorated with purple lights which are turned off this time. Right in front of her bed is the window by which she is sitting, her appearance is more like a studious girl as she is wearing glasses while reading the journal she has, in her fully manicured hands. The length of her hair is till her thighs, same brown hair and eyes like her father’s. She is about to finish the chapter when someone calls her on her cell phone, she talked to the person for a few seconds, got up and took her bag, put the journal in the bag along with some money and went down.
Standing outside her home and patiently waiting for the cab, of which she talked to the driver on the call. Her blue jeans with a red cold shoulder top are glazing in the sun shower, but she had covered her head with the handbag of hers. As in India, September month in the northern region means no surety of rain, because monsoon is halfway gone and mostly probably there is sun shower more than actual rain in September.
Nevertheless, she barely had to wait for the cab, as the cab came in just 2 minutes after she came outside. She stepped inside it, and saw that someone was already sitting inside it. A guy with black beard and hair, who seemed to be in his late 30s. She did not realize that it was a shared cab she booked, so she gave an awkward smile to the guy, adjusting herself beside him. She looked at the map which was displayed in the car, and saw the other guy’s destination which was 6kms far from her destination. After giving a thorough look-over to the driver and the guy, she took out her journal from her bag and started reading it again. It took her 20 minutes to reach the place. She paid 150 rupees to the cab driver and walked for about 20 steps before stepping into the Police Station.
The floor of the Police Station was dusty, the walls of it were painted with the dullest shade of olive green. There was a warm smell of gasoline, more of a rotten smell. All the Policemen were dressed in their khaki uniforms, some of them were wearing caps too. Guns were tied to their belts, but most of them had big wooden sticks in their hands. Every man had a badge on their chest, which displayed their name and designation. Sounds of prisoners getting beaten by them were coming from inside the jail. The Lady Police were in khaki sarees, hairs were tied in a tight bun on their head, and they too had a badge on their chest which displayed the name and designation.
Aahana explored all of the place as she went inside a chamber, in which, she saw three men talking and laughing, by which she came to know that they all were relaxing and having their own personal time. There were five chairs around a blue round table, out of which three chairs were occupied, on the table there were badges and caps of those three men. Aahana saw their faces for a couple of seconds and then she thought to go out, just when she was about to close the door one of them started.
“Yes madam?” Asked the guy who was short and fluffy.
“Ah, hello Sir, I just wanted to meet the inspector” she said, along with a smile on her face.
"You can't meet him", said the guy who was sitting in the middle.
"I have to, it's so urgent. Please tell me where I can meet him", begged Aahana.
"Kids are not allowed in the police station. If you have to meet the inspector, come with someone from your family", said the sergeant.
"I am not a kid, you are talking to a grown up girl", she bellowed.
"Many kids come like you, they break some traffic rule or hit someone's vehicle, then they directly ask us to make them talk to the inspector” he sighed and continued, “I'm not going to make him talk to you unless you bring someone from your home" he demanded.
"What would you do, if I say that I didn't break any traffic rule and didn't hit on anybody's vehicle?" she questioned.
"I'm not here just to talk to you girl, I have work, which has to be done! I'm not going to send you inside, no matter what stories you make.”
"Sir please try to understand, I have to meet him, it's really urgent and important." She begged.
The third guy who was quiet all this time got up, looked weirdly at Aahana and said, "see if you genuinely have something to ask from the inspector, then even we know things, you can ask us, about anything you want to. We will help you for sure."
"I have to talk to him about something very personal sir, it's about my dead mother. I hope you'll understand me, and will let me talk to him." she requested him.
When she told them about her problem, they all looked at each other, raised eyebrows, then the sergeant got up and asked her to follow him. Aahana was happy as she was finally going to meet the inspector. She was not walking but was running after the sergeant. They all walked back to the entrance, then from straight to the entrance there was an office with black glass huge window, the door was wooden with brown colour paint on it, there was a blue nameplate on which in bold letters a name displayed, " Chief Inspector Raghav Singh "