Manipulation

By Rishika Jain

Sitting in the middle of the coffee shop,

His eyes glistened with a ray of hope.

He saw her walking through the gate,

Wearing her famous white shirt and corduroy pants.

She walked up to the table and sat down.

“What do you want now, Alan?”

His expression changed to confusion.

“Are we going straight to that, Eve?”

She looked around and said in a soft voice,

“I am going out for a cocktail and I am the host.

Can we make it quick so that I can go celebrate?”

Hearing this, his heart sank into his stomach.

“All you care about is computer games, and

I felt I was this game you wanted to win.

I can’t take this anymore.”

She said and looked at the door.

“Are we expecting company, babe?

Or is this a new conspiracy against me?”

He said, looking over his shoulder.

Two men stood up from the table behind.

“We will not harm you if you cooperate.

You are arrested for money laundering.”

One man said and searches for cuffs,

As another man holds the gun on Alan’s head.

Alan jumps on Eve and they fell to the floor.

“I hope you have told them how we met,

And whose money I was laundering.”

He screams as the police lift him.

Locking his hands behind, they took him out the door.

She ran behind him as he gets thrown inside the car.

As the car drives away, only one thought came into her mind,

“Poor guy. Couldn’t even get his full share of the commission.”

By Rishika Jain