to the class and the students

her, unlike the chemistry teacher who

he class, towards the other end to drop her boo

for the stu

, she was looking all pink that morni

, Zaina shouted a

d, turning to look

er", she

rd the girl and

too Zaina"

he school love her that much, including the jun

t firm voice echoed in the classroom. "Ta

ling here and there a

g of bags, opening a

sanity once again r

roat, "we really don't have much to do today", she

were informed the last ti

udent from the far end of the

rn gaze. The student flinched on

go

sorry for interru

s she walked to the front of t

down, an insight on how t

r jotters, pen in ha

a topic about carnivores and insectivorous plan

, came the u

ious", she looked up from her book, "but wi

t", she paused and looked up from her book, "now you go

mmediately as all stu

ld plants, you told us yourself that they can only be found in the woods,

appy at least the students got something

ght, and this is where I said your mo

hey asked

and dropped her book, t

, or you pay people; I mean the brave, you pay

emed Miss Alisha had just

Miss", th

l rejoicing, for them anyway, but for

money to pay someone

ould go the

..... she had to kill tha

e outskirts of Shimla town,

. News even had it that there were

ome local bakery owners who comes to get firewoods for their bakery. While som

y nears the woods, and this w

easier for those wit

okay?", Z

in class, she looked at the front of the class, Miss Alis

m fine",

le as she watched her opening

e Rina?", sh

ne", she for

a si

get your leav

on her seat, n

ina, don't both

you s

no

ea

it for you Rina, y

tually done a lot for me,

a ga

ut don't forget I

owards Miss Alisha to

en doing virtually everything for her, helping out wi

elf, let her leave her

pty house, thank goodness,

into this matter, or even getting

spare key from her school ba

jean shorts, a black t-shirt and black sneakers, picked up he

watch, 3:30, it said. Cou

he sun was still far from setting

o the entrance of the woods. As expec

vehicle's tyre marks on the floor, might be the men from the

watching and she dashed in

est moments of her life, the tall trees ma

rther, her eyes scathing

eady feeling fatigued and about giving up, her st

her in, and just down there behind

side it, plucked as many leaves as she could, the

eal to continue came

fficult at all, seemed like the fi

to go back, she glanced at her wr

ness, she needed to lea

had used in coming

und ahead startled her and sh

ed towards where the sound wa

nscious mind and she continu

und again, it was the

previous one wasn't, this one was.

formed a hiding place. She crutched into

hearing footsteps a

rtbeat was so loud that she even pra

rer, the person seems to be walking carelessly, of course, he

that she had to prevent herself from scream

owly walked by, she gasped. From her hideout, she could

ulders and he was masked as w

she couldn't hear his footsteps again, she came out, then look

and what

t this time and

aste, she needed to le