Tip Tick Toe
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"I had told him to get the tap repaired a week back. Bloody good for nothing lump of fat and bones."
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"I had told her to remove the clock from that wall a week back. She's just sitting in one place and accumulating fat by the day."
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"Aargh!
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"This ticking reminds me of impending death, of the sheer ruthlessness with which time marches on, ticking off my life, one second at a time…with the cold brutality of a gang of contract murderers. Much like those men who blew up our house in
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"'It's just water', I keep telling myself. As I did on that fateful night. It was only when Ma happened to scald her fingers did we realise that it was acid. Each drop taking our home a step closer to doom…"
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"It was only when Ma shrieked after scalding her fingers did we realise that something was not in place. Pa happened to notice an eerie sound from behind the almirah. 'Tick tick tick', it went…"
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"It didn't take us long to figure that there had been a security lapse at the Prime Minister's residence - the most fiercely guarded building in the country. Or the fact that we had only a few minutes…"
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"Ma and Pa made us run out into the lawn outside. 'Keep running as hard as you can', was the last I heard before…"
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"The sound was deafening. 'So this is how the death knell sounded', I had thought to myself then…"
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"Yes,
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"It has been a good life, I'd say. I've made a lot of money, earned a lot of fame, and generally been on good terms with most people. Most except two. Roshan thinks they're out to kill us. But you know how paranoid women can get for no rea…"
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