2013年7月18日星期四

Between two stalls was a rusted old metal pull-down gate

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Between two stalls was a rusted old metal pull-down gate. The man raised it and walked into a dark, dirty stairwell. Manisha followed and waited for him to turn on the light, until she looked up and saw the broken pieces of fluorescent tubing dangling from the ceiling. Instead, he pulled the gate back down so that the only light.ing into the room was that creeping in from under the gate. The only thing illuminated was the path of the rats scurrying across the floor. From deep under the stairs, the man pulled an old sack and plopped it, half-opened, out in front of her."One reading, nine hundred rupees," the man barked.

It was steep, but Manisha had just cashed her check. She started to reach into her bag before realizing what a vulnerable position she was in. Suddenly she was filled with dread. This man could just pull out a knife at any moment. It was too noisy outside for anyone to hear, and no one in the world knew where she was buy Road Roller SRRR218H from China. She was terrified. It was exhilarating.She had experienced a similar mixture of fear and excitement the weekend prior, when she had snuck out of the house after her mother floated the idea of an arranged marriage. She met up with the office's trekking team. This was nothing new. She'd been on mountain climbs with them before, always telling her mother she was on some made-up weekend training session at work the one time her office's love of poorly timed training came in handy. Only this time, it was a white-water-rafting trip.

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