KAFILA - Journey Towards Freedom (Part 6)

Hell Hath No Fury

" She is a pain in the ass, boss. I just don't know what to do!! stubborn pig", Aslam spat out his complaints to the Boss.

The flesh trade around the porous Indo-Bangladesh border is the Boss's baby.

"She is half dead already, who will take a corpse, madarchod" the Boss gritted through his teeth in fury.

"We didn't know what else to do", said Aslam in a desperate plea of mercy.

Mistakes where something that was unforgivable in this trade and Aslam was afraid he had made one.

"Clean her, feed her, and get her clothed. I will talk to her", the Boss ordered before leaving.

Aslam gave a sigh of relief. The Boss was known for his quick temper and equally quick deaths he granted, but for some unknown reason despite his many faults, the Boss never ever made a mistake in his business. Maybe because he knows it inside out or maybe because he was born in it.

Mohsin a.k.a. Boss was literally the baby of this business. But Aslam didn't have time to think of all these things. There was a long journey ahead. Rukaiya tasted the food if it could be called that, after almost three and a half weeks of starvation, she was clothed in tatters after a month. Was she being released or was she the goat that was fed heartily before being sacrificed?

Thoughts had deserted her mind and pain had abandoned her body. Her eyes have grown dim and the only thing that was left in her was her untainted soul.

She was then taken to the Boss.

"Have they given you food to eat?" he asked in softly.

Rukaiya just sat there, lifeless eyes staring back at nothing.

"You could have avoided all this if you did what we wanted you to do. Because you will have to do it now or later. So tell me, what's the use of all this struggle and pain??", he asked again.

"Do you have a daughter?" Rukaiya asked in a low whisper.

"Yes I do", said the Boss

"Can you imagine her warming the bed for several men in one night?"

"No, I don't want to. And so that she doesn't have to do it, I get other girls for that. If I don't keep my customers happy, my daughter has to stand at the door instead of you. I don't want that, so I will do everything to her safe. It will be difficult Rukaiya if you don't give in. Do it now willingly or do it later painfully. Your choice.", said the Boss without any rancor.

"I will die but I won't sell my body", Rukaiya spat out.

"Now there you are wrong about three things. First, you will not die; second, you are already sold; third, you will sell your body."

Saying that the boss left, leaving Rukaiya in hell.