”Hey Britney,” Me.
”Are you ready?” Britney.
”I don’t think so,” Me.
After Britney checked into the Rehab, we called each other more frequently but every time, our conversation does not last very long.
”Oh, I understood. I was feeling that I was put into a rehab during Covid,” Me.
”How so?” Britney answered with her British accent.
”Hi, sis, I am flying back. I don’t care my visa application is denied,” Me.
I left Indira a voice message as she was busy around that time.
”Babe, I will just check you into a hotel facility. Take it like a vacation,” Jamie Spears.
”You need to go with the police,” Dad.
Nah, I don’t wanna.
How can I not check into the hotel and I read from the news that if you have family host you in the landing city, you can do home-isolation.
After I stepped out from the border, the next is to walk out from the airport.
”Sir, do you live in Mumbai?” heath worker.
”Yes, I have a friend who is waiting for me,” Me.
Who I do not know.
”Then you have to go with us,” health worker.
”You lied to me. I was detained and they don’t allow me to go anywhere,” Britney told Jamie.
”Well, you have to complete the program,” Jamie.
I felt dad betrayed me when he refused to bribe the officer to let me leave the hotel.
What can I do? Maybe Con again.
The first two three days were not too bad. But I did not know, I could not go downstairs even to taste the fresh air. The window of the room is not openable.
I was so bored and started making watches. I ordered parts from Indian EBay and the work started.
Maybe start from simple projects. I tried my best to recall the lessons learnt from college.
It is so weird that something before was so complicated now it feels, straight forward.
”Wow, first one is done. I smelled the lighter liquid gas and felt I am in heaven,” I video phoned Indira but she was in China.
”Why China?” Me.
”Because I love the outfit,” Indira was showing me a event dress she is wearing.
”Girl, nice job” Me. (For Bob)
”They don’t allow me to sleep, eat, or even listen a bit,” Britney complained to Jamie,”maybe you still enjoy it.”
Jamie hang up of the phone.
Indira was speechless when she saw my first piece through the camera.
Why? She knows.
She was not able to answer phone calls whenever I call, so eventually, I got bored to an extent that I felt not tolerable.
And then I was in the room started cursing about life and thinking about a guy confined in elevator. He went crazy after four hours of isolation.
Every day, people would leave me food on the floor and those people were wearing the uniforms for Covid.
There was one of them each siting on the floor as the security guard. Whenever I tried to leave the room, they would stop me.
”Oh, I just want to walk in hallway,” Me only speaking English with them and pretending a foreigner.
”I need to go,” Britney was running in the hallway while 5 nurses chasing her. She went to the stairs and locked the gate after entering it.
”Damn, B1 now,” Britney was talking to herself.
”You have to come with us,” the guard caught Britney, “and back to your hotel room.”
I did not ask Britney it was because she cancelled the Domination Concert or Jamie cancelled it.
Dad called me, “please go back to your hotel otherwise there will be an arrest warrant issued to you.”
”Ok,” Me.
24 hours before….
What is fun? Maybe ordering their uniform on EBay and then it was delivered on the same day.
Ok, action.
I put on the uniform which the same exactly as the health workers. The only thing missing was the glasses.
When I saw the guard was not there, I sneaked into the elevator.
I was on the 11th floor and then it was stopped at 8th floor first.
Two health workers stepped in and they did not realize I was not one of them.
When you see the main gate, you see freedom now I know how that feels.
Another guard, “it is late now.”
”Oh, I try to get some food,” and then he let me go.
”Hi Five Stars Hotel and my in-call massage,” me sent Indira of a screen shot of me in the hotel bath while giving her a kiss through camera.1