then the black guy also could have kept quiet but Ben deliberately kept denying our questions, but why?’
‘You don’t think they had something to do with murder right?’
‘Can’t say it for sure, maybe or may not be’
‘Okay guys’ Ryan called out ‘Where should we head at?’ Ryan pushed the accelerator down to speed up.
‘Just get over the Manhattan flyover and get us in the city. He would be there somewhere.’ Said Alicia ‘It’s lunch time so maybe he would finish his lunch there. There are a lot of restaurants available.’
They passed the flyover at the top speed and soon they found themselves in the city, there was also a cold breeze blowing, which was soothing.
They suddenly got stuck in the middle of a large traffic jam that ends at the end of Madison square.
Temperature was rising by very minute so it was hard to prevent sweating. The cool breeze had a healing effect but that could not cover up the heat. It was noontime and the sun was right at the top, beating down on the city.
‘Damn man’ said Ryan and punched the steering. ‘Look at the traffic; we will never get to the other side in this sea of cars’
Alicia took out her handkerchief and wiped her forehead. ‘Look for the sidewalks, he might be anywhere.’
‘That’s what I thought. But do you really think that we will find him in this vast city, just like this?’
‘I believe so.’ said Alicia. ‘And the main thing is that he doesn’t know that we are searching for him. So he will not be in a hurry to escape.’
‘That’s assuring’ said Ryan.
They remained stranded in the middle. Ryan killed the engine and sat like a statue waiting for the green signal and said ‘We should have taken a short cut’
‘Let’s see’
The only thing that was going in their favour was that they found a place at one side, so that the buildings covered the direct sunrays and they were in a shade ,while the other cars were getting burnt in the middle.
‘Come on, come on’ Ryan gripped the steering more tightly.
‘What’s wrong today’ Kevin poked his head out and looked across the other cars. ‘No way’ he said putting his head back inside ‘We’re in the middle of a sea of cars’
Some people now came out of their cars, talking among themselves while the others started shouting and yelling, losing their patience.
‘I think there’s been an accident somewhere at the front’ said Ryan. ‘Otherwise why would the traffic be like this? You don’t see this kind of things in streets of NY often’
‘I know’
‘I think we losing our time, our man is gonna get away’ said Alicia.
‘Wish my car was a transformer’ said Ryan.
‘Right. It could have done anything it wants .Overtaking buildings, destroying them, anything!’ Kevin always loved to talk about these sort things no matter what situation they were in.
‘Yeah, I will also watch the part 5’
‘Who says there will be a part 5. Part 4 was okay according to me. Still Mark Wahlberg was not so convincing’
‘I know. People watch these movies just to see the action and the special effects; you shouldn’t watch it for a good story’
‘Drop the topic, guys. I’m getting bored’ said Alicia. ‘Hey look’
Alicia looked somewhere at the sidewalk where at least 20 to 30 people were walking at that moment.
Ryan followed her gaze. ‘What? What are you looking at?’
‘Look at that man’ said Alicia and pointed at a man who was walking normally and from the back it seemed like he was wearing a hooded jacket .He also wore a cap just like in the picture. Everything suited him well.
‘Is that our man?’ asked Ryan to no one in particular.
‘Yes, got to be so’ said Kevin.
‘Let’s get him’ said Alicia as all three of them jumped down from the car and started trudging through the footpath overtaking other people.
‘Hey!’ Ryan called out .The place was too noisy and crowded; it was tough for anybody to hear anything. Lots of shops and
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