Spooks Tales

She felt bit nervous while waving at her family. It wasn't her first trip away from family. She calmed herself down , reminding how hard she had worked to get this assignment and it was going to be six months. The six months would pass quickly. When she reached the entrance of airport, she handed her documents to the security guard. The guard took her documents mechanically. He surveyed the document as he was expected to and handed it back to her. She sighed. She held the passport and ticket tightly and dragged her trolley bag to the check in counter. There was a long queue. Some of them were on vacation; some of them were on business trip like her and some of them were taking flight to London with stopover in Dubai. Most of them were excited while some seemed bored or sleepy. She watched people in front of her complain about the slow moving queue. She smiled. Her nervousness was settled. She was excited to land in Dubai. It was her first trip to Dubai. She had heard a lot abo...

Tina saw the time on her new apple smartwatch hundredth time.  It was past midnight.  She had few more minutes to board the flight.  She looked at her watch again. She smiled with child like glint in her eyes. It was her darling younger brother's gift. He had saved his six months salary to purchase it for her. It was special for her. She remembered how he had surprised her yesterday night. It was sweet. She was finishing her last minute packing. Her mom was packing her favorite food stuffs in the kitchen. Her brother arrived tip toed to her room. He was hiding something behind his back.  She saw him and pretended to be busy with her work. He tried to scare her and she pretended to be afraid of him. He got to know. "What Di ? You can't even act properly.", he chided her. She laughed hysterically. "What are you hiding ?", she asked.  "Nothing !", he tried to hide but Tina got hold of his hand. "Let me see", she said while pulling his ...