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day? How could he possibly see the future?
    Although I am trembling with fear and my heart continues to pound hard against my chest at the gory implications of what the pirates can or may do to us, my mind continues to drift in the past. I am terrified, I’m worried, yet I’m also filled with remorse, melancholy…and anger. Certainly I’d never expected my love story of seven years to tailspin to this low.
    I fell in love believ ing it to be the most marvelous thing that could happen to anyone; if anything, it’s the most terrible thing. And marriage, well…from where do I even begin? I firmly believe it’s a curse inflicted upon mankind.
    I shake my head , hating myself for everything that transpired following our marriage. Inhaling a deep breath, I look around. It’s been more than four hours now since these pirates first boarded our ship.
    Just then t he leader of the pirates orders Captain to reduce the speed of the ship. It seems we have almost reached. But where? I share startled looks with Captain.
    Although , whatever had to happen has happened, I secretly wish the pirates had boarded after an hour or so. At least till Captain had completed his story…
    I never thought love stories like these exist in the real world. He was telling me earlier this afternoon, when we were having a little talk in his cabin, that he has known his wife all his life. They first met at the tender age of eight, fell madly in love few years later, and then got married as teenagers.
    Till here , I was with him.
    But then later, I lost him as he continued.
    W hat I couldn’t discern is with so much love around how could his wife ask for a divorce with minor hiccups here and there just few months after their marriage? Every relationship has their share of problems; she, of all the people should have understood that. And then Captain signed the divorce papers and threw them at her face.
    So then why now, thirty years later, he is still madly in love with her? And if so much for love, why did he not get back with her? What is the worst part that is still to come, he told me before these pirates boarded?
    I shoot a brief look at Captain. He appears lost in thoughts. Just tell me why?
    My thoughts are interrupted by t he bridge door slamming open. Our cook hobbles his way in, almost short of breath, and hollers at the top of his voice, ‘Captain! Help Captain! Pirates! Please help us!’
    Captain glares at him and purses his lips with a finger. Of course, the cook gets the message, but it’s a tad too late. The ominous looking leader signals to one of his men who barely nods as I stare in disbelief.
    Oh my G od! What is he going to do?
    Without further ado, the hit man impassively brings his gun close to his chest and pulls the trigger. I squeeze my eyes shut and bring my hands to cover my gaping mouth. My heart hammers loud in my chest as I hear almost half a dozen shots and a loud shriek. All of us freeze in shock and few hairs rise on my arms and the back of my neck. I fail in the attempt to bring my shaking hands to rest, and flash a brief look over the side. The cook is lying dead on the floor with red colour smeared all over the bulkheads of the bridge. I resist the urge to vomit and look at Captain who is resting his forehead in his palms. From the little that I know him, he is cursing himself for the events that have unfolded this evening.
    Two pirates come forward toward the cook’s dead body, bend down, and yank at his arms. They trudge toward the bridge wings leaving a trail of blood stain behind them. Next, we hear a loud splash of water of the cook’s body hitting the Arabian Sea.
    ‘ Captain! Tell your people to do only what we say and we will not kill anyone else!’
    The low and gravelly voice of the leader was almost incomprehensible.
    Captain nods slowly.
     
    About an hour later our ship is stopped and we are surrounded by islands with barren mountains all around. In the distance a few ships are made fast and over a