Daniel was holding Annie’s hand, she had her palms open and sobbing uncontrollably, they were both caned with such ferocity their tender palms were spurting blood and they were made to kneel outside their class under a hot summer sun. That’s when Danny decided that enough was enough.
Back at her home Mrs. Ezekiel was a very worried woman. Annie who would have normally reached home by noon had not turned up. It was 3 in the afternoon. She had somehow managed to come out of her 3 storied Railway Quarters building and spoke to a few neighbors who also had their children studying at Santiniketan after having picked up their children if they had seen Annie most answered in the negative, and now it was well over 2 hours since the school wound up and still there was no sign of her little Annie.
Meanwhile Danny's sister Mary too was crying as she walked home alone from the school, She had searched and searched for her little young brother who would have usually joined her after school and they would have both headed home together, hand in hand. Today, Danny was not to be found and a few inquiries that she tried at the school office only drew fiery glares from the teachers around. As she helplessly cried she was talking to herself repeating to herself through tears and saliva "Danny where are you? what will i tell Mom? Danny were are you?" a few parents who saw Mary crying, enquired and when they were told about her reason tried consoling Mary saying maybe Danny had walked home ahead of her, taking those words of consolation she started to slowly walk back home , alone.
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