“Yes Malee. Where are you? I’ve been trying to look for you.” said Mary in a worried tone. Malee explained to her what had happened and added that someone else was with her too. Mary sighed and understood what she had to do. She asked for the name of the name of the man in office attire and put down the phone.

Not long after, there was a ringing from the mobile phone and it was picked up by the man in the office suite. He walked away to the corner of the room and nodded several times before returning to them.

“You can all leave from the backdoor, but that girl and her friend follow me.” said the man, pointing to Malee. Clearly, he wasn’t told who her “friend” was by the commissioner.  Malee nodded and pulled George up from the chair and followed the man. The rest were led out of the room by the policeman, back to the same lift that they had come up in. They looked back to Malee in frightened looks but Malee knew they had nothing to be frightened of. The phone call was apparently from the highest level of the police just like what happened to her and George years ago.

“I don’t know who you are but my orders are to send you to the bus stop opposite the station. ” said the man as he tried to catch his breath while coming down the stairs. Malee said nothing. They reached the basement soon after and they were led to a private car, shielded by darkened glasses and left the carpark in a hurry. The car went around the building and made a sudden stop at the bus stop far from the busy side of the police station.

Malee could see trucks coming into the station with protestors in them, along with the military and the police. It was just as well that she had the photo with her. She couldn’t imagine what would happen if she didn’t take that photo during the ceremony. Soon, another car arrived at the bus stop and a man in a dark glass and wearing a large hat stepped out of the car.