“Guys, I'm taking a break” i told my colleagues, and got out of my office. It was around 5 pm. I took the subway around the corner, as usual, to my favorite ‘bhai kadai’ on the other side. With no lights, the subway was quite gloomy inside, even during the day.
As an everyday scene, there was an old lady in dirty rags, with a stick and a cup, near the exit stairs. She usually stares at passersby, demanding money and i pay her ten rupees out of pity for her age... but today was different.
The old lady was on her mobile phone, talking to someone. She was furious. I walked past her like i hadn't noticed, but couldn't help hearing her yell, “Who asked you to take all the money from the account??”, she demanded on the phone, "I told you to withdraw only forty thousand rupees!”.
I almost forgot to take my next step. "What did i just hear?!" I turned around to see if it was really her talking. She was too occupied in her conversation to notice me. I turned away and walked out of the subway, dumbstruck. My mind's voice, "Even I don't have 40k in my bank account."
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