The memoirs of Purple-land princess: Chapter safety
So my dear blogging buds, today I present for you another
chapter from the life of our beloved princess of the marble palace fame. Yes,
you’re right. The same princess from the kingdom of purple-land. The fairest,
kindest and daintiest of them all.
So what happened is this. The princess had been sitting in
her palace all day and getting bored. Of course her entourage was around. Her
large swimming pool fitted with a heater was inviting. As was her spa with the
best Thai masseuses, her personal theater with deluxe luxury seats to watch
movies on a large hi-tech screen, her gymnasium fitted with the best equipment
and her garden with the choicest of fruit trees. But none of it excited her
today. Not even her favorite waterfall around the man-made cave or her bowling
alley on the top floor.
So our princess decided that she had to do something
different and exciting. She immediately called up her mother:
“What happened, my dearest sweetheart? How come you’re
calling me early morning today?”
“I just feel a bit restless today, mother.”
“Oh! What is the matter my dearest?”
“Nothing is the matter. I just plan to drive up to the
nearest beach today. I am just calling you to tell you about that.”
“Oh, ok. That is great, honey. I will come with you too.
Your father is busy in a cabinet meeting so he may not be able to join now.”
“No, no, please. I am going with two of my assistants and it
is going to be a girly trip. You won’t enjoy mother. Please relax, we will be
fine. I will keep calling you.”
“But…”
“Bye, mother.”
And with that the princess sat in her Audi with her two
dearest friends who also happened to be her assistants and off they went. The
weather was lovely today with a slight nip in the air. They kept giggling and
singing songs all the way as their trusted driver drove the car.
They reached the beach around lunch time and decided to have
a light meal under the shade somewhere. The princess, who despite being so rich
was actually a nice girl, helped the other two set up a little tent and all the
other things. Then they set out their picnic basket, seating mats, cutlery and
food. The little vegetable and cheese sandwiches, chicken salad, various fruit
juices and mushroom pasta were rounded off with Tiramisu. It was a fantastic
meal and by the time they finished, it was almost 4 PM. Since the sun had set
down a bit and it was alright to go out, the three decided to take a dip in the
pool. The plan was to swim a bit and then head back home by 6 PM to be able to
reach by 7:30 PM.
The water was cool and appealing. Thankfully, it was
relatively less crowded and they could let themselves free today. With the help
of a ball, a Frisbee and floating pads, the three girls were able to have a lot
of fun. They splashed water at each other, swam carefully till wherever they
could and had a rollicking time. After about an hour and a half they decided
that though they were in no mood to head back, perhaps it was a good idea to do
so. So they came out of the water and lied down on the beach for fifteen
minutes because they were just so tired of all the activity.
The princess reached her car that had been parked by the
side of the road across the beach at around 6:15 PM along with her two friends.
They looked around but their old faithful driver was nowhere to be seen. He had
been in the king’s service for around twenty-five years and he was never known
to default on his duties. The assistants called for him, walked around to look
for him and then they decided to call him on his phone.
Suddenly, to their shock they realized that they did not
have the phone! They started panicking and looking all over the bags but it was
nowhere. It was getting dark now and the situation was becoming darker too.
That was not the end of their worries. Once when a bright
light flashed from a car, they saw that the driver was asleep on his seat. But
why wasn’t he waking up? They knocked on his window many times but no response.
One of the assistants picked up a large stone and asked the princess if she
could smash the back window. The princess said ok because she was very worried
by now. They did that and then opened the driver’s door from inside. The other
assistant shook his shoulder but again no response. They sprinkled some water
on him and shook him violently and then, suddenly, he fell to one side. He was
dead. He had had a sudden cardiac arrest and had passed away when the three
girls were busy bathing in the sea.
Now the princess couldn’t take it any more and she started
crying. Seeing her, the other assistants who were dead scared by now and also
full of grief, started wailing too. The three just crashed on the sand there
with their things all around, none of them knowing how to drive, whom or how to
call about the driver or their situation, or basically what to do. At this point,
the princess suddenly noticed something. As if God had pitied them a bit, they
saw that their satchel was actually under one of the seats. So it was not left
behind, but had just fallen down while leaving from the car earlier. The
princess leaped up in joy. Still in tears over the fate of her trusted driver,
she picked the phone.
No, her woes had not ended. The phone was very low on
battery. She decided to swiftly dial her mother before the phone died. She
started dialing. 9-8-9-0-9-8-9-0-9------ and the phone died. She could not
believe her bad luck. She banged the phone. She swung it up and down to bring
it back to life but no luck. She wanted to scream, cry, break down, run to the
road to ask for help even though she knew it was very dangerous…
Her two friends collected themselves and tried to console
her now because they knew that the princess’ safety rested on them now. They
had to get help and take the princess safely back home now. they tried really
hard to think about what they could do now but their brains were jammed.
Stories about the shameful and disgusting incidents with women were all over
the news papers and this was the princess.
“Princess?”
They all turned around sharply at the voice. It was the
queen mother’s secretary.
“Princess, I just got here and I can see what has happened.
My car is here along with the driver. Please go with him. I will stay back
here, call up the palace about your driver’s unfortunate demise and make
appropriate arrangements.”
The three girls were speechless.
“But… uh…?” The princess managed.
“The queen mother was worried when you decided to go alone
but she did not know which beach you were going to. You were not answering the
phone too. So she told me to go check every beach in and around the kingdom.
Two other teams are also at checking out different beaches right now. This is
the third beach that I have visited looking for you…”
Hearing this, the princess broke down again. The traumatic
incident, the sudden danger, the unfortunate death everything flashed before
her eyes. She got up along with the other two girls and they went back to the
palace, shaken but safe.
“Princess…”
She looked back.
“Could you please call your mother? She is very worried. You
can use my driver’s phone.”
The princess nodded and started making the call. After that,
the secretary looked at them driving off. He knew what the princess was going
through.
He sighed and thought: “I wish she had Smart Suraksha with her."
He sighed and thought: “I wish she had Smart Suraksha with her."
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