Storizen – July 2019

STORIZENCONTRIBUTE

JULY 2019 STORIZEN MAGAZINE | 41

Denied

The train was almost there, yet
Tanya had to close the
distance of 50 metres in one
minute. She picked up her pace
and dashed ahead, something
bumped onto her legs, she
didn’t want to lose a second
and kicked that thing away from
her path. She closed the
distance and just in time
boarded the train before the
doors closed in on her.
She was headed to the next
suburb for a short shopping
spree, Lia needed a smock for
her art class and it was urgent.
After gathering herself together,
Tanya decided to fish out her
cell phone to browse the
options she had at the
shopping centre. Her hand
dipped inside her coat pocket,
where she knew she always
kept her phone, but her fingers
closed on nothing. Alarmed,

by Suparna Rijhwani

Photo by Vladislav Nikonov