01-01-2023, 06:00 AM
She checked the time and it was almost 9:50PM. Not knowing what to do she slowly slipped into the dark alley and immediately hit her knee against something. Once her eyes got used to the dark she realized there was broken glass everywhere. There were some boxes and some metal objects lying around.
She carefully navigated around those objects and ended up on the other side of the alley. It lead straight to the back side of the wine shop. There was only one dull bulb glowing and there were a couple of tress and a lot of big boxes, metal drums and other objects. She could see workers carrying boxes from there through a narrow lane. She could not see where they were taking those boxes.
She waited till those men went around the corner. She quickly moved and hid behind a large drum. It was really dark there and so no one could notice her.
While the men were carrying them, the boxes were making clank sounds. She figured they would contain bottles of alcohol.
She wanted to pick a few and make her way back to her flat but there was on guy who stayed back to guard the boxes. So she could not make her move. She waited there hoping that the guy would also leave but he did not. The men started to come back for more boxes to move. When she noticed all men made it to the back of the shop and started taking a break by lighting cigarettes and making small talk, she slowly moved towards the narrow lane through which they were transporting those boxes. She ended up in a shady open space, not very big but well hidden. There was a small truck there and they were loading those boxes into that.
She stayed hidden for a bit and looked around. She could not see anyone, so she assumed there was nobody there. She was about to stand up and run towards the truck when she heard someone talking. She stayed hidden and looked in that direction. The sound was coming from yet another narrow lane from there. She could barely see it.
She moved from that location and slowly walked to another dark spot behind the trees from where she could see the other side of the narrow lane.
She could see that big trucks and cars were passing by. She figured that the narrow lane lead to some large road. Still it was all dark with tall trees and poorly lit places.
She could see movement and then realized there were some women walking around. There were some parked vehicles. The men who were talking earlier where standing there and were talking to those women. Ruby could not figure out what those women were doing there.
She was now absolutely sure that the vehicle is left un guarded. She slowly came out of the place she was hiding in and walked toward the truck. She could not reach the boxes and so slowly climbed the back of the truck and started going through the boxes. They were tightly sealed and so Ruby was having tough time opening them.
She managed to open one box and soon realized there were beer bottles in it. She got a sense of victory but soon heard the voices of men carrying more boxes approaching the vehicle. She was frightened to death. She realized it was too late to get out of the truck as they would see her.
So as a reflex, she hid behind a pile of those boxes. Soon the men started loading more boxes into the truck. Luckily they did not get into the back. After almost 20 minutes, it all went silent. Ruby thought it was their break time. She quickly got up and looked around. She could not find anyone. So she quickly picked two beer bottles from the box she managed to open and slowly started to move to the end of the truck. She was about to get down when she heard a man moaning.
She peeped out and noticed that the two men she saw talking to those women were standing there on the side of the truck and were making those noises.
She carefully navigated around those objects and ended up on the other side of the alley. It lead straight to the back side of the wine shop. There was only one dull bulb glowing and there were a couple of tress and a lot of big boxes, metal drums and other objects. She could see workers carrying boxes from there through a narrow lane. She could not see where they were taking those boxes.
She waited till those men went around the corner. She quickly moved and hid behind a large drum. It was really dark there and so no one could notice her.
While the men were carrying them, the boxes were making clank sounds. She figured they would contain bottles of alcohol.
She wanted to pick a few and make her way back to her flat but there was on guy who stayed back to guard the boxes. So she could not make her move. She waited there hoping that the guy would also leave but he did not. The men started to come back for more boxes to move. When she noticed all men made it to the back of the shop and started taking a break by lighting cigarettes and making small talk, she slowly moved towards the narrow lane through which they were transporting those boxes. She ended up in a shady open space, not very big but well hidden. There was a small truck there and they were loading those boxes into that.
She stayed hidden for a bit and looked around. She could not see anyone, so she assumed there was nobody there. She was about to stand up and run towards the truck when she heard someone talking. She stayed hidden and looked in that direction. The sound was coming from yet another narrow lane from there. She could barely see it.
She moved from that location and slowly walked to another dark spot behind the trees from where she could see the other side of the narrow lane.
She could see that big trucks and cars were passing by. She figured that the narrow lane lead to some large road. Still it was all dark with tall trees and poorly lit places.
She could see movement and then realized there were some women walking around. There were some parked vehicles. The men who were talking earlier where standing there and were talking to those women. Ruby could not figure out what those women were doing there.
She was now absolutely sure that the vehicle is left un guarded. She slowly came out of the place she was hiding in and walked toward the truck. She could not reach the boxes and so slowly climbed the back of the truck and started going through the boxes. They were tightly sealed and so Ruby was having tough time opening them.
She managed to open one box and soon realized there were beer bottles in it. She got a sense of victory but soon heard the voices of men carrying more boxes approaching the vehicle. She was frightened to death. She realized it was too late to get out of the truck as they would see her.
So as a reflex, she hid behind a pile of those boxes. Soon the men started loading more boxes into the truck. Luckily they did not get into the back. After almost 20 minutes, it all went silent. Ruby thought it was their break time. She quickly got up and looked around. She could not find anyone. So she quickly picked two beer bottles from the box she managed to open and slowly started to move to the end of the truck. She was about to get down when she heard a man moaning.
She peeped out and noticed that the two men she saw talking to those women were standing there on the side of the truck and were making those noises.
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