Suddenly the lips of the thing quivered and I clearly heard it say 'Go back home. You still have time to save your wife and daughter.

I got my first shock when I touched the doll. It felt warm .. like the warmth of a living body.

As I rang her school's number, my worst fears seemed to come true. The class teacher said that Isha had not turned up that day.

Suddenly something crawled up her legs .. pairs of tiny feet scurried past her thighs .. waist; pulling along a thick, rough weight of fur.

The ankles and boots stood still now. Seconds seemed like hours as the only sound which could be heard were his heartbeats.

At times they look into his eyes earnestly and seem to ask 'Can you love like us?'

Soon they became friends on facebook and exchanged their Whatsapp numbers.

Sometimes it becomes difficult to go back to where you left years ago and then quite impossible to return back again.

Samir looked up at his wife and saw tears in her eyes, discovering the dark circles under them for the first time.

'Some gifts are to be treasured for life and never used'.