Paranoid much?

ok. So there was this country where crime was extremely rampant. Newspapers report at least five robberies and carjacks in taxis alone at a daily basis. The thing is, no one could be sure whether it was the taxidriver or the passenger who was the criminal. As such, many people often carry guns or weapons for defence such as stinging sprays of even a hidden razor blade. Hailing cabs was a risky affair these days and even the taxidrivers are wary of who they pick up on the streets.

A man just knocked off from work had to rush for an appointment with someone somewhere. With no car, he had no choice but to take a taxi as attempting to board a public bus at a peak period such as this would be hell. So he hailed a cab and got in, telling the taxidriver exactly where he needed to go.

Sitting in the cab, flashes of numerous newspaper reports went through his mind as he suddenly recalled the recent brutal robberies in the taxis whereby passengers were killed after bring robbed. The man stole a glance at the taxidriver and realised that the taxidriver kept glancing back at him. Fear gripped him as wild thoughts began running through his head. What if that taxidriver wants to rob me? What if he wnats to kill me? What should I do?

All the while the taxidriver kept glancing at the man suspiciously and drove faster and faster. " He wants to rob me when we reach my destination. That must be it!"The man thought frantically.

upon, reaching his destination, the man took out a knife and prepared for the attack.

When the taxidriver turned around, he too was clutching a knife in his hands and pointed it at him shouting, "Don't move! If you do I'll slice your fingers off! I'll show you that I'm not a defenseless old man!"

Staring back at the taxidriver's pale, wide-eyed face, the man lowered his knife and heaved a sigh of relief feeling utterly mortified at himself for being so paranoid=D

A.N. There you go! Something with a happy ending.

-jiayi-