The Night My Wife Was Almost Attacked

My wife tells the story of a terrifying experience she had as a young lady in India. She is coming home with her mother on the bus. Why her father isn’t around, I cannot recall and it doesn’t matter. They are alone. It is late.

A man on the bus starts eyeing my future wife. She avoids eye-contact but she can feel his stare. Eventually they get off and begin to walk home. Then they notice that this man has just gotten off at the next stop. He starts walking briskly towards them. They walk faster and he walks even faster. Their home was not far- just a quarter of a mile further. But my mother-in-law-to-be decides to take an auto.

They get in the auto and begin to move when the strange man runs and shouts at the auto to stop! The auto brakes. Her mother shouts frantically, “No, keep going, keep going!” The auto takes off just before the strange man comes.

What was the strange man thinking? Was he really going to attack three people in an auto? Maybe. My wife will never forget it.