Enthralling Trails

The corner most row house in the housing complex had been lying vacant for quite some time. People were baffled by the rent the house owner quoted for it. It was not palatial but was an independent bungalow lying nestled amidst the numerous flats in the housing society. It was close to the security booth near the main gate. The backyard of the house had a large space which was close to the gate. The front end was on the inner end of the housing complex. One day, a you n g man, a local Politician moved into the house with his wife and two school-going kids. The man was middle-aged, dark, not very tall, he sported a beard and had long hair that fell on his shoulders. The lady was slender, slim and young-looking. They had a daughter who seemed twelve years old and his son nearly sixteen. They attended an English medium school whose school bus picked them on the road just beyond the main gate. The man drove a black Scorpio car and parked it inside the row house. Each day numerous people ca