Side Effects of Infatuation

A few days later, when Dip was thinking of resuming office, his mobile phone rang twice. He looked at the number and scoffed, “Yes, Dip, the kidnapper, speaking.”


     “So you confess that you’re a kidnapper?” a girl’s voice rang. 


     “Yes.”


     “Could you kidnap once more?”


     “Girl or boy?”


     “Girl.”


     “No problem. Who is the girl?


     “Unwilling to disclose her identity.”


     “Okay. Why does she wish to be kidnapped?”


     “There is no other way for her to meet you.”


     “Does she really want to meet me so earnestly?”


     “She is dying to meet you!”


Side Effects of Infatuation includes heart-rending tales of poverty, unemployment, underhand treachery, rank superstitions and, above all, infatuation in the guise of love churning hearts.