Coffee and Mystery

Last night I slept late because I was making a presentation for a project. I was determined to finish that project before I went to sleep and I made it possible. It was approximately 3.00 a.m. when I went to sleep. As a result, I woke up a little bit late. I didn't notice I missed my alarm. Maybe I was very tired which can be a possible reason behind it. I was in a hurry and I rushed for my office. I was approximately 10 minutes late to reach my office. After doing some official work the time of presentation came. I try my best to make the presentation interesting. After completing it my boss praised me and said "You have done a good job. I am satisfied with your work". Indirectly my boss gave me a sign of promotion also. I was very happy and my other colleagues started to praise me for the awesome presentation.

Everything went very well but I started to feel a little bit sleepy. Then I realized that I forgot to take my regular coffee in the morning. So I went outside and visited a nearby coffee house. It was my favorite coffee house because the taste of the coffee seemed special to me. Except for holidays, I visit there every day and every one of the coffee houses is very familiar to me and they are very friendly to me. Each time I went there and ordered strong hot coffee. As a regular customer, they knew my taste very well and they knew what I wanted. So I didn't need to tell them what I needed. I just go there, sit at a table and the barista makes my coffee and serves it to me. At that time I used to say hi also. I really liked it very much because I don't need to say anything and I am getting the thing which I want and I have become used to that system. This time I was also expecting the same thing but today was different.

When I sat at a table and waited for my coffee, I saw the barista appear to me. I was expecting coffee to come with him like on regular days but unfortunately, I haven't seen the cup of coffee which surprised me a little bit. After a welcome greeting, he said "Sir, what kind of drinks do you want to order?" I was totally shocked to hear that because it was unexpected for me. I replied "Can't you recognize me? Don't you know what I take in every day?" The barista again said "Sorry, sir. I think you are mistaken because I joined there recently." So I needed to manually order my strong hot coffee. And within some minutes coffee was served to my table.

The taste of coffee was the same but while I was taking coffee, I started to think about what was happening here. And why the barista refused to recognize me. Many things were going on in my little head and I started to feel a little bit uncomfortable and I was feeling like I was a stranger there. My detective mind became determined to solve the mystery.

I started to observe everything carefully especially the movement and eye contact between the staff of the coffee shops. Their eye contact gave me a suspicious feeling and my gut feeling saying something was wrong there. I felt everyone was afraid for some reason. I was finding some clues to find out the reason. Suddenly I noticed the person who was sitting beside my table and I have seen a pistol hiding under the table. I became afraid and immediately wanted to leave the place without finishing the coffee. But that person blocked my way and said "It seems you are in a hurry. Take your seat and finish the coffee. I have been waiting for you for 4 hours. You can't go easily from here."

I understood that person waiting for me since morning and when they noticed his gun he threatened them and asked them showing my picture for confirmation. I don't know why that man said to me how he was doing from the morning and why he wanted to kill me. It was understandable why the barista refused to recognize me. It was for the safety of life.
The man pointed the pistol at my head and I was going to die without knowing the reason what I had done. The person triggered the pistol.

My body was shaken and I noticed I was still alive and I was sweating a lot. I didn't find the person in front of me. Immediately the barista came to me and said "Any problem, Sir? Is everything okay?"
Then I realized that I slept in the chair and I was dreaming about whatever I encountered. My coffee was served earlier but it became cold. So I ordered another one and after taking coffee I left the coffee house and felt relieved.