Year 1993
7th February
Time flies fast when you are happy. But when you are exhausted, scared, lonely time stops. Clock gets slower. Everything seems dull. This one month was a hell of a month. Everyday I went to university but nobody talked to me. They all looked at me with an accusation in their eyes. Whenever I passes by anyone I feel like I am the only criminal left on earth. I guess jail would have been a better place than my university.
At university
Nobody talks to me. I don't want anybody in my life. I was always alone. I never had friends. So I don't need them. I am used to of living alone.
Someone from behind calls me. In this one month for the first time somebody took my name.
"Harry? You?" I ask
"Hey killer. What's up? Hope you are enjoying your days" he replies with a smirk
"What did you get doing all this?" I ask
"Peace" he replies
"Peace huh? You call that peace?" I ask
"Look I have got no personal issues with you . its just that I had doubt on you from the very first day." He replies
"Really ? I ask
" yup and I wanted that innocent guy to get justice you see" he replies
"Yeah yeah!!!! I am so proud of you Harry! I mean you make the whole mankind proud. So where were your humanity when you saw me killing him?" I ask with a laugh
" I left that at home. But the next day I brought it" he laughs.
"So what if this whole scenario happens with you?" I ask being gentle
"This won't happen with me. You know why? Cause I am not a killer" he replies
"All the best for your future" I reply
"For what?!" He ask
"Okay Mr. Harry it was a nice conversation with you" I reply
At 2:30 pm
I am going towards the library. At this time library is always free. No one goes to library at 2:30. I think its the best time to read books and enjoy my own company. I go inside the library. The whole library is empty. Nobody is here. I take out a book from the shelf and take my seat and starts reading. I get a weird sound as if the books just fell from the book shelf behind me. I look back. I get up from my seat and walks backwards. I go there and find harry killing Veronica.
"Harry?!" I ask shouting his name
Harry shivers. Harry hitted Veronica with a hard wood like thing. The moment he looked at me the wooden stick fell from his hand.
"Ro..se" he stammers
"You killed Veronica? You killed my friend. I am not gonna spare you harry. I will tell everybody." I shout
" rose rose listen to me look it is not what you are thinking " he replies being scared
" I am not thinking anything I just saw you killing my friend" I fume in anger
"I can explain !!!!!!!" He pleads
" I am calling everyone " I reply
"Rose please no I beg of you" he replies
I shout and people comes here. Everybody asks what happened here.
I tell them" I saw harry here. Call the police"
With in half an hour police arrives
The police asks me " miss rose please explain what did you see?"
" I was in the library I heard a noise behind me I went there and I saw Veronica dead" I reply
Harry is here. He is scared as hell.
"Did you see the killer" cops ask
"No" I reply
Saying no I look at Harry's reaction it was more horrible. He was shocked.
"But your classmates were saying you saw Mr. Harry" the cops adds
"Yeah I saw him there but didn't see him killing" I reply
"Okay we are going to investigate this case" the cop replies
The cops leaves. Principal arrives and says " our university is one of the reputed universities. Why are you all trying to defame our university. I don't know who killed Veronica. But now I am answerable to her parents. What am I going to answer. I just hope the real killer gets punished. The last month one of our students got murdered. And somebody framed miss rose. I just want our institution to be a safe institution. Please stay safe everyone. Stay in a gang. We don't know who the murderer is. Please and let's get united" he completes his speech and leaves
Everyone leaves the place and about to leave but harry calls me
"Rose? Why did you save me?" He ask
"Harry my intention and motive is not to punish you" I reply
"Then what is your intention?" He ask
" I want you to punish yourself. I want you to suffer. I want you to suffer because of guilt. You know they says guilt is a kind of suicide. It kills you. I forgive you. And my forgiveness will make you insane " I reply
