The Teak Forest

Chapter 3

Veera

Present...

"YOU FOOL!" I screamed. "UGHH!" An ear-piercing scream escaped from my mouth. I dropped the gun and looked for a way to descend the cliff, Without thinking I grabbed a root of a nearby tree that was hanging down the cliff and climbed down holding it. It wasn't enough, I climbed back up and took out a rope from my vest and tied it tightly around the trunk of the tree, and started to descend the slippery rock.

Only I can kill her. Only I should kill her.

You should've shot her.
You should've shot her.
Life for a life.
Spare her, Veera
Her husband should suffer the same way you did.

The rope ended before I could reach the bottom, I hung around the rock and looked down. The rock was not that steep. I let my hand go and slid through the Bumpy rocks at high velocity. I thoroughly misjudged how much it would hurt.

The gun wound on my neck and shoulder began to hurt a thousand times more. Water, Water everywhere. I held my neck tightly as I swan around trying to find her.

You were going to kill her anyway.
Why are you trying to save her?
Are you falling for her?
Is she putting a spell on you?

I stopped swimming and wiped my face. Suddenly a thin yellow scarf landed on my face. I slowly removed it from my face as I looked up at the trees.

There. There she was. Wrapped around a tree hanging for her dear life. I swam towards the tree. She was unconscious blood dripped from her cherry-red lips darkening her already red lips.

Don't save her Veera.
She's going to burn the forest down.

Crack.

The branch fell along with her. Fortunately or unfortunately she fell into the water which saved her from the impact of her fall. I rushed to her, pulled her to a nearby rock, and gently rested her head on the surface. She was still breathing, and her flaming red dress was tattered here and there. I wrapped her yellow scarf around my neck and sat on a nearby rock as I waited for her to wake up.

What is this? What is she doing to me? Why can't I kill her?

Why can't you kill her?

How can I kill someone with no fear? I should see her experience the same fear that I witnessed. He should suffer the same way I did.

I screamed in frustration as I punched the water. I pulled back my wet hair and placed my hand on my thigh. I twisted my mustache trying to think. But I can't think straight.

"You can't kill me,"

These words repeated in my head over and over again. I shook my head and hit my head with my hands trying to shake off the voices.

I stared at her. I don't even know her name. I don't know anything about her. I didn't even get to see her husband, the man who inflicted misery upon my life. Fucking coward he was.

Her chest started moving up and down more fastly, her mouth began twitching and her eyes fluttered open. A bubble of water erupted from her mouth. She sat up and coughed out all the water. She was panicking. She started crying as soon as she saw me.

"Shut up. Stop crying," I scowled.

"I'm not crying," She said in a shaky voice as she wiped her face, "I'm not crying," She cried.

"Stop crying! My ears hurt," I scolded her. "swallow it, now," She eased the sobbing a bit. "get up and come with me," I got up.

"Find another woman to follow you blindly, aren't you ashamed of yourself?" She caught her breath. "You've abducted a woman like a coward! All the cuss words on earth were coined only for you," She screamed. The tears stopped flowing from her eyes, and I smiled in victory.