" Tadda " Ramesh yells on my face ," How was my magic trick , hmm ? What ? " He looks at my face , scared and confused ," You really thought I was about to kill myself , na .. that's too boring old people do that " Then he laughs and jumps off the bed , he looks at me struggling to say something but can't because of my condition so he provides me a pen and copy ," Just don't ask silly questions like why and what was my purpose of doing this . A little surprise, even I have no idea why i did that "
' You were my only friend '
I wrote down on the paper" Don't be dramatic and please don't make me feel guilty "
' Reason ? '
He laughs lighting up his cigarette ," Naaz ... look there are things beyond our understanding "
' But you were in love with me ? '
" And what you did ? Huh ? What you did " He yells soo hard that his saliva jumps out of his mouth ," You abandoned me for an outsider , YOU ABANDONED ALL OF US ... "
' All of you ? '
" Don't pretend like you don't know shit about it , and all this drama ... you're a real fucking actor "
' ? ? ? '
" What now ? "
' Who are others ? '
" Seriously , you think it it is funny ? Is this some kind of a joke or your little fantasy world game ... okay ? hmm tell me , which character am I playing today ? Hmm let me guess .... a rapist , right ? I nod my head ," Naaz , if I am the rapist then why is your father's dead ? "
' You killed him '
He laughs and moves around in circles and claps his hands ," Woah , wait let me record this one ... I think it's really interesting ... so naaz you think I allegedly killed your dad ? Huh ? Is that it ? "
' Yes '
He wisperes quietly to me , even tho there was no one in the room ," You have never ceased to suprise me " Then he stops recording the camera
' You're a monster '
" Yes . Yes I am .... maybe it's the only way to save you and me now "
' ? ? ? '
He comes closer to me and holds my hands ," I loved you , I loved you for every moment of my life and I just couldn't bear to let you go " Tears falls off from his eyes ," you were my first and not quite surprisingly my last love ... I kept coming for you again and again and again ... trying to tell you how much I was in love and one day , I found you in another man's arms ... " He kisses me and continues ," There was only one way left for us to unite and you know what ... it's going to happen real soon ... once the ritual is done , our souls will be united forever " He ties up a piece of clothing to his stomach where I tried to stab him ," You were really impressive with this one "
' Why you killed my dad ' he doesn't responds so I throwed the paper on his face
" He was a dead man already .... I saved you from the curse "
' What curse ? '
" You wouldn't believe me but I have no one else to talk to ... so ... supposedly once upon a time and lady and a man kept waiting for something but it never arrives , one day the lady out of frustration yells at the God ,' Whyy ? ' and no one responded , so she turned her back to her and tried to get the thing by herself but she failed .... she failed in something and that's where her family get to know about it and kills her ... in frustration she curses the whole family but don't worry it is gone now ... as told by the priest I did what I had to remove your family's curse ... he said that to remove the curse I had to latch it upon myself by getting me closer to you by any way possible and also by cutting off half of your tongue " he opens the drawer and picks up my half tongue and started lighting it up with his lighter ," The curse of the silence is gone , forever and ever "
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The Cursed Silence
Mystery / ThrillerNaaz returns to her ancestral village with her fiancé, Amit, after her beloved aunt's death, hoping for a peaceful reunion with her estranged father. However, the homecoming quickly turns dark. Strange rituals, eerie deaths, and whispers of black ma...