Quintessence of the evil

Chapter 4: Rise of the evil

Edlyn was happy to hear that shout! It was her grandmother.

"Edlyn, Edlyn are you alright? What happened? I heard you yelling and was frightened to hear you shout at this time!"her grandmother said taking Edlyn into her arms.

Edlyn was still in shock.

As fast as a hare, as brave as a bear

Her phone was still ringing.

"Are you alright?" questioned her grandmother once again. Edlyn gulped and took a deep breath, "I am alright granny."

"Why did you shout so loud? Was it a nightmare? and you are even sweating. Oh dear, was it that bad!" her grandmother enquired.

"Yes granny, it was a very bad night..... ¡¿¿¿" Edlyn's inner soul was not believing it as a nightmare. It was surely not a nightmare. I was wide awake. I saw someone and the insects; Noooo !!!! Her inner voice dominated. She could not supress it.

"Yes! It was a nightmare" she finally said. Why did you lie? It was not a nightmare and you know it for sure, and why exactly did you; Edlyn's inner soul was no more quiet.

"Poor child, you must have terribly frightened. Go back to bed now and take rest! Everything's going to be ok. Shall I leave now?"she said looking deep in Edlyn's face.

Edlyn did not want her grandmother to go away. She was worried that something might happen again. But she could not tell this and so she let her go.

After her grandmother left, she sipped some water and saw that her phone was flashing. She realized that she got a call few minutes back.

She took the phone and there was a missed call. It was Esther, her mother. Edlyn was thinking hard but was not sure what to do.

She did not want to call back because she had no answer if her mother questions her. So she locked the phone and went to the bed to sleep.

Edlyn was lying on the bed. She could not sleep. She continued to look at the wall. What was it? she questioned herself thinking about the incident.

She fell asleep thinking and did not know that there was being a rise of the evil.

Edlyn slowly opened her eyes and the clock was ticking 8 in the morning. It was so cold that she did not want to get up. After 5 minutes of struggle, tossing and tilting, she finally got up and went to the next room to use the washroom.

She brushed her teeth, washed her face and came to her room. She brushed her hair looking at the mirr ....

CRACKkk .......

The mirror fell of the wall and Ouch!! She accidentally stepped on the broken glass piece and quickly withdrew her leg.

She reached for bed and looked at her foot. It was bleeding red and she winced with pain. She went on and cleaned the wound. Edlyn looked at the broken mirror.

It was lying there destroyed and she could see her face in all the broken pieces. Edlyn saw the discomfort in her face. Something is not right she sensed.

She liked everything there in the farmhouse except the incidents which were happening with no reason. Poor girl! She did not know that they were the evil acts.

"Oh! You are awake! Your granny sent me to wake you up and the breakfast is ready. Come have..." her grandfather stopped as he noticed the broken mirror and looked at Edlyn's foot and gave a little shout.

"Oh dear, you are bleeding. Why didn't you call us ?" he said reaching for her foot. He examined "Stay here. I ll go get the kit from downstairs."