The Haunted House Mystery [COMPLETED]

CHAPTER 6: THE STORY UNFOLDS

The light from the candle slowly spread and we saw it was lit none other than Mr. Raghav himself.

But what about the sound of the crashing glass?!

He came and sat back where he previously sat with the same calm demeanour, as if nothing has happened.

I was about to ask him, when he cut me short.
"Don't think this sudden power cut was something mysterious or it has some involvement with those spirits. "

"Then what do we make of it?",asked a puzzled Viz.

"Look at your watch boy, it's 7:30",he smiled.

"Kerala State Electricity Board ",we sigh.

And that meant half an hour more in this darkness,which was reduced to a certain extent,thanks to that candle which was placed near the window,it's flame swaying to and fro,as if it might extinguish any moment.

"This... this same candle we..",I fell short of words.

"What's with that candle? "

"..we saw inside that house..",I completed my sentence.

"Well..everyone uses these candles,even the spirits use the same I didn't know!",he laughed,making a mockery of my statement.

Let it go.

"And what about that crashing sound?",we ask him out of curiosity (restlessness to be precise!).

"What crashing sound are you boys talking about?",he asked,his voice a bit cold.

Little drops of perspiration started forming on my head.
This can't be!

"You mean you didn't hear any crashing sound!?",Madhav shook in disbelief.

"Please now don't tell me that you boys heard that! ",his eyes were wide in shock.

"We did hear that sound Sir!",we exclaimed together.

Viz even stood up and pointed fingers to the direction from where the sound came.

"Sit down Vishnu..Relax! No one will harm you here..Now please take your seat.. Stop being so hyper!",he advised Viz.

And Viz did follow his words,and sat on his chair,albeit confused.

After some moments of thought, he spoke out, "This just means that the spirits have been invoked by you three. They have given you an indication ; and most importantly, a chance to back out. "

We listened in rapt attention,but we couldn't digest the last words by him.

"We are not gonna back out Sir. We are damn sure about this!",I made our intentions clear.

He was definitely not pleased by that.

"Ohk then! Your choice anyways! My job is to just say you what happened that night..I didn't want to say but I have no other option too..So..let me start now.."

We nodded in approval.

•••••••
20 to 25 years ago

It was an Amavasya night.
Time 2 am:

Complete Darkness.

I and my son,(who was here on his vacay) were deep in sleep when I heard a speeding car come to a sudden halt near the gate of my house.
Startled,I woke up and peeked through the window.

The Red Maruti 800 made it clear that it was none other than my dear friend Ashok.

We both were friends since childhood. Same school,and then same workplace. Later he started his own company based in Trivandrum and then he got busy with it. He just visits his residence twice a month. At the most thrice. And when he comes here,we spend quality time,discussing his business,how his fortunes changed in such a short span of time,how life was good in a city like Trivandrum,our good old days,about his son who was abroad and stuff like that.