Ashwin was on his bed beside Aarohi completing his presentation for meeting next day. Aarohi was sleeping besides him. He glanced at her and smiled removing a lock of hair that threatened to block her breathing. He kissed her on her forehead and whispered "Sweet dreams my love". He was about to complete the presentation when his phone rang. He checked the screen and found the number to be unknown. He took the call.
"Hello"
"Hello" A broad and hoarse sound resonated through the speaker. The voice was of a man.
"Who is this?"
Silence
"Hello, are you there?"
Silence.
He cut the call. Probably some wrong number.
He set back to work. Again, the phone rang. The same number again.
"Hello"
"Hello". This time it was a voice of a child. A sweet voice that could've melt the heart of a demon. But it had a strong hue of sorrow and suffering.
"Who is this?"
"My name is Amit" was the reply.
"Hello Amit. How are you?" he asked sweetly. Although he was a stranger but he was a child after all.
" Its cold bhaiya(brother)"
"Where are you Amit?"
Silence.
"Is this some kind of a joke?"
Silence
"Hello?!"
"Bhaiya. Would you pay us a visit?"
" We are lonely and very cold".
" Where are you from beta(son)?"
Silence
"Are you there beta?"
Silence.
"Beta are you there?"
A sharp shrilling noise came through the reciever. Ashwin felt it would burst his ear drums. He hurriedly cut the call.He decided the day for the end and went to sleep.
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"Aaassshhhwwiiinnn!!".. A deep cry resonated in Ashwin's ears.
"Aarohi!. Aaarroohhiii!!" cried Ashwin as he rushed towards his love who was hanging with bare hands at the edge of the cliff. Aswin reached his hand out and pulled Aarohi up. They were still standing at the edge of the cliff. Ashwin held her tightly in his arms.
"Thank God. You're okay"
Aarohi smiled.
"Let's go home" he said.
Juat as he turned around to walk, he tripped and fell right down into the cliff. Everything was in darkness.....
Ashwin woke up startled in his bed. His mouth tasted metallic. He gulped down a glass of water kept beside his bed and went back to sleep.
YOU ARE READING
The Orphanage.
AventuraSitting in the midst of the deep hills of Himalays stands an orphanage. It looks menacingly dark at the first view, a shadow of what it harbours in the inside. "Bhaiya, we missed you. Where had you been?" asked a child who he never remembered he had...
