Haunted By Unknown

41. kill

January 16th, 1992

It had taken a long time for me to reach you. These three months you have been ignored while I was constantly bothered by everyone. Funny thing is that I feel different now. I am not the same girl anymore. My ex best friend made sure to kill a part of me though it must be a failure to her.

I used to think she had mistaken me. She was misunderstanding me but I didn't think in other way. I did not expect her to be insane or I did not expect her being too stubborn and want things as her wish. I am really stupid to make friendship with a crazy woman!  How can I rectify that mistake?

I used to go to home with her. I used to share my secrets with her. She knew all about me but what can I do? An insane can't think properly. Can't understand correctly. It was my mistake to go with her to home everyday. It is surely my mistake not to run quickly from her. You must be probably thinking I'm crazy. I will explain what happened on that day.....

As usual I was coming to home with vinnu. She took a different path to avoid the stalker. But he followed us. I quickened my speed but vinnu stopped making me stop with her. The stalker brought a bouquet with red roses and came to us. I begged her to move but she didn't acknowledge me. I felt like I'm speaking with the wall. How ironic it is!

The stalker stood in front of us and presented the bouquet to vinnu. I thought he would give me but he spared to give me heart attack and gifted it to the girl beside me. She took the bouquet stunning me. All my family and her family knew she loves gopi. So I did not understand why she smiled at him. How can I know what she was thinking then? I was too innocent to notice her blazing anger.

He proposed her saying he is crazy about her. Crazy of her smile. Crazy of her attitude. He said he was following us since seven months and still couldn't reach her. He blabbered a lot but suddenly vinnu took out a knife and sliced his neck. The stranger fell down making huge attempts to breathe properly. Blood rushed out from the wound making me freeze at my position.

"This is your punishment to follow a married woman. You must be happy for my gift. Isn't it a beautiful gift? Isn't it nandu?" Vinnu asked me. I looked at her without blinking my eyes.

She then grinned and sliced his skin repeatedly though the person was already dead. Why would she stop?  She doesn't know the difference between dead and alive people. And she is insane. So she did not stop till few of his parts got chopped off. Seeing all of it I screamed not knowing I shouldn't do that. I don't know her rules then or I knew them now.

She stood up with her stained butcher knife. The blood dripped from it making me fall onto the ground.

"What did you do vinnu? H-how can you do this! " I said.

"it's not a big deal. But I haven't finished giving punishment nandu" vinnu said turning towards me. I was too naive and too dumb to understand her. So I told her I did not get the meaning behind her words. She gave me an explanation which I had never expected to hear nor was I capable to think like her.

"This boy is following us because of you. Because you want men following behind you. It is because of  your behaviour he proposed me. No boy has proposed me till now! Do you know how much gopi is hurt! Do you know what he is going through!" Vinnu yelled at me. I was dumbstruck to hear her.

"And you are disturbing me when I'm executing the punishment. How dare you! " she yelled again.

"You should be punished. You should be punished. You should be punished! "  she repeated scaring me. I got up from the ground and ran. But she followed after me frightening me more. 

I ran ran till I fell down on the rough ground. I had injuries on the elbows and right knee but I did not stop and ran away. After fifteen minutes I saw my home. With hopes bubbling in my heart I ran thinking I can save myself.

But this time she reached me and pushed me onto the ground. I turned back to see her raise the knife in air. Not knowing what to do, I just covered my face with my right hand. Then I felt her knife slicing my right arm horizontally. I yelped in pain.

"You shouldn't have screamed my dear. I thought to give you less punishment because my brother likes you. Poor girl. Now you will end up like that boy...." she said with big eyes and big smile. I was about to beg her to stop but prithvi came out of nowhere and hit her hardly on her head. She fell down making no noise.

Prithvi took me to the hospital and got me treated. By the time we reached the hospital, I've lost so much blood it nearly broke his heart. Now I'm in the mental hospital writing this to you. I wished we were in different room but prithvi designed the room so well I could hardly hurt him anymore.

You must be questioning why I'm here right? I told you that I have changed. Having such a near death experience frightened me a lot. Whenever I switch off the lights I see vinamra trying to kill me. So I leave the light on and the administration never complained about it. I wish I could be normal but vinamra is making me difficult. She is trying to strangle me whenever I wake up from a bad dream.

I feel like she's stalking me but all tell that it is just my illusion. I hope they are true....

Sampath got a call and answered it. He didn't expect to hear it from arjun's mother.

"Give the phone to arjun. It's important!" Jyothi said.

"What is it aunty?"

"Samyuktha has left the house!"

"What? " sampath screamed. Arjun took the phone and asked what happened.

"She got possessed arjun. We thought to separate them but she killed the baba and left!" Jyothi cried while she explained him. Arjun did not expect that Samyuktha was possessed nor the ghost inside her to kill people.

Author's note:

I know you are disappointed of short chapter but I have viral fever especially with body pains. It is not allowing me to type another chapter. Sorry for that.

So tell me where could samyuktha go to? I don't know that she has a special place to return. Tell me your ideas regarding her place. See you soin with thrilling chapter. Let's hope you don't get my fever reading this chapter. Bye....