Forever Haunted

Just A Dream?

An unexpected thing happen in the dream. I was shivering with fear as I saw the same familiar guy I had known entered my hotel room. The guy sauntered towards me, who was still asleep on my bed and whispered softly to my ear,

"I am going to kill you one day. You rejected me and ignored me when everyone already knows about my feelings towards you. I am going to seek my revenge. I want your life, dear..."

He cracked into an evil laughter as if he won over me. I saw myself realising his presence and cried for help as he was approaching me with a sharp knife in his right hand and a medium-sized velvet box on his left hand. He shoved the box towards me and uttered sentences that sent a shot of shocked and dreadfulness throughout my body,

"All our memories"

He smirked and came closer to me. I cried my heart out, begging him not to kill me and apologising profusely. I was very afraid and scared. My vacation turned out to be a disaster. I was trying to stop him from stabbing me but I was feeling very weak due to the shakiness and the tendency to faint since I have hemophobia, fear of blood. I was worried that there might be blood shed during my trial to defend myself and that someone might get hurt. The thought of that triggered hemophobia symptoms to take over me. I was nearly faint when suddenly, I felt a throbbing pain at the left side of my stomach. I gaped with shock and pain as I saw that the sharp edge of the knife was safely embedded through my stomach. He was taken aback and I didn't know whether I was mistaken his tears of remorseful with the tears of laughter. Upon seeing a pool of blood emerged from my stomach, I fell down and blacked out.

Suddenly, I felt my back ached so much. I opened my eyes and I was lying on the floor beside my bed. I was confused for a second. Then, I realised that I was dreaming and that nothing bad had happened. I took a deep breath of relief and released a huge sigh. The guy really influenced me a lot past years and brought back lots of dark memories. I felt a little soothed to know that all of that was just a dream. I couldn't have imagined if it really happened in my real life. I got up from the floor and was about to get hold of my handbag when I saw the exact same medium-sized velvet box was placed beside it. My eyes widened with disbelief as I also caught the sight of the same knife on top of the box.

'What is this supposed to mean? What is happening? Am I going crazy? It was all not a dream but the guy really came into the room? How? Why..?' I was really anxious, dazzled and panicked all at the same time. My heart skipped a beat thinking that the guy might kill me anytime he wants. It was only that he still gave me chances to live that day that I have been able to live until now. I screamed and shed a lot of tears. I quickly packed up my things, deciding not to stay there anymore since I was alone and it was a risky choice to continue staying there. Nobody and even I couldn't predict what he would do next. I checked out of the room that particular day. Soon, I was heading towards my house full of fear and insecurities. The velvet box was still lying in my bed in the hotel room, later in the day and the contents were never known until now...