✔Endearment of Darkness (EoD)

1. I need you.

Dear Buddies,

As I said, I don't want to show my Cast but few of u asked for it. So here, I found Lilly Collins for this Brinda Leela Character. If u don't like it, then imagine your favorite ones 😊

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Vijayawada, August, 2016, 8.15 PM.

I'm numb.

There are no more tears left in my eyes to spill out, I exhale heavily looking at my footsteps, One... Two.. Three.. I just want to walk like this to hell and die but I couldn't.

I'm walking aimlessly to the bus stop, it will take me half an hour to reach my house. I was startled when a bicycle bell rang behind me, "Good Night Ma'm!" someone yelled. I look at him, it's my student. What's his name? I didn't remember, I gave a little nod to him. He smiles and drives away ringing his bicycle bell like a boy selling an ice-cream.

I am standing at bus stop now, waiting for bus no.222. My head is tucked down and my eyes are gazing at my toes, I can hear laughter of people around me. Few of those people are students, I would have been happy like one of those girls if not of him. I breathe heavily as to stop thinking about him now or I would break down here, in public. I lift my head with difficulty because I'm feeling dizziness so badly. I blink rapidly to see properly.

No, No you can't collapse here on road! There is nobody to take you home! Stay strong!

My inner voice is screaming, I swallow my nauseous feeling and prayed god to send the bus quickly. I breathed in relief when I saw bus to my route. Thank you Baba. I mutter internally and got inside.

It's another ten minutes walk to my house from bus stop, I'm not afraid of this neighborhood before but I am now. It's far away from the city, there are no much of houses here. Only four or five and I don't know anybody here, I know one woman whom I hate most. There is small grocery store beside bus stop, I need to buy few as I have nothing in the house to cook.

"Uncle, Dozen eggs." I mutter to the Uncle behind the counter. His face lights up looking at me and he smiles sadly at me.

"Here," He extends the cartoon to me, he would have started a conversation like before but he is not. I gave the change and started walking to my home. Empty home.

I unlock the door, but I groan internally when hear my neighbor calling for me. Stupid lady, I hate her. I want to ignore her, she is annoying as hell! I'm already getting headaches from my sleepless nights and my burning eyes.

"Leela? Is that you?" I hate when people call me as Leela and she knows it was me! Who else will unlock my door at this time? I want to yell at her but couldn't. She's in her 40's, she always sits at her front porch. She does nothing but watch people like a gawker. She is calling me again, I close my eyes to control myself and turn to her, "Yeah, Aunty?"

"You're late today." she says narrowing her eyes at me.

It is none of your business woman! She always does that, watching at which time we are coming and going out! I want to yell at her to stop doing that time checking thing but I controlled everything and masked my face. I answer politely, "I went to grocery store aunty." I say lifting my grocery bag.

She said Oh and nods, she smiles extending an envelope to me, "You got this at 4.25pm today, Leela. I don't want it to carry away in rain, so I took it from mailman." seriously? Rain?

Genuine version: I'm curious about what it is, so I took it.

I look at the address, it is from my college. I sigh looking at it and muttered a thank you and turned away from her. I smile remembering the name we gave to her. Mrs.Bean. She is quite amuses us sometimes and she is always ready with snake like ears for gossips. Biggest gossiper ever.