Darkness of the truth

Chapter - 7(The Weird Man)

After the last school final programme on Christmas three weeks had passed. I thought I could not do those things but I was wrong.  I, actually we did a good job.  People liked our acting.  Well, that was good.  And I got my first friend.  We were not like best friends, we did not talk all the time but often we talked.  I have already said that I was not talkative. Any way, performances was good, everyone was happy. Dad and dada was surprised to know that I was in the leading character of the play.  Everything was good enough to forget about that incident happened to us.  I was happy..
One more year went down.  And we got busy in our daily business.  Dad gave us a proposal to go with him to Delhi.  Because of his pressure of work.  But me and dada,  we both did not wanted to leave the place.  So,  he did not force us.  Time was passing. Suddenly a break of happiness appeared in our lives. 
One Sunday morning, I was doing my homework in my room.  Suddenly dada called me to downstairs.  He said someone had come to meet me.  Well, I went down in the living room.  Then I saw a man, very weird looking.  I mean, he was inhumanly tall and weird.  He had a long black coat, a hat, a stick on his hand and most important, black sunglasses, which  never left  his eyes during the whole conversations. 
When I entered in the room the man smiled in a strange way. I don't know why but I was feeling very uneasy.  I couldn't understand but I was feeling that the man was going to kill us.  I saw him before, but where! When! How!  I could not recall. 
Something was happened in my mind, an unknown hesitation was working in me. 
He started introducing himself," Hello miss Bhattacharya!  I am J. J. Chowhan. I'm the owner of the 'MODERN THEATRE' . He stopped, because I asked a question.  I said "I saw you in the school. Are you in the school trusties??" He smiled again. " oh yes!  I am one of them. Actually I saw you in the drama, played in the last Christmas. Well now let me come to the point" I said "why do you wanted to meet me?" He said " yes!  I saw you performance. That was marvellous!  I like the way you act.  I really want to work with you.  Only if you don't mind, do you want to work for The Modern Theatre?"  He stopped.  That was unexpected. The school play was a mistake of situation. How could I explain that!  All that rehearsal days were headache for me. I could not do acting!  I did not want to work with him.  But that hesitation was still there. I could not understand what was going on!  I asked myself again and again, but got no answer.  I scared.  When he smiled, a fear appeared.  But why?  Why I could not bear him! I was thinking all these stuffs, he asked again "is anything wrong?" I said " no!  But I'm sorry!  I don't like to do acting.  I can't do that"  in that time dada suddenly said " I told you man!  I know her!  She don't like all this." I glanced at that man. He was quite.  After sometime he said "think again. You are going to take a wrong decision!"  I said again "I don't think Sir!  I can't do this. Sorry"  at last he smiled again said "oh it's OK. But you should think of it. OK.  Good bye!"  He left the house.  I was looking on the door. I was thinking about that man.  And that fear, I felt.  Suddenly dada asked "hey what happened champ? You are looking frustrated." I said "I don't know dada! But something was wrong.  I can't understand but I can feel that." he said "not to worry champ. We are here.  Nothing is gonna be bad!"  he smiled, me too.  I went back to my room.  But the fear never left me for the rest of the life. 
And that man was the first step of revealing of the darkest truth of me.  And that started following me from that day......