The Dream

Chapter 18

I was completely shocked!! How does this person know each of my moves? From where is he keeping an eye on me? I was completely frustrated now. I was tormented enough for this week. I didn't want to be tortured anymore.
"Who are you? Why are you doing all this? I am completely worn down both physically and mentally right now. I don't even want to ask you how and why you did this to Jack now and please don't hurt any of my close ones! I have already lost Sarah! Please not anymore. I just want the answers to why has this been happening to me since 2 weeks."

I was very desperate now. I had tried every way possible to reach to the bottom of the matter, but seems I could never get past even the starting point. It felt like my life was going on in a loop. I really wanted to get out of this by hook or by crook.
"I see. You are so desperate now? I like it." The person on the other end sent out a loud laugh which was enough to scare me, because of that electronic voice.
"I'll give you one last clue. If you solve that you'll know who I am. I have started liking this game."

I was furious now!! He has made it into a game, where people have died, lives of many people have been ruined and he is treating this as a game. That bastard! I had to find him now and give him a piece of my mind. He continued with his clue...

"I am dead but I am not, You've seen me but you seldom thought,
I am far but I am near, So close that I can smell that fear. HAHAHA!!!"
He was right, as soon as he started with the clue my expressions changed from angry to curious to kind of scared... He was seeing them from somewhere...And it was a very uneasy feeling....
"Hahaha... I like that fear. Let's see if you can solve this clue and reach me.
I give you an hour to solve this, and if you don't, then after an hour you will be dead.
Run fast, solve the clue or you are dead and Robert along with you....
The clock is ticking Richie...tik tok..tik tok... Hahaha"
He hung the phone, while I was dead scared now. My hands were shivering and I was running out of breath. I was cold!
I have seen what he can do and he might as well actually kill me and Robert in an hour. I had to be quick to solve this.

The first line of his clue was I am dead but I am not...
And who is this person whom I've seen but not thought about.
What could that possibly mean.
Is this again some kind of diversion tactics and is he actually thinking of something else? Is he trying to mislead me? But it didn't seem like the case...

I thought a lot and only one thing came to my mind. In this case there are two people who are dead, Mark and Sarah Jacobs. I couldn't help but think about that. This had to bear a connection with them, or was he trying to throw me into a maze again?
I quickly made some phone calls, and tried to gather as much information about the Jacobs' family as I can.

I tried digging deep into their information, public or private. There had to be something hidden there. I had a gut feeling that it definitely had something to do with this case. I went back to their childhood information as well.
While I was reading their childhood information, there was something that caught my eye. It completely blew my mind!!!
"This is it!! I am sure this is it!! That fucker is going to pay for this!!"

I was all set and I definitely knew that the call was on its way, because that bastard was watching me all this time and he definitely knew that I know who he is now.
I was sitting near the landline, waiting for it to ring, so that I could take him down.
The phone started ringing and I picked it up on the first ring itself.
"You bastard! How can you do this to your own family! I know who you are!! Mr. X !!! Or should I say Joe Jacobs?"
"Oh I love it when you are angry. You look funnier that way...
Well you know now that I am Mark's twin brother Joe. But I am sure you are curious as to why did I do this? You are stupid afterall. Come and meet me alone, and I'll tell you everything."

"And why do you think I will come alone? Now that I know who you are, I am taking you down, fucker!! You will pay for everything! I have the upper hand now. I am coming with my team and taking you in! It's over!!"
"Oh you will come alone and you know why? Because Jessica is with me.... Hahaha...
You better come alone, or well, face the consequences! Now choose! Meet me in an hour"
He gave me the address and hung the phone.

"Ahhh..." I let out a furious roar. That man is always a step ahead of me. It feels like I am always playing into his hands.
But now I had no options. I had to go and meet him because he held Jessica captive
Or so I thought....