Disturbed
(An investigative, romantic and psychological thriller)
By
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
While I am entering into my cabin in the office I am in the same happy and jubilant mood with which I have started at the home. That thought I am in love with George constantly keeping me in happiness. I am just going towards my chair to sit in but stopped. There is Nova sitting opposite to my chair and talking. I am feeling surprise observing her talking. I am looking to know whether she is talking with someone in cell phone. I am shocked finding out that she is talking in herself. Even she is talking in a low voice, it is quite audible to me.
“Nick. I remember what you said. Don’t worry about me. I came to a very good place.”
There is some silence. I am perplexed. I just cannot understand what is happening.
“Don’t come everywhere I go Nick. It is not good. I cannot talk with you all the time in this way. What madam thinks if she finds that I am talking like this with you?”
I don’t want to see anymore like that and walked fast. While I am slumping into my seat Nova startled. There is no surprise in her startling like that as I am little earlier on this day.
“With whom you are talking like that Nova?” I can guess with whom she talked until that moment but I want to hear it from herself.
There is embarrassment in her face. She hung her head.
“I have asked you some question Nova. Answering it is courteous.” I curtly said.
“I am talking with my husband madam.” Nova said with a small voice.
“But your husband died Nova. He is no more.”
“I am talking with his soul madam. He often comes to me as a soul and I talk with him.”
I am horrified on hearing that even I am expecting that is what Nova would say to me. Her husband died but he comes to her as a soul to talk with her! Is she is trying to make me a fool? How efficient she is in her work? How much I am admiring her? Why is she acting and playing like this with me?
“Nova, I am having a very good opinion on you. Don’t try to play jokes. Are you thinking that I believe if you say that your late husband has been coming to you as a soul to talk with you?”
“I am telling you the truth madam.” Now there is profound fear in the face of Nova. “Really my husband comes to me often to talk with me.”
“Then ask him to talk with me also. Then I do believe what you are saying with me.”
“No madam. No one else but only I can talk with him and see him. Even his own parents and children also cannot see him or talk with him.”
“Then you are only telling lies to me. I am not believing you Nova. You are trying to make me a fool. I am removing you from your job. You may go now.”
“No madam. Please.” Nova immediately got off from the chair and came near to me. She is in the process of falling on my feet but I stopped her. “Please don’t do such type of a thing. I ask my husband strongly not to come to the office and talk with me here. Without this job, my children and I have to be starved.”
“Still you are saying that your husband is coming here as a devil to talk with you and you are expecting that I believe you?”
“Oh, madam! How can I convince you? I am telling you the absolute truth.”
Now I am looking into the face of Nova and it is all quite confusing to me. Nova is having very good qualifications and she is indeed very clever. There is no necessity to her to tell me lies. But it is all very difficult to me to believe.
I am in the process of taking a decision and after few seconds saying. “Alright Nova. Don’t feel fear. You are not going to be removed from the job. Go and do your work.” Nova nodded her head and I remained looking at her retreating figure while she is going out from my cabin. I have to discuss this matter with George. If this Nova is suffering from some psychological disorder she needs treatment.
“George.” Expecting to hear the sweet voice of George I am saying into the cell phone. “Will you please come into my cabin for a moment?”
“Oh, sure why not?” I cannot say why but George’s voice is so sweet to me now a day.
“What do you want to talk with me Dazzle?” just in few minutes I am seeing George coming towards me. Now I am feeling different sort of happiness again.
“Did I disturb you from anything important George?” while he is sitting in the chair opposite to me I asked him.
“Not of course. There is no such important thing to me to avoid talking with you if there is a necessity.” With a smile on his lips George said. Does he forget completely about the yesterday’s incident? I am thinking. How did he take my kissing like that on his hand?
Looking into his face straightly I am explaining Nova’s behavior in my cabin. Looking into the perplexed expression of George I reclined in the chair. “What you are thinking George? Why that Nova is behaving like that?”
“Nova is very intelligent and quite useful to us Dazzle. I just cannot understand why she behaved like that in your cabin. Talking with her late husband? How it is possible?” there is surprise in his voice.
“Are not you believing in devils George?”
“No Dazzle. I am incapable to believe in such type of things.”
“Why? Are you sure that much there are no devils on the earth? There are no supernatural things at all?”
“No chance Dazzle. My education made me too logical and rational I just became incapable to believe in any such type of things.”
“Do you believe in god George?”
“Don’t ask me that type of questions which make me uncomfortable.”
“Why my question about belief in god makes you uncomfortable George? Tell me do you have belief in god or not?”
“I believe in god Dazzle. Then what?” George said
“If you do believe in god then why don’t you believe in devils?”
“What type of logic this is?” George smiled. “First tell me do you believe in god and devils.”
“Yes, I do believe in them both.” Now it is too much tempting to me to say about my experiences to George. But I am feeling embarrassed also to say all that to him. Before sharing that much intimate things with him I should share first about my love with him. May I do it now? But I just don’t know how to broach that subject now.
“Nova is appearing a clever and intelligent lady. I cannot think that she is imagining things like that George.” Hissing out heavily I said.
“This is surprising to me also. I cannot think of that she is a psychological patient. She needs treatment.”
“Viola.” I almost yelled. “How I have forgotten about her. I do tell about Nova to her. Viola surely can treat Nova.”
“But what you are going to say to Nova? That she is a psychological patient and your friend Viola treats her?”
Now I am considering that point and after few seconds pause I am saying “What is wrong? She is indeed a psychological patient and talking with her late husband is proving that. We convince her that she is suffering from some psychological problem.”
“Just now you have said to me that you do believe in god and devils also. Then why not you take it as Nova is really talking with her late husband?” with a mischievous look George asked me.
“My god, I don’t know what to say to this.” Now I am feeling irritation. “You tell me what should we do George.”
“We are not facing any problem with her work Dazzle. We just do observe her for some more days. If she behaves peculiarly in future also then we do think what to do with her.”
“Best Idea.” I am feeling enthusiastic and happy again “You are always giving me very good ideas George.”
“Thank you Dazzle.” The mischievous look is still in his face.
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“Nova is talking with her late husband?” after hearing me carefully Viola asked me. It seems to me whatever I may say to her that would not make her to feel surprise.
“She is quite normal in all other matters Ola. She is an excellent worker. She is having very good qualifications. But her behaving like this is perplexing to me. What you are going to say to this?”
“There is no rule that educationalists and intelligent people would not be subjected to psychological problems.” With firmness in her voice Viola said.
“So you have come to the opinion that Nova is suffering psychologically?”
“What else you are expecting me to say then? Agreeing that she is talking with her late husband?” with an irritating expression but a small smile on her lips, Viola asked me.
“But you said that you also believe in supernatural.”
“That does not mean I do believe in every incident like this.”
“If it is so then from what type of disease this Nova is suffering?”
“Need to be seen Dazzle. If you want I do talk with her. First know yourself whether that woman is ready to get treatment for this.”
“She is believing that her late husband is really talking with her. I don’t think that I can convince her that she is suffering from a psychological order. Then how can I make her agree to take treatment from you?”
“If it is so.” Viola hissed out heavily. “We have to wait for some more time. But I want to say something to you. Even however much efficient she may be, sometimes psychological patients prove dangerous to us. Be careful with her.”
Now I am feeling strange fear in myself. Am I going to face any problem because of this Nova? “Alright.” I am still looking into the face of Viola. “It seems that you are still thinking about something.”
“I am thinking about Williams.” Viola said
“What is there to think about Williams? And why should you think about Williams?” with a mischievous smile I asked her.
A frown gathered on the forehead of Viola. “We three grew up together Dazzle. I have intimated with him and he is a friend to me also. What is the surprise if I think about Williams?”
“There is no surprise whatsoever Ola. Moreover sometimes I really feel worry about him. I don’t want him to waste his life like that.” Now I am reclined in the chair, closed my eyes and breathed deeply.
“Yes, you are right. He is just wasting his time I am thinking. What he is really doing now? Don’t you have any idea?”
I opened my eyes with a snap and looked directly into the face of Viola. The concern in her face is amusing to me. Is there something between Viola and Williams? If it is so, it is indeed very good thing in my opinion.
“He never says anything direct to me. It seems that he is interested in something black magic, shadow world etc. You are so much intimated with him, cannot you get any information about what he is actually doing?”
“No” Viola nodded her head in negation. “I too could not be successful in gathering information from him with respect to what he is exactly doing. May be aunt knows something about what he is doing.”
“I am not thinking like that. I have discussion about Williams with aunt on more than one occasion. I think she too did not express anything about what he is doing at present.”
“Better we do ask him directly what he is doing.” Viola suggested to me.
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