Disturbed
(An investigative, romantic and psychological thriller)
By
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
“Oh, if it is so why you are keeping it as a secret? Tell me who he is?” Menaka got off the chair, came to the bed and sat beside me. “Who is that lucky guy?”
“George. I think I have introduced him to you in the office.” Remembering how I introduced Menaka to George on this day, I said.
“Yes. You did. He is indeed a handsome person. Quite a match for you. How much aged he is now?”
“Just forty four.”
“Forty four? He is not appearing like that. I thought that he may have some thirty two or so of age.” There is real surprise in the face of Menaka.
“He is managing himself to appear like that. But his real age is forty four years.”
“Then he is surely quite old for you.”
“But I am in love with him a lot. I have committed so strongly to marry him.”
“Then it is okay. Once you are in love with him that much, there is nothing in it to object.”
&&&
“This is my dad’s library. He has got all sorts of books here. If you are a vivid reader of books you can find all your favorite ones here.”
“I must say that I am a vivid reader of books.” Observing the books in the rows there Menaka is saying. “Was your father used to have that much of time to read all these books?”
“Never, I never found him reading any of these books. He was always busy in reading something related to our businesses. He was so much responsible. He always thought about thousands of people who are depended upon our businesses for their livelihood. He used to tell me that I should always keep in mind the welfare of all those people.”
“I think that is what you are doing now a day.” Menaka is saying. “I often observe all your companies’ shares. They are all going in good stead. All your companies are quite healthy.”
“You are right.” I nodded my head.
“Just some days back your company Lipsom shares fallen down so drastically. At that time I have bought considerable quantity of its shares. They are at a very high price now.”
“Is it is so? I am feeling very happy to hear this.” I am indeed feeling very happy hearing that so from Menaka. “Do you know who is behind to make the shares to rise like that again?” I am explaining to her what George did to make Lipsom shares to reach normal level and more afterwards.
“Really wonderful!” Menaka exclaimed. “He is intelligent.”
“He is not just intelligent. He is educated, sincere, loyal and hardworking. Our competitors are ready to pay however much of amount to buy him. They have tried to lure him into their organizations in more than a way. But he never yielded to them.”
“You are very lucky to have such a man in your organization.” Menaka is saying “And even more lucky as he is entering into your life also.”
“You are absolutely right.” I nodded my head.
While we are walking between the rows of the books, Menaka picked a book out from them and looked at the title of it. “Celestial Bed.” She read the title of it and is asking me “Have you read this book?”
“Yes, I read it. But a long time back I think.” Now I am remembering the latest incident after taking this book out here. I was raped by Chuck Watson in this library. After that quite involuntarily, I remembered even more.
“It seems you have fallen into thinking Dazzle.” Looking carefully into my face Menaka said.
“Yes I am.” I am saying. “There are some important things that I need to discuss with you. Please come. We sit in those chairs and talk.’
After making ourselves comfortable in the chairs I started saying “Your uncle said to me I can discuss things with you whichever I remember later on. There are some matters that I could not discuss freely with your uncle. I am thinking that I can share them with you without feeling awkward. Anyhow I have remembered something very important right now.” After a small pause I am saying again. “Most of it I have discussed with your uncle and I want to do it with you also.”
“You may discuss anything quite freely with me. I do discuss about it with my uncle only if there is anything new and worth notifying in it.” leaning back in the chair Menaka said.
Then I have explained to her my touch experience in the bathroom and rape experiences by Nathaniel and Chuck. “They were not dreams. I am quite sure of that. Because dreams do occur only while we are sleeping. While I was having those dreams I was not sleeping. At the same time I cannot say that they are true either. Because there is no trace whatsoever later on to prove something like that has happened. But it is not my imagination. No one can imagine such lifelike.” Looking into the face of Menaka I am asking her. “What do you think about it? Is it is not strange?”
“I must say here….” Menaka is saying “Sometimes our imaginations are so that we have to believe them as true. We just cannot discern between the imagination and reality. We are forced to believe them as true.”
“It is our mind that makes us imagine. So our mind pretty well knows that it is imagining. Then how the same mind thinks it is all true?”
“If the imagination is with our conscious mind you are right, you can know the difference between the imagination and reality. But if the imagination is by the subconscious mind you cannot say the difference. Dreams are the examples of it. They are the creations of your subconscious mind. That is why you cannot say whether it is a dream or reality until you come out of the dream.”
“I said to you already that I was not sleeping at that time. How a dream occurs to me while I am not sleeping?”
“Here it is a peculiar case. You were awaken at that time but your subconscious mind was the in-charge. No, doubt your subconscious mind imagine all that. Why it has happened like that I cannot say but it has happened just like that.”
There is silence again and what Menaka said is appearing quite reasonable to me. “Here is another important thing I want to discuss with you.” Hissing out heavily I am saying again. “I led a free way of life until recently. I have sex experiences with two men before George.” Then I have told Menaka briefly about Nathaniel and Chuck. “Both of them were dead. Nathaniel in a motor accident and Chuck with heart attack. The point I want to tell you here is….” I paused for a moment as if to give more stress to whatever I am going to say. “Every time after making sex, Chuck used to say something to me. While listening it, I used to fall asleep. But however hard I am trying I just cannot remember what he said to me then.”
“I think you have got the rape experiences in your house with these two men.” Menaka is saying again. “Anyhow with their spirits in your opinion”
“Yes.” I nodded my head. “I told these incidents to your uncle also. But I don’t remember I have said everything to your uncle.” My cheeks blushed while saying this.
“I see.” Menaka nodded her head. But there is confusion in her face.
“Next…” I am saying again. “After I have severed my connection also, Chuck used to phone to me. I too talked with him even I have no intention whatsoever to continue my relationship with him. It is just out of pity I think. The important thing here is, after talking some this and that, he used to talk something else. However hard I am trying I cannot remember what that is either.”
There is a blank expression on Menaka’s face.
“Have you understood anything?” observing her carefully I asked her.
“No Dazzle. I cannot say I understood anything from what you have said. How you do forget something that he said like that to you?”
“That is what I too cannot understand.” I am saying. “I thought that you may be a little helpful to me in this regard.”
“I cannot come up with anything from what you have said. Anyhow I do dwell in it and see if something strikes me. If you have no objection whatsoever I share these with my uncle. I am thinking that it is very important that he knows about these.”
“I am also thinking like that. Please do so.”
“Anyhow, the noteworthy points here are, after that thing Chuck used to say something to you and you fell asleep hearing that. However heard you try you cannot remember what he said then. In the same way you cannot remember his phone conversation as will with you after the usual and formal talk.” Menaka is looking into my face keenly.
“Yes, they are the absolute noteworthy points here. Please share these with your uncle and see what he says.” I said.
&&&
“It seems you both have become very good friends.” Observing me and Menaka keenly, Viola said.
“You are right. Menaka is very good company indeed.” I am saying. “Anyhow I am saving lot of time for you to spend with Williams.”
There came some angry expression in her face. “Just tell me it is not so.” Taunting her even more I said.
“How you are feeling here Menaka? Is everything perfect for you?” looking into the face of Menaka, Viola asked her as if to change the topic.
“Yes, it is just so.” Menaka smiled. “Everything is so good for me. Here and in the office also I am enjoying a lot.”
“But your main duty is to protect me from dangers.” With a smile on my lips I said.
“I do always remember that Dazzle.” Menaka is saying. “Its my pleasure.”
“Dazzle, you notice one thing? After this Menaka became your bed companion you have stopped hearing that woman’s weeping.” Viola said.
“You are right! How I have forgotten about this? For the last two days I did not hear the weeping sound of that woman or her cursing. And there are no strange experiences either. I am thinking a major problem has been solved.” I am saying cheerfully “What do you say?”
“I am also thinking in the same way.” Viola said.
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“What you are doing now?”
I looked at Viola hearing her voice. I am writing something in my notebook at that time concentrating a lot.
“Smaran, the detective, gave me an exercise to do. I am on that.” Once again putting myself in that I said.
“What is it?” curiously Viola came and sat beside me and she is now looking into my note book.
“We have found out that whatever my father wanted to tell me is something that I don’t believe easily. I have to be convinced a lot to make me believe it.”
“Why you are thinking like that?”
“My father expressed himself so in the diary.” Now I am reminding her about the said writing in my diary. ‘Dazzle does not believe it easily. She would not be convinced easily.”
“Then?’ with a questioning expression in her face Viola asked me.
“That detective asked me to make a list of things which I don’t believe even my dad said them to me.”
Viola burst into laughter. “Really interesting! These detectives are indeed peculiar things.”
“I must agree with you on this.” with a smile on my lips I also said to her.
“May I look at the list so far you have made?”
“Why sure.” Giving the note book to her I said.
Now Viola is looking at the list of things I have made after taking the note book from me.
‘I am a sinner. I have committed so many mistakes till now.’ Viola read out the first thing in the list and is now looking into my face. “You don’t believe even your father said this to you?”
“No, I don’t believe it.” I nodded my head in negation.
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