Day 7
Wife’s View
I didn’t feel well for two days. I felt that something was bothering me but I couldn’t figure out what it was. I felt like I had been a witness to something terrible but I could not remember it.
“Was it the way my husband is behaving recently? Yes he has been behaving rather strangely. Every time he looked at me, he looked as if he was staring at a ghost.”
“May be the new house has changed him”
But I felt my husband was not the reason for my worries. Something else bothered me. I wanted to know what it was so that I can be back to normal. But at the same time I was afraid that it might be something very frightening than what I expected. It might be something which can destroy me once I find out what it is.
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Husband’s view Continues
I felt sad that I had made my wife sad. My wife who used to be a cheerful person has not been cheerful for the past few days.
Every time I was in the house I kept looking around for something or someone to leap out from one of the dark corner. I felt like a kid waiting for goblins to come out from under the bed. The thoughts were slowly killing me.
Night 7
I woke up to the dripping sound of water. I adjusted my eyes to the darkness and looked for my wife beside me but her side was empty. The dripping sound grew louder. My heart started to beat fast.
I got down from the bed and got out of the bedroom. I could see the door to the bath open. The dripping sound was getting louder. I quickened my pace.
“Honey, are you in there?”
No reply.
I went in and saw the curtain to the bath tub covering the tub. With one trembling hand I pushed it aside to see my wife immersed in the tub full of water. I thought she was dead.
“Oh my God” I lifted her up
My eyes welled up without my knowledge.
“God what’s happening?”
She didn’t move.
I tried to bring her back to life by shaking her violently. She didn’t respond.
I cried.
Someone touched my shoulders. I shrieked. I turned back and saw my wife standing there.
“No she can’t be real” I turned around to see where I had placed my wife’s body but the body was not there.
“Honey are you ok? What are you doing in the bath? Why are you crying? What are you searching for?” My wife started to shoot the questions at me.
I got up, steadied myself and decided it was time to discuss things with her. I told her everything.
“I don’t know what is happening to me” I completed.
As I finished I saw one more person sitting in the corner of the bedroom and observing both of us. I didn’t mention about the person to her. I didn’t want to scare her. The person looked exactly like my wife. I could see that the person was crying. I kept watching her as she transformed into a small kid and disappeared.
( To be continued ... )
