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No.1 Amil baba in Pakistan amil baba in Lahore amil baba in Karachi
THE BREAKING GLASS
1.
2. TO DI AND BROTHER,
WHO MADE MY WORLD LOOK MORE HAUNTED FROM
WITHIN!
FOR MAMMAWHO FELLIN LOVE WITH BREAKING GLASS
AND
FOR DADDY WHO ATTACHED HIMSELF WITH EACH CHARACTER
OF THE STORY.
NOTE:
THE WRTITINGS IN BLACK NARRATES AND HOLDS
THE STORY.
3. THE WRITINGS IN RED WITHIN ‘~ &~’ EXPOSES THE AT THE MOMMENT
FEELINGS, EMOTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS FROM THE CURRENT
CONDITION & CIRCUMTANCES OF THE NARRATOR.
*** - MARK TRANSITIONS
4. NOVEL : THE ABANDONED HOUSE OF SECRETS
A SERIES OF 3 BOOKS
THE BREAKING GLASS
‘WELCOME THEN’
UN-RESTED FOREVER!
WRITTEN BY ~ UNSUNG CRUSADER
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
#THE BREAKING GLASS
CHAPTER 1 – THE UNEXPECTED BEGINNING
CHAPTER 2 – THE HOUSE
CHAPTER 3 – THE FAMILY OF THREE
CHAPTER 4 – THE GIRL IN WHITE
CHAPTER 5 – DIVULGED
CHAPTER 6 – ESCAPE
CHAPTER 7 – SPLIT OVER
5. CHAPTER1 – THEUNEXPECTEDBEGINNING
THE HOUSE WAS HAUNTED BY UNKNOWN DARKNESS QUITE OFTEN.
THIS IS WHAT ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE AROUND THIS HOUSE. FROM
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE MAY GRASP YOUR ATTENTION WITH THOSE SPICY
AND MOST WANTED MYSTERIOUS STORIES SURROUNDING IT BUT I
PROMISE THAT IT LOOKS AS BORING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY FROM
INSIDE. THE WALLS, WINDOWS, DOORS AND EVEN THE EMPTY
DARKNESS WITHIN IT RETORTS TO THESE GOSSIPS........ SOMETIMES I
FEEL PITY FOR THIS OLD STRUCTURE
.THOUGH I DON’T DENY THAT SOMETHING IS QUEER REGARDING IT
BUT I FEEL THAT EVERY SUBSTANCE EVEN HUMANS HAVE UNUSUAL
6. STRANGENESS AMONG THEM IF THEY ARE LOOKED AND JUDGED LIKE
NOW. EVERYTHING INCLUDING ANGER, CURIOSITY, HUMILIATION AND
CATEGORIZATION HAS BEEN GIFTED TO THIS HOUSE. BUT A TINGE OF
LOVE IS ALWAYS MISSING. I AM SURPRISED TO SEE THAT EVEN YOU
GOT TIED AROUND THESE TALKS AND DID NOT INQUIRE WHY I AM SO
WELL-KNOWN TO EACH BRICK OF THIS HOUSE AND WHY DON’T I GIVE
ATTENTION TO THE GOSSIPS WHEN EVERY SINGLE PERSON WITHIN TEN
KILOMETRE RADII BELIEVES IT IN SPITE OF ALL CIRCUMSTANCES . AM I
SO OF MYSELF? KINDLY DON’T GET AFRAID OF ME BUT I MAKE MYSELF
HOME IN IT............
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I WAS LINGERING AMONG THE DARKEST
THOUGHTS OF MINE WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD THE SOUND OF BREAKING
GLASS. IT WAS NOT VERY BUT QUITE UNUSUAL TO HEAR SUCH SOUNDS WHEN THE
NIGHT IS AT MID. IT STRUCK ME THAT HOW COULD MY BROTHER BE AWAKE TILL
SO LATE NIGHT. I WENT TO LOOK OUTSIDE AND FOUND THAT NOT A SINGLE
GLASS HAS BROKEN. I RETURNED TO MY ROOM DROWSILY. JUST AS I
APPROACHED MY BED, READY TO JUMP IN IT.... I
AGAIN HEARD THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS. I HURRIED OUTSIDE MY
ROOM TO CHECK ABOUT WHAT THE SOUND WAS ALL ABOUT.
SURPRISINGLY, EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT. EVEN A PINCH OF DUST WAS
LEFT IN ITS PLACE. I WAITED THERE A LITTLE WHILE OBSERVING THE
7. SURROUNDINGS BUT NOTHING SEEMED STRANGE. I WENT TO MY BED AND
RELAXED MYSELF ON THE BLACK VELVET PILLOW. IT WAS TEN MINUTES
PAST WHEN I AGAIN HEARD THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS. I WAS VERY
IRRITATED AND ANNOYED AND OBVIOUSLY KNOWN WITH THE FACT THAT
THERE WOULD BE NOTHING BROKEN IF I WOULD WASTE ANOTHER TEN
MINUTES OF MY NIGHT TO CHECK OUTSIDE. THE TWELVE YEAR OLD, RAHI
ROLLED UPON HER BED AND WENT INTO DEEP SLEEP.
I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING BY THE SHRILLING VOICE OF MY
MOTHER FROM THE LIVING HALL. MY ROOM IS IN THE CORNER OF
THE HOUSE, SEPARATED FROM THE WHOLE MANKIND. IT WAS
UNUSUAL TO FIND MY MOM SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF HER VOICE
EARLY IN THE MORNING. SO, I JUST CLIMBED OUT OF MY BED AND
DASHED TO SEE WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE OTHER SIDE OF MY
LIVING.
“MAMMA, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT’S WRONG” I ASKED.
8. “LOOK! JUST LOOK BESIDE THE TABLE AND YOU WILL YOURSELF
SEE WHAT IS INCORRECT.” SAID MY MOTHER FURIOUSLY, AS SHE
HURRIED OUT OF THE ROOM.
MY EYES TRAVELLED TO THE SCENE BESIDE THE TABLE. I WAS
SPEECHLESS TO WHAT I SAW. THE GLASS VASE WAS SCATTERED
INTO PIECES.........
IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO SHOWER THAT DAY AS I WAS SITTING
UNDER THE COOL GENTLY FLOWING WATER OF THE TAP JUSTIFYING
THE LONELINESS OF EACH SCATTERED GLASS PIECE.
9. CHAPTER2 – THEHOUSE
MY MOTHER WAS VERY ANGRY AND WAS MUTTERING VARIOUS
WORDS LIKE ‘DESTROY’, ‘GLASS’ AND ‘CARELESS’. SHE POSSESSES
AN EXTRA ORDINARY TALENT OF DESIGNING WHETHER IT IS HOME
DECORATION OR DRESS OR ANY OTHER ITEM.
CONSIDERABLY, OUR WHOLE LIVING ROOM IS MADE UP OF GLASS.
THERE IS A GLASS TABLE, WOODEN SHELF AND A CUPBOARD WITH
GLASS CUTLERIES, AND THE CORNERS FULFILMENT WITH DELICATE
SHOWPIECES OF GLASS. APPARENTLY, THE WOODEN SHELF
BELONGED TO THE HOUSE AND IT STAYED THERE IN THE GROUND
FLOOR FROM ITS VERY FIRST SETTLEMENT ITSELF AND EVEN THE
WALLS BEHIND WEREN’T PAINTED NATURALLY BECAUSE THE SHELF
WAS ATTACHED TO THE WALL BEHIND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. A
BRASS DOOR LEADS INTO THE LIVING ROOM MAKING THE ENTRANCE
OF THE HOUSE. A STAIRCASE SPIRALS UP TO THE FIRST FLOOR. FROM
THE CORNER OF THE GROUND FLOOR ADJACENT TO THE SOFA IS
DARK NARROW ROUTE WHERE HARDLY ANY LIGHT ENTERS .IN THE
LEFT SIDE CORNER OF THE LONE PATH LIES MY ROOM, THE ONLY
LIGHT IN THE DARK. IN SPITE OF BEING THE LIGHT IN THE DARK, MY
ROOM IS VERY “BLACK” FROM WITHIN. THERE IS A WINDOW QUITE
HIGH COMPARED TO THE NORMAL
10. LEVEL. AND JUST TOUCHING THE WALLS BELOW IT LAYS MY BED WITH
A BLACK VELVET SHEET AND A BLACK VELVET PILLOW AT THE TOP.
THERE IS A LOT OF SPACE FOR A HUMAN TO CONQUER UNDER MY BED
AND I AM VERY RANDOMLY FRIGHTENED BY MY BROTHER WHEN THEY
INSIST TO PRANK ON ME AND I SEE A PAIR OF HANDS PULLING MY
BED SHEET FROM UNDER THE BED OR FIND THE SPOOKIEST DOLL OF
THE HOUSE SITTING IN THE CORNER OF MY ROOM. AGAIN A NARROW
PATH OF MY ROOM LEADS INTO THE WASHROOM BUT HERE THE
DISTANCE IS SMALL AND OPPOSITE TO THE RESTROOM LIES A STORE
ROOM FILLED WITH ALL THOSE WASTE SCRAPS AND DAMAGED ITEMS.
MY ROOM IS SITUATED IN THE GROUND FLOOR BESIDES THE EXTRA
LARGE LIVING ROOM AND THE KITCHEN WITH THE DINING HALL WHICH
MEANS THAT I SLEEP ALONE IN THE GROUND FLOOR AT NIGHT. IN THE
FIRST FLOOR, THERE ARE TWO ROOMS, ONE OF WHICH IS EMPTY AND
ANOTHER ONE OF MY PARENTS WHICH IS THE MASTER BEDROOM.
THESE TWO ROOMS ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER AND A PAVEMENT
CAN BE SEEN FROM BOTH OF THE ROOMS. IT CONSISTS OF A FEW
FLIGHTS OF STAIRS LEADING TO MY BROTHER’S ROOM. THE HOUSE
ALSO HAS A TERRACE AND IS SURROUNDED BY HIGH WALLS. . . I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE STRUCTURE OF IT. BUT WHEN ONCE I
DESCRIBED
11. MY HOUSE TO MY CLASS , EVERYONE WAS SURE THAT I LIVE IN THE
HAUNTED HOUSE AND THE TEACHER WAS TOO CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW
I WAS ABLE TO SLEEP PEACEFULLY EVERY NIGHT IN THE HOUSE EVEN
WITH THE CONSIDERED TALE ABOUT IT IN THE NEARBY.
12. CHAPTER3-THEFAMILYOFTHREE
I WENT TO SCHOOL THAT DAY AND THE STRANGE
INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE TODAY MORNING WAS NOT EASILY
GETTING OUT OF MY MIND. I DON’T HAVE FRIENDS AT SCHOOL OR IN
NEIGHBOURHOOD AS THEIR PARENTS DO NOT ALLOW THEIR CHILD TO
MIX WITH A GIRL LIVING IN “THIS” HOUSE. EVERYDAY FILLED WITH
TALKS AND NAMES, I GO BACK HOME THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS
HAUNTED IN MY HOME. LIKE ALWAYS, TODAY AFTER SCHOOL I WAS
RETURNING HOME, PASSING THOUGHTS REGARDING THE STORIES
SURROUNDING THIS HOUSE. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT YEARS AGO THERE
WAS A FAMILY OF THREE LIVING IN THE HOUSE. THEY WERE LIVING
HAPPILY BUT ONE DAY THE LITTLE GIRL OF THE FAMILY WAS FOUND
MISSING AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF HER PRESENCE IN THE HOUSE
APPARENTLY BEFORE SHE WAS PLAYING HIDE & SEEK WITH HER MOM
AND DAD. IMPOSSIBLE & OUT OF THE WORLD … HOW CAN A LITTLE
GIRL JUST VANISH INTO THIN AIR.
“MIGHT BE STILL HIDING IN HOPE OF GETTING CAUGHT BY ME”,
ENSURED THE MOTHER (MOSTLY TO HERSELF), “LITTLE SHE IS!
FIVE YEARS OLD ONLY! TINY GIRL OF MINE… SHE CAN HIDE IN
EVERY NOOK AND CORNER”. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NO NOOK OR
NO CORNER EVER HID HER CHILD.
13. ~ EVEN IF I SAY, SHE WAS HIDDEN IN A CORNER, THEN EITHER THE NOOK
WASN’T IN THE HOUSE OR NO ONE EVER DISCOVERED IT~
THE PARENT WAS VERY MUCH SURE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE
KIDNAPPED THEIR DAUGHTER FROM THE HOUSE. AS DAYS PASSED BY
NEITHER THERE WAS ANY NEWS ABOUT THEIR DAUGHTER NOR ANY
THREATS FROM THE KIDNAPPER (IF ANY) AS THEY INHERITED A HUGE
SHARE OF MONEY AND LAND .THE NAME OF THE GIRL WAS RUBBED
FOREVER. THE MAIN DOOR WAS BOLTED FOR DAYS AFTER THE
DISAPPEARANCE. IT SEEMED THAT THE HOUSE FELT THEIR PAIN A
THOUSAND TIMES MORE AND COVERED ITSELF WITH SORROW, PAIN
AND MISFORTUNE. IT REALLY LOOKED SHABBY. THE PARENTS WERE
NOT ACCEPTING THAT THEIR GIRL WAS KILLED , KIDNAPPED OR TAKEN
AWAY FOREVER AND THEY WERE FIRMLY HELD WITH THE FACT THAT
THEIR DAUGHTER WILL LIVE HER LIFE AGAIN ONE DAY – BE IT TODAY
OR THE DAY AFTER. TRAGICALLY, THE FATHER WAS NOT ABLE TO
OVERCOME THE DEMISE AND DIED OF HEART ATTACK. THE MOTHER
LEFT ALL ALONE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE AS IT BECAME A
SOURCE OF BAD TIMES TO HER. ONE NIGHT
COVERED SHE LEFT THE HOUSE AND THEREAFTER NO
ONE EVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER OR WHERE, SHE WAS
LIVING. BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, A FEW MONTHS AGO THE MOTHER
WAS STATED AS DEAD IN A DISASTROUS ACCIDENT AND AFTER
IN SHAWLS,
14. THAT THE HOUSE WAS IN SALE. BUT NO ONE EVER THOUGHT OF GOING
NEAR THE HOUSE, BUYING IT WAS NO ONE’S DREAM. EVERYBODY
CLAIMED THE HOUSE BEING HAUNTED BECAUSE THERE WAS SOUNDS OF
CRIES AND BREAKING GLASS FROM INSIDE. LATER IT WAS TOLD THAT
THE PARENTS WHO INITIALLY LIVED IN THE HOUSE HAD ADOPTED
THEIR NIECE BUT MERCILESSLY DID NOT CURE HER FROM AN TERRIBLE
DISEASE AND SHE DIED, SEEING THE LOVE FOR HER UNCLE AND AUNT
TOWARDS HER COUSIN SISTER AND THE RUTHLESS BEHAVIOUR OF THEM
TOWARDS HER, SHE GREW A NASTY VENGEANCE TOWARDS THEM
THOUGH BY LAW BOTH THE GIRL & THE NEPHEW WERE THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE PARENTS. SO THE PEOPLE AROUND THE HOUSE
STARTED CONSIDERING THE NIECE IN THE FAMILY A VITAL SOURCE OR
HAND BEHIND THE LITTLE GIRL’S SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE. BUT IT
WAS FOUND THAT EVEN THE NIECE HAD VANISHED A WEEK AGO HER
COUSIN’S DISAPPEARANCE. AS WE ALL KNEW OF THE LACK OF
CONCERN OF THE PARENTS TOWARDS THE NIECE, THEY RATHER FELT
RELIEVED AT THE ABSENCE OF THEIR ADOPTED DAUGHTER AND
NEITHER TOOK ANY MEASURE OF FINDING HER. .THOUGH THE SOCIETY
SHAPED ITSELF AS AN ANTAGONIST TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE
PARENTS TOWARDS THE NIECE, THEY THEMSELVES WERE ONLY THE
ONE TO TALK AT THE BACK STATING
15. THE CONS OF ADOPTING AND CONCLUDING THAT THE PARENTS WERE
OF NO BAD RATHER IT WAS THE NIECE HERSELF. AFTER ALL, THERE
HAS TO BE AN INTERESTING TOPIC TO GOSSIP ABOUT AND MAKE THE
CONVERSATIONS AT THE TEA STALLS IN THE EVENING EVEN MORE
ENTHRALLING. AMUSING, ISN’T IT?? AND SO LIKEWISE, OTHER
EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE AND CRISP STORIES ROAMED AROUND FREELY.
16. CHAPTER4-THEGIRLINWHITE
OCCUPIED WITH THESE THOUGHTS I FINALLY REACHED HOME.
THE AROMA OF THE SUMPTUOUS MEAL MADE BY MY MOTHER
CARRIED AWAY ALL MY DELIBERATIONS AND THE HOUSE IN WHICH SO
MUCH OF DREADFUL EVENTS HAS OCCURRED LOOKED LIKE A BOON OF
HAPPINESS TO ME. THE GLASS PIECES WERE LEFT IN ITS PLACE AND
MY MOM FOUND IT VERY EMOTIVE TO REMOVE THEM. I WENT TO BED
WITH MY STOMACH FULL AND STRETCHED OUT ON MY BED GROGGILY.
THE CHURCH CLOCK CHIMED AT MIDNIGHT AND IT WAS GIFTED ALONG
WITH THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS ....
MY SENSES STARTED WORKING INSTANTLY AND I LEAPED OUT OF MY
BED, DASHING OUTSIDE. I SWITCHED ON THE LIGHTS AND FOUND THAT
THE GLASS PIECES WERE MESSED UP AND THE GLASS BOWL WERE
SHREDDED INTO PARTS. ABRUPTLY, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND AN
EERIE SENSATION PASSED THROUGH THE SURROUNDINGS. IT SEEMED
THAT SOMEONE WAS STANDING BEHIND ME. I PULLED MYSELF INTO
MY ROOM AND TRIED TO TAKE A NAP BUT I GOT AN IMPRESSION THAT
I WAS BEING RESISTED TO SLEEP… HOWEVER, HUMAN HABITS AND
EMOTIONS CAN’T BE CONTROLLED. I WAS FOUND CROUCHED UP ON MY
BED THE NEXT MORNING AND THE
17. FOLLOWING MORNING MY MOTHER WAS EXTREMELY SAD REGARDING
THE BREAKAGE OF ANOTHER GLASS ITEM.
***
IT WAS A SUNDAY SO THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS PRESENT. I DON’T
KNOW WHY…BUT THE LAST TWO NIGHT EXPERIENCES HAVE WOKEN
ME FOREVER. THAT DAY BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP, I WENT TO MY
ROOM AND RELAXED MYSELF ON THE BED, WITH MY EYES CLOSED
RELEASING ALL THE DISTURBANCE I CURRENTLY INHERITED AND LEFT
THE SCRIBBLE IN RED
“BREAKING GLASS
00:01”
I WAS CHOCKED IN FEAR AND TIME TRAVELLED WATCHING ME
STARING ON THE CEILING. HOWEVER I DROPPED THE MATTER DOWN
AND SOMEHOW SWITCHED THE LIGHTS OFF AND POSITIONED MYSELF
COVERING THE SCRIBBLES ABOVE ME. IT WAS HIGH TIME I WAS INTO
MY DREAMS SINCE I REALISED THAT IT WAS PAST MIDNIGHT AND THE
DOOR BELL RANG IN THE STILL AIR .I LOOKED UP AND FOUND THE
DOOR OF MY ROOM AJAR IN SPITE OF REMEMBERING VIVIDLY OF
BOLTING THE DOOR SHUT. BUT I DID NOT ACCEPT THAT I WAS THE
ONLY SOUL IN THE FLOOR AFTER I SAW A GIRL SOMEWHAT OF
18. MY AGE WEARING A SHABBY WHITE DRESS AND HER FACE COVERED BY
MESSY HAIR STANDING A LITTLE WAY PAST THE DOOR AND LOOKING
INTENTLY AT ME .AT THE VERY MOMENT, I STARTED CARRYING
MYSELF TOWARDS THE GIRL UNKNOWINGLY. BUT HER FOOTSTEPS
VANISHED RUNNING ON THE FLOOR; RESTRICTING MY LONELINESS.
AND SUDDENLY I HEARD THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS. I WOKE UP
FROM MY SENSES AND RUSHED TO WITNESS THE ACT OF BREAKAGE
.THE LIVING ROOM WAS DARK AND DULL AND IT SEEMED THAT AN
UNKNOWN PRESENCE LURKED IN THE AIR. THE GLASS BOWL BESIDE
THE SOFA WAS INTO BITS AND PIECES AND I STOOD THERE STIFF
THINKING OF THE GIRL IN WHITE. NO LESS THAN A SECOND,
FRANTICALLY I STARTED FINDING THE NEVER SEEN GIRL IN THE WHOLE
HOUSE. THE NEXT MOMENT SAW ME FREEZED AT THE POSITION......
“IIIII AMMMM JUUUUSST BEHIIINDDD
YOUUUHHHH ...LOOOOKKKKK” . THE VOICE MADE ME GET CONCEALED
WITHIN THE DARK AND I PROMISE THAT I WAS LEFT WITH NO
COURAGE TO LOOK BACK. I QUESTIONED MYSELF, “IS THIS THE REAL
ME? THE SCIENCE WHICH I STRONGLY HOLD ON TO DISGUSTS MY
REACTION NOW”. HONESTLY, I WASN’T RAHI THEN. WHAT MATTERED
TO ME THE MOST WAS MY SAFE ESCAPE FROM THIS UNUSUAL
STRANGE NIGHT WITH UNUSUAL STRANGE
19. OCCURRENCES. IT REALLY DID FEEL THAT THOSE BLOODCURDLING EYES
WERE ON ME AND HER EACH BREATH WAS GOING BEHIND READY TO
CATCH ME IN HER ATTENTION. I DID NOT AT ALL BELIEVE IN THIS
MOVIE LIKE OCCURRENCE SO WITH THIS LOGIC RUNNING IN MY NERVES
I TURNED ...........THE GIRL WAS SITTING
ON MY BED AND LOOKING STRAIGHT INTO THE MIRROR FRONT. THE
WHOLE NIGHT I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE MY ROOM FEELING THE
MYSTICAL SMILE ON HER FACE. IT LOOKED AS IF THE HER PRESENCE
WAS A TALE. AS TIME WENT FORWARD AND THE NIGHT LOOKED TO
FADE THE GIRL PULLED HERSELF TO THE DOOR JUST TO GET
INTERMINGLED WITH THE ROOM WHERE YOU COULD OBSERVE, FEEL
AND BLEND YOURSELF ONLY IN ME AND MY WORLD.
20. CHAPTER5-DIVULGED
BOOKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH A DOCTOR WAS THE
FIRST AND FOREMOST THING MY PARENTS THOUGHT TO DO AS THEY
FOUND MY LAST NIGHT ENCOUNTER A CASTLE IN THE AIR
.THEY WERE NOT AT ALL READY TO BELIEVE A SINGLE WORD COMING
OUT OF MY MOUTH. MY FATHER AT ONCE BROKE INTO MY ROOM
WHERE I LAST SAW THE GIRL IN WHITE AND IT LOOKED SAME AS
USUAL NORMAL TO MY FAMILY LIKE EACH DAY. BUT MY ROOM FORCED
ME TO SENSE THAT EACH POSSESSION WHICH LIED THERE SNAPPING
BACK THAT THEY WERE TAMPERED BY AN UNEARTHLY TOUCH.
“ RAHI! IT’S JUST A VISION WHICH MADE YOU STAND HERE ALL
NIGHT ... I KNOW THAT IT’S NOT EASY FOR A YOUNG MIND LIKE
YOU TO GO THROUGH THESE MYSTERIOUS ACTIONS OF BREAKING
GLASS EACH DAY ...BUT NEVER MIND IT’S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT
.” SAID MY MOTHER BEFORE SHE GOT OUT OF THE ROOM.
MY DAD COMFORTED “IT IS JUST A DREAM , DEAR ...BE FREE OF
WORRIES”
21. I WANTED TO YELL OUT THAT I TOO WISHED IT WAS A DREAM
.........
MY FATHER LEFT FOR OFFICE AND ME AND MY BROTHER REACHED
OUT TO SCHOOL. I REALLY FEEL, FROM THE LAST MONTH WHEN WE
SHIFTED TO THIS HOUSE , THAT TIMES SLOWS DOWN DURING SCHOOL
HOURS . THE MORE MY HISTORY TEACHER WENT DEEP INTO THE
REIGN OF MAURYANS, THE MORE THOUGHTFUL I WAS BECOMING WITH
MY DAYS IN MY HOUSE . IT WORRIED ME A LOT AND I REALLY DID
NOT WELCOME THE DAY TO FADE IN THE HORIZON. NOW NIGHTS
MADE ME FEAR AND MY DAY DRIED MY TEARS THUS, FEAR SUDDENLY
BECAME A COMMON PART OF MY LIVING. I QUESTIONED MYSELF
AGAIN,“ IS THIS ME? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SCIENCE !!”.
***
AFTER I CAME BACK FROM SCHOOL I WAS INFORMED THAT MY MOM
AND BROTHER WERE GOING OUT. THE THOUGHT OF STAYING ALONE IN
THE HOUSE MADE MY BODY SHIVER. I DON’T KNOW BUT IT WAS
BECOMING IMPOSSIBLE FOR MYSELF TO SEE ME IN A CONDITION THAT
MY SCIENCE DID NOT ALLOW . BUT STILL AFTER GETTING EXPERIENCED
TO SUCH PARANORMAL ACTIVITIES ... I WAS KEEN
22. ENOUGH TO LOOK FOR SOME TRACES ABOUT THE HOUSE . I NEEDED TO
GIVE STRENGTH TO MY SCIENCE. THE DOOR WAS BOLTED AND ALL THE
LIGHTS WERE SWITCHED ON AFTER CLOSING THE WINDOWS OF THE
HOUSE, AS SOON AS MY MOTHER AND BROTHER LEFT THE HOUSE. THE
SOCIETY HAS PROVED THE STRUCTURE A BURDEN UPON HUMAN
HORRORS AND NOW IT WAS MY TURN TO FORCE MY SCIENCE INTO IT .
FOR AROUND THIRTY MINUTES ,ROAMING AROUND THE HOUSE, MY
CONCERN TELLING ME TO STEP BACK AND MY MIND TELLING TO RIP
OFF MY FEAR ,I JUST ROAMED AROUND LIKE A NOMAD . IT REALLY
SEEMED TO ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS TOO NORMAL AND BORING TO
LOOK AT. BUT MY YAWN WAS TAKEN AWAY WHEN I WAS IN THE
SECOND FLOOR AND I HEARD A HEAVY DRAGGING SOUND FROM THE
FIRST FLOOR. I LITERALLY JUMPED DOWN THE STAIRS AND MY EYES
WERE REACHING TO THE EVERY CORNER SEARCHING FOR AN
EXPLANATION. THERE WAS A LOW CREAKING SOUND GOING AROUND
BUT FROM WHERE WAS MY BIGGEST QUESTION THEN. I FOUND NO
ONE, NOTHING TO STRESS UPON AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO RETURN
TO MY INSPECTION IN THE SECOND FLOOR, I SUDDENLY NOTICED A
END OF A WHITE
APRON BEHIND THE WOODEN SELF IN THE GROUND FLOOR
THERE WAS NOTHING BEHIND THE SELF EXCEPT THE WALL! I WENT
... BUT
23. CLOSE TO IT AND PUT MY EARS ON THE SELF TRYING TO MAKE OUT
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL PLAY. THEN I DON’T KNOW WHY I HELD THE
CUPBOARD FROM BOTH THE SIDES TIGHTLY ENOUGH AND STARTED
SHAKING IT WITH MY FULL STRENGTH. THE ITEMS IN THE SHELF
AND EVEN THE SURROUNDING PORTION OF THE WALL WAS
SHUDDERING . IT SEEMED THAT THE CUPBOARD WAS BREAKING
‘LOOSE’. SOMEHOW AFTER DRAINING OUT MOST OF MY ENERGY,
FOR HOURS I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE SELF . THUS, THIS SHELF
WAS NEVER ATTACHED TO THE WALL RATHER IT WAS THOUGHT TO
BE ATTACHED. BUT THE WHITE APRON WAS NO MORE THERE. IT
TRIGGERED WITHIN ME THAT A HUGE BULK OF SECRETS ROAMED
BEHIND THAT SELF WHICH SEEMED TO BE A OBSTACLE BETWEEN ME
AND MY INQUISITIVENESS. WITH MY MUSCLES AND BONES ACHING
,AND WITH A SUDDEN REALIZATION IT OCCURED THAT A DOOR OF
HOPE OPENED AND I STEPPED IN TO A WORLD UNKNOWN.
24. A LANTERN WITH ITS OIL FULL WAS KEPT ON THE FLOOR LEADING TO
THE STAIRS AND I PICKED IT UP AND MY LEGS WENT DOWN WITH THE
FLIGHT OF IT…IT WAS ALL DARK . I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT THIS
LANTERN WAS KEPT IN MY STORAGE ROOM FOR THE PAST MONTHS
FROM WHEN I CAME TO LIVE HERE ,AND NOW I FOUND IT POLISHED,
OILED AND USED HERE BEHIND AN SPOOKY UNADDRESSED PLACE IN
THE HOUSE…AFTER DESCENDING THE STAIRS, I FOUND MYSELF
PLACED UNDER THE HOUSE ~ IN THE BASEMENT. I PERSONALLY HAVE
NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS PART OF THE HOUSE AND IT SEEMED THAT
IT LIED HERE WITHOUT NAMED FOR THESES LONG YEARS .
IT MADE ME FEEL QUITE SPECIAL TO KNOW IT FIRST ....I DECIDED
TO KEEP THIS PLACE A SECRET .IT MIGHT HELP ME TO GET AWAY
FROM THE DAILY DOSES OF TERROR. I TOOK A LOOK OF THE
25. BASEMENT FOR THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES . A BROKEN WOODEN
CHAIR , REMAINS OF AN OLD CUPBOARD, TORN DRESSES, A SOLE FREE
SHOE AND A LOT OF UNSTITCHED DOLLS AND TEDDY WITH BROKEN
REMAINS OF OTHER TOYS MIXED WITH THE DUST, DEBRIS, PLENTY OF
COBWEBS LAID THERE UNTOUCHED .NONE OF THESE BELONGED TO ME
OR MY FAMILY . IT SEEMED AS ALL THESE THINGS BELONGED TO THE
FAMILY OF THREE WHO STAYED HERE EARLIER. I WAS STANDING
THERE WITH MY BACK FACING THE STAIRS, EXAMINING INTENTLY MY
SURROUNDINGS…UNEXPECTEDLY, THE LANTERN WHICH I KEPT IN THE
LANDING OF THE STAIRCASE , CAME ROLLING TOWARDS ME AS IF
PUSHED. SUDDENLY A CREAKING SOUND CAME FROM BEHIND AS IF
“SOMEONE” WAS CLIMBING THE
STAIRS RUSHED TO GRASP THE ACTION INTO MY
ATTENTION
AND AS SOON AS I REACHED THE STAIRS THAT “SOMEONE” WENT
OUTSIDE THE BASEMENT . IT WAS ALL DARK AND I WASN’T ABLE TO
MAKE OUT THIS ACTION. A BIT OF LIGHT FROM THE OPENING CAME
IN AND I NOTICED THERE WAS A TINY PASSAGE LEADING STRAIGHT
FROM THE LANDING OF THE STAIRS .IT WAS ALL DULL, GLOOMY AND
MURKY; AND NOTHING WAS VISIBLE FROM WHERE I STOOD. A
ROTTEN, DIRTY, AWFUL SMELL WHICH FILLED THE BASEMENT
SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THIS PASSAGE. I HAD
......I
26. HARDLY BREATH FROM WHEN I HAVE COME HERE. I HAD NO COURAGE
TO DRIVE MYSELF INTO THE DARKNESS TO DISCOVER THE UNCANNY
AS IT SEEMED. IN ADDITION MY MOTHER AND BROTHER WOULD LIKE
BE TO HOME BY SOME TIME SO FOR ME GOING OUT OF THIS
UNDERGROUND WAS THE FINEST SOLUTION. WITH THE LANTERN AS
MY BEST FRIEND IN THE DARK ,WHEN I STARTED TO CLIMB UP THE
STAIRS TO MOVE OUT OF THE BASEMENT , I BECAME AWARE OF
SMALL PIECES OF A WHITE CLOTHE ON EACH STEP OF STAIRS WHICH
STAYED UNNOTICED WHILE COMING DOWN THE BASEMENT ....I JUST
COLLECTED ALL THOSE TORN PIECES OF
CLOTHE AND KEPT IT WITH ME AS MEMORY OF MY FIRST VISIT TO THIS
BASEMENT. THE TORN PIECES HAD SOME LINES O SHADES ON IT,
THOUGH THAT WAS NOT MY THEN CONCERN. I LOVE GIVING LOGICS TO
UNDEFINED SITUATIONS AND SO FAR ALL OF MY THEORIES WERE
CORRECT. I NOTED IT AS A MOUSE WHO HAS MADE SUCH SOUNDS AS
IT WAS A VERY OLD PLACE DOWN UNDER....I WAS
NOT ALL GEARED UP TO ACCEPT THAT THE NOISES WERE MADE BY
THE GIRL IN WHITE ,THUS, IN OTHER WORDS I DID NOT WANT MY
BREATHE TO SLOW DOWN MORE! I WENT BACK TO MY ROOM AFTER
MAKING EVERYTHING LOOK BACK TO NORMAL TO THE EYES OF
OTHERS.
27. BACKOF WOODEN SELF ~ OPENINGTO BASEMENT
A SMALL CORNER JOINED
WITH THE BASEMNT
STAIRCASE
A ROUGH SKETCH OF
BASEMENT THE BASEMENT
THE WHOLE NIGHT MY MIND KEPT REMINDING ME OF THE DAY
PAST AND I STARTED CONSIDERING THAT DAY’S BED TIME AS A
DECISION MAKING PERIOD.........
28. CHAPTER6 –ESCAPE
THE NEXT DAY MY BROTHER WAS CONSIDERED MAD MY
PARENTS JUST LIKE I WAS A DAY. MAYBE THERE WAS NO ONE TO
FEEL MISERABLE AND SAD FOR MY BROTHER BY KEEPING ME AS AN
EXCEPTION .
“ TRUST ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESTERDAY NIGHT WHEN I CAME OUT
OF MY ROOM TO QUENCH MY THIRST...I SAW A GIRL IN
THE LIVING ROOM!!!!!!TODAY MORNING WE ALL FOUND
THE GLASS STATUE BROKEN !!!!! BELIEVE ME
..THIS HOUSE IS TOTALLY UNDER TERROR!!!!!!” , CRIED
MY BROTHER.
BUT PERHAPS MY BROTHER DID NOT COMPREHEND THAT THE GIRL HE
SAW WAS NO ONE BUT ME TO BE VERY HONEST. LAST NIGHT, I WENT
TO THE BASEMENT TO FIX A HOME SECURITY CAMERA TO
29. HAVE AN EYE ON IT THROUGH MY DESKTOP. WHEN I WAS COMING
OUT OF THE BASE MY BROTHER SAW ME FROM THE KITCHEN BUT I
WAS THANKFUL TO THE DARKNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME OR MY
BROTHER WOULD HAVE RECOGNISED ME! AS I DID NOT WANT
ANYONE ELSE TO KNOW MY SECRET PLACE IN THE HOUSE SO WITH
IMMENSE GUILT I LET MY BROTHER STAY AS A DAYDREAMER IN
FRONT OF MY PARENTS...
***
FROM NOW LIKE THEN ,EVERY MORNING MY MOM WAS MADE TO
REALIZE HOW HELPLESS SHE IS REGARDING HER EVERY DEAD PIECE OF
GLASS. STAYED AWAKE THE WHOLE DAY TO CATCH THE POWER
BEHIND SUCH LOSES BUT STILL FOUND A GLASS ITEM BROKEN HERE
OR THERE IN THE HOUSE IF THE LIVING ROOM WAS GUARDED FROM
FIRST. A DAY SAW THIS FAMILY ROAMING THE WHOLE DAY WITH NO
BREAKFAST, LUNCH, BRUNCH AND DINNER TIME AND WITHOUT
REFRESHMENT AND BATHING AND WITH FULL OF EFFORTS AND
30. CAUTIOUSNESS AROUND BUT STILL FOUND THE MIRROR OF BROTHER’S
RESTROOM BROKEN. OUR FAMILY WAS JUST CLUELESS OF
EVERYTHING GOING . EVEN POLICE AND DETECTIVE FORCES WERE NOT
READY TO SOLVE THESE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF ALLEGATIONS
ABOUT THIS HOUSE. ALL POSSIBLE AND IMPOSSIBLE WAYS WERE
TRIED OUT BUT AT LAST IN VAIN. MY FAMILY DID NOT KNOW
WHETHER THEY CAME TO THIS HOUSE TO LIVE OR TO ADVENTURE
HORRORS. IN ADDITION EVERY DAY AT ANY TIME ROUND I WOULD
FIND THOSE WHITE PIECES OF CLOTHE COLLECTED FROM MY NEW
DISCOVERED PLACE KEPT IN PLACES UNDER EASY SIGHTS THOUGH I
CLEARLY REMEMBERED TO KEEP THEM LOCKED UNDER THE KEY IN MY
DRAWER.
***
31. FINALLY MY FATHER EXHAUSTEDLY TOLD US TO START PACKING OUR
STUFF AS WE ARE GOING TO TEMPORARILY STAY AS TENANTS IN AN
APARTMENT NEARBY. IT WAS A VERY WISE DECISION FOR ME TOO
BECAUSE I FELT THAT THESE SMOOTH SIP OF TERRORS WERE A BIT
TOO MUCH TO PARALYSE MY BROTHER’S EVEN MY CHILDHOOD AND IF
THIS CONTINUED THERE WOULD BE DISPUTES AMONG OUR FAMILY OF
CHARGES OF SUSPICION AND SO ON. FINALLY AFTER A WEEK OF
MARATHON PACKING WE GOT READY TO LEAVE THIS HOUSE.
BUT MIND IT! I DID NOT LEAVE THIS HOUSE BECAUSE OF FEARS AS I
WAS STILL NOT READY TO ACCEPT THESE CONSIDERED PARANORMAL
ACTIVITIES .AFTER MY MOTHER BOLTED AND LOCKED THE MAIN DOOR
SHUT FOR THE LAST TIME , I PUSHED IN A PAPER THROUGH THE GAP
IN BETWEEN THE DOOR AND FLOOR TO REMIND ME OF A MYSTERY
UNCHECKED OF MY LIFE .
THAT ONE LINE LETTER LIED BEHIND THAT LOCKED BRASS DOOR CLEARLY READING THE WRITING
“ MEET YOU SOON “.
32. BUT THE FUTURE SAW A LETTER POSTED AT THE BACK OF MY
WRITING, WHICH STATED “WELCOME THEN” IN RED.
THE HOUSE AGAIN GOT COVERED WITH THE DARKNESS AND
LONELINESS LIKE EARLIER AS WE DEPARTED BY NOT ONCE LOOKING
BACK TO THE HOUSE. I TOOK MYSELF WITH MY PARENTS BUT I STILL
FELT TO BE TIED WITH THAT HOUSE ANYHOW....
CHAPTER7 – SPILTOVER
~SHE READS THE PAST TO ME EVERY MOMENT...
BUT I HOPED SHE READ THE FUTURE THAT DAY...
TO EVERY REASON THE MYSTERY REMAINED NEW. THIS HOUSE GALLANTLY
NARRATED MY THOUGHTS, LOGICS ,NIGHTMARES, SIGHT OF THE GIRL AT THAT
NIGHT AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE BASEMENT AND THE WHITE CLOTHES BUT I
KEPT QUESTIONING TO THE MYSTERY WITHIN THAT WHAT ABOUT THE BREAKING
GLASS???
33. THE CREAKING OF THE DOOR, THE CRIES WITHIN THE HOUSE AND THE STEPS OF
THAT GIRL IN WHITE BECAME SILENT SOMEHOW........~