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it was raining heavily . i was driving my car all alone in the lonely streets when all of sudden i heard voice coming out of my car
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It rained profusely for 3days. I could hear the thunder and the shatters outside my house. The Lightening passed through the glass pane into my living room as I sat beside the fire place involved in a book. The sudden thunder and lightning brought shivers in me as I woke up to close the shattering window. I peeped out to see the darkness stretched for miles apart. The trees were swaying from left to right enjoying the showers of the night. Darkness had engulfed the night along with the rain giving the night an eerie feel.
I sat alone by the fireplace on my chair rocking, feeling the coldness of the night. All of a sudden the powers went off, I was also engulfed in pitch of darkness sending me shivers through my body. As I woke up to get the candle from the kitchen, my legs wouldn’t move a further it was stuck there in fear of darkness. I brought in courage and moved forward humming a tune to myself to forget the fear that had fully engulfed me by now. With a mild light of my mobile phone I started looking out for the candle. My heart was pounding, I could hear them beat heavily and strongly than before, which gave me the feel that I am still alive.
Finally I heaved a sigh of relief when I found the candle, I was about to light it when suddenly the phone rang, I gave a screech of fear throwing the candle away from hand which I had found with a lot of difficulty. I picked the call it was my mother on the other side. With a shaking voice is said “Hello”- mom asked me “ What happened” I told her that the power had gone and it had been raining here for 3 days making it difficult to move out of the house for the past 3days.
I was a business woman and had been busy all time. Since I was tired of my hectic life I thought I would take a break and spend my days in Ooty were I had hired a cottage to stay for a few days. My mom was in London right now, she had gone there as my sister in law was delivering her first baby otherwise my mom would have been with me here right now. This point of time I missed her a lot. I always had a phobia for darkness and it grew even more now.
The cottage was beautifully designed amidst of a rubber estate. We usually hired a different cottage for the holidays but this time since this plan was made suddenly I could not avail that cottage so had to take up this one. My mom’s call gave me a great sigh of relief and my fear had disappeared. I regained my strength again and searched for the candle and lit it.
I took the lighted candle in my hand and started moving to the living room. My shadow seemed larger than normal making me fear of my own self. I peeped out of the window; it was a full moon day. The scene outside looked awesome. The moon was smiling from between the trees which swayed heavily in the wind. The sound of the rain grew louder symbolising that the rain had become heavier and it showed no signs of stopping, which meant that I would have to sit in the darkness for a longer time. I went back to sit near the fire place. My own shadow was giving me fear. I just wanted to escape this fear so I decided to sleep with the hope that the rain would stop by the next day and I could go back home.
As I lay down on the coach within minutes I fell asleep. It was a loud screech which woke me up around midnight. The screeches brought in shivers to me. I opened my eyes and felt that it had stopped raining but it was still dark all over I light the candle again and peeped out of the window all I could hear were the dogs howling. I cursed them for that do they need to howl at this time only. My heart beats grew louder I could clearly hear each and every beat of it. Again a shrill sound of someone screeching loud reached my ears my blood froze was I dreaming or was it real? No it was real, someone was screaming loud somewhere faraway. I trembled with fear. The sound of the dogs howling brought me sweats even on the cold night.
I ran back to the coach pulled my bed sheet up and lay down trying to forget the fear but it was not going to leave me. The shreak grew louder and more intense. I started to tremble, I could feel huge beads of sweat running down my forehead. My heart was beating faster now. I felt that my heart would stop beating now if it ran so fast. I picked up the courage and slowly walked towards the window and moved the curtains to peep out.
My heart missed a beat and I gave a louder shreak than the one I had heard before. The powers came on at the same time maybe god had sensed it that if he left me like this anymore I would die of fear. A girl was standing just outside my window blood stained. My blood became cold I froze at this sight. No I could not move, I was so much in fear that my mind had switched off, remembered the stories my colleagues had told me before I booked the cottage.
Only you and I know the story of my braveness so let’s keep it within us as a secret forever!!!!!!
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Answer:
It was raining heavily. I was driving my car all alone in the lonely street when all of sudden I heard a voice coming out of my car, "Please save me". I was completely stunned by the voice. Even without turning back, I was able to guess the age and gender of the person. It was the voice of an old lady, so feeble and fainted. I had no idea how she got into my car. My brain was dwindling with millions of thoughts.
I stopped the car and I slowly turned back and saw her. Her face was soaked with sorrow and misery in the form of wrinkles and fine lines. I was very reluctant in helping her initially, but the way she approached me for help made me fall for her to lend my hands. She uttered her story that she once lived in a very prosperous family with all wealth and prosperity. She joined her hands and pleaded with me to send her to an old age home.
What surprised me to the core was that when strangers approach us for help they always ask for money. But she was different, she asked for a destination where nobody on earth wishes to go. Firstly my mind was very curious to know how she got into my car. I asked her the same. She told that she was sitting aside in the lane where my car was parked. When it started to rain, she had no other go to get a shade. She gave me a try my car and found that it was open and got into the car. Since she had not eaten properly for days, she felt dizzy and fell into the seat.
When she got up she came to know that the car was started and so she asked for help. After this narration, my mind was completely lost in thoughts. I am absent-minded these days was what I came to get after hearing this. I started the car without any hesitation I was in a plan to help her. I had intuitive thought of a very old connection with that lady. Maybe that would have brought me to help her. On my way, I asked about her and again after hearing her story, my eyes were filled with tears.
Her name was Tejal, a 60-year-old lady(if had a mother she would be of her age) who was thrown out of her own house after losing her husband in a fire accident by her very own son and daughter-in-law. She was thrown out of her house to confiscate all their assets of them. This brought tears into my eyes. I am an orphan and had grown up in a helpless environment. So I was able to feel the pain of that lady. I drove my car to an orphanage named "Memorial Foundation" where I was brought up.
Heavy heartedly I took that lady into the office of that orphanage. That gave me a tremendous shock. The treasurer of the orphanage and Tejal knew each other before encountering each other. Only then did I come to know that 30 years back, when I was an infant I was thrown out in the trash for my dark complexion by my parents. Tejal was the lady who saved me from the trash and gave me home by joining me in this orphanage.
I was completely emotional and I hugged the lady so tightly and fell deep down onto her legs. I decided to take care of her in my home. I felt that my intuition was right and my purpose in life is fulfilled. We signed off from the orphanage by thanking the treasurer and took the lady to my home with utmost soul satisfaction.
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