Chapter 1
Part I
The Mysterious Letter from India
It's a bright sunny morning. Naru, Mai, Monk, Ayako, Masako and John are all seated in silence.
Suddenly Mai exclaimed, "Enough guys! How much more time are we supposed to waste like this, rather in absolute silence?" "Sshh..." said John, "Mai don't you know we're supposed to be quite? Don't forget, we're trying to meditate." "Come on, I mean how long are we supposed to wait? I'm so…" Mai was exclaiming her boredom when Lin kicked the door with a huge sound.
"Naru, there's a letter for you guys." said Lin.
"Lin, you kicked the door just to tell us we have received a letter?" asked Monk. "No, that's not the reason. The sender has not mentioned any name. That's weird." Stated Lin. "Uhuh..." said Ayako totally engrossed.
"The anonymous sender seems to be desperate and needs help. What's surprising me even more is that this letter is from India." Said Lin. "INDIA?!" shouted everyone together breaking their meditative posture. "All these years we never got a letter from India that too a mysterious one" said Masako snatching the letter from Naru's hands.
Ayako requested her to read out the letter loudly. The letter stated-
Mai Taniyama,
I stay in the Guru Haveli in the southern district of Dwarka, New Delhi in India. Over the years people started noticing a frequent change in my son's behavior. He was just the same to me. Poor thing was doubted to have a spirit in him and that my house was haunted.
One day, I was drying my clothes when a stranger walked into my house's entrance and started yelling loudly. When I went down to meet him he told me that my son had entered my neighbor's house and started attacking her husband fiercely. When I ran to see him, he was lying dead. I was shattered to see my dearest and the only son I had dead because of my neighbor's husband who claimed to have no choice but to kill him else he would have strangled to death.
It has been 2 weeks since this happened. I called the best of best paranormal researchers to search my house on my friends' request but none of them were able to give me good results. A friend told me about you and your team Shibuya Psychic Research so I wrote this letter to you only after the day before yesterday's happenings.
I was in the bathroom bathing when I heard a thud sound on the kitchen table. Worried I stepped out only to find a small bag full of coins. I got a bit scared as it never happened before. Not just this, the other day I had cooked rice as an offering to the god and for my son's soul. But when I went to the kitchen and returned, the rice bowl was empty and the portrait of my son kept nearby was covered with garlands, something I was about to do. This happened despite all the doors and windows being closed. I'm afraid something more bad is about to happen. But what more worse can I expect? My dear son is not with me anymore. Please come here and examine my house so that I can live alone and isolated from others in my house now that my dear son is no more.
There was absolute silence for over a minute.
"Why is the letter not having any name in the end?" asked Monk. "Ditto doubt" said John. "No, wait. How are we supposed to believe in whatever the anonymous lady is saying? And what if after going there we only are fools and everyone is happy and peaceful over there? I mean what if this is a prank letter?" said Ayako. "Ayako, try to think of it the other way. What if she is actually desperate and needs our help? Then, not going wouldn't be appropriate. After all we help people. What do you think Naru?" enquired Masako. "I think Masako is right. Maybe we should go to India to see to the issue." Naru stated looking at Mai whose face had an unpleasant expression. Mai thought, 'Why the hell does he look at me while talking about Masako?' "And what if Ayako turns out to be right?" asked Lin. "Then we will have fun In Delhi." said Naru, but of course without any excitement. "Guys, Does this mean we're going to India?" asked Mai.
(To be continued…)