Chapter 4

The movie was indeed very scary. All through the movie Shreya sat clutching Kavin's arm. Then they went clubbing with their high School friends. Shreya was pleased with all the arrangements and was enjoying very much. Everyone was busy chatting and Shreya excused herself to get a drink. She approached the bar. It was much quieter there than the outside surroundings. Shreya ordered a coke and waited while the bartender got her her drink. She casually looked sideways and her stomach did a somersault. There he was! Dressed in his favourite black casuals with a drink in his hand. She approached him slowly and lightly tapped his shoulder. 'Shreya? What a pleasant surprise!' he exclaimed.
'Daya? Good to see you! I am surprised to find you at a club! I... I am you seem a sort of indoor person. Who are you with?' she asked.
'I am all alone. And you guessed right. I am an indoor person.' he said smiling.
'Alone? But why?' she asked.
'I wanted to be alone. What about you?' he said simply.
'Well it's my birthday today! I came with my friends to celebrate' said Shreya.
'Oh! Happy Birthday!' he said.
The waiter gave Shreya her coke. There was a pause then Shreya said - 'Can I ask you something? It's a bit personal'
'Personal? What is it?' he said.
'Hey Shreya! What are you doing?' came Kavin's voice.
'Nothing. I was just getting my drink. Well let me introduce you. He is Daya. He is a detective. He is helping us on that serial killer case.' said Shreya.
'Hey! Nice meeting you' said Kavin shaking his hand.
'And He is Kavin. He was away on a secret mission. He works at CID too.' said Shreya introducing Kavin.
'Hey come on... Everyone's waiting for you' said Kavin grabbing her hand.
'Kavin... What.. .' said Shreya but he pulled her behind him.
'See you later buddy' said Kavin to Daya.
Shreya felt really bad. She didn't even get a chance to talk to him properly. She was starting to get slightly frustrated now. She really wanted to go home. She was about to tell Kavin but at that moment her cell phone beeped. It was a message from Daya.
'Can you come outside just for a minute? I wanted to talk to you alone'
She was overjoyed to see his message. Without a word to anybody she went outside.
He was waiting near a parked car.
'I am sorry... I didn't talk to you properly' she said.
'No... Please don't be sorry. I just wanted to say something.
He came closer. Her heart was thudding loudly. 'You... you are really special to me. We don't even know each other but I haven't felt the same with anyone earlier. Thanks for tolerating me. Sorry if I've hurt you anytime.'
Then he kissed her cheek. 'Happy Birthday' he whispered in her ear and without another word he walked into the darkness.
Shreya couldn't believe it! The surrounding around her was spinning. Her cheeks were flaming red. She closed her eyes remembering the feel of his lips.
This birthday had really turned out to be special. It was the best gift anyone had ever given her.

The next day
Place: Mystic Falls, a few miles on the outskirts of Town Woods borough
Time: 10.20 pm

Ayesha stepped into her dark and silent house carrying two shopping bags. She switched on the lights and let out a groan. The house was very shabby and scattered with things and the pile of rubbish made the house appear gloomier than it actually was.
Ayesha was born and brought up in States. She worked in an advertising company. After a recent spat with her boyfriend she had became very much disturbed. She lived with her elder brother who worked in a garage. She never got along with her brother. They spoke very little to one another.
'Jake!' she screamed. 'Where the hell are you? Just look at this place! Jake! Come here right now!'
There was no response from him. She went from one room to another looking for him. Finally she came back into the kitchen and saw a note on the refrigerator.

'I am going out with my buddies. Don't know when I'll be back - Jake'

She let out an exasperated sigh.
She began cleaning the house. After half an hour it looked much tidier. She drew out the clothes from the washing machine and went out. A gentle breeze was blowing. She shivered a bit. Even though they didn't speak she was used to have Jake around. She was all alone tonight.
'Creaaakkkkk!' the sudden noise made her jump. The door of the store house was slightly ajar.
Ayesha switched on her cell phone flashlight and moved with tortoise steps towards the storehouse. Something dark moved in the bushes behind her. She shut the door of store house and came back into her backyard. The clothes on the clothesline were flapping along with the wind. She began removing them one by one and tossing them into the basket. Suddenly a dark outline appeared before her. Its face was hidden by the clothes. 'Who is it? Jake? Is that you?' She called out. At that moment a masked person came into view and pierced a knitting needle into her neck killing her.
The masked killer dragged her body towards a car and put it on the back seat. He drove the car a few miles away from her home to a nearby by swamp. He stopped the car very near to the swamp and carefully took the murder weapon. Then he got down and pushed the car into the swamp. He watched in satisfaction as the swamp slowly swallowed the car. There was a final 'plop' and the car was nowhere to be seen. Then he left wiping the needle clean on his shirt.

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