NIGHT I SPENT WITH A GHOST
Written by Esomchy
Episode 3
"What do you want from me?" I asked as fear took total control of my soul and body.
"Sam, just calm down!!" Her resounding voice sent shivers down my spine,
"I'm not gonna hurt a single hair on your head, though I wanted to do that but I discovered you're a different person, I realized that all men aren't the same."
There was sudden silence that was followed by silent sobbing before she continued,
"I just want you to see the real me,
I want you to have a glimpse of the pàin I felt, I want you to see the agôny I went through."
Her voice quavered as she sobbed silently and I felt anxious even though I wasn't completely getting what she was saying,
"What happened?" I found myself asking but never looked at her for once.
"He claimed he loved me, he made it seem like he cared, he stôle my heart from me when I was in deep slumber, I loved him intentionally, wholeheartedly and unconditionally, I trusted him more than myself, little did I know that he was just a wild wolf in sheep's clothing...
‘Aria, you're so special,
I'm so happy to be with someone like you,
I have never and will never regret a single moment of having you in my life’
This was his daily pledge to me and I thought I had found someone who truly loved me, not knowing that what he confessed was just an antonym of what he had in mind.
His penniless pocket was never a burden to me, I even requested my upfront salary of 12 months which I gave him to rent an apartment and find something doing just because I wanted our future to be as bright as the morning sun.
I would smile when I was alone and even when I was in public places whenever I thought about him...
‘Aria, this one you're smiling like someone that just won a lottery, hope you have not fallen in love. Just be careful o, fàke guys are everywhere these days’
That's what my best friend told me one day she caught me blushing, I still regret not listening to her till now, had it been I heeded her warning, I wouldn't have fallen victim to this."
"Aria what really happened," I asked soberly, I was getting anxious to hear the full narration.
"It happened approximately 12 months back,
He called me and told me to visit him, I had a very important appointment that day but because of how urgently he described it,
I canceled it and found my way to his apartment.
‘Jeff, what's the problem?’ I threw my handbag without looking to see where it fell and rushed to where he lay on the bed, wrapping himself with a bedspread. He firmly held my wrist as soon as I made to feel his forehead with the tip of my palm.
‘Aria, I can't hold it anymore,
I want you now!’ He confessed with a look I was not able to describe.
‘I thought you said you're sick and what about our covenant to stay till we're legally married?’ I asked with mixed feelings but his response wasn't in my favor at all,
‘Whether we do it now or later, you're still mine and that's the most important thing’
With this statement in his mouth, he carried me up, placed me on the bed, and cl¡mbed on top of me,
‘Please, Jeff, I'm on my périod, we can't do this now’ I pleaded but all my pleadings landed on deaf ears.
"Whatever, No One will hinder me from making it big in this life," He pûshed his hand toward my chest.
I tried to resist him and he l@nded a h@rd pûnch on my face and l@nded another one on my mouth, rendering me powerless.
The pàin was so much that it burned like fire, and before I knew it, he had tôrn my clothes and undiés.
‘Argh! Argh!’I screàmed helplessly as he fôrced himself ins¡de me.
He fôrcefully took away my vîrginîty.
He snàtched away my dignity,
He déstroyed my pride.
I scréamed and scréamed but the music was so loud that no one could hear my voice.
He continued fôrcing himself ins¡de me with all his strength,
The pàin was too much that I felt it everywhere."
"What kind of rûthless human is that?" I fired and clenched my fists in wràth.
"I hope you have repaid him in his own coin,
I hope you have gotten your revénge?" I queried fúriously.
‘How could someone do a thing like this to a fellow human?
This is just too much,
Haba, what's this world really turning into?’
"How can I get révenge when my spîrit has left the bôdy? "Her voice drew me back to reality and goose pimples registered all over my body.
"You mean you're de@d?
Are you actually saying I have been with a ghost all this while?" I inquired shakingly,
"I wasn't able to endure the pàin, my capacity was not able to bear the anguish, I realized that leaving my body was the best option to choose, I discovered that the only way to avert the páin was to slip out of my dizzy body." Her voice stiffened as she sobbed bitterly.
Though Her story was so touching,
I wasn't able to stay again,
how can I be in the same room with a ghost,
I quickly got up from the floor and hastily held the door handle but unfortunately, the door still refused to open.
That was when I reckoned it was finally and finally and finally OVER!
Hot liquid trailed down my trousers as I noticed her presence behind me.
"Sam," She called with a sobby tone,
"I'm so disappointed, so after hearing my story, after getting a copy of what I went through,
all you could do is just run away?
Is it good? Is it normal?"
Her voice touched me so much and I felt very bad for trying to run,
"I'm sorry," I apologized pitifully,
"Aria, I know it's not good,
I know it's very abnormal to do a thing like this, but you just have to see things from my own perspective. You know that humans still have these humanistic feelings.
I believe you know there's a great bond between humans and spirits.
No normal human would feel safe and expressional with a ghost in this dreadful night..."
"I understand perfectly," she cut in,
"That's why I chose to visit you because there's something I see in you I don't see in other humans.
I have spoken to many people including my friends and family members but none of them were able to see or even hear me.
But you can see and even hear me clearly, that's why I approached you.
If you're wondering how I was able to enter the bus.
Well, I borrowed that body from a môrgue with the help of a necromancer.
Sam, my spirit is réstless, and that's how it'll continue to be till I get véngeance!!!"
To be continued
My name is Esomchy and I always believe I can