The Cryptic Clue by Jisha Rajesh

Author:Jisha Rajesh [Rajesh, Jisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

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Ayana hung up and slid down on her bed as her whimsical thoughts about Varun carried her to an obscure world of passion. Her gaze wandered through the walls of her bedroom and landed upon the clock hung opposite to her bed.

“Oh my God!” She sat on the bed with a jolt, “It’s already 7.30 p.m. and I am just lying idly on the bed. Who the hell is going to prepare dinner for me?”

She picked up the manuscript, jumped out of the bed and switched off the lights of her bedroom as she walked out. She went to her study and locked the manuscript safely in the drawer of her desk and made her way to the kitchen. She picked up some vegetables from the refrigerator and placed them in a vessel and put it in the wash basin. She turned the tap on and was jolted by a sudden but muffled sound. She quickly turned the tap off and strained her ears. But she couldn’t perceive any sound in the silence of her apartment. She shook her head and sighed as she turned the tap on and cleaned the vegetables. She sat down on the kitchen table and started chopping the vegetables. She gasped as she heard a loud crash from the parlor. The knife fell from her shivering hands as she jumped to her feet. The first thought that came to her mind was that her neighbor’s cat Suzie may have crept into her apartment as she was very fond of Ayana.

She cautiously stepped into the parlor and found a few books that were placed on the table lying scattered on the floor. Ayana decided to run a check in her apartment for windows that she may have left open as an invitation for Suzie to sneak in. But as she took a step forward she heard footsteps in the balcony attached to her bedroom. Her heart raced and her limbs turned numb. She turned her eyes towards the bedroom and tried to see through the darkness that filled it. The veil of clouds moved slowly apart with each passing second and the moon began shedding its silvery beams over the balcony. Ayana let out a petrified scream as she saw it as clear as a crystal. The silhouette of a human form was lurking in her balcony. She stood rooted to the ground for a few seconds but then came to her senses and ran to her phone lying in the parlor. She immediately punched Varun’s number and panted heavily as she waited for him to pick it up.

“Off…,” she gasped, “Officer, there is somebody in my house. Please come over here…please save me.”

“Don’t worry, Ms Sharma,” Varun’s shrilling voice said, “I am quite close to your place. I will be there at your apartment within a few minutes.”

Ayana hung up and was struggling to catch her breath through a widely parted mouth when the lights of her apartment went off. She panicked and looked around only to see a shroud of darkness hanging all around her.

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