"You wanted some answers and here you will get what you wanted." Vyom locks the door behind him and walks inside the guest room with holding sharanya's hand.
"Whose house is this?" She asked as they walked past the entrance.
"You are here to learn your past sharanya and i am just helping you for it." He replied
Vyom left her hand and walked upto receptions. He took out a piece of paper and showed it to the reception which after that she pointed at a alley and said room no 204.
Vyom thanked her and came back to take sharanya along with him. They kept walking in silent until they were standing in front of a door. Vyom knocked on it and waited. A very old man appeared at door. Sharanya blinked her eyes to recognize the face. He looked very familiar. Vyom and uncle exchanged a smile while sharanya tried to think where she had seen this man before.
"Excuse me uncle. I have seen you before?" She asked politely.
The man let out a small laugh. "Ofcourse you have seen me sharanya beta. few years back i was professor for your class." This new piece of information enlightened sharanya and she leaned ahead attentively listening to the information he is giving her. She glance once at vyom and he replied with a nod and a smile.
"Sharanya he is our english lecturer Mr shyam bisht. Earlier he stayed in our town but after his retirement he have owned this place and have settled here. " he shared a smile at mr bisht to which he replied with a small nod.
"Mr bisht nice to meet you. I am sorry i didnt recognize you earlier actually i have lost my memory of five years. I am just trying to get those memories back.can you help me sir?" Vyom had already told mr bisht about sharanya's condition. This afternoon after lots of request from vyom over phone only mr visht agreed to meet them. He was happy to see these two are still each other's support.
"Ofcourse beta ask me what you want to know. I will help you to trace your memory." He smiled lovingly.
"Have I ever come here in this place? Kapali hill?" She waited in anticipation for response.
Mr bisht eyes instantly sparkled as he replied "yes , you are not new to this place. I clearly remember we have got all you senior students here for a seminar." He thought for a while before continuing " You have stayed here for 10 days"
10 days!!!! What happened in those ten days? Why i am getting hints on kapali hills! Sharanya thought to herself.
Mr bisht walked upto the cupboard and brought a huge album out. He placed that album in table. "This have all the seminar photos we have conducted all these years." Sharanya and vyom both got up and sat beside mr bisht on knees. As mr bisht was scrolling in photos he kept on sharing the moments when it was clicked. Vyom had a smile when he too remember the days when sharanya was in college with him and all those prank they played. The room filled with giggles and laughters. Mr bisht is a jolly man he cracked jokes and pulled vyom's ear on sharing stories of vyoms and sharanya's prank and achievements.
Sharanya and vyom thanked mr bisht and walked upto the car. Mr bisht asked sharanya to be in contact with him while he blessed sharanya for faster recovery and return of her memories. Sharanya went to other side of car and opened it to sit. Just then she heard a soft guitar music coming from far. The music holds such intensity that she couldnt resist and didnt even realize when she have started following it a
. Once she tracked it she found herself standing before a room behind the guest house and she enters.
It was horribly dark but it didn't scare her. She followed it as if the rhythm have hooked her legs and were making her walk by some magnetic pull. She finally reached the center of room and suddenly music stopped playing. She looked here and there for the source of music and found nothing but a guitar and a small tape recorder. Her hands itched for the touch of guitar and shebpicked it up from the table Shelf. It was covered in dust and dirt yet it didnt stop her from moving fingers over the chord and a strange music echoed the room. She gasped and turned around to check but found nothing dangerous. Sharanya moved her fingers once again and laughed when funny rhythm came out of it.
I definately needs to learn music before i could play it , sharanya thought with a smile.
She sighed and placed the guitar back on table and made her ways towards door when the soft melody of ek deewana tha began to play again. Sharanya turned around and stared at the guitar and the tape recorder.They were sitting lifeless on table.on seeing this goosebumps began to rose on her bare arms.
"Am i hearing things?" She is about to leave the room when the window door began to shut and open due to air. She thought to put up a latch on it. As she stood before window to latch it she accidentally stared out of it and saw dancing of the tree that moved in rhythm with the howling wind.
"Something is not right. I need to get out of here soon" shranya talked to herself.
She tried to be quickly to pass the door when she felt her feet glued up on spot and a strong fragnance of stargazers flower enveloped her. She started feeling cold. Beads of sweats appeared on her forehead despite of being alaska cold around.
She felt lost in thought as in why she feels cold suddenly. Why are wierd stuff com ing in her plate.
Her reverie of thoughts broke by the ringing of phone.
Without glancing on screen flashing number she picked up the call.
"Hello." She said
*No voice*
"Hello" she felt she heard something so she placed the phone close to her ear.
*no voice*
"He..hello" she shivered
*silence*
"Sha...ra...nnnyaaa!" A muffled sound followed by the rustling of chains in background were all she could hear.
"Hello who is it?" She felt as if someone is breathing heavily in phone after a few helloes she "hello who is there?""someone please speak up or i am hanging up the call. When there was no response she got her phone off ears and was about to press disconnect button when she hears someone taking her name this time clearly and in pain.
As someone is hurt very badly. She brought the phone back to ear and begged the person to speak. But to no luck there was no response. Suddenly she pressed the phone tighter over hears to listen to any sound and just then the song played again this time over phone
"Ek deewana tha..."
She is scared and she lets the reciever fall from her hand and a step back. When she felt she have banged into someone standing behind her.
A prick of fear paralyzed sharanya. She stood in silence in fear and dared to turn behind. With a lots of courage she checks behind her with side eye. "Vy..vyo..vyom!" Her lips shivered and refused to let any word fall without stammering.
She felt a hand on her hair caressing it. Her heart lifted up thinking its vyom. She turns behind and hugged him. Afraid by what happened just few minutes ago. She cried in his arms where he brushed her hair to calm her down.
Three loud bangs against the door made her jolt back in fear . she turns her face at door and grabs his arms tighter. After several knocks finally the knob to the door opned with a squeak and sharanya screeched, bringing her hands over her eyes sharanya screams.. She could see a male figure standing out in bright rays. She let out a shrill scream and started to faint. The man standing in sunlight started running towards her. Her heart accelerated infear and wanted ti run but her body gave up and freeze in spot just when she gave up on her life. She saw the face of the man. "Vyom"?
She pointed fingered at vyom. He took her in his arm as she falls on floor. Her eyes are sticked at the spot where seconds before she have hugged a man and now there is no one but star gazers and snow... And a broken tape recorder...