š~Obsession~š
By: Palchinm
Table of Contents
Page 1, Part 1
How long? How long will she have to face this? This hide-and-seek game is killing her. Will she ever be able to live a peaceful life? Why is she being the victim of his obsession? Can't he just leave her alone? Why just her?
As she prayed to Shivji in the enormous Shiv mandir, she couldn't stop the painful tears from falling from her eyes. Kneeling down in front of the murti, she rested her head against it and let her tears fall. She was tried of all this. She wanted to live a better life. And most importantly, she was scared. Scared of what he might end up doing with her.
After her parents, Balraj and Teji Mann died; she was taken under the shelter of her bua Daljeet. Daljeet had been her backbone in since the day her parents died. At that time, she was only 7 years old. Form 7 years old to 19 years old, she had been with her bua. Daljeet had always taken the best care of her. Being unmarried, her bua had given her the love of a mother. Her life only consisted of the two of them, her bua and herself'.the beautiful Heer Mann.
When she finished her college, Heer and her bus moved to Mumbai where they lived in Heer's old house. There she found a job in Seasons as a fashion designer. They were financially stable and lived a happy life. But it was as if God was stilling willing to test her. Heer's bua's health started to get bad. Her bua started getting high fevers and she became awfully sick. That when she decided to doing anything possible to take utmost care of her bua and get her back to healthy and fit.
Everything was going fine, until'..he came. The house down the street from her's had been on rent for a while. But he came by and bought the house. From then on, her life has been miserable. There are 2 people who live in that house now. One who she really doesn't mind. But the other'..oh God'..he creeps her out. It all started from the day she went out to buy some medicines, from a near by, store for her bua. After getting dressed into a simple pink colored churidar and covering herself with a shawl, she stepped outside the house. It was almost 9:00 at night. But she needed to get the cough syrup for her bua. Daljeet had strictly told her not to leave this late at night. But she had to, for her sake. When she saw her bua taking some rest him her room as the coughing was increasing, she sneaked out of the house to get the syrup.
As she walked down the empty street, with the force of the wind blowing against her, she thought she heard footsteps behind her. She looked back and to her dismay, the street lights were not working and she could barely see anything behind her. She clutched the shawl tightly around herself, and continued walking with a rapid pace. When she finally reached the drug store, she quickly bought the cough syrup and some other important medicine for her bua. After paying the price, she quickly left to go back to her house.
The streets were pitch dark and she could hardly see where she was going. She was walking as fast as she could to get to her house. As she was walking, she heard some footsteps again. She turned around to look but found nothing. Who was it? She had heard the leaves cripple under somebody's steps. As she turned to walk again, a sudden grip on her hand pulled her away from the street and behind a tree.
She couldn't even scream because this monster had covered her mouth with his hand. Whoever he was, he had scared the crap out of her. As she tried to calm down and understand what had been happening, she could hear his laugh, his mysterious laugh. Tears were brimming up in her eyes and she felt as if her heart would get tried of thumping so fast. She tried to free herself from his grip but it was impossible for her to do so. He was just too close to her.
"Hey gorgeous'..I've been waiting for this chance from the day I moved here'.." the man spoke. The tome of his voice was disgusting her. A sudden flickering flame popped up from the light in his hand. That's when I saw the face that I knew would haunt me for a while. Heer instantly recognized the person. He was the same guy she saw the other day moving into the old rented house. It was Manmeet.
His eyes were looking at her lips and he was trying to get closer to her. Feeling disgusted by this man, she pulled her face to a side to keep herself away from his touch. Now this was a limit. She couldn't stop herself from crying.
"Oh baby'why are you crying? '.I am here only'" he forcefully hugged her and started stroking her hair. Finding this the right time, she pushed him away with a hard force and ran towards her house. She could hear his call out "wait'.where the h**l do you think you are going'." But she didn't dare look back or slow her speed. She finally reached her house and quickly locked the door behind her.
Heer rested her back against the door and tried to catch her breath. Whatever just happened flashed back into her mind and her eyes brimmed up again. Why was he after her? What did she ever do to him? A horrified look came over her face as she wondered what could have happened if she didn't run away on time. What could he have done to her?
"Heer beta'" called her bua. Quickly wiping away her tears, she took the medicine which she was holding onto the whole time, and went to give it to her.
"Aayi buaji'." Heer composed herself and decided to not mention this incident to her.
From then on, Manmeet had been stocking her EVERYWHERE! She was even scared to leave the house alone. He always found a way to get near her but by any chance, she also found her way to escape. He was always acting as if he loved her more then anything else in the world. Heer knew that Manmeet was not in love but he was "OBSESSED" with her and this was freaking her out. From that time till now, she was always worried about bumping into him. It freaked her out when she saw him anywhere.
After sharing her pain with her Shivji, She got up to leave. It was almost 11:00 at night by the time she got up. She realized how late she was and turned to leave. But she instantly stopped in her tracks. There he stood, in the distance, slowly approaching her. Heer's heart started to pound as fast as it always would when she saw him. She saw a determined look on his face and he looked really angry.
Heer looked on her left and found an unknown path to someplace. Finding it her only way to safe herself, she ran in that direction trying to get away from him. She could hear him yelling after her and running behind her.
"Stop there right now'..You know I love you Heer'..STOP'.." he screamed and I ran as fast as I could around the whole stone structure. As she turned to look behind, she saw him catching up on her. She increased her speed and tried to get out of his sight. The whole mandir was like a maze so she kept going in different directions. At the same time she was praying to God to save her from this terror and to send an angel to help her.
That's when somebody pulled her to a side and covered her mouth from screaming. Heer instantly closed her eyes when she felt the pull and when her back hit against the stone wall. But the feeling she got from this touch made her feel''feel somewhat protected. It was definitely NOT Manmeet. But then who was it.
Heer slowly opened her eyes and found two chocolate colored eyes looking back at her'..with concern. The guy put his finger over his lips indicating her to be quiet. He slowly released his grip from her hand and took his hand away from her mouth. Hearing Manmeet's steps, she panicked and backed off. But he stood next to her as if protecting her. As Manmeet came closer, his anger rose as much.
"HEER'..I don't care wherever you are'.But I'll find you'.You will have to come to me'.I love you so much that if I don't get you, then I won't let anyone else get you'.Do you HEAR ME''HEER!!!!!" he screamed as he walked closer and closer to them. But they both were hiding behind a huge boulder where it was mostly dark beside the moonlight shining. Hearing him call her name, Heer got scared and rested her head against the guy's shoulder. The guy put his protecting hand around her to console her. Somehow, she found him to be comforting. She heard Manmeet leave the place in anger. Her pained was eased when she was near him. She finally calmed herself down after a few minutes of being in the same position.
When she noticed the closeness between her and the stranger, she quickly pushed herself away from him. By now, the moonlight had given off its full effect and she could clearly see the guy's face. He was dressed in a simple white shirt, a black blazer over it and with deep blue colored jeans. He was quite tall and very handsome. But the thing that caught her attention was his eyes. Those eyes were expressing concern and honesty. It made her want to just look at them forever. Heer quickly composed herself and looked at him.
"I'I'm really sorry'." She said and she backed away. She turned to leave but instantly stopped in her tracks when she heard his deep and soft voice.
"Wait'." He said. Heer turned around and looked at him with questioning eyes. "What does he want now? I hope he didn't take me wrong for being close to him?" Heer thought.
"I don't think you should go that way'.come with me'" he continued in a soft voice.
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