The Gift (Short Horror Story)
The Gift
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The Gift |
My name
is Meera Sharma and I lived in the small city of Mumbai with my parents.
I am the
only child in my family yet it was difficult for my parents to cover my study
expenses along with other house expenses. We were a simple middle-class family.
I worked
very hard to complete my MBA along with a part-time job on the weekends and
holidays.
But as
the years passed, I completed my studies intending to make our life happy. I am
thankful to my parents for their support.
Now I
have completed my MBA and working as a marketing manager for an app-making
company.
My life
was running smooth.
I was
enjoying my simple life; until it, all started.
It all
started after I touched the dead body of my friend Simmy in the city hospital.
Her
husband Chris, reported that Simmy fell down while climbing the local hill. Her
foot slipped a bit and she trembled down the hill.
Her head
struck on heavy rock and she lost a lot of blood on the spot.
It was
already late to take her to the hospital.
The
story makes no sense as Simmy had a phobia for height.
Also,
the location where it happened was all lonely and far away from the city where
no one goes usually; that was clearly not a picnic spot.
Besides all these, something rare happened to me when I touched Simmy's body lying on the hospital bed.
At the
moment my hand touches her head, I saw a blur vision of her climbing the hill
and suddenly someone hit her head from the back and pushed her from the hill.
I was
shocked for a moment and it took a few seconds to gather my sense.
I
thought it was just because of the stress and trauma of my best friend's death.
But it
happened again when I touched her back.
Simmy
was shouting at me, "Meera help me, I was murdered".
I was
confused about what was happening to me, I could not handle it more so I went
away to my house.
I tried
to get some sleep but it was of no use.
I couldn't sleep as my mind kept on thinking about the vision I had in the hospital.
The next
day, when I went to Simmy's funeral. They have already started the process.
All her
family members were there.
Chris
and his parents were performing the rituals while Simmy's parents and her
brother Sam were having their last glance at their beloved Simmy.
I was
worried about what had happened to me, so I was avoiding everyone.
But when
Simmy's mother called me to say Goodbye to my best friend, I could not deny it.
I went
near the coffin and says my final goodbye.
Simmy's
mother could not bear the pain of the loss of her young daughter.
She was
all broken watching her Simmy lying in a coffin.
Simmy's
father Mr. Jane hold her and took her away from the coffin.
While
she was turning back, her bracelet fell down in the coffin.
Uncle
and Aunty didn't notice that and kept walking.
I saw
the bracelet and I stepped ahead to take it from the coffin.
Just
when I was picking up the bracelet, my hand touched Simmy's hand and I was lost
again.
I
started seeing the visions again, I saw the same vision of Simmy's tragic death
and her asking for help.
At that
time I understood that this isn't some trauma or stress.
I am
having these visions for real.
I ran away from there and started thinking about what could I do?
Whom
should I talk about these visions?
Who
would believe me?
At last,
I decided to find the truth behind Simmy's death by myself.
At
first, she went to the hospital and asked the doctor about the cause of Simmy's
death.
The
doctor told her that It could be anything a murder or an accident as Simmy had
fallen from a height, it's difficult to tell anything about the scars.
Besides
that, their family took the body too soon that we didn't get enough time to
examine it perfectly.
The
Police officers were known to them so he didn't take much time and gave the
authorities of the body to them.
After
talking to the doctor, all I could think was "Chris must have killed
Simmy."
As their
marriage life was not going so well and they kept quarreling often.
Also,
Chris has anger issues, so he must have planned this and convinced Simmy to
went to the local hill station and killed her.
I
thought the only way to know the truth is to trickly interrogate him and make
him confess the murder.
So I
went to Chris's house.
He seems
sad but I had prepared my mind for what I came by.
At
first, we talked about Simmy and her dreams and other topic and after when I
thought it's good to ask about the accident, I started asking him about why
they planned that hill station for the picnic.
His
answer blew up my mind.
I was
thinking that Chris had planned this but it was Sam, Simmy's brother who had
planned the picnic and he was also going to join them but he got some work at
the last moment and he called me and apologies for, he could not come for the
picnic.
After
this answer I could not control it, I told him everything that happened to me.
He
didn't believe me totally but clarifies to me that he had not killed Simmy. He
said that he was down the hill at the time of the accident.
He also
had a witness, a local flower seller who was passing by at that time and he was
buying flowers for Simmy.
He was
angry with me for I thought about such a stupid thing but still agrees to help
me find the truth, thinking that if it's murder then the murderer must get
punished.
Many
questions were bothering me like why did Simmy's brother planned this and
what's the motive behind this?
Also,
how could he kill Simmy as he was not there?
Or he
had hired someone else?
To know
all the answers, we first decided to find out where was Sam at the time of the
murder.
We can't
ask him as he won't tell us the truth and also he might know that we are
planning something against him.
The
simple solution to the question was to track down his phone's location at the
time of the murder.
Chris
contacted one of his friends who was in the police and get the details of Sam's
location on that day.
It was
clear from the report that Sam was there on the hill station.
Now we
were sure that Sam had murdered Simmy, all we need is to make him confess and
find the reason behind this.
To make
him confess, Chris and I made a plan with the police officer to blackmail him
anonymously and make him confess on the tape recording.
So I
called him saying, "I know your secret plan about how you killed that girl
on the hill station and I have that in the recording. And if you want me to
stay silent then bring 1crore rupees to the old empty villa at the end of the
city at 12 o'clock at night".
We had
bugged the place with recording devices and were waiting for Sam.
Chris
and the officer hiding in the next room to the hall.
Sam came an hour ago to double-cross the blackmailer but he didn't know whom he was dealing with.
Sam came
inside the villa knowing that the blackmailer was already inside as we have
left the door open.
Sam
shouts out, I am here.
Where
are you?
I moved
ahead and asked him to slide the money bag towards me.
He asked
to hand over the recording before he slides the money bag.
And also
asked me, "How could I trust you that you are asking for money for the
first and last time, and also how could I know that you have not made a copy of
this recording".
I
replied that I am not a fool. I have prepared a copy but only I know where it
is.
Also, 1
crore is enough for me to stay silent.
So you
don't need to worry.
But
before I gave you this recording I want to know that why did you kill that
girl.
Was she
your wife or someone else?
And why
did you killed her?
He got
angry and shouted, "That's none of your business and she was not my
wife."
He asked
me to gave the pen drive to him and I did the same.
After
grabbing the pen drive, he takes out his gun and pointed towards me.
He said,
"I did all these for the money and the property. How could I give you 1
crore rupees to a stupid blackmailer."
He was
about to shoot but before he could do anything Chris and the officer grabbed
him and took him to the station, where he admitted that he killed his sister
for the property as his father has decided to gave a major part of the property
to Simmy and Sam wants it all.
Simmy's
parents were heartbroken and kept cursing Sam for his evil deed.
Chris
thanked me and went to consolidate Simmy's parents.
At last,
I felt happy and stress-free. I am sure Simmy would be happy to know that his
murderer was arrested.
I was
returning home and just then I heard that there was a murder of a little girl
last night and the body was taken to the hospital for the postmortem.
Now I know, where to head next and this is just the beginning...
Note :This story is uploaded for the blog shorthorrorstoriesz.blogspot.com
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