Sia felt like a feather had brushed her forehead. She snapped open her eyes when she realized that it was someone’s fingers.
A shiver ran down Sia’s spine when she saw him. What did he want now? She got up and scrambled down but stumbled.
She felt panic rise within her when she saw him coming towards her. She raised her hands and yelled, “Don’t come near me….. Please stay away.”
Funnily enough, she felt like hurt flashed through his eyes. Her mind was playing tricks on her again.
Sia looked around the room curiously. It was so different from the white room she had been earlier. She was tempted to try her imagination in this room too. She imagined a calendar and a clock with full precision but nothing happened. She tried imagining hundreds of other things but nothing appeared on the wall. She ran her hands over the wall to find that it was made of stone. She smacked her head and muttered, “This place seems to have messed with my brain. Maybe I will continue like this even after I return home…..home.” She laughed drily at that thought. She wondered if those four walls could be called home.
R-18’s heart was beating so fast that he was scared it would give him away. Their master tapped a button and the screen illuminated. R was seen walking into the master’s chambers.
R pondered over her question for a while and answered *That is the way I have always communicated. It is natural for me**Do all the others communicate similarly too?*
Sia sat on the floor for quite some time, heart-broken and forlorn. She hadn’t expected R’s rejection to hurt her so much else she wouldn’t have tried this stunt.When she could finally calm down. She tried to think about her actions objectively. She felt embarrassed at what she had done. Two days ago R had left her in the stygian room and here she was throwing herself at him. Wouldn’t R think of her as a girl with no principles? Her face burned in shame. She wished that she had done a deeper analysis of her thoughts before acting on t
A searing pain shot through Sia. She felt like her heart was being crushed under huge boulders. She had to thrust her fist into her mouth to muffle the sobs that threatened to escape. They had killed her uncle, her guardian, her life! She felt like the air had left her lungs. Wait, how did everything turn black? How did uncle vanish suddenly? It was then she realized that she had been staring at a video all this while. It had seemed so real. She hadn’t even recovered from this shock when she was suddenly thrown against the wall by an invisible force.
Sia woke up groggily. She felt that something was off. You know that feeling we get as if the landscape has changed on us. She couldn’t put a finger on why she was feeling so weird.She yawned and stretched her arms. The strong rays of the sun had already streamed in through the open window. “When did I leave the window open.” She muttered as she got up. Then it dawned on her. Wasn’t she waiting for Sam to come to the Viper’s rock? She had been so delighted when he came. She managed to tell him her story with great difficulty.“But, what reply did he give?” She wondered scratching her head. She couldn’t remember his response. Oh! Yeah….She had fainted.She looked around her room and muttered, “ How did I reach here?” She recalled that someone held her when she fainted. It must have been Sam. A wide smile spread on her lips. Still, she had to confirm it with Sam. She felt a hammering sensation in her head. She decided to make some coffee first. She went to open her door to get milk.
Sia ran to the only place where she could find solace. It was a decent cottage a few meters into the forest. Nothing very lavish, just a small cottage with a beautiful garden. She knocked at the door, still sobbing. The door was opened by Myra. “MY dear, why are you crying?” She asked worriedly as she pulled her into an embrace. Myra held her while she cried her heart out. After the dam of tears finally got over Sia felt a bit embarrassed at her behavior. She moved away from her embrace and said, “I am sorry Myra. I just got a bit carried a
Sia was about to turn and leave when she remembered that Sam had stayed the night at her house the day before yesterday. Why did he lead her on? Why did Myra not warn her about it when she saw Sam leaving in the morning rather she had encouraged them. “Myra, remember the day when you came to take me to the library.”“Hmmm…”“Didn’t you say that Sam and I would look good together? Why did you say that? You knew that he was married right?”