CHAPTER NUMBER 12

I opened the door, it was a fairly large room, the walls were painted with shades of, olive-green, gray and white color to give off a calm vibe, in the middle of the room there was a couch for laying down, looking like the king of comfort itself and beside it was a seat made so a person could sit at it for hours and not get tired or back pain.

There was a lady standing near the chair, she was quite beautiful and had a mature look, on seeing me she asked me to come and lay down on the couch, she asked very politely but there was something about her way of speech that I didn’t question anything and did what she told me to, there was one question that I asked.

“By any chance are you Ackj, The Author.”

she smiled at me and said,

“No, but he will be here in a few moments, you can lay down on this couch while you wait.”

I went and laid down on the couch complying with her orders, when I got comfortable on the couch she started asking me questions, I didn’t question as to why she was asking me questions but someone who was willing to listen to me, the torment I went through, I started speaking like water flowing down a fall.

As I was telling her my story, she would show no emotions, may it be of shock, fear, sadness, pity nothing but occasionally she would smirk, the corner of her mouth would raise, it was as if it didn’t matter the least to her what I was saying, I knew that but I still kept talking to get it out of me.

***

Night had fallen, the room had dim light with only a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, the atmosphere was quite heavy, I had been talking for

many hours, she listened to all of it without interfering, after I finished speaking she said something which was not right!

The Lady,

“Your story really is for one to listen to but if a normal person would hear this, they would only think one thing and that is you are stupid.”

When she said that I got angry,

“You think that all of the things that I told you are stupid! the torture I went through, the misery, despair, stress, anxiety all of that I felt seems like stupidity to you!”

The Lady,

“Yes, think about it, a person who dreams at night has vivid dreams, he starts to think they are more than that, his mind following his thoughts starts to make him feel as if it’s something psychological or supernatural, making him feel unnecessary emotions, you know what everyone would call that person, Stupid!”

Her words started to sink into my mind, my mind became tangled like jungle vines, my heart sank like a rock in the ocean, I stood up from laying on the couch and sat on it, biting my nails, rolling my eyes, thinking.

With clear tension, paranoia, nervousness in my voice.

“NO! it can’t be that, the things I went through can’t be because of me! I am not the cause of my own problems, my mind wouldn’t do that to me.”, I got scared thinking that when suddenly I heard a voice.

“Why are you scaring him”

As I heard that voice, my mind cleared out, the voice which I could recognize anywhere.

Door opens and Jack walks in.

Upon seeing him my sleep went away from my eyes, pain went away from my body, thoughts went away from my mind, emotions left my heart and all of it got exchanged by two things.

ANGER and DISAPPOINTMENT.

I walked towards Jack feeling clusters of emotions, I was shocked to see Jack standing in front of me, but I also knew how and why he was here.

I stood in front of Jack, stared him dead in the eyes for a brief moment and hugged him.

He didn’t hug me back.

The fact that I had been ignoring for a while was starting to erupt like an active volcano inside me.

Still not accepting it, I asked in a weak voice.

“Jack, what are you doing here? how did you know I was here” I asked him while holding him by the shoulders.

Jack brushed my hand off in a rude manner and replied.

“You know why and how I am here!” said while staring at me.

“Ah, what are you talking about, how would I know why and how are you he...”

“Enough of this Ainmosni! (raised his voice) we both know why we are here.”

I said while tears started falling from my left eye, my voice shaking.

“Then why?! why have you done this to me!”

Jack started laughing.

“Hahah, you still don’t understand or remember why I did this or how I did this don’t you.”

My anger passed its limit, I raised my voice drastically.

“I DON’T!”

Jack with visible Joy on his face, being amused by all of this, started walking around in circles around me.

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“Yes! This, this is your true self, let your anger out, show me who you truly are!”

“This is amusing to you, my misery, the torture you put me through, the despair I felt, the pain I felt because of you! All of this is a joke to you.”

Jack comes closer to me.

“NO! this is more important to me than it is for you, even if I feel happy because of this it doesn’t mean that I am taking this lightly but seeing you suffer is indeed amusing for me.”

“Then tell me, TELL ME! Why have you done this to me?”

“I will tell you but you will tell me first how you got to know that I was the one behind this and even before that let’s get rid of the distractions shall we.”

Jack waves his hand and both of us get transferred to a room with two chairs and a single lamp, I was already sitting in the chair unable to move, Jack walks and also sits down.

I tried to get out of the chair but was unable to.

Jack,

“It’s useless, you can’t do anything here unless I want you to, it’s better if we only talk.”

I didn’t try to resist knowing that it won’t work and I needed answers anyways.

“we will talk but after I finish speaking, you will tell me why you betrayed me.”

Jack put up his hand in agreement, hinting for me to go first.

I then told Jack how and when I knew that it was him behind all of my suffering.

“I always found it odd that you knew my schedule more than me, when I had part time work or not, when I would be going out or not, it didn’t meant much because there was nothing wrong with a Friend (sarcastically says friend) knowing about it, than when I first told you about my thoughts turning into a dream, you didn’t find it as strange as I did, you deemed it as amazing imagination in which I agreed with you and neglected the pain I started feeling since day one” I said while hitting my chest.

Jack kept staring at me showing no sign of care whatsoever, it was as if I hadn’t said the thing he wanted to hear.

I raised my voice in anger.

“Even all of this doesn’t matter to you right!?, you just want to know the exact moment I knew RIGHT!?”

Jack smiles smugly,

“Then listen, when I told you about my past thinking of you as someone close to me and that exact night I experienced true torment, everything in it was related to my family, I started suspecting you and when yesterday I read the Author’s name, the fact I had been denying, it made me accept it,Ackj is just Jack fumbled up.”

I stopped talking, the silence was loud, you could hear a needle drop in it, when Jack started Laughing, LAUGHING!!

Jack runs his hand through his hair and says,

“Haha, so that was it, the name, I knew I should have chosen a different name but it all worked out, I didn’t have to go through the hassle to tell you that it was me all along.”

My anger kept rising, frustration at its peak, only if I could get out of this chair I would beat the shit out of him!

“NOW It’s your turn! Tell me why did you do this?!”

Jack stands up,

“I won’t tell you, rather show you.”

Waves his hand and we again get transferred.

We both were getting a third person view, Jack was showing me a time before I met Mr. Lock, the time when I would fight anyone for no reason.

I looked at Jack and asked.

“Why are you showing this to me? What does this have to do with our current situation.”

Jack’s expression changes from amusement to anger and screams at me.

“This has everything to do with what I have done to you, so see it and remember.”

I was about to scream at him back but then I saw my younger self meeting Jack.

***

I was in the park sitting on the bench, I hadn’t had much to eat since yesterday, I was all moody, didn’t feel like talking to anyone, I was

frustrated at my State, seeing everyone around me happy, having something to smile about.

It was then when Jack came to meet me with a huge smile on his face and it seemed like he had something to show or give me.

He walked toward me and sat beside me, he looked at me all happy.

“Hey Aimosni, you good.”

“Jack, I am really not in the mood to talk.”

“Ah, come on don’t be like that, alright then I have something that will lift up your mood.”

Upon hearing that I got intrigued thinking that he might have bought something to eat, that was the only thing my mind was filled with, food needed.

Jack brought his hand forward in front of me, holding a box wrapped in gift packaging. Jack throughout this whole moment was smiling thinking that I would be overjoyed after seeing the gift.

I took the gift, still thinking that there might be something to eat in it, the corner of my mouth was starting to slightly lift up thinking that.

After I opened the gift, my expression changed back to normal, to see that it was not what I wanted or had in mind.

Upon opening the box there were shoes in it, which Jack had bought as mine were in horrible shape, I should have been happy receiving the gift but the state my mind was in it instead made me feel more frustrated for some reason.

Jack, all excited.

“So, how is it, do you like it? I picked it out myself, why don’t you try it out? It will suit you.”

“oh, yeah, thanks for the gift, I will try it later.” I put it between us on the bench not giving it much attention.

Jack’s expression gradually changed from excitement to sadness.

“Wait, why aren’t you trying them on, come on at least try, then decide whether you like it or not.”

He picks up the box and hovers it in front of me.

“Jack, I told you I appreciate the gift and will try it on later.”

He kept the box hovering around me.

I got annoyed and with slight aggressiveness brushed off the box, upon doing that the box fell out of Jack’s hand and the shoes fell out of the box.

Jack kept looking at the shoes that had fallen out of the box.

“See, I told you I would check it out later, now look what happened”, I knew that it was my mistake and that I was being ungrateful but I was not in my best state of mind and didn’t appreciate the gift he bought for me.

I walked off saying that in search of some work to buy something to eat, Jack kept sitting there gazing out the shoes which were on the floor.

***

I looked at Jack with shock and disappointment.

“Is that the reason that you have done this to me?! Not appreciating a gift, is that it!?”

Jack looks at me all angered.

“For you it’s only ‘that’s it’, Do you know how I felt after you did that, I bought you a present with such love and excitement, that Ainmonsi will be overjoyed receiving such a gift but NO! Mr. Animosity here only cares about himself and what he wants, not what others are feeling right!”

“Didn’t I apologize to you afterwards didn’t I? Didn’t I tell you how I was feeling that day?”

“Even if you did, it doesn’t give you any right for the way you acted towards me, the feeling I felt that day, I will never forget, you are saying I betrayed you and broke our friendship, you were the one who made a clear dent in it on that day.”

We both started talking our hearts out.

“But that also doesn’t give you any reason for the things you did to me, you put me through torture, torment just over me acting out, that doesn’t mean you are in the right, in fact your actions are those of a psycho, I thought I was going mentally ill, in reality it’s you who is need of treatment, my actions and yours are like a drop of water in an ocean.”

“yeah I am a psycho and it doesn’t matter anymore, someone being right or wrong isn’t the case here, it’s that you are going to experience true hell from now on and going to regret ever meeting me and if you think that I felt the shred of sympathy for you while doing my deed, I didn’t in fact it was amusing to see you fall in despair, remember the chuckles you were hearing, that was me losing control.”

My frustration peeked and I screamed Jack’s name and ran toward him to throw a punch at his face, as I was about to swing my arm he snapped his finger while smiling at me.

Tring Tring, alarm clock ringing,

“HAH, HUH, HAH, HUH, HAH, HUH.”

I woke up laying on the ground, now knowing that it was Jack but I was confused as to how I am back here, I thought what just happened was real, not my thoughts. While I was thinking my phone started ringing, as soon I read who it was from, my confusion went away.

Ring ring,

I picked up the phone.

A sarcastic tone.

“Good morning, Ainmosni. I hope you had a fun Night.”

I screamed through the phone.

“Jack!!”