Someone is calling
Pradip was watching in mirror. He was looking carefully at his dress. He wanted everything to be perfect. This was neither first day of his office nor any important day. But he had one habit. He wanted to arrange everything in perfect way. He wanted to get dressed in proper style. It was upsetting when his clothes were not perfect. He watched in mirror carefully. He needed all to look great. He needed to concentrate on perfection. It was very important for them. He was watching his office staff for hours. He knew that it was important for them. He knew that he needed to dress up properly for his success. He felt so hopeful when he dressed properly. He was adjusting his tie on twentieth type. He sensed it & then he laughed. He didn’t feel that he did something wrong. He was confident that he did everything in right way. He began to smile that he was becoming over concerned about his dress. But he thought his wife Rita was spend lots of time before mirror so it was not something odd. He began to adjust his tie again. He wanted it to become straight. It was very important for him. He was so upset when he sensed that it was not straight. He saw this in many movies & TV shows that character had obsession with getting thing straight. He laughed at thought that he might get it too. He wanted to feel happy with his life but things were not improving at all. He needed to get it in right way. He knew that proper style of dress up was needed. He saw how much importance his dress up was getting. His client were asking every time about his dress. They all seemed impressed. He knew that his dressing style was very important. He could easily ignore other things. Like last time when he wanted to save money he served snacks which were made two days ago. He kept them aside then he just forgot. He managed to heat them & serve them as fresh. He thought that his clients would sense but they were so busy in admiring his clothes that they didn’t sense. His entire office staff was so happy. They all wanted him to keep playing these tricks. He could cheat clients like that & he could bring benefits for office. He was smiling so much at his memories. He was just clark but still even manager admired him. He knew how wisely he could handle all. He remembered one day by mistake they purchased one plot which was already occupied illegally by some people. It was big mistake. He knew that he needed to get rid of it. He kept thinking for long time. Then finally one colleague suggested “ Do you know those people belong to this group?” He heard name of group & smiled. He immediately called other group. He discussed with them for hours. He didn’t suggest that group to get aggressive. He said sweetly “ If something aggressive happened there then my Boss will fire me. I just want our office to find some client.” That person said “ Don’t worry. We will purchase it. We want to teach lesson to that group. If we own that land we can make them pay for their every mistake. What is cost?” He told increased cost. Then he waited for sometime. He felt that they might deny it. But they instead increased it. Their Boss was so happy. He gave bonus to all. Entire office staff started to admire him. He sensed one thing that he needed to trick people otherwise he couldn’t receive admiration he deserved. He knew that he was doing wrong. But he needed to do it for his company. He began to think that honesty was not always right. He smiled towards himself in mirror. He was starting to look handsome day by day. He began to admire his reflection. He noticed how sweet that secretary of Boss was speaking with him yesterday. They were going on movie & this secretary wanted to sit beside him. It was clear that he was most wanted person in his office & he knew that his skill of tricking people made him famous . He knew that he was moving in right way. He began to get ready. He was not sure how many people might want to sit beside him. He was so famous. He corrected his appearance & went out. His kids were in school. He was expecting Rita to wait in hall for him. His house was nice & big but Rita never appreciated it. Rita never earned anything herself but she never valued his earnings too. She kept lecturing on not lying etc. He hated it. She was using all luxuries then why she needed to keep pretending that she didn’t need them! She didn’t want to even respect him any more. At beginning after their marriage she used to sit in hall for hours. He used to get ready & she used to wait. His parents always told her to give him tiffin personally. She used to keep his purse ready. He still remembered how scared she used to look. He used to like it. He wanted her under his control. But then slowly she began to argue. At beginning it was okay but then it started to upset him. She used to wait for him but now she didn’t come out even after his screams. She supposed to come in door to say bye to him. It was her duty by his thinking but she was not doing it. He began to get tense due to it. He screamed. Rita came out. She was in nightgown not dressed properly in saree as he wanted. She was not dressing up for him. He sometimes regretted marrying her. That girl who was trying to sit beside him was a lot better than her. He decided to say it loudly on that day. “ You never get dressed up! The way you get dressed you look like maid! In fact our maid dressed better than you.” Rita kept looking at him with shock. She didn’t say anything. She never gave any excuse. She didn’t want to argue. He knew that she knew her level. He wanted to pursue subject. He wanted to taunt her more. But he saw that he was getting late so he ran out of house. He was in so much hurry that he didn’t notice that she smiled happily when he went out. She was so happy to get rid of him. He just ran out to take Taxi. It took him some time but finally he found Taxi. It was great that he managed to reach there on time. He knew that in office every one was waiting for him. It was upsetting. He wanted to reach office on time. He was perfect person whom office required. He knew that his office couldn’t run properly without his talent. He was so smart & wise. He smiled & watched his reflection in mirror. Then he went inside Taxi with full confidence. He was so sure that he was nothing but a gem.
Rita was so frustrated by Pradip’s tantrums. He was having troubles from beginning. She thought that he was pampered too much. He always kept feeling that he was special. He had inherited big house from his father & he had not done anything for it but still he kept pretending that he did something great for them. He was acting in such style as if he was throwing money on them. She never demanded too much. His income was increased for sometime but before that his income was so low that they needed to adjust their demands & they needed to compromise. She did it & even kids did it. But now that he got money. He started pretending that everything was perfect. He kept showing that they never suffered. Rita used admire procedure of waiting for him. He was used to show love on those times. She wanted to feel his love but now things were changed. She was no longer experiencing that love or affection from him. She didn’t want to keep waiting for him for hours without cause. She noticed that day by day he was taking more time to get dressed up. She took some time to dress up too but it was not that large. He was getting dressed up for at least one hour & now it turned to two. She feared that soon it might turned into more. She didn’t like this attitude. He considered her maid but she knew that he considered her maid from beginning. At beginning she felt bad due to it but now she managed to accept it. Her kids loved her that was enough for her. But sometimes she felt scared that they might started to hate her too. Kids might start to follow their father but luckily it didn’t happened until now. She tried to relax herself. She knew that surviving with this man was not easy. But she needed to tolerate too much plus since few days her son was showing admiration of his Dad too much. Pradip was showering him with gifts. Those gifts were luxurious. She wanted to object them. But she couldn’t since she knew that it wouldn’t help much. In fact her son would started to abuse her. She didn’t want to feel upset. She wanted to feel normal. She decided to ignore that her son was getting rude. She began to convince herself that acting rude was not crime. She needed to feel that it was normal. She started to think that acting rude was essential for her son’s survival. She began to feel so happy by this thought. She began to think that her son was perfect. She waited to feel that everything was okay. She started to go in kitchen. She knew that she had maid but still she knew that she needed to do some work. That maid was not going to do all. She knew that this maid couldn’t survive on just her salary so maid took lots of job & maid couldn’t do them all in perfect way. Maid couldn’t manage to keep all clean. Her house was big. She couldn’t pay so much. Mostly maids started to demand too much. Sometimes she began to think that she might wanted to stop hiring maids. She began to work when she received message from maid which told her that maid was not coming. So she needed to do all work. She began to feel so upset. She started to sense that she needed to do all work but still she never get any credit. She kept doing her work when she suddenly sensed that her mobile was ringing. She slowly went towards mobile. She started look carefully towards it. It was unknown number. She didn’t understand who might be calling at this time. She decided to ignore. She started to concentrate on her work but soon it started ringing again. She felt so confused. She stopped cleaning pots & took that call. She began to answer & call got disconnected. She started to feel confused. She never had much calls even in her college days! She was not expecting them after becoming mother of two. She started to feel upset. She began to get restless. She was planning to relax after cleaning pots. She thought that it must be some irritating ad. She knew that it was normal. She returned to work & her mobile started to ring again. She was so frustrated. She just put her mobile on silent mode & continue working. She was so confused. She completed her work & returned to mobile. She had twenty missed call from same number. She was so shocked. She didn’t understand who would want to irritate her like this. She didn’t have anyone who could call her like that. Her life was simple & normal. She didn’t understand what she felt by those calls. She was scared or thrilled. Since first time in her life she was facing something like this. She decided to call her sister Trupti & tell her all. She began to describe incidence. Trupti heard it all. Trupti “ I can sense in your voice you are not taking this seriously!” “ Should I?” “ Honestly I don’t know! It could be just normal stupid prank or something sinister!” Rita started laughing. Rita “ Who will want to harm simple housewife like me? A serial killer! You are watching too many mysteries or horrors or are you reading some thriller?” “ Come on! You know me very well. I like romance or comedy not other types?” “ Then why does your mind start thinking like that?” Trupti gave nervous laugh & said “ It is possible that I might need to stop thinking too much or reading too many news!” “ Yes..yes breaking news might make you negative thinker too! They are full of bad news these days. I miss those old times when we use to get news for few hours only.” Then Trupti started laughing. They changed subject of conversation. They were chatting happily until Rita’s landline start ringing. She looked towards it with confusion. She told Trupti that she needed to take landline & then she disconnected call. She went towards landline. She took it & suddenly it stopped. She shivered with fear. She knew that her life was not mystery novel then why did this started to happen. She didn’t understand cause. She wanted to cry but she controlled her tears. She knew that soon kids would come she didn’t want to scare them. She didn’t even want to discuss this with Pradip. She knew that he would just blame her. She went in room. She got ready for her evening walk. She managed to cook evening snacks for kids only so now she just needed to open door for them. Then she could go down for evening walk when they would eat & enjoy TV. Her kids didn’t had much interest in outdoor games. She tried to create it at beginning but now finally she decided to give it up. She began to wait for kids.
Pradip was so happy. Rita was not giving him enough respect so she deserved this punishment. He wanted to scare her. Pradip was laughing. He could easily imagine the way she would be scared. He wanted to threaten her. He could concentrate on work now. He began to do with work. While in his house his kids came, immediately Rita went out for walk. Kids didn’t even noticed anything wrong in her expression or they didn’t care. Their father taught them to behave this way. She went out for walk. When she was walking, she began to sense someone was following her. She turned behind but she found no one. She sensed that no one was standing there. She began to get restless. She started to feel that she needed to look behind again. She didn’t able to find anything. She just saw trees. She sensed that she didn’t want to walk in this fear. She knew that person who was calling her was following her too. She ran in building. She immediately ran towards lift. She needed to go inside lift. She started to press button. She looked towards watchman cabin no one was inside. She was so scared. She was alone. She kept pressing lift button when suddenly one ball came. Soon she sensed that kids were playing around. She sensed that she was not alone & finally lift came down. She took breath of relief. She went in lift & she pressed her floor button. But soon she sensed that she was alone in that lift. Anyone could enter in lift on any floor. She began to feel that she should have waited in garden only. But it was not logical. She closed her eyes & started praying. Then she sensed someone stopped lift. Someone entered in it. She kept her eyes closed. On that point suddenly she sensed touch on her shoulder. She recognised voice. It was Auntie from 2 floor. She asked sweetly “ What happened honey?! Are you alright?!” She opened her eyes & smiled. “ Yes..yes I was..I mean I am just feeling little bit upset in stomach.” “ Ohh!” Auntie immediately nodded & started suggesting medicines. Normally she would have hated it but on that day it was magical sound. Finally Auntie reached to her destination. Auntie was visiting her next door neighbour so Auntie came all the way to her door. Rita felt so glad about it. Rita began to feel so scared. When she came back she ran in kitchen. Today her evening cook was present in kitchen. She noticed her breathlessness. Cook asked “ What happened?” She told everything immediately. That cook started to look nervous too. That Cook “ So do you think that person might be still waiting outside?” Rita shivered with that thought. Rita “ I don’t know. Maybe I need to call someone?! Like Cops?!” “ No..no don’t bring Cops in this matter it would anger that man.” Rita looked towards Cook with suspicion too. Suddenly all world started to look wrong to Rita. Rita began to feel nervous. Rita started to look towards Cook. Cook didn’t say anything just kept cooking. Then Cook left without word. Rita began to feel so upset. She couldn’t even able to eat properly. She kept looking towards mobile. Pradip came home. He sensed her nervousness. He was enjoying it at beginning but then it started to irritate him. She was not even ready to go in balcony to remove clothes. He needed to do it himself. He never touched household chores. He considered it below status. But she was not ready. Then she began to keep looking out of window whole time as if someone was going to jump on her. He decided to ignore. Pradip was expecting everything would be normal when he would wake up. But when he woke up, Rita was shivering in bed. He didn’t understand her attitude. Rita said that she had nightmares. He went office. Kids went to school without tiffin that day. He was so frustrated. Rita was in bed whole time. She kept feeling restless. She didn’t understand cause. She sensed one thing that she was not normal. She kept feeling that someone was watching her. She kept looking towards mobile. Then she called her sister. She began to tell her everything. Her sister heard all. Trupti “ We need to do Police Complaint. You can’t go on like that.” Rita agreed. Then Trupti came to her home. Trupti was looking scared. Trupti “ I don’t know if it was true but I felt someone was watching too.” Rita “ We need to tell Pradip.” Trupti agreed. Rita called Pradip. When she started to discuss Police complaint, Pradip’s world shattered in to pieces. Now he needed to apologise which he hated most. But he had to. He finally told all to Rita. “ But someone is following me. You don’t arrange people for it. Do you?” Now Pradip was confused too. Rita went to Cops with Trupti. She told all except phone calls. Cops wrote all. But soon Cops began to tell her that it was not true case. Cop “ Did someone scared you before this?” Rita tried to avoid answering but Cop gave angry look. Then she confessed. Cop “ Then it might be mental trouble. Still you can check CCTV of society if you found something bring it.” They agreed. They went back & checked it. They sensed that Cop was right. No one was behind her. Rita began to cry slowly but Trupti convinced her to go to Psychiatrist. Rita went there. She was so scared. Then when she went inside she told all. Psychiatrist listened to it. Psychiatrist asked “ Are you scared of other things?” She began to think then she sensed that she didn’t fear all things except few. Psychiatrist listened to her & explained her that she had Scopophobia. It was just beginning. It was triggered by those calls. Psychiatrist “ I can tell your husband to stop it but he will start something else instead I will teach you to handle this.” Psychiatrist slowly began to explain & she started to get relaxed. Rita came home. She was still feeling uneasy as if someone was watching but still she felt one thing sure now. That she could cure herself. Trupti patted on her shoulder & she smiled happily. She might not so lucky in case of husband but her sister was great. She began to concentrate on positive & she suggested to go to cafe. Then both sister entered in cafe. They ordered things & began to discuss, laugh suddenly Rita felt that she could fight back against her sorrows. She still felt uneasy but she was happy with Trupti & she was enjoying it.
The End
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