eccentric man

Chapter II

eccentric man

Chapter II

Writer/ Nada Mohsen

Rose couldn't open the door, she felt something strange as if someone was standing behind her, her heart trembled and her body trembled with him, a cowardly girl had always been afraid of everything, even her own shadow, the sky started to rain and she felt like everything was collapsing before her eyes, the rain was heavy that night as if all Something against her, the key fell from her hand and she did not find it, she does not know where the key went and it has completely disappeared, she moved her head angrily and shouted, "What am I going to do now?! What can I do now?!"

She slapped the door with her hand in a very spontaneous act, her tears were falling to find the door opened and her body trembled and bounced back, her eyes widened in shock and lack of comprehension, she found the house tidy, dust free as I expected, there is food on the table, she moved her head in disbelief, she entered the house She found that the door had been closed so that her body rose and went back.

Rose swallowed something in her throat, trying to convince herself that the air was the cause, maybe it was it that caused the door to close, maybe this is normal, she turned and found a heater, remembering that her mother was getting warm from it, she smiled and calmly approached the heater to get some warmth.

She stayed for a while and felt the warmth all around her. She couldn't believe that this place was so arranged. Her heart trembled and she turned back away from the heater, wondering how this place could be so organized and no one had lived in it for so many years! I heard something fall on the floor; Vince her body was liberated a cry from between her lips.

I approached the source of the sound with a trembling body to see him, a tall young man, standing in front of the sink, washing his hands, he took the spoon that fell from his hands to stir a cup of tea quietly, Rose did not believe her eyes, a young man with prestige and stagnation, when he turned and looked at her, I felt her heart Trembling, his looks had a great effect on herself, she swallowed what was in her throat in concern, "Who are you? What are you doing here?!".

The young man stood looking at her for a while, shook his head in disapproval and said, "You're here in my house! Instead of thanking me, you check with me?! What are you doing here?! How do you ask such a question I'm supposed to ask you what are you doing here?!" .

I approached and I felt a lot of annoyance; This house belongs to her mother and she cannot lose it after everything that happened to her. She spoke to the young man and her voice trembled, "This house belonged to my mother, you cannot say that it is your house, this house has been abandoned for a long time, but it still belongs to me after my mother."

He looked at her coldly, there was no expression on his face, he was just rigid, he smiled sarcastically as if he was mocking her, "Yes, it belonged to your mother and now it belongs to me. Don't make me angry now and spoil everything."

I was astonished by his words, not knowing what he meant but she didn't find what to do, she looked at him with hope accompanied by her tears saying "I can't go anywhere now, please be a good person, please don't be bad with me too The world was hard on my heart today I don't need more cruelty, believe me."

She collapsed in tears after she finished speaking, sat down on one of the chairs and closed her eyes, as she closed her eyes, the room around her changed, the paint was no longer a cheerful pink, it had turned black, covered with a lot of cobwebs, dust, dirt, nothing good anymore The food disappeared from the table, even the young man began to fade with a mysterious smile, Rose felt a coldness controlling her body, she opened her eyes to be frightened by the horror of what she saw, a deserted place where there is no life, she moved her head in denial as she saw the fireplace almost broken, it does not contain wood, There is no sign of anyone here. She stood with her heart about to stop. She ran to the door and started crying in disarray as she knocked. She closed her eyes and was about to pass out. I heard the young man's voice again laughing as he asked her, "What's going on! Tell me, didn't you want to?" To get that home or what?!".

Rose looked at him and her body was trembling as if it had never happened before, she fell unconscious after feeling that she couldn't stand everything that was happening around her, she ran out of energy and it was over.

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James was standing in front of his mother, not knowing what to say, not finding the answer to her question, so she asked her again in anger, "Where is Rose?! Talk to me like I told you Where did Rose go at this time and in this weather?!".

James shook his head in denial as a sign of his ignorance of the matter, he did not know where she had suddenly disappeared, she was in front of his eyes and he could not tell his mother everything that had happened, James said, "I was standing in the car as we were going to a friend's wedding, I took her with me because she knew his sister but she suddenly disappeared I don't know who I went with at this time!"

His mother looked at him angrily and approached him saying, "You are responsible to me for everything that happens, James, I am your mother and I know you well when you lie, tell me the truth and tell me what happened and where is that girl now?!".

James stood in front of his mother, not knowing what to say! How does he start his talk and tell her everything that happened! She doesn't see him as a bad or irresponsible person, she sees him as a dependable person who can handle anything, his mother noticed his long silence to speak with great annoyance "I'm talking to you, don't stare into the void in front of you and look at me and say frankly what happened?!".

Their conversation was interrupted by Sam's voice, who approached with tears in her eyes saying, "Where is Rose, Mom?! Where did she go?!"

It seemed that the little girl was listening to them without noticing, she understood that something had happened to Rose, a child of seven years old, it is not difficult for her to understand such a thing, her mother approached her and touched her hair tenderly, she moved her head in denial, "Nothing happened to her, my dear." 'It's all right, let's sleep in your bed, it's cold and she's about to go back to sleep in her bed.'

She glared at James in anger before she went into Sam and Emalia's room while James had been standing there for some time, not knowing where to go and where to get Rose at this time and he had no idea where she was going!

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Elsewhere Rose woke up feeling someone who was carrying her to put her on a very soft bed, she felt that she was flying in the sky and that she was light as a feather, she felt that she had left life and her soul was flying in the sky now, she opened her eyes in confusion and found this young man in front of her, she moved her head and she did not She understands what's going on. "What happened?! What are you doing to me? There's something wrong going on that I can't comprehend who you are?!"

The young man looked at her, "My name is Athanasius," the young man told her in a calm she got used to from him.

Rose took a deep breath and saw something strange in it, not knowing what happened to this young man living in the house and even considering it his own “Tell me, if you will, how you rented this house?!” I asked him in confusion, and she became suspicious that her father had sold it to him to stay there.

Athanasius looked directly into her eyes, smiled vaguely, "This is normal, I live in homes where people have been absent for a long time, this is very normal, girl!" He spoke quietly and wondered as if it was already taken for granted.

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