Misplaced

The Stranger

I was going to the police station after every few days. And my mom and dad was sending Henry with me. I was getting very irritated by him. But still unwantedly I had to go with him. I am just doing this only for Greg.

Months were passing by and there was no clue of Greg found.

One day I called Marie to ask her why did she tell Henry about Greg. There was no need to do it so. But I was surprised by what she said me. She said, "no Jessy I had never meet Greg in recent. I met him very long back. Then how could I say him about him. Or why would I say him about Greg?" If she did not tell Henry about Greg then how did get to know about him? I think that my dad said it about him. But then why did he told a lie that Marie told him about Greg? This is very weird for me.

It was mid October 2020 going on and we are still in search of Greg. One day I was going to the police station with Henry. We decided to go in one car and I said that we would go in my car. He agreed with me. And we were going to the police station in my car. And I was driving the car. I felt like I am very dominating for Henry but just realized that I am doing this just because I don't like him.

He said that we could go to a coffee and have some coffee while we were on the way. I didn't agree to him. "By the I don't drink coffee, I just drink tea" I said. "Okay the we would go and drink a cup of tea." He said . I said a clear no to him. But he was insisting to do it. But then I thought to go with him just because I am being very mean and very rude to him. I thought that I am doing bad with him and dominating him. Ao it would not look nice that is why I decided to go with him. "Please just for me, please at least for once." He requested. "Okay. But it would be very quick. And it would not be more than it. We will make it just quick as we have to go to the police station quick. Actually he wanted to take me on a date or something like that.

We went to near by place to have tea. We went and sat there on the chairs over there. I was feeling very weird to go on a date with him. Now I am questioning myself that why did I come here with him. It was feeling very awkward to me to be with him.

I was drinking my tea and he ordered juice for himself. I also wanted juice but how could I ask him about it. I just thought that how could I say it to him. So I didn't say it. He was asking random questions to me about myself. And I was answering it. But unwantedly.

- While talking to Jessic, Henry slowly mixed something in her cup of tea. And Jessica didn't get to know it. Actually he did this while she was turned away and so she was not seeing towards the cup. Jessica was drinking the tea and didn't get to know anything and it felt like there was no difference in the taste of the tea.-

He was not stopping asking questions. I thought that he just forgot that we have to go to the police station. So I only reminded him about it. "Hey, Henry it is been late now. Now can we go to the police station?" I said. "Oh yeah, come on. Let us go now to do the work that we came here to do." He replied.

Suddenly someone from the back came and said hi so I turned back and saw a guy was standing there and was looking towards us standing and talking to each other. I didn't know the guy so I just looked away. Then suddenly Henry said hi to him so I got amazed. The guy started coming towards me from the back. I just didn't see to him. Then he went from my right side but towards Henry. So I just felt weird but got relaxed thinking that he might be friend of Henry. But I thought that he was trying to flirt with me, so that is why I got scared.

"Hey Brock! Meeting you after a long time" Henry said to the guy. Then they hugged each other and then Brock said "yeah bro, after about years we have met here. But I am surprised that how come you here. Is she your girlfriend?" He asked pointing towards me. I was trying to say something but could not. The suddenly Henry only said that I am his fiancée. I got an awkward feeling so I looked away. Then Brock said, "oh ho! You are very fast dude. You are getting married and you didn't say it to me. How bad of you dude."

"Actually, I had lost your number and all so unable to contact you" Henry replied. "Oh okay. But I had to say it that she is very beautiful. Nice choice uh Henry" Brock said. I got shy and was about to blush. But I controlled myself. I thought we should leave now so I said him firmly "Henry it is getting late I think we should leave now." "Oh yeah. We will sit here for sometime so, you go. I will come with him don't worry about me" he said. I then angrily said them goodbye and then left from there.

I sat in the car and then I started to feel very dizzy. And it was uncontrollable. I was feeling very anxious. I then came out of the car. The place where I parked the car was all deserted. There was no one present over there. So I didn't get any help. I got fainted and fell on the ground there. Everything was blur around me. I didn't understand what was happening with me.

Then someone from the backside came and started tying my hands. He was wearing a mask on his face. And there was something drawn on his hand. I was unable to see it. Then he did put a full covered head mask on me. Then I got unconscious. I did not know what happened after that.

When I opened my eyes I could not see anything. It was all darkness in front of me. And then I felt that my mouth was also tied with a cloth and my hands, legs were also tied to the chair I was sitting on. A rope was tied through my stomach and to the chair. I tried to move myself but could not. I tried to scream very loudly but I was unable to do it. I started to cry. I was feeling very sad. I didn't know what to do. I was feeling very restless. I started to move and then I immediately fell down on the ground with the chair tied with me. I was crying and shouting very loudly. I then got unconscious due to a lot of restlessness .

When I got conscious I found that I was not on the ground, I was sitting normally on the chair. But I was still tied on it.

Then after sometime I found that someone was around me. He was walking around me I could listen his footsteps . It seemed that the sound was getting closer to me. The person was coming towards me. I thought that this was the same person who I met on near my car when I got unconscious.

Then he started saying something "the universe is very vast. So much as you can't even think. If you love someone then it is a point that distance does not matter. We could cross a lot of miles, kilometers we could travel any distance only for them." Saying this he removed the cloth from my mouth then I suddenly shouted very loudly. "This place is very deserted. No one can listen your voice. No matter how loudly you scream" he said. "Who are you and why did you got me here?" I asked him. "You know me. But you actually don't know that who I am" he said. "What are you saying? What do you mean?" I asked. "I loved you but you have no respect for me. You don't even care or think of me. You just think of yourself and the Greg Dorgman. Why do you do with me like this?" He said but he did not complete that I interrupted him saying "first of all I don't know who are you and I only love to Greg and could do anything for him." "I loved you and was seeing since we were very young and you did not get to know about it. You never took me serious to me. Even we were going to be together but you still did not choose me and chose Greg Dorman." He said. "What are you talking about? I am not getting it. Now what do you want from me? Why did you kidnap me and brought me here." I asked him. "I was waiting for this time since a lot of years. And now I am proud that I am doing this job now. Earlier this work was done by the other me. And now it is an honor for me to do this and continuation never stops. I do not want anything from you but just want to stop you from searching for Greg and you start loving me." He completed. "No. This never happen. I am only of Greg and I love him with my full heart. I am tied to his heart. I am tied to his soul for eternity." I said angrily.

"Eat some food. You would get some relaxation. Come on open your mouth." He said me. "I would not eat by the hands of a b****y i***t like you." I shouted. "You have to eat or else Greg would be dead. You would have to do everything that I say you to do. Without any noise. I have to obey what I say or else you no, what would happen with Greg." He said. I thought that he was only the one who his Greg and could do anything with him. So I had no choice except to obey what he says. But I am not understanding that who he is. He is saying me that he knows me since we were very young. Who would he be? Any way, he started feeding me up food with spoon. I had to eat it to just keep Greg save. I have no choice left now. Days were passing on. He just removed the cloth from my eyes. And kept me still tied with chair. I saw him but not his face. Because he was wearing a mask on his. He locked me up in a room. And when ever he used to come in front of me he used to wear a mask on his face. I thought if I do a drama that I love him or I have started falling in love with him then I could have a change to get out of here.

So when he came to feed me food. I started gazing at him. He looked very surprised with this. He came and took a chair and sat in front of me to feed me. When he was giving me a morsel to me, raising the spoon towards me I started smiling by seeing into his eyes. I started blushing at him. He was also amazed by seeing this. "I think that your behavior is changed. Can I ask you why?" He said making a weird face at me. "It is been a long time being with you, so couldn't I get attracted to you?" I said while blinking my eyes at him. "Are you really being serious?" He asked me. "I mean yeah, your body is very good, you are much taller and I need to say to you that you really look very handsome. And your eyes are also so beautiful like I am feeling like I am diving deep into your eyes." I praised him.

While we were talking I saw that he was having a snake tattoo on his wrist. It seemed like had seen this kinda tattoo earlier on someone else's hand. But I don't remember on whose hand I saw this tattoo . I was very sure that this is the same person I know who had a same tattoo on his hand. I was trying to recollect who was he. "Nobody had done this much appreciation of me earlier. Do you really find me this much attractive ?" He asked me. I was concentrating on his hand's tattoo so I didn't listen what he say. I just stammered and told him in reply that, "uh yeah, um uh... You are very good looking or at least seems to be. Because I have not seen your face so how would I get to know who you are and how you actually look like. Remove this mask. Why are you being so shy? You are very adorable. Remove the mask now. It is been high time now. Show your charming and attractive face which is been hidden behind this mask. Now it is the right time to remove your mask dude!"

He said nothing and just stared at me. And then without saying anything he just got up and moved out of the room. I said loudly, "hey wait. I want to talk to you. Come on ya! Why are you doing like this with me? Wait! At least open this ropes and leave the room locked from outside. I promise I would not do anything. It seemed as if this plan was not working at all so I got very wistful now.

I thought to try something else now. Something new now. I was thinking for another plan or idea. I tried to think a lot about what to do but did not get anything in my mind at that moment. I got very dull because of it.

I was trying very hard to think any idea. After thinking a lot I did not get any single idea in my so I soon went asleep. I was sleeping while I was tied to a chair and that feeling is very restless for me. And not only for me it would be a restless feeling for each and everyone who would be tied like this. I don't get proper sleep any night because of this improper way of sleeping.

The next day I got up and looked all around. The lights were on last night but now when I got up all the lights are off and now I felt that I was having a thin blanket on me. It looked as if it was for me to not get cold. There was no one here to do this for me except the strange guy. It would look good if I would call him The Stranger to him. I was thinking that he was doing this just to win my heart so I did not care about it.

He came into my room and then switched on the lights of the room. "Had a good sleep last night?" He asked me. "Oh yeah ah... Umm... Having a caring guy like you would make any girl comfortable . You so nice, stranger. Did you only switched off the lights last night and kept the blanket on me last night?" I asked. "Ulm oh yeah... Ahh uh I did this. Actually I thought that how would you sleep with the lights on and like this on the chair, that to without blanket and pillow. So um.. Yeah I did this" he said it to me and then blushed.

"Ah ha ha uh... I um.. I actually knew that this is your work only but I wanted to listen your words. I wanted to listen what you would say. Aww so sweet of you baby.. Um uhh sorry. I didn't need to say this" I said it in a playful way. "Oh no, no, it is just all fine. No need to say sorry." The he was talking and the voice was really familiar to me so I was getting now more eager to know who is hiding behind the mask. For once I was expecting that this would be a prank or a joke of Greg. I was really getting very excited about it now. But then I thought that it would not be Greg. Because Greg's voice is not like this. I know his voice. The voice Just goes in my head all the time . And i couldn't stop myself when I hear his voice in my head. It is like heaven to listen his voice all the time . The stranger's voice is different and it's very different from Greg's voice. So i don't think that it would be Greg. But i wish it would be Greg.

Then the stranger was feeding me food with the spoon in his hand. And was just seeing into his eyes all the time while he was seeing at me.

After eating food I asked him , "why wouldn't you take off your mask from the face and show your charming face?" He then got up and didn't say anything to me. Just he was staring at me. He must be thinking about to show me his face or not. It actually seemed like that.

I then made a cute face and looked at him. But he just stared at me and then he got away. He went out of the room and shut the door and then he locked it.

Every time whenever I say him to reveal his face he just stares at me and then goes out of the room without saying anything. I need to know that why does he gets very serious when I say him to show his face. Who would be afraid to show the face of themselves?

Any ways, now I have to be here alone and sit here for more hours and get very bored. When would I get out of here? Why do I have to be here with this stupid stranger I have to go home now. My family would be worried about me. Don't know from how many days I am out here away from them. Would they be missing me? Would they really miss me? Who knows. I then sighed.

Then suddenly the door was getting opened. It was the stranger on the door. He opened the door and then came in and then asked me, "does it really pain? The ropes tied on your hands, legs and stomach" "Umm yeah, it is really paining a lot to me. Could you not see the marks which the tied ropes gave me?" I said in an innocent way. "Okay so, I am going to open all the ropes tied on you but at one note." He said. "Yeah, say me on what note?" I said him very excitedly. "So, I would open all the tied ropes on you if you will promise me that you would not run from here. Not even try to run from here. And if you do this, so you know what I could do to Greg Dorman." He warned me. "Yeah, okay. I agree with you. But please make it fast and open the ropes tied on me." I said.

Then he started opening the ropes which were tied on me. It was feeling very relaxed. And it gave very good feeling when he opened all the ropes. And then I was rubbing and scratching on all the marks which came due to the ropes tied on it. I then thanked him for doing this favor in me. I then praised him a lot. And was just insisting him to get the mask down. I was getting closer to him and was trying to put his mask down. We both then started arguing up on it. And then after a lot if argument, he said okay to put his mask down and I was really very happy about this. He said me to sit on the chair back but then I thought that is he going to tie me back to the chair. But then I understood that it was nothing like that. And then I sat on the chair. He then told me to put my eyes closed and so I did. And then few seconds he said me to open the eyes. He was still with the mask on his face. So I then asked him that why didn't you still not remove your mask and then he replied to me saying, "You would not be expecting that it would be me here and it is for sure."

He then slowly starts putting his mask down while seeing into my eyes very deeply. And when he fully removes the mask I saw the one who did this everything to me. I just really did not expect this that it would be him. I can't believe this. I was really like shocked and was unable to move. I was just freezes at my place.

The one who brought me here, the one who kidn*pped me, the one who kept me tied to the chair for this whole while. And the one who said that he loves me a lot and was taking care of me while I was tied. Is none other than... Henry! What!? It is extremely shocking for me.

"Not expecting it would be me here na?" He asked. And was unable to answer him in shock. It is very difficult for me to believe that the stranger is none other than Henry.

"YOU!?? Why did you do this to me? Where did you kept Greg? And what are you gonna do with him?" I asked him. "For now know this that I know where he is. And don't try to run or escape from here. Here it is jungle till where ever your sights reach. And here there could be very dangerous animals all around so don't even think of escaping from here. I am saying only for your good and welfare. And make a note of this that you could not get to Greg without me. And nobody knows here where he is and not even the police do. He is somewhere else." Saying this he went and closed the door and then locked it from the outside. I was feeling very sad and depressed by listening the words he said. So if he is really saying truth, if he is really being honest with me then he is very important for me now. I have to use him to get to Greg. I thought that like me only Greg is also kidn*pped and is here only somewhere around. Somewhere he has been kept hidden in the house only itself. So I thought to continue playing this drama with him now. Now it would be too much fun. I then slept on the sofa in the room because there were no beds over here.

After few hours I got up on the noise of the door opening by Henry.

I started acting like I was feeling shy by seeing to him, and started blushing at him. And then by seeing me he also started blushing. Then I saw that he brought some food for me.

He reached towards me with the plate of food in his hand. He handed over the plate in my hand and said, "now your hands are free so you don't need me" then he turned at his back and said, "from now onwards you can eat by your own hands and keep me free from this work." Then he was about to go and then I suddenly held his hand and said, "how could forget the taste of the food when you used to feed me with your own hands? It felt like heaven when you used to feed me the food with your strong, rough and tough hands. Then how could I eat it on my own now? No you will only feed me the food with your hands only. You are so good that you kept a lot of patience. I was only actually bad with you. I was dominating on you, I was talking very rudely with you even though you were very good to me. I was even not giving attention to you even if we have got engaged. From now onwards I would do everything for you. But now you have to hand feed me. " I demanded and then started rubbing his palm and then fingers. He started blushing and then I winked at him. Then he accepted what I said and was ready to feed me with his hands. He sat beside me to feed me.

Then I was smiling at him while eating the food. At the last a small piece of morsel got near my lips. Then he started seeing deeply into my eyes and slowly he raised his hand towards my lips and then rubbed it and then removed the gotten piece from my face and then he slowly gently started rubbing my lips. He gently started massaging my lips with his right thumb while staring deeply into my eyes. And then we were slowly getting into each other. It was no more fun for me now. It was getting really very serious for me. I was getting seduced by his actions. We were slowly getting closer and closer and then we were about to kiss. We came very close and was about to kiss then I suddenly moved back from him saying, "not now!" I was breathing very heavily and then sighed and got up. Then I looked at the door and went outside.

I was very upset about what I did a few moments back. And I think that I would never ever try to forgive myself for what I did today. I should not have done this. This is a thing that shows that I am not loyal, I am not trust worthy, I am not good for Greg. I think I had done a very wrong thing and now I just don't deserve Greg. This drama also should not have to be done. I went all around the house and checked in every single room over there for Greg.

But I could not find him. While checking all the rooms, I went to a bedroom and in that bedroom there was an old book kept at a corner. And there was a symbol of Infinite Universe Loop drawn on it. I thought that I knew this book earlier. I don't know where but I have seen this book before I know this book. I opened the book and found that it was written by Sylvia Miller. My name is also Jessica Miller and this is the name of my grandma. How surprising it is. But unfortunately she died when I was very young. But what is this book doing here? Why was this book not founded by me or my other relatives? Strange. Very strange.

Any ways I started reading the book. There was all written about parallel universes, multi universes and mirror universes over there.

'There are many different kinds of universes present. This is a very different theory which is purposed by me Sylvia Miller. There are mirror universes also present. Basically as there are many universes so it could be a coincidence that the earth we are living in could have an exact mirror earth somewhere in the different universe or in different dimensions.

Parallel universe, also known as an alternate universe, or alternate reality, is a hypothetical self-contained plane of existence, co-existing with one's own. The sum of all potential parallel universes that constitute reality is often called a "multiverse". So there could be multiverses present in different dimensions. Though the alternative worlds/universes that are similar to but still distinct from our own. And because of the different dimensions present there could be difference of time. Few would be going in the future few would be still processing in the pass and few would be going with you like you in the present. And so that is only called as mirror universe.

The difference between your earth and the dimensional universe's earth is that they would be just backward and forward. So we can do parallel universe travel or we can travel through other dimensions. It's just like a term time travel. But actually here we would be going into a different dimensional earth.

Portions of alternative universes replace corresponding geographical regions in this universe. "Sidewise in Time" describes it in the manner that similar to requiring both longitude and latitude coordinates in order to mark your location on Earth, so too does time: travelling along latitude is akin to time travel moving through past, present and future, while travelling along longitude is to travel perpendicular to time and to other realities, hence the name of the short story. Thus, another common term for a parallel universe is "another dimension", stemming from the idea that if the 4th dimension is time, the 5th dimension - a direction at a right angle to the fourth - are alternate realities.' I am very surprised by it.

-know more about the mysterious book and what happens further with Jessica in the next episode-