CURSED 1

WHY. ME

***PENELOPE’S P.O.V***

“Why do you all feel this sort of stuff, Pearl, can’t you even tell me who the guy is? Maybe the reason is because of his frustration that I am like this or maybe the reason I am alive.” She looked at me with anger and frustration took into her eyes.

“Yes, I accept that he is the reason for your existence. If he had not been there that night, then you would have died, but at the same time it all happened because he was with you because he chose you.”

Devin, is the reason for me being alive. I took a deep breath and waited. I am just a man. I don’t even know what reason exists. For me, being alive today. I got a few tears in my eyes.

“Where is he now?”

“No one knows about where he is, but we just got a note and that note was given by Devin, only saying that we should not let you be here. It’s just not safe for you.”

“What did he do?” Myra went and then put her hand on my shoulder. I just can’t believe this. I can’t believe my own ears that he just left. Why did he leave?

“Yea, it’s true and we do still have that paper he wanted. We will not let even a single bit of evidence come in front of you which will show in any way to you that he was there for you, but now you know a bit about him.”

Myra said," I still don’t get it. Wouldn't he save me? Then why come he just left and why he didn’t come did what is the reason? I just didn’t get that there would be something?

“Why did he do that?”

“No one knows about it dear, but the only thing that we know is that he saved you. If it would not have been him, then we would never have seen you.” Mom came and then said. I hugged her and just let go of my tears. It’s okay, it’s just alright. I can’t let it all be like that. I want to know where he is and why he did that, why he did that with me.

“Look, don’t cry, no one knows the reason for it, but the only thing that I know is that he is a true angel and he just knew that his presence in your life had somehow become harmful to you, so he just left.”

I just can’t believe that the man who saved my life just left me alone because he wanted me safe. He didn’t even visit for once. Not even once. Why don't I feel that way? Why do I feel that there is something more to it that we don’t know?

Why am I not able to believe that this is the whole truth? The only thing that I am thinking is that he is not safe. He is also on something he is stuck on else he would have come.

“What if something had happened to him? That’s why he didn’t come?” I asked mom. She made me sit on the couch and then look at

“That’s what I am telling you, dear, that I don’t know. I just have no idea about that if it would have been true or not, but I just know that I want to see you safe. That is just my one and only concern and I just want that.”

I nodded at her. They want me to stay safe and sound, but what about the guy who just saved me? What about him? What if something happened to him? I will find it out. I will not just let it go. It’s very important for me to know if he is safe or not. It’s very, very important to me.

“Now I don’t want you to think much about it. Okay, try to make new memories with your new friends, okay.” She said and then got up and left. Pearl came and then sat in front of me.

“Penelope, I am not some sort of a villain. I just want my sister to stay safe. That’s it. I just want that and nothing else and now I want you to be happy. You will never be able to be happy with so much burden on your back.. my love. Just listen to it please.”

I smiled at her, then I made my way to my room. Myra came to me and then sat next to me. Listen, I know that whatever I say is just not gonna do anything good, just one thing I wanted to say. Don’t think about it like that. OK, OK, because everything is just gonna be fine. Okay, look at me. I am here. We will figure it out.”

I didn’t say much, as it just felt that it was just not of much use. I gathered myself and then made my way to my room.

I sat down on it. That’s come. Is it possible that someone can love someone else so desperately and so deeply that come this can be happy? I took a deep breath

“I have to calm myself and ask where you are, Devin. I just don’t know where you are. I want to know that but Devin, I want to know where the one who saved me is now.” I am in tears. I just don’t know where Devon is, but the only thing that I know is that I am not gonna give up on this. I am going to get to know where the hell he is and why he just left me and never came back. What is the reason behind that?

1Week later

It’s been a week since I have been trying to find out about him more and more and every single time I have tried my best to find out what I could know about him, but I just could not, people say that he was greedy loudly to me. I had this weird attitude or something, but not something which will help me to get close to him.

I was just thinking about that, then when I realised that, one week ago, yes, it happened. Now I just had to go there and the one who gave me that later. I have to go there and then I will be able to. Maybe Devin is there and he wants to talk to me?

In between my studies, I just made my way there because I knew that I would not be able to go there with Myra because she wouldn’t just let me go there again and I just don’t know why I stopped my car in that forest and then took a deep breath. Now I have to go, I have to do this myself with one. I am trying to find so this week is there maybe this is the last chance for me I am coming for you Devin and I hope that you are there waiting for me

I kept on working until I got there. As soon as I reached there, I was not able to know or able to find out how I would be able to contact them. “There is someone here. I know that you called me Devin. Are you there? I mean please, where it is who gave me that later. Please just come out and tell me whatever it is. Do you know anything about Deven?”

I was just thinking about it. I waited there for like an hour, but I was not able to know if someone was there or not, then suddenly I started to hear voices of wild animals. What the hell is going on here? Someone just called me here and no one is here. Please, someone is here and just come out. I was just continuously praying this to God.

Then the animal's voice kept on coming. I just got scared and started to work a little bit as I felt like there was someone that was going to attack me. I took a step back and suddenly I fell into a don’t know it was all watery and as I realised and opened my eyes, I saw that someone pulled my hand and had ends. I saw his face. It’s a man. How can a man be in deep water like this in a freezing cold? I was not able to hold myself all to handle or to handle myself in any of the way. I just watched him and tried to come back when I was pulled out after that. I don’t know anything.

After a while, I opened my eyes. I was shocked as I saw Chris there.

“So could you please just tell me what you are doing here so late and here at this time is so wet and everything and how did you fall in that place, my dear?”

I don’t know what to tell him that I didn’t fall. I didn’t know what had happened to me when I was inside there. I saw that man. I just don’t know what else to say and what not to say, but the only thing that I know is that I just have to do something. I don’t have any other choice or I just have another way. Who was?

“You are not my parents. I am not going to tell you if you got that.”

I said, and then I made my way to the outside of the forest. Then he held my hand and then we went out together and went back home. As soon as mom, dad and Pearl Myra saw me, they had that sense of relief in their eyes.

Mom came to me in a hurry and then hugged me tightly. “Where were you? You know what I just got so scared of. You are not even picking up your call or you are not in college and what you were doing.”

Mom kept on asking. I didn’t know what else I should be telling her. I just don’t know, because I just know one thing, that if I tell this to them they are going to be super angry with me and I just can not afford that at all.

“She was with me. Actually, she was not feeling well. She felt dizzy so I took her home, only when, suddenly, she just fell in the pool, so she stayed in my place for a while and then now here she is.”

Why did you do that in the light of everything? I was with him when he could easily tell them that I was not with him. I was again in the forest and I was just stuck somewhere. I was seeing this man. I just don’t know who he is and what. How can he be there could he can’t be there in the deep water just can’t happen .

“ She was not in a straight state for college, but it could have been her Chris. You know how much we were all scared because she was not even picking up her phone call and we were not aware of where she was. You know very well how much care we all get when she goes missing. You already. I don’t know anyone in this town and now this is what it is.”

“My apology. I am extremely sorry that I didn’t do that. Actually, I think I didn’t think about that as I was just concentrating on whether she was good or not. I’m sorry I would have done that. I am extremely sorry, uncle, that I did that, but that was not my intention. I just got scared because she had that dizziness and then she just felt so bad. I’m extremely sorry for that..”

I don’t know why he is doing this. I just have no idea about that, but the only thing that I want to know right now is who was there in that water. Who was there in the deep freezing water who just called me inside when that animal was about to attack me to protect me from me. I just got scared as he pulled me inside, looking at him and that water, but I wanted to know who he was.

“It’s okay Chris, I am not angry here. In fact, I am extremely happy and grateful to you that you were there with my daughter to protect her because this is what anyone would have done. It is she is safe and sound now. Okay thank you so much for doing that and Myra. Please don’t overreact. He would have forgotten to do that and that is pretty normal.”

Yes, everything is pretty normal. What one thing is not pretty normal? What just happened to me, at least for a fact, I don’t know, but I should be thanking him because he didn’t say anything to my family. Otherwise they would have reacted in a very very bad way. I know that because they are my family .

“Okay, now come with me to your room. I need to have some rest and some change also.”

I went to my room with Myra and then I was about to go for change when they held my hand and then made me look at her. I just don’t know why she’s doing that.

“What happened Myra, is everything alright?” I asked her as she was still holding my hand and I could clearly show clearly tell that there was definitely something that she was thinking and she wanted to ask me.

“Where were you and, please, now this time I don’t want to hear any of the lies that he just said downstairs because I know that you were not with me. You were not with him. Where were you and with whom you were and why did you go to that forest again?”

I was shocked when I saw her say Forest again. I just don’t know how she got to know that I was in the forest. I mean I didn’t tell anyone I had lifted anything. I had not in any of the thing then how she knows about it that I was in there and I went there. How could she just know about it?

“What are you talking about? I just don’t get it. I was not there. He just told you that I was with him. I was not feeling well so I was just resting at his place, that’s it.”

“ stop lying Penelope Stop. Because I saw that later on your d**k on your door and I got shocked as I saw it in your drawer, but I didn’t tell anyone because I wanted to know why you did such a stupid thing that you just friends day here, because of that later, do you know what I did was the place where you got hurt on your head and that’s how you just lost a memory and you went to that please again what is something would have happened to you.”

“ I am extremely sorry that I did that but it was not my intention. I want you to know that I got that letter and that maybe it is Devon that has been calling me and maybe I will get the chance to meet him and that was the only reason why I went there.”

I told her that I had been going there to meet him. That was the only intention for me going there but I don’t know if it good successful or not I just have no idea about that.

“So if that is successful, will you be able to see him or to meet him and talk to him? He has already come and told you how it happened, why he went away from all of things.” I look down as if nothing like that would happen. I don’t know if the man that I saw was actually my delusion or, in reality, I saw that man. How could I be able to say that? I saw I am. In reality, I was just looking down as if I didn’t have any answer.

“So it means that you didn’t say anyone. You didn’t mean anyone. Then what was that stupidity, Penelope? You just heard that you would be able to meet someone by just buying a letter that by insane.”

I started to cry. I just don’t know what else to say about this. It was just not something that I wanted to do. I didn’t want to hurt anyone, but it was just not my intention. At all

“ I am extremely sorry. It was not my intention to hurt anyone. It was not something that I wanted to do. I didn’t think much. I am extremely sorry for doing that.”

She came close to me and wiped my tears. She just hugged me tightly. I know that she’s my sister and she is worried about me. That is why she is showing me this sort of reaction.

“But if you want to know about him or anything this time you’re not going to do it all alone, okay, I am going to be with you. I can see this in your eyes that you want to know about him desperately and I just could not let you do this all alone and risk your life, so I am going to be with you okay and you are going to tell me every single thing.”

I smiled. I thought as she said that she was going to help me with him. I want you to know where he is and how he is and now my sister is going to be with me these days. I am for sure that I will be able to know where he is and whether he is okay or not.

TO BE CONTINUED…