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My Life is a Perfect Lie ep 16
Episode 16
Doors open, I walk out of the elevator. I search for Kabir. I call him.
"Hello"
"Kabir, where are you?"
"Outside"
"Okay, I am coming"
"You don't sound good what happened?"
"I'll tell you"
"Okay, I also have something to tell you"
"Okay I am coming, wait for me at the gate"
"Okay"
I walk to the gate. Kabir stands there. He looks at me and waves. I couldn't contain my sadness. Tears flow out from corners of my eyes and roll down to my jawline. I run to Kabir.
"Are you okay?", he asks.
I shake my head. Kabir stops a cab. we get in.
"You wanna go home?" , he asks with concern in his eyes.
I shake my head again.
"To the nearest coffee shop please", he says to the driver.
We sit silently in the cab. After 5 minutes of drive, driver pulls the cab in front of a coffee shop named "Coffee Town".
It's a small open coffee shop. people sit in the green lawn. White tables and chairs scattered in the lawn. It looked pretty decent. I step out, Kabir says the driver. We go inside.
Kabir finds us a table. I sit there blankly staring at the table.
Kabir sits in front of me.
"Tell me", he says.
"Kabir, I am sorry", I burst into tears.
"What happened in the office, Candace? "
"I saw Mr.Carter and Teena..."
"Teena? "
"Yes"
"What was Teena doing there? "
"I don't know. I saw them hugging each other "
"Okay and? "
"And? ", I almost shout.
The waiter keeps two cups of coffee on the table. He gives me a look and walks away.
I contain my anger for a few moments.
"What do you mean by AND? isn't that enough?, I bang the table and accidentally my hand hits the cup.
Coffee spills on my thighs. The denim sucks the coffee.
My denim overall gets stained with coffee as if paints weren't enough.
"No, no", I try to wipe the coffee with my hands." It's so hot, no please. Ugh! "
I grit my teeth. I see the stain vanishing slowly. The denim becomes as clean as new. I stare at my thighs.
"Candace, are you okay? "
I jump out of my thoughts. I look at Kabir.
"Yeah. I mean no"
"It that hurt? you need a first aid? "
"No, I didn't mean that"
"Okay. Then"
"Do you mind if I drink your coffee? "
"Of course not. Take it", he pushes his coffee towards me.
"You get a new one, please"
"Okay", he raises from his seat.
I take the coffee in my hands. I stare at the coffee and think in my heart, the cup empty.
I see, slowly coffee turning into vapours. within few seconds the coffee was gone, the cup was empty.
Kabir comes back and sit I front of me. He looks at my stunned face.
"Are you okay? "
"No, Kabir. we need to do something"
"What happened?"
I pull his collar down to table and whisper, " This spirit knows magic. it's messing with my mind. it's vanished coffee from my denim and evaporated my coffee
"
"what", he almost shouts.
I nod.
"Let's do something about it"
"okay, okay. I had told you I have something to say. It's about the spirit. I have talked to someone he knows how to talk to the spirits"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Let's go now"
"No, not now. I'll meet you at night"
"Okay"
****************
At night, we meet infront of my apartment building.
"Let's go " ,Kabir says.
"Okay, but where are we going? It's almost midnight ", I ask.
"Just get in the car, I'll tell you on the way"
"Okay.... but"
"Come on Candace "
"Wait, wait", I take a deep breath.
"What? "
"I think we should drop the idea"
"Why? "
"Because the spirit isn't hurting me. it hasn't harmed me...."
" yet"
"Yeah but "
"What if it hurts you later?"
"Well. You are right but.... can't we deal with this in the morning? "
Kabir stares at me.
"The idea itself sounds scary", I say. "What if we get killed?"
"Candace trust me, alright "
"Okay but tell me where are we going first"
"No I can't now"
"Why? "
"Because if spirit knows where we are going it might stop you from going "
"Ooo....It can also stop me now. But it isn't. I am sure this spirit is a good spirit. let it be. we won't go"
"are you sure it's you, Candace?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you wanted to do something about it but now you are refusing. May be that spirit is manipulating your mind"
"Kabir. You make sense"
"Let's go now" , he opens the door of the car.
We sit in. Kabir drives slowly and carefully. Our car runs on the empty road. He takes some unfamiliar turns. I have never been to this side of the city.
"Where are we going? "
"Shhh"
"Okay, okay"
He keeps on driving. We head outside the city. He increases the speed. We move pretty fast. It's all dense forest on both the sides of the road. We hear wolves howling. Sounds of beetles accompany the whistling of leaves.
In the rear view mirror, Kabir sees a car behind us.
Kabir looks behind. He keeps driving. He slows down so that the car behind can pass. Instead of passing, the car quickly takes a U turn and hits our car.
Kabir startles, he draws reverse gear. The car in front pushes our car even further with high speed.
I hear headlights crush, the lights go off. I panick, Kabir tries to figure out what to do. He looks at me and then in front. He rotates steering wheel to right, but the guy in the other car keep on pushing our car.
"Kabir jump ", I say unfastening my seat belt.
"No, no" , he cries.
"You'll be fine, just jump", I unfasten his seatbelt.
I remove his hands from steering wheel and push him out of the car. He lands outside without the door being opened. I see my hands sparkling like lightning.
I open the door of the car and see the guy switches off the engine. One guys gets down from the car and walks towards me. I sit frozen in my seat. He grabs my hair and drags me out of the car.
"Leave me", I slap his arms.
I hold his wrist and try to pull it off my hairs. His tight grip only gets tighter. He shakes my head by my hair.
My head aches. I could feel hair strand in my scalp being pulled.
Kabir comes running and grabs my arm. As he tries to pull my away, another guy steps out of the car and shots him in the head. I see Kabir falling down on the road. I shout his name so loudly that I lose my voice. The guy forcefully pushes me in the car. He closes the door. With tear filled eyes, I see Kabir lying on the road. As the car moves away I see his eyelids shutting slowly.
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Doors open, I walk out of the elevator. I search for Kabir. I call him.
"Hello"
"Kabir, where are you?"
"Outside"
"Okay, I am coming"
"You don't sound good what happened?"
"I'll tell you"
"Okay, I also have something to tell you"
"Okay I am coming, wait for me at the gate"
"Okay"
I walk to the gate. Kabir stands there. He looks at me and waves. I couldn't contain my sadness. Tears flow out from corners of my eyes and roll down to my jawline. I run to Kabir.
"Are you okay?", he asks.
I shake my head. Kabir stops a cab. we get in.
"You wanna go home?" , he asks with concern in his eyes.
I shake my head again.
"To the nearest coffee shop please", he says to the driver.
We sit silently in the cab. After 5 minutes of drive, driver pulls the cab in front of a coffee shop named "Coffee Town".
It's a small open coffee shop. people sit in the green lawn. White tables and chairs scattered in the lawn. It looked pretty decent. I step out, Kabir says the driver. We go inside.
Kabir finds us a table. I sit there blankly staring at the table.
Kabir sits in front of me.
"Tell me", he says.
"Kabir, I am sorry", I burst into tears.
"What happened in the office, Candace? "
"I saw Mr.Carter and Teena..."
"Teena? "
"Yes"
"What was Teena doing there? "
"I don't know. I saw them hugging each other "
"Okay and? "
"And? ", I almost shout.
The waiter keeps two cups of coffee on the table. He gives me a look and walks away.
I contain my anger for a few moments.
"What do you mean by AND? isn't that enough?, I bang the table and accidentally my hand hits the cup.
Coffee spills on my thighs. The denim sucks the coffee.
My denim overall gets stained with coffee as if paints weren't enough.
"No, no", I try to wipe the coffee with my hands." It's so hot, no please. Ugh! "
I grit my teeth. I see the stain vanishing slowly. The denim becomes as clean as new. I stare at my thighs.
"Candace, are you okay? "
I jump out of my thoughts. I look at Kabir.
"Yeah. I mean no"
"It that hurt? you need a first aid? "
"No, I didn't mean that"
"Okay. Then"
"Do you mind if I drink your coffee? "
"Of course not. Take it", he pushes his coffee towards me.
"You get a new one, please"
"Okay", he raises from his seat.
I take the coffee in my hands. I stare at the coffee and think in my heart, the cup empty.
I see, slowly coffee turning into vapours. within few seconds the coffee was gone, the cup was empty.
Kabir comes back and sit I front of me. He looks at my stunned face.
"Are you okay? "
"No, Kabir. we need to do something"
"What happened?"
I pull his collar down to table and whisper, " This spirit knows magic. it's messing with my mind. it's vanished coffee from my denim and evaporated my coffee
"
"what", he almost shouts.
I nod.
"Let's do something about it"
"okay, okay. I had told you I have something to say. It's about the spirit. I have talked to someone he knows how to talk to the spirits"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Let's go now"
"No, not now. I'll meet you at night"
"Okay"
****************
At night, we meet infront of my apartment building.
"Let's go " ,Kabir says.
"Okay, but where are we going? It's almost midnight ", I ask.
"Just get in the car, I'll tell you on the way"
"Okay.... but"
"Come on Candace "
"Wait, wait", I take a deep breath.
"What? "
"I think we should drop the idea"
"Why? "
"Because the spirit isn't hurting me. it hasn't harmed me...."
" yet"
"Yeah but "
"What if it hurts you later?"
"Well. You are right but.... can't we deal with this in the morning? "
Kabir stares at me.
"The idea itself sounds scary", I say. "What if we get killed?"
"Candace trust me, alright "
"Okay but tell me where are we going first"
"No I can't now"
"Why? "
"Because if spirit knows where we are going it might stop you from going "
"Ooo....It can also stop me now. But it isn't. I am sure this spirit is a good spirit. let it be. we won't go"
"are you sure it's you, Candace?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you wanted to do something about it but now you are refusing. May be that spirit is manipulating your mind"
"Kabir. You make sense"
"Let's go now" , he opens the door of the car.
We sit in. Kabir drives slowly and carefully. Our car runs on the empty road. He takes some unfamiliar turns. I have never been to this side of the city.
"Where are we going? "
"Shhh"
"Okay, okay"
He keeps on driving. We head outside the city. He increases the speed. We move pretty fast. It's all dense forest on both the sides of the road. We hear wolves howling. Sounds of beetles accompany the whistling of leaves.
In the rear view mirror, Kabir sees a car behind us.
Kabir looks behind. He keeps driving. He slows down so that the car behind can pass. Instead of passing, the car quickly takes a U turn and hits our car.
Kabir startles, he draws reverse gear. The car in front pushes our car even further with high speed.
I hear headlights crush, the lights go off. I panick, Kabir tries to figure out what to do. He looks at me and then in front. He rotates steering wheel to right, but the guy in the other car keep on pushing our car.
"Kabir jump ", I say unfastening my seat belt.
"No, no" , he cries.
"You'll be fine, just jump", I unfasten his seatbelt.
I remove his hands from steering wheel and push him out of the car. He lands outside without the door being opened. I see my hands sparkling like lightning.
I open the door of the car and see the guy switches off the engine. One guys gets down from the car and walks towards me. I sit frozen in my seat. He grabs my hair and drags me out of the car.
"Leave me", I slap his arms.
I hold his wrist and try to pull it off my hairs. His tight grip only gets tighter. He shakes my head by my hair.
My head aches. I could feel hair strand in my scalp being pulled.
Kabir comes running and grabs my arm. As he tries to pull my away, another guy steps out of the car and shots him in the head. I see Kabir falling down on the road. I shout his name so loudly that I lose my voice. The guy forcefully pushes me in the car. He closes the door. With tear filled eyes, I see Kabir lying on the road. As the car moves away I see his eyelids shutting slowly.
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