Chapter 4 : The soul of his sister

All the relatives and some close neighbors were gathered for the funeral. Everyone was miserable and Rohan's mom was crying her heart out. After all it's her daughter. But Rohan was still thinking about that text that was written on the drawers. "What does it mean? Are we really cursed? Are we all going to die?" Suddenly his father came and offered him a glass of water. The look on his face says it all. He was broken from inside. He was just holding his tears as he was the adult of the house. Rohan saw it on his face, and he does not want him to worry about those things that he isn't about. As a ritual, everyone rose up from their seats one by one to pay floral tribute to their daughter, Navya. When Rohan's turn came, he took a bunch of irises and started moving towards the coffin of her sister. When he got nearer, he realized that instead of her sister Navya, Alina was lying onto her deathbed. He got so scared that he fell backwards. His father came running towards him and lifted him up. "It's not Navya, it's Alina lying there." He said in a scared voice while crying. "It's your hallucinations, Rohan. You forget you have Schizophrenia. Maybe you've forgotten to take your meds today." He said while calming him. Rohan reluctantly stood up, paid tribute and left for his seat. For the entire time, he can't think about anything else than the pale face of Alina. After paying tribute, everyone left for their home and after having dinner, they went to their beds.

It was very hard for him to sleep that night. In no time, his world has turned upside down. It's hard for him to process everything and he can't digest the thought that her little sister is no more. At midnight, when he was still indulged in those thoughts, he felt someone was sleeping behind him. He tried hard to ignore it but suddenly he felt someone's breath on his neck. He quickly turned around and saw Navya lying beside her. She smiled at him and her smile was getting wider and wider until it turned out to be a creepy smile. "You could have saved me. Why did you let me die when it's your fault in the first place?" Suddenly we had a flashback that Rohan had opened that gift box and he found that lock of hair into the box and the box slipped from his hand and fell off to the ground. He hid that lock of hair underneath his bed and placed the box where it had been placed. "I'm really sorry. I didn't want this to happen with you and our family." He cried. "But the damage is done, my brother. No one can be saved. Everyone will die." She said while crying the tears of blood and then she vanished into thin air.

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