"Who.... who.... is there ? " asked Mia standing in the corridor .
But no one replied to her .
She again asked "Is anyone here ?"
But again she got no reply .
She went through the corridor back into her room and went straight to her bed .The howling wind rattled the windowpanes in the bitter, damp night outside. She twisted and turned under her thin covers. Her teeth chattered in the chilly air around her . She stood up and ran to the window and closed it .She couldn't sleep. Her sweat dripped down her forehead and her heart was thumping hard at chest. She was always afraid of the dark and she was still . She could hear the beat of her heart . Suddenly , she heard the crack of the door as someone has opened the door.
She ran downstairs and saw that his parents have returned .
"Why are you so late ?" asked Mia .
"Which type of questions are you asking from your parents " replied Mia's father .
"You both left me alone in the house to enjoy yourselves" Said Mia .
"So why are you here .You should sleep "
"Sleep, I was too afraid .I heard some voices too ."
"Come on Mia stop making stories as usual "
"I am not making stories . I was really hearing the voices from half an hour "
"Ok from where ?"
"From the corridor "
"Corridor ? And what were you doing in the corridor ."
"I was there to drink water . "
"Oh please Mia .Stop making these stories."
"You don't even love me " She said this and went crying in her room .
"Oh no! not again. She will start crying ."replied Mia's mother.
"I am going to see her."
After sometime her father came in the room and sat along with her .
"My daughter ,your mother and father both love you ,but sometimes they have to go on dinners just for the sake of business" Replied Mia's father .
"But you always left me alone in the house "
"Because it is your school tomorrow "
"I am always afraid "
"Of what ?"
"Of those voices I am listening from so many months and you thought it to be stories "
"You know what I do when I am afraid ?"
"What you do ?"
"It tell myself that the fear is simply brain chemicals, my amygdala pinged, and then I try to analyze the situation as I may without it. I try to imagine it from the outside, as if it were a movie and not real life. Then I ask myself what my "character" should do. It helps me to make better choices."
"But I can't do this "
"This all happens me everywhere even in school"
"My daughter ,these lines are told me by my father when they left me alone for dinners
If you are afraid of sunshine,
Even the sun is scary to you.
If you are afraid of rain,
Even a sweet shower is scary to you.
For if you love sunshine,
If you love rain,
They are a lullaby for the soul.
Fear lives not in the world,
But within the mind.
So when fear calls at your door,
Bang, bang, bang...
Ask why you are afraid.
And then you will find,
There is only sunlight in your doorway,
Only gentle rain in your garden."
"So you are doing this because grandfather have also done this to you "
"No I am just telling you what I do when I feel lonely .It's just our mind who thought that we are afraid " Replied her father .
"You will never understand me "
"OK we will talk after your school tomorrow. You should sleep now "
"Stay here with me until I will sleep"
So Mia's father stood with her until she fall asleep and then went to his room .
"Is Mia asleep " Mia's mother asked .
"Yes she is ?"
"Didn't you think John that Mia is grown up child now .Still she believe in all theses things"
"Mia is grown now but I don't know the reason why she is afraid .You know what Sophia she is still afraid .She is hearing some voices in her school too .We should put attention toward it .As she is our only child ."
"Don't worry nothing will happen to her just fell asleep "
And then John fall asleep but the the noises were still coming from the room that has always been locked ,which was infront of Mia's room .She was sleeping but could definitely hear the voices.