"Papa, you promised me that you'll take me to the fair, but you didn't keep your promise. I won't talk to you." Said the 6-year-old Tanisha.
"I'm so sorry, beta. We'll go tomorrow. I promise and this time I'll definitely keep my promise. Please, forgive me." Alex said with a pleading voice kneeling down before his cute daughter. His wife Sunita was watching all this drama. All this time she had a beautiful smile on her face. Finally, Alex was able to convince Tanisha and went to the office. While in his car Alex thought about himself. Sometimes he finds it unbelievable that he could have this perfect life. His wife Sunita is undeniably beautiful and loyal. In their 8years of relationship they never fought not even once. Sunita was the perfect wife that every man ever dreamed of, sweet, kind, and innocent. His daughter Tanisha is very cute and intelligent. Like the devil has his soul in the parrot Alex's life resides in his daughter. Financially also he is very stable. He didn't like Sunita going to Job, so Sunita became a housewife but that didn't create any trouble financially or in their harmony. Because of his intelligence, he became the HOD of the psychiatric department at the age of 32 in the moon hospital. He is a millionaire with handsomeness as a bonus. So many ladies tried to win him but failed. He was a very loyal husband. In the hospital, people know him as a cool-headed, charming genius. Some people also call him the devil as no one can be this much perfect as him. Alex reached the hospital. Yesterday he was promoted to HOD of the psychiatric department. Now he can park his Royal Royce in his designated parking spot no more searching for a spot to park. After enjoying that little privilege he went up to his department. His secretary gave him coffee. After sitting in the HOD chair he felt like the regular coffee also can make him a little more energetic. The chamber was completely silent. He could hear the clocks ticking. At that time his secretary entered.
"Sir you have a patient waiting for you. He looks a bit familiar. Shall I tell him to enter?" She asked.
Alex was now only listening to the sound of the clock with closed eyes. To her question, he just nodded. The secretary left. The patient entered. He was a 14-year-old boy. To Alex, he looks oddly familiar but he can't remember where he has met him. As he is a patient Alex first wanted to make him comfortable before asking about anything.
"Take a seat and make yourself comfortable." The boy did as told.
After he felt that the boy is comfortable enough he asked questions "Are you here alone?"
The boy just nodded. Alex noted that either the boy is mute or not a talker. Then he noticed the file in the boy's hand.
"Are those your medical records?" The boy nodded again.
"I need to see those. Can you give it to me?" Alex asked with a friendly approach.
The boy gave the file to him but to Alex's surprise, there were no medical records. In that file, there were newspaper cutouts. Alex was a bit shocked but he didn't show it on his face. He read the newspaper to know why the boy is carrying it. The first news cut piece was about a woman committing suicide. The next was about a missing woman. The next was also about a missing woman. Like this, there was a total of 5 missing women cases, and the strange thing was that all of them including the one who committed suicide belong to one village.
"Are they fr.... What are you doing?" Alex screamed after seeing the terrifying scene of the boy eating the hand of a dead body while sitting on the body. The body seems to be of a naked woman. The boy smiled at Alex while blood dripped out from his mouth. Alex felt like he has lost his voice. He couldn't form any word. He was hyperventilating. He opened his eyes. When he looked around he found out that there was no boy. Did he dream? But it felt so real. At that time his secretary entered the room and said
"Sir you have a patient waiting for you. He looks a bit familiar. Shall I tell him to enter?"
Alex felt like Deja Vu. He wanted to deny but he can't run away from his responsibility on his second day of the promotion. The administration will take action against him also as a psychiatrist he always thought fear is an irrational emotion. So he tried to snap himself out of it.
"Sir, should I tell him not to come?" Then only Alex realized that he is taking a really long time to snap out of the dream and face the reality.
"No. Tell him to enter and bring me a coffee." He said to the secretary.
A voice said, "Sir, he is responding."
Another voice said "Good"
"Okey sir, I'll first bring you the coffee." Alex waited for 5 min for his coffee. In that 5min his mind repeated the picture of the smile that the boy had while eating the dead body. The gross and scary picture strangely started to feel normal for Alex. As a psychiatrist, he really has the power to suppress his fear. Alex feels proud of himself. In the meantime, his secretary entered with coffee. Alex finally relaxed and enjoyed the coffee in the quiet chamber where only the ticking of the clock was heard. After the coffee, Alex felt more relaxed. He closed his eyes for some time. But his peaceful moment was soon destroyed when the door was opened. Alex saw the same 14-year boy standing in front of him. His fear surprisingly subsided completely. He went to the boy and kneeled before him on one knee. He held the boy by his shoulder and asked in a soothing voice
"Are you alone?"
The boy nodded.
"Take a seat. Make yourself comfortable."
The boy did as he was told. Alex saw the boy is holding a file but it is different than what he had seen in the dream.
"Can I see the file?" Alex asked.
The boy extended his hand to give him the file. Alex looked at the boy and tried to recall whether he has really seen the boy or if it is just a delusion but nothing came to his mind. So he tried to focus on the file. The file didn't have newspaper cut-outs as he had seen in his dream, it has photos of a home. Strangely the home also seems familiar but at the same time very unknown. the second picture was a photo of the boy's family. While looking at the picture Alex asked the boy "Are they your family?" but there was no response. Alex looked up to search for the boy. Instead of seeing the innocent boy, he saw the devil. The 14-year-old boy was having sex with a female dead body. The scene in front of him woke him up. He looked around to see he was alone in the chamber. His secretary came and asked
"Sir you have a patient waiting for you. He looks a bit familiar. Shall I tell him to enter?"