It was about 11 pm. The couple was in bed.
"I love you so much! I have been loving you since you were in school with me. You didn't know that I never had the nerve to express how I felt about you. My love for you is still the same. I'm extremely elated that you're my soul mate now, my life partner." Sam went the extra mile to express his love to Jennifer while lying next to her in bed.
"But why then do you always bicker with me? Why don't you spare time for me? You didn't take me abroad as you had promised?" Jennifer turned her face towards Sam.
"Jenny! Are we going to fight at this lovely moment?" Sam brought a faint smile to his face. "I'll do anything you ask me to do. I promise!" Sam wore a bright smile to diminish all doubts and sorrows.
On the other hand, the demon was not far away; he was standing at the bedside where Jennifer was lying. No one could see him. He had the power to enter Jennifer's body to control her physically and mentally. But he was waiting for the right moment. He was listening to both utterances.
Sam brought his face close to Jennifer's and was about to make his puckered lips embrace Jennifer's cupid bow lips. Unbelievably, Jennifer covered her face with both of her hands and resisted accepting a kiss or any caressing from her husband.
"What's wrong?" Sam was perplexed.
Jennifer sat on the bed and then stood on her feet, "You can't do that. You can't play with my body. I belong to someone. Get lost!"
"Are you alright Jennifer? You've changed all of a sudden! What happened to you?" Sam also stood on his feet.
"You must leave now… already you've done a lot of mischievousness…no more could be endured! Leave now or lose your life." Jennifer pushed him back.
"Jennifer! What has happened to you? We're husband and wife…we're not doing anything wrong…come on sit here!" Sam clutched Jennifer's shoulders with his hands and almost shouted.
"Don't touch me!" Jennifer pushed herself back and raised her right hand to slap Sam's face. Sam would have received a very heavy blow on his right cheek if his right hand had not interrupted Jennifer's hand. "Are you crazy, insane… wanna hit your husband?"
Husband! Hun! That was a mistake…Stay away from me… I told you I belong to someone…you made me fool… you want to take the wrong advantage of my being alone… don't you dare get close to me ever again, or you'll be sorry… I warn you!" Jennifer's eyes brows came down and together, the eyes glared and there was a narrowing of the lip corners. She points her right index finger at Sam.
"I think the demon is in her body and now playing with her mind." A thought crossed Sam's mind." Should I leave now or what should I do? I can't fight with this demon…he seems to be very powerful." Ok, I'm leaving now, but I want you to accompany me.
"It's impossible for me to go with you. Leave now!" Jennifer showed the exit to Sam with her right hand.
"How can I leave my wife at the mercy of the demon to play with her the whole night?" Sam exited the bedroom. But remained in the house, thinking what to do…either to attempt to hold the bull by the horns to risk his own life or to leave now for the time being.
"Tring…tring…tring…" Sam's mobile phone rang.
"Oh! The right person at the right time!" Sam fell into a state of euphoria when he saw that Hammad Syed was calling.
"Hi…dear thanks God you called me…I was thinking to ring you." Sam put the phone on his right ear and spoke.
"Hey…What're you doing?" Thump…thrash…knock…Sam fell to the ground with a heavy thud. Why're you hitting me, Jennifer?" Out of the blue, Jennifer flew out of her room and assaulted Sam.
"I warned you to get lost and you're asking that nasty numbskull to come over…get lost!" Jennifer picked up Sam's mobile phone, which had dropped at a distance, and flung it against the wall, making it break into several pieces. "Call now your ally to deal with me…hahahahaha!"
Sam, lay on his back, moaning and groaning with pain; he could not endure the suffering and fell into unconsciousness. After a while, he opened his eyes, and his consciousness was restored. It was a post-midnight hour. He found himself lying on the floor next to the bed. The vanity was in his clear view, but a bit blurred because of his being in slight dizziness.
"I remember being thrashed by Jennifer outside the bedroom, and I passed out there. How come I got in the bedroom?" Sam had no answer to his question.
Lying near the bed, his senses noticed some activity in progress in the bed. He mustered the strength to push his body and rose a little, but then because of severe pain, he collapsed and gagged his mouth with his right palm to stop producing any sound. He could easily sense the bed shaking, twitching, creaking, and squeaking.
His curiosity did not let him keep sprawling on the floor while something was going on in the bed. He began dragging himself on his back stealthily and at last reached the back of the large sofa set. He then reached the nearby window curtains and hid behind them. He could then hear Jennifer smooching, grunting, panting, and heavily breathing. Sam gathered courage and peeked from behind twitched curtains. He saw that Jennifer was lying in the bed alone, her eyes wide open and staring at the ceiling, but she seemed to be immersed in some activity.
"Is it sexsomnia?" Sam murmured to himself.
He recalled that once Dr. Jerome, while he was treating Jennifer, had added to his knowledge that patients with schizophrenia may also fall into sexsomnia, which is a disorder in which people engage in sexual behavior with another person. Although their eyes may be open and they may make sexual noise, they are asleep during these activities and not at all aware of their demeanor once they are awake.
Gravely, Sam felt as if he was in the labyrinth of the Minotaur and was unable to come out of this complicated irregular network of passages and paths in which he couldn't find the way out. And the Minotaur will shortly find him and then ultimately kill him.
"Jennifer is in a state of sexsomnia? Or the demon, who is unseen to me, is making love with my wife?"
Reclining against the wall behind the curtains, Sam fell into a serious dilemma. "If it's you rascal, I won't spare you at any cost…mind you!"