Kevin's parents got married, it was a love marriage, they were dating each other for the last 3 months and now finally they decided to get married.
TWO YEARS LATER:
They were blessed with a baby boy, he was so handsome so they decided to call him, "Kevin".
The mother of Kevin belonged to a prestigious family but as far as his father was concerned, he belonged to a middle-class family.
It was hard for his father to fulfill each and every demand of Kevin's mother.
FIFTEEN YEARS LATER:
It was their 15th wedding anniversary; Kevin's mother demanded a diamond necklace as a gift.
"You know very well sweetheart, I cannot afford it," his father said.
"You are a liar, before getting married you used to talk about getting stars for me, but now you can even not afford a diamond set for me," His mother said angrily.
"Give me some time honey I will buy a necklace for you," his father said.
"No, I don't want anything, I don't even want to live a such poor life, saying this she took her handbag and asked Kevin to follow her.
She went to Kevin's maternal uncle's house.
"Mom, for how long we are going to stay here?" Kevin asked.
"For forever!" She said furiously
"What about my school and friends?" he asked.
"To hell with those, a tutor will come to teach you daily," she said carelessly.
"Mom, don't do this, I love my friend, I will be left alone," Kevin said sadly.
His mom did not bother to answer and left him weeping.
For 2 years, his mother did not talk to his father nor did his father try to get her back, their ego overcame their love and feelings for each other.
It was Kevin who struggled so hard to adjust to a new place.
It was their 17th wedding anniversary, someone knocked at the door.
Kevin's mom opened the door.
There was no one, then she heard the sound of the horn, she turned and saw that Kevin's father was in a brand-new red car.
He got out of the car and gave the keys to Kevin's mother and said "Happy Anniversary! Here's your present."
"That car is for me?" she asked excitedly.
"Yes! Sweetheart," he replied with love.
"But I forgot about the anniversary, and didn't buy a gift for you, I am so sorry, "she said in a pretending tone.
"Well, there is still something you can do," he said.
"What is that?" she asked.
"Come back home! I miss you so much" he said with hope.
"First of all, let's go for a drive," she said and held the keys.
They both were concerned about each other, no one cared about Kevin.
His maternal uncle informed him about the arrival of his father, and he waited in his room, in hope that his father will come up and will hug him.
He waited and waited but no one came.
It was 11 pm, and his mother came back home and ask him to go home.
He stood up and just followed her, without saying or asking anything.
His father looked at him with a smile and opened the back door of the car for him to sit in.
On their whole journey, Kevin felt that his presence does not matter, he just kept on looking outside.
They reached that "so-called home".
"Kevin! Get ready, from tomorrow you are going to join the school again. His mom said and went to sleep and his father followed him.
He sat on the sofa in the lounge, he was disturbed and was unable to sleep.
Within a few days, he started going to school regularly, but he did not use to talk to anyone, all of his classmates were studying in that school for the past many years. That is why they did not bother to talk to him.
It was afternoon when he was coming back from school, instead of going back from the same route he decided to change the route and went on walking.
He did not want to go home, he wanted to run from that "so-called home".
He kept on walking, and all that was running in his mind was that he is useless and alone.
From a distance, he saw a broken, abandon, and small house.
He started walking towards that home, instead of a door, there was a torn piece of cloth hanging with nails.
He went inside and found no one, there was a strange smell of chemicals, and it was dark inside there.
"Welcome, abandoned child!" he heard someone's voice.
It was an old witchy voice.
He tried to look in the dark, but someone was sitting on the floor.
"Who are you?" he asked anxiously.
"Fortune teller, I know everything about your past, present, and future," the voice replied.
"Liar!" he replied and tried to leave when he heard that sound again.
"Come to me whenever you feel alone," that voice said.
Kevin left that place, came back home, and wanted to tell each and everything to his mother.
He rang the bell. His father opened the door.
"The hell with you and the hell with your home, I just hate this life," his mom was yelling.
He went upstairs, he got fed up with this life.
It was evening, and his mother called him, "Kevin! Come downstairs! have a cup of tea with us."
He came downstairs and took his cup of tea.
"Your dad left the job," she said anxiously.
"I did not leave it intentionally, they needed a more experienced person," His father replied.
"Yes, such a loser you are!" his mom said.
Kevin took his cup and went upstairs.
At night, he was unable to sleep, he wore his jacket and went outside.
He kept on walking and felt so lonely, so he remembered that lady he met in the afternoon.
He went there and entered that broken house.
"I was thinking about you, rather I was waiting for you," the voice said.
"Why?" Kevin asked.
"Because I see my reflection in you," the voice said with love.
Come sit with me, the voice was captivating, Kevin sat on the floor.
Now he was able to look at the person who was speaking, she was an old lady, with thousands of wrinkles on her face and hands.
"I will teach you some trick," that old woman whispered.
"Tricks? But why?" he asked.
"Ooh my silly child, I am talking about the tricks!! With the help of these tricks, you will be able to do anything!"
"Anything?" he asked with a shine in his eyes.
"Anything!" the old lady whispered, "you will able to manipulate people, tease them, kill them, play with their lives, or destroy them completely."
"Is not it unfair?" he asked.
"The things which are happening with you, are they fair?" she questioned him back.
Without giving any answer he left that place and came back home.
His mom was waiting for her in the lounge.
"Who gave you permission to leave the house at this hour?" he asked angrily.
He did not reply.
"You came back from school late, why it is so? Where have you been?" his mom asked.
"Oh, I am impressed, you noticed, thanks for keeping an eye on me I needed it," he replied and went upstairs.
"What?" his mom said and went to sleep.
The next day, when Kevin came back from school, his mom was very happy.
"Mom! did dad buy that necklace for you? you seem so happy," Kevin asked.
"We are going to have a little baby," she said with excitement.
"It will be fun," he said carelessly and went upstairs.
A FEW DAYS LATER:
Early in the morning, he woke up to go to school, but there was no breakfast on the table.
"Mom!" Kevin called.
"We fought, she left," his father said from his bedroom.
"Where is she right now?" Kevin asked.
"At her favorite place," he replied carelessly.
"At Uncle's house?" he asked.
"Of course! I asked her to take you, but she was in a hurry," he replied. He stood up and left the home, and rushed to that broken house.
"I want to learn the tricks! I just want to distract myself from the things which are going on in my life, I want to get busy somewhere else," he said soon after entering.
Then he sat on the floor. The old woman started placing candles around him.
"Close your eyes, my boy!" she whispered.
He closed his eyes. She put her hand on his forehead and started chanting something. Kevin did not know the language but it was a mixture of Latin, Hebrew, and Persian.
He started visiting that lady daily, now no one could stop him. Whenever he felt like escaping, he used to go there.
ONE YEAR PASSED:
At night, Kevin heard the sound of the doorbell. he opened the door and heard the voice of a crying baby, there was a baby in the pram.
He came inside with the baby and saw his father was talking to someone on phone.
"He is your brother, we need to take care of him as well!", his father said.
A FEW MONTHS LATER:
It was Kevin's 17th birthday, and not even a single person wished him, even his mom and dad forgot about his birthday.
He was standing on the terrace, with a cup of tea looking at the moon,
There were several houses in front of him, the window of one house was opened and he saw a girl, she was sleeping with her lights on.
He thought that the lights should be off. He closed his eyes and opened them; the lights went off.
It was cold, and the window was open, so Kevin decided to shut the window. He closed his eyes and opened them, the windows shut with a horrible sound and opened again.
The sound was horrible enough to wake the girl up.
She was terrified, she stood up and turn the lights on.
The next morning, he went to meet that old lady again and said,
"Whenever I try to help someone, the tricks either do not work or something opposite happens, why is it so?" he asked.
"Because I just teach you the tricks which can destroy the lives of others." She said cleverly.
he came back home, the baby boy used to sleep in Kevin's father's room.
It was 2 am, when he woke up due to the noise, the baby was crying so badly.
He went downstairs, took the feeder, fill it with milk and shut his eyes, and chant something, he wanted to calm his brother.
He started feeding the baby, and the baby slept soon, but never woke up.
ONE WEEK LATER:
His mother came to meet the baby boy but soon found that the baby is no more, so she blamed Kevin's father murdered him.
She asked Kevin to come with her, and they went to the place where they are living right now.