her eyes widened in shock. Fear? She wanted to scream but fear tied her tongue, the glass jars were filled with liquids,
formalin to be precise that contained the specimen's organs, each jar had a different part of the body,
it seemed like decoration of course not to the normal person.
In a state of complete disbelief, FeiFei took a step closer to confirm her illusions,
As she observed it was obvious that the body parts were very fresh,
on the jars were the names and details of each specimen, the eyeballs that floated within the liquid seemed to glare at her as though they were anticipating her arrival,
while the other jar had a part of the hand and the slender milky white fingers that almost were in the midway of decomposition/ necrosis were structured in a way that they either wanted to grab the freedom that was outside the jar wanted to strangle the neck of their chopper,
a churning feeling crept up from the bottom of Fei Fei's gut,
she wanted to throw up as she lifted her head to move away she encountered a jar that trapped a face within,
a face of a pretty lady, calling it scary would be offensive but the growing dark circles beneath her closed eyes and the rashes on either side of her cheeks,
the nose and the chin are covered with red patches and down goes the neck that was separated from her body,
No! It wasn't rude to call it scary, A sudden thought crossed Fei Fei's mind made her shiver in terror, her forehead doubled the amount of sweat it released,
her eyes were teary her strength was leaving her body as questions filled her mind she slowly turned her head towards the jar placed on her left wondering
.."Wha…..what….if… the eyeballs belong to the lady?? Just a simple thought of the lady in the jar opening her eyelids choked FeiFei to death,
her emotions were like a vortex that didn't seem to end no matter what she tried, too many questions filled her mind,
Why were the specimens there? What is her lover trying to do? What was going on here? Did she even enter the right apartment??
She even questioned if it were a dream, for a brief moment she walked towards the racks on the other side even though her stomach was churning she wanted to figure things out,
"Bang"!!!! A not-so-far-away sound pulled her out of her thoughts,
getting her back to reality was the loud yelling of a man none other than MICHAEL, in a complete state of terror FeiFei couldn't figure out what to do,
she wasn't going to let him know about her presence, her eyes searched for a spot that could help her escape or hide for the time being,
exiting the death door she hurried towards the closet,
The yelling of MICHAEL and the sound of his growing steps toward the room made FeiFei shiver to the core,
she slowly managed to open the closet doors and buried herself inside,
the moment she closed the closet door she could hear the bedroom door click open,
holding her breath and movements FeiFei stood ever silently, peeping through the opening of the closet doors
she could not very clearly see the man storming into the room he carried a parcel in his hand that he was about to throw in annoyance but he held himself from doing so,
as he realized the parcel contains something precious,
placing it on the study table MICHAEL ran his hand through his hair out of frustration,
After listening to what the person on the other side of the phone had to say Michael yelled
"How ….just for how long should I continue with this? I'm tired now, balancing work, and your orders. Moreover, I have to bear with that stupid girl and her freaky attitude. Is all this worth it? Huh?
After a moment of pause he gained his composure, taking the ring out of his pocket he creased it gently and continued,
"Our wedding is near, my fiance is urging me, if something goes wrong I'll lose both my Fiance and the project" and I'm in no mood to risk either of them.
Saying that he disconnected the call, making his way to the lab he pushed the door and it creaked open,
I saw him not forgetting the parcel when he entered the lab, restricting my moments. I stood there in a daze,
"Wh.... .what did he just say?" My breath hitched in, did I mishear anything? Or am I hallucinating? What Fiance? What Project??
A loud bang of the door interrupted my thoughts, realizing that I forgot to breathe I held on to my composure,
my teary eyes could see the blurry vision of a man exiting the lab,
drops of tear trailed down my cheek making way for the flood of tears that build up in my eyes,
halting his steps he surveyed around the room as though he felt someone else's presence in there as his eyes rested on the closet,
the Lub-Dub of my heart increased to the extent that my heart could explode anytime I failed to figure out which part of my body whispered to the heavens,
my numb brain, or the teary eyes, the soft breaths, the silent voice, or the fearful heart? Maybe they all together did,
"Let him not see me, please God, let him not...." I couldn't believe myself,
I was always desperate for his attention and now I prayed for him to not see me,
huh! A pungent smell hit my nose, what was it?
As my tongue sensed a weird taste I realized that it was my bleeding lip scared to the core I had no sense of pain and bit my bottom lip to bleed,
as though my prayers were answered I saw him walk out of the room after a long stare, I stood still, restricting my moments waiting for the front door to get closed,
moments later I could hear the noise of him locking the door, even after him gone I didn't dare to move an inch,
supporting my back to the wall of the closet I let my tears flow freely until I choked and the air in there suffocated me,
every cell in my body urged me to walk out, but did my feet support me? No, I couldn't feel any strength in my body,
I somehow convinced myself to step out of the closet, the first step on the floor and I was already on the verge to collapse holding the closet door I stood still,
not wanting to stay there even for a while I hurried towards the window to see if he is gone,
I saw Michael entering the cab I sighed in relief. Grabbing the keys from my bag
I fastened my moments towards the front door,
I couldn't control the shivers of my hands, unlocking the door I exited the apartment.
Being drowned in the state of panic I still made sure to lock the door,
having no sense I ran towards the stairways that lead me to the road,
I never was so happy seeing the road ahead of me,
my eyes still held the moist tears but my lips displayed a smile of relief...
"You are one of a kind, whatever you are going through, stay still, hard times make you stronger, giving up is the quality of dead ones, you are still alive!" So keep going….."
-Anonymous author~