I almost died on my Birthday
A startling moment that made me dumbstruck
It was a Monday night; I came home from work at 10 pm. The night was so dark with a cool breeze.
I opened the main door and switched on the lights.
Yowl...
Yowl...
That sounded like a weird cry of the cat.
I was terrified to hear that sound in my house; the cat was black with grey eyes.
It fell on me and tried to bite and scratch with its legs; I defended myself; it ran away on seeing the door open.
Shaken from inside, I entered the living room.
Lights in the living room flickered with a sound.
Flickered again.
All the lights in my house flickered; the power was off.
My house was in deep darkness; see nothing around me. I managed to get the torch from the drawer and moved towards the inverter.
Swish...
Swish...
I felt the sound of the wind as someone cries. I turned towards the shutters, yet no one was there.
I closed the shutter completely.
There was a haunting silence in every corner of the house.
Coo...
Coo...
I heard a loud chattering of the pigeons; they were nesting on my balcony. They didn’t leave the place for the past week. They made the sound.
In a haunting silence and daunting situation, our illusions go beyond the moment and scare us to the core.
Suddenly the lights were on. I felt relief inside. But at the same time i had a feel that someone was there in the house. I lived in this house for the past six months. I have never felt terrified this way.
It’s just an illusion, I said to myself.
I played my favorite song on the television and washed my face.
I felt someone else reflection crossing, when i looked into the mirror; but none was there.
I heard some sound in the kitchen and went inside. There I saw something red all over the slab and on the floor. It looked like blood.
Drip...
Drip...
The sound of blood dropping on the made me dumbstruck for a moment.
Then I screamed blood!
Blood!
I ran out of the kitchen.
Suddenly someone from behind touched my shoulder. I was glued to the spot, terror-stricken.
Guess who?
It was my husband, George.
He astonished me with his presence.
Happy Birthday, Ria.
That was my first Birthday after marriage; he said he was busy at work and could not come home that night. He came home early and hid himself in the balcony to surprise me.
When I asked him; why he scared me?
He said he went to the kitchen to get the red wine; the bottle slipped from his hands and broke.
He decorated the living room with lights, balloons, and cake.
He presented me with a platinum ring and made the day more memorable.
It was a incredible birthday!
But still, when I asked about the aggressive cat; he said he had no idea about it.
Yes, that was a wonderful and memorable birthday ever.
But I almost died out of fear on my Birthday!
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