Disclaimer: The following content, is purely of my imagination, and never means to promote any disbelief.
"I'm back, Maa!!", the voice exclaimed with joy! Joel Robert is a 21 year-old engineering scholar studying abroad. Now, this is the period of his summer vacation. Thus, he is back to his apartments, that is situated in the city of Delhi, India. His vacation will end within 2 weeks. This fact makes him to feel dejected than anything else. While on home, Joel has a tendency, to spend his evenings on the terrace of his apartments, prattling with his girlfriend.
His Apartment is a graceful admiring society. It is the apartment community that constitutes 3 blocks, with each block containing 5 storeys with a overall sum of 362 inhabiting families. A wider garden area, children's play area, a chilling pool, and the list of amenities, goes on like that... In such a apartment society, only the upper-middle and richer classes have occupied the spaces.
Being back to Joel's case, when the clock exactly strikes at 6, Joel's mood swings to reach the terrace. He loves to walk back and forth in his lengthy terrace, enjoying the chilling evening breeze, the mesmerizing views of the city, the chirping songs of birds, and the awful sunset of the crimson coloured sky! With this lovely surroundings, as a manner of adding additional essence of love, Joel used to chat with his girlfriend.
But now, his Mom bawled at him, "Jo! Don't get to the terrace in your pair of weeks. Better, hang out with your friends, somewhere!" On deeply inquiring his mom on this issue, Something weird comes to his knowledge. His Maa informed him that, Without any proper reasons, three people were committed suicide in that terrace, in three various kinds. Joel doesn't want to disturb his mom further, on this issue.
But one thing, is that Joel will not let the case as such. Joel is a kinda person, deeply interested in evil mysteries, and too have studied many novels, regarding demonology.
So, he decided to get up to the terrace, lying to his mom that he is heading to meet his friend.
On reaching the terrace, he comes to know that it has been locked by the management. The notice, there says: "The entry to this terrace is restricted, owing to the management's order. Further any urgent entries to this area, are permissible between 10 a.m. and 12 noon." He rushed towards the outhouse office, where the management staffs will be working. Joel petitioned them to explain what was happening there. Ronnie Uncle, a well-known family friend of Joel's, is working as the President manager of the apartments. He started dictating the stories of the past month:
" Dheeraj, Shaah, and Teja: these three were living a happy and luxurious life in your block. On November 3rd, Dheeraj wanted to check his impaired outdoor-unit of his split a.c., on the terrace. So he went up alone around 9 at night and never returned. This is his family's statement. What happened was that he jumped out of the top. We don't know either, it's a murder or suicide or some sort of accident. Still, the police is investigating on that case! Next was Shaah: According to Shaah's family, Shaah wanted to inhale some fresh air, and it was informed that he had already been in a mood-fall. Thus, it was a heard fact that he too had committed suicide, by cutting his radial and ulnar arteries of his hand, through his autopsy report. This incident occured on 5th of November. This two consecutive demises, made the whole flat, filled of fear. They thought this, a piece of some approaching disaster; that's why, We performed holy rituals, in order to get rid of these deeds. Police protection also encircled the terraces and other areas of our society. After this, people started having some hopes; and finally on 12th of November, Teja, an 18 year-old young girl gets there to collect the dried clothes, the girl fainted and fell down to the floor on the terrace. Before getting hospitalized, She died and her autopsy says that she was poisoned!
All these three different cases: common clue is that damn terrace! So, We ordered to temporarily close the terrace, for some period"
After listening to Ro Uncle, Joel gets his forehead wet, he swallows a blob of saliva through his throat. He is unable to speak another word. "Don't let my mom n dad to know that, I have come here nd inquired on this."
THE TERRACE SECRETS
~S. Harish Kannan
CHAPTER I: Is that true?
"I'm back, Maa!!", the voice exclaimed with joy! Joel Robert is a 21 year-old engineering scholar studying abroad. Now, this is the period of his summer vacation. Thus, he is back to his apartments, that is situated in the city of Delhi, India. His vacation will end within 2 weeks. This fact makes him to feel dejected than anything else. While on home, Joel has a tendency, to spend his evenings on the terrace of his apartments, prattling with his girlfriend.
His Apartment is a graceful admiring society. It is the apartment community that constitutes 3 blocks, with each block containing 5 storeys with a overall sum of 362 inhabiting families. A wider garden area, children's play area, a chilling pool, and the list of amenities, goes on like that... In such a apartment society, only the upper-middle and richer classes have occupied the spaces.
Being back to Joel's case, when the clock exactly strikes at 6, Joel's mood swings to reach the terrace. He loves to walk back and forth in his lengthy terrace, enjoying the chilling evening breeze, the mesmerizing views of the city, the chirping songs of birds, and the awful sunset of the crimson coloured sky! With this lovely surroundings, as a manner of adding additional essence of love, Joel used to chat with his girlfriend.
But now, his Mom bawled at him, "Jo! Don't get to the terrace in your pair of weeks. Better, hang out with your friends, somewhere!" On deeply inquiring his mom on this issue, Something weird comes to his knowledge. His Maa informed him that, Without any proper reasons, three people were committed suicide in that terrace, in three various kinds. Joel doesn't want to disturb his mom further, on this issue.
But one thing, is that Joel will not let the case as such. Joel is a kinda person, deeply interested in evil mysteries, and too have studied many novels, regarding demonology.
So, he decided to get up to the terrace, lying to his mom that he is heading to meet his friend.
On reaching the terrace, he comes to know that it has been locked by the management. The notice, there says: "The entry to this terrace is restricted, owing to the management's order. Further any urgent entries to this area, are permissible between 10 a.m. and 12 noon." He rushed towards the outhouse office, where the management staffs will be working. Joel petitioned them to explain what was happening there. Ronnie Uncle, a well-known family friend of Joel's, is working as the President manager of the apartments. He started dictating the stories of the past month:
" Dheeraj, Shaah, and Teja: these three were living a happy and luxurious life in your block. On November 3rd, Dheeraj wanted to check his impaired outdoor-unit of his split a.c., on the terrace. So he went up alone around 9 at night and never returned. This is his family's statement. What happened was that he jumped out of the top. We don't know either, it's a murder or suicide or some sort of accident. Still, the police is investigating on that case! Next was Shaah: According to Shaah's family, Shaah wanted to inhale some fresh air, and it was informed that he had already been in a mood-fall. Thus, it was a heard fact that he too had committed suicide, by cutting his radial and ulnar arteries of his hand, through his autopsy report. This incident occured on 5th of November. This two consecutive demises, made the whole flat, filled of fear. They thought this, a piece of some approaching disaster; that's why, We performed holy rituals, in order to get rid of these deeds. Police protection also encircled the terraces and other areas of our society. After this, people started having some hopes; and finally on 12th of November, Teja, an 18 year-old young girl gets there to collect the dried clothes, the girl fainted and fell down to the floor on the terrace. Before getting hospitalized, She died and her autopsy says that she was poisoned!
All these three different cases: common clue is that damn terrace! So, We ordered to temporarily close the terrace, for some period"
After listening to Ro Uncle, Joel gets his forehead wet, he swallows a blob of saliva through his throat. He is unable to speak another word. "Don't let my mom n dad to know that, I have come here nd inquired on this."
To be continued on chapter 2.
Interesting Hari, keep going!
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