Disturbed
(An investigative, romantic and psychological thriller)
By
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
I shocked while I am going through the stock market section of the news paper. In that our Lipsom company’s shares slumped on the fifth day also. It came down more than thirty percent than it was just one week or so before.
I impatiently throw the paper aside. I just don’t know what to do. The sliding down of my company’s shares like that is creating tension in me. If the sliding down is along with the market I would not have felt any tension at all. If the slump is because of any unfavorable circumstances in that particular sector I would have felt little easier. But except for one or two days, market is going up for the last one week. All the other companies which manufacture tyres like our Lipsom doing wonderfully in the market and that particular tyre making sector is in quite favorable condition then.
“Good morning madam.” Nova entered into my cabin.
“Good morning. What George is doing?”
“His usual work I think. Busy in his cabin.”
“I have asked you to prepare statements regarding the expenditure of our office here. Have you done it?”
“Yes, I did it. Here are those statements.” Nova put some papers on the table and kept a paper weight on them.
“You do so for our other offices also. You can have necessary material form George. Go and tell him I have asked you to do that.”
“Sure I do it so.” Nova said. “May I go now?”
“You may please.”
Nova turned back to go. “Ask George to come and meet me.”
“Alright madam.” Then Nova left.
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“Want to talk anything with me?” just in five minutes or so Gorge came into my office and slumped himself in the chair opposite to me.
“Have you seen what is happening to our Lipsom shares for the last one week or so?” I asked him.
“I am observing. They are coming down. They slumped down more than thirty percent in the last one week itself.” George said just casually while looking into my eyes.
“George, I am feeling tension. How much they do go down like that?”
“Let them come down as much as they do. Why do you worry like that? We need not worry about it even the least.”
“How it would be? It is our company’s share price and coming down of it like that gives an inference to public that our company is in difficulties. They do start selling their shares and our company’s share price comes down even more.” I cannot keep my anxiousness off my voice.
“Then what happens? We don’t pledge our company’s shares anywhere. Therefore, however much down it may come we would not get any loss. All our companies are in all respects healthy and we are making good profits.”
I convinced some extent by George’s saying like this. I leaned back relaxingly and covered George’s face in my focus. “But why it is happening like this George? Is there any conspiracy? Is someone doing something to make our share price to come down like this?”
“It appears so. Someone is short selling the shares to buy them at a very cheap rate.” He paused for a moment and then said. “We may better do something.”
“What it is?” I am feeling curiosity now. George does have a solution to every problem.
“I am thinking that this company’s share price comes down even more in the next one or two days. Then we do start buying our company’s shares. You are having eighty percent share holding in other companies but only sixty in this. You can make your share holding eighty in this also then.”
I am feeling amazement at this idea! I can take advantage out of a negative situation also. “But from where we can get the funds? Taking loans from the bank? Of course too many banks are always willing to lend us loans if we want.”
“Our companies’ financial health condition always lures banks to lend us loans. But that is not necessary at all. We are having too many unnecessary reserves. We exhaust them. We just wait one or two days more and start buying.”
“Alright, we do so.” I nodded my head and feeling jubilant again. “I have entrusted a work to Nova and directed her to approach you for the necessary material.”
“She got them from me and already in that work.” George is smiling. “It seems that you are satisfied with Nova.”
“Yes I am.” I smiled. “Nova is indeed very efficient.”
“I am happy that I have selected a good person for you.”
“And I am quite thankful to you for that.” I am feeling surprise now. I used to feel lot of animosity towards this George. In the last one week or so quite surprisingly it evaporated. How it has happened I cannot understand but it is good.
I am now completely involved in discussing other business matters with him.
&&&
I am walking happily into my house and Viola came across me. “How your day passed in the office?” she asked me.
“Just wonderful.” I said while looking into her face. “How is yours in the home?”
“Just the same.” Viola smiled. “Just take your bath and relax yourself. It seems that you have spent all your energy in the office itself.”
“Yes. It is just like that.” Dashing myself from there into my room I said. First I have to take a bath and only then I can feel comfortable. When I am relaxed and happy I do take even more time to finish my bathing.
After closing the bathroom doors I started undressing myself. I threw all of them into the corner. I am observing my naked figure in the mirror there with a satisfying smile on my lips. After few seconds of that observation, I turned on the shower and now small cool water is pouring on my head. I took the soap there and now I am enjoying rubbing all over my body with it.
Now I am started feeling a strange touch on my back and I just stopped what I am doing. It is just life like as if someone is really pressing his hands strongly there. Those hands are rough and I can say for sure that they are not any female person’s. But whose hands they are? Nathaniel or Chuck or someone else? Or is it is just my imagination?
My heart is beating speedily as the hands are now moving on my body. Their movement is steady on my body and making me intensely shameful as they are travelling all over my body. I am trying to move my body and threw the hands away but my body is immobile. I am feeling as if I am tied with ropes and my feet are transfixed to the floor there as if stuck with glue. Am I dreaming while taking the bath? No, I am looking at the reflection in the mirror. I can see no one else in it except me.
All the time I am trying to move my body giving strong signals to each organ to move. I am putting all my strength to move them but my feeling continued that I have been tied with strong ropes. I gritted my teeth, closed my eyes, tightened my face muscles and am using the last ounce of strength in my body also to free myself. Snap! My face suddenly lit with pleasure as my body at once became free. The water from the shower is still pouring on me but I cannot wait for long. I am taking the water from a bucket nearby and started pouring it on me with a jug there. I am feeling numb, still devoid of any thought, while toweling myself to dry. I ran to the wardrobe in my room in which I keep all my dresses.
I am not interested in dressing myself in the best way. I pulled myself some dress hastily from it and slipped myself in that. Then I tossed myself onto the bed there. I am sensing my heart is beating faster still and I am trying to relax myself. I am still looking at the bathroom and remembering the feeling I have got in it.
What it is? I cannot understand. Is it is just my imagination or is there something doing that to me. Whatever it may be it is not limited to that bathroom only. Now I am remembering the experience I have got near the fridge. What is the guarantee I don’t have it on the bed also? I must discuss this matter without any delay with Viola.
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I am narrating everything as clearly as possible to Viola and she is listening with keen interest in her face. There are frowns on her forehead while I am explaining how I have felt that touch everywhere on my body.
“I cannot find anything. I looked into the mirror while it was happening to me. There was only me and no one else in the mirror.”
Viola breathed deeply and hissed out heavily.
“If it is the first time like this I would not have felt anything at all. But it is the third time. I just don’t know what to say.”
I am feeling fear seeing Viola remained silent like this.
“Is there something supernatural in my house, some devil like thing? Is it is Nathaniel or Chuck or someone else?” while my heart beat is becoming faster, I asked hear.
“If it is something like that we can feel happy. We need not feel worry. We can get rid of it somehow or other. But…………” she got from the chair in which she sat and came near to me on the sofa and put her hand around my neck.
“What it is then?” I am feeling nervous. What Viola is going to say now?
“You are hearing sounds also. Even while you are completely awaken, you are hearing strange sounds occasionally, you said to me” Viola is looking into my eyes with a frown on her forehead.
“Now I am not hearing sounds…but very recently I heard them….yes, just in the way I said to you.” I am feeling fear. Is something terribly wrong?
“Don’t feel panic. I want your brain to be scanned completely.” Viola removed her hand and hissed out heavily.
“Why it should be?” I am now feeling my anxiety at its motto.
“In some situations, when our mind damaged, it creates such type of hallucinations. First of all we have to be sure that there is no wrong with your brain physically.”
“My god!” I am feeling fainted now.
“Oh, Dazzle. I said don’t feel panic. Even it is by some brain damage it can be cured. In fact….” She squeezed my shoulder and saying. “There are other psychological reasons also to feel like this. But it is important that we have to be sure at first that there is no wrong physically with our brain.”
I am not intended to say anything at all.
“Take a full leave on this day Dazzle. We are going to have a complete scan and all the tests that are necessary to your brain.”
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“I am feeling very happy that there is no wrong with your brain Dazzle. It is not because of any damage of the cells etc. in your brain. In fact you have got healthiest brain in the world. That is what these reports and scanning are saying.” Hugging me strongly and kissing on my right cheek Viola said.
I am also feeling so happy. All the time I felt fear that there is something physically wrong with my brain.
“Now you can be completely relaxed Dazzle. There is no necessity to feel fear at all.”
I breathed deeply and hissed out heavily. “Then why I have felt like that? What it is the guarantee that it does not happen to me again?”
“I already said to you that there are other reasons also to have such type of feelings.” I am listening carefully to Viola. “Our mind is very complicated thing Dazzle. We cannot say why it feels something odd, thinks something odd, sometimes. There may be reasons for your feeling like that. It can be found going deep into your subconscious. But the easiest and convenient thing to deal with it is just forget, just ignore.”
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