I am returning home from the office after the whole day's work. It's a bit late today. And why not? I have taken a week off from tomorrow. Even if I am on vacation, the company's work will not stop. So the next week's work is completed as much as possible to explain all the responsibilities to another person. Even then it will be seen that he will call again and again during the holidays. No matter how much I explain, no one will understand my work better than me. If you work in another company, you will face this kind of problem. The next week can be spent in peace. This vacation was much needed, especially for Sabrina. She needs to move to a noisy new climate to heal her mind. Who likes to sit alone at home all day in this urban life? Especially after that accident. Sitting alone at home, she remembers that incident all the time and cries. I understand everything no matter how much she tries to hide from me. Why would she tell me? How much time do I give her? I put myself to work all day long to forget everything, to stay away from home. I return home only to sleep. I woke up and went out again. I have my breakfast, lunch, and even dinner outside. I ask Sabrina only once whether she has eaten or not. It even happened that we haven't said a single word to each other for days. Hopefully this week we can forget the past and fix our relationship again. Maybe I can start all over again. We are going to Calabria, Italy. Calabria is world famous for its beaches. Everything is booked in advance. Flight tomorrow morning. Hopefully, the sea breeze will refresh her as well as free me from that sad memory.
Calabria Beach is really beautiful. Different people from different countries of the world are cheering on this beach. There are many colors and lights all around. But nothing seems to touch my mind. Maybe Sabrina is in the same situation. That's why she is standing on a secluded part of the beach apart from the people. I also walked to another secluded part. Now I am far away from her. The sun is setting in front of me. As it got dark, something caught my eye. It seemed as if someone was drowning in the water just ahead of me. And he raised his hand and called me for help. I ran towards him. I took him out of the water and lay on the sand. Suddenly he opened his eyes and looked at me. He looked at me with big eyes and said in a threatening voice, 'You are doing wrong, be careful! ' At that time Sabrina called me from behind, 'What are you sitting on the sand? ' I showed the man and try to narrate the incident. But looking at the man, there is no one there. I am sitting alone on the sand. As far as the eye could see, I could not see anyone like that man. I told her what had happened. She said, 'It was a delusion. ' I thought to myself, ' Delusion? Maybe. This is not the first time I have made such a mistake. It has been going on continuously for a year, since that accident. We lost our only child in that accident. My son was only five years old. Sabrina was returning home from school with him in a car. A lorry suddenly lost control and hit the car. When they were taken to the hospital, the doctor said that my son died on the spot due to a broken neck. Sabrina was also mortally wounded. After fighting death for a month, she finally recovered and returned home. Since then, there has been a lot of distance between us. At first, we couldn't even look at each other. I can see Orko's smiling face when looking at her. Orko is my son's name. The reasons for spending most of the time outside the house are his memories. I have seen Orko many times this year. At the roadside, on the park bench, on the roof of the office, he used to look at me with the same blank stare, with his neck broken. There was only one question in his eyes, 'Why didn't you come to save me, father? ' I thought maybe I could have saved them if I had been there. That accident left an impression on me. The thought was interrupted by Sabrina's call. We both went back to the resort. We are staying in a villa at the resort. Which is isolated from the main resort, and very close to the beach. There are many villas here, and all are the same.
When I was sleeping at night, I woke up hearing someone calling outside the villa. Who is calling my name? I looked out the window to be sure. I saw someone standing in the dark and calling me. The appearance is not clear. I came and opened the door so that Sabrina wouldn't wake up. I came out and saw that there was no one. Where was it going? Just now I saw someone standing in the garden of the villa. It took a minimum of two minutes for me to open the door and get out. Where did the man go in these two minutes? When I was coming back thinking that it was gone, then the call came from behind again. This time it is not from the garden, but the beachside. I looked there and saw a female figure standing on the sand on the beach calling me. Her white clothes and long black hair are visible even in the dark. I slowly walked towards it. I went closer and saw that it was none other than Sabrina. How did Sabrina get here? I left her sleeping in the villa. Maybe I didn't see her coming out from behind me when I was looking in the garden. I asked Sabrina, 'When did you come here? Sabrina started walking along the beach without answering. I also started walking beside her. Sabrina began to speak, 'I know what happened a year ago has hurt you a lot. ' I thought that meant Sabrina wanted to talk about it. Even by speaking, maybe some solution will come out, and suffering will be reduced. Seeing me silent, Sabrina spoke again, 'But you have to come out of this trouble, accept the truth. Make up your mind, and no more guilt. Now it would be wise to forget your past and move forward. You are not well. If you continue like this you will get sick. Be careful! Accept the truth. I have come to warn you. And I'm here to tell you, that is not me who you are thinking I am. ' Sabrina suddenly stopped saying this. Then she cut her throat with something sharp. The bleeding started coming out of her throat. I got scared and started running towards the villa. Entering the villa, I saw Sabrina lying on the bed. So who was it on the beach? I called Sabrina and told her the whole story. Sabrina said I must have hallucinated. If I take a rest, I will be fine.
The dark memories of the night were erased by the bright light of the morning. We did a lot of sightseeing that day. Then we went to a nearby hilltop village. Going there we heard that a fortune teller lives in that village. Almost every tourist who visits that village meets the woman. In addition to fortune-telling, the woman is adept in many other spiritual matters. She is a medium who calls the spirit of someone's dead relative and tells him many things, which she is not supposed to know. I wanted to go for Orko. Maybe there will be a solution to the mental trauma that I have been suffering from for a year.
The woman lives in a small cottage. Someone came to knock on the door and opened the door. He took me inside and told me to wait in a room. In that room, I saw an Ouija board, bats, owls, lizards in separate cages, and various strange things like nails, teeth, and eyes across multiple glass jars. I have no idea how many strange unknown things I saw. Once the woman came into the room. The whole body of the woman is covered in black cloth. A crown of feathers on the head, a necklace of nails on the neck. She came and asked why I have come to her. I said that I want to meet my son. She started the planchet and once fainted. I heard that Orko is calling me, 'Father, father'. I cried and said, 'Here is Dad. I'm here, where are you?
' Then a black curtain on one side of the room rose. Orko came out from behind that curtain. I screamed out loudly and cried. The woman had already forbidden me to touch the Orko. So I didn't touch him. I continued the conversation from a distance. Orko began to say, 'Why do you think that you are guilty? That day what was written in fate happened. There was nothing for you to do. Even if you were with us, you couldn't stop having the accident. You don't think about me anymore. I am very well. But mother is not well. Why are you hurting her? You must release mother so that she can come to me. The one you think is not my mother. That will not ease your pain. There is only one way to reduce your sadness. You forget us and start your life in a new way, and get married again. Release the mother...' It seemed as if Orko had merged with the air with the words.
I still don't remember how I got back to the resort that day. I was recalling the past all the way. The words Orko said reminded me of everything. Anything I forgot or maybe wanted to forget. A year ago Orko was spotted dead, but Sabrina was still alive. A part of his throat was cut by the broken glass of the car. The doctor operated but she died after suffering a lot for a few weeks. I was already saddened by the death of Orko, I thought that even if the son died, the wife would survive. And the rest of my life with her will be spent in memory of my son. But then I never thought that Sabrina would leave me too. So I could not accept her sudden death. I couldn't believe Sabrina was dead. That disbelief creates an illusion in my subconscious mind. I accepted that illusion as truth. I began to wonder if she was still alive, I was not the only one. I started imagining her and that imagination seemed real to me at one point.
Today my son's spirit broke my illusion. Reminded me of everything again. The release of his mother, he was telling me was the last rites. A dead body is not freed unless it is cremated or buried. Since I thought Sabrina was alive, her body was not released from the hospital and was not buried. It is still now in the hospital morgue. I loved Sabrina so much that I didn't want to take her away from me. But the corpse is no longer a real person. So I decided in my heart to go back home and my first task would be to release Sabrina. And moving forward in life according to my son.
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