The Innocent Dilemma - Final Chapter

I went back to the orphanage and investigated about Julie, her childhood and the family members he had, Basically everything.

I was shocked to find out who her siblings were.

I read the names and saw Raj on the list.

Nobody had discussed it before in the orphanage, The information was lost in the dust, inside the shelf but it had to be discovered.

I felt as if I had done the right thing to dig into the incident again.

I kept on to adam's words and searched for more.

I saw an addressed written on the file where they use to live - 27th Avenue road,massachusetts,California.

It was an old building combined where many families were living. More like a joint family but no interaction among them, old quiet and scary.

When I mentioned the name - julie and Raj, an old man got stunned...

"Raj, son of a devil and their father, an evil, a saitan, a tempted person." the old man replied with a heavy voice like he was cursing each one of them.

"You still remember their names" I mumbled in a strange way,

It's been years they moved out and felt a little strange about the old man to remember the things about them.

I knew, Raj was not a normal child but a strange obsessive creature who would go beyond his limits to complete his needs and revenge.

"Can you tell me more about them" i asked the old man

"Who are you, why do you want to know"..The old man replied in a husky voice.

"That's how it happened and I came to know about them" ..I narrated the story to the old man..

The old man was shocked to hear the story...

"Evil Evil, the evil had possessed the innocent" the old man shouted and went away.

I tried to stop the old man but he didn't listen and went inside his home, a bit lost in memories.

I was a bit stunned and confused at the same time to listen to the old man's words but couldn't understand what he meant by the evil and innocent.

I was trying to understand and analyse the words he spoke of but couldn't , so I decided to go back to the old man again and

investigate a bit more.

the next day, I came with an idea of bribing the old man, A basket full of fruits which I stole it from my house, felt a bit weird to do things which I had never done before.

"Hello old man, I brought some fruits for you" I gently offered the fruit.

"Its fredrick, not some old man, never call me that again" the old man angrily replied while receiving the fruit.

"See, I have to know the story about them, i want to know what you meant by innocent and evil which you spoke yesterday of?" I asked him in a serious tone...

"Well, it may sound a bit strange to you but You are a young person, you should not get involved in these kind of things, I regret my whole life..." The old man hesitated to tell the story..

"I have felt it for 5 years, I believe it is enough time to have the right to know the story.."I insisted the old man to tell the story..

"Ok Ok, young man "The old man finally agreed and offered me to come inside his house.

We sat on the sofa and he began..

"It was 13 years ago, The Lamao's family used to live next door. We had a nice bonding, we use to share everything from food to happiness and felt like a family..Everything was normal until one day, it was the night where the evil came and torn the family apart and us..

I felt some negativity around the building that evening, the weather seemed gloomy and wild, the strangeness around the atmosphere and the shadow's i felt while returning back to the building, I felt something bad..something evil had followed me all the way...

My family was watching tv inside our room, we heard a strange noise from the Lamao's house, shouting and crying.and felt like they were running from something..

My wife jumped up from her seat and insisted me to inquire about the things that were going on next door....

I felt the same thing and we knocked on the door and heard some weird noises from the door, "Go away Go away" I felt as if it was the devil's voice from hell warning me to return but we insisted and their screaming increased every minute after....

My wife and I began pounding the door but was too tough to break open..I went back to my house to bring an axe to break open the door...

when I return back to the door, everything was silent, the door was open, i couldn't find my wife...

The next thing I heard was a pin drop silence inside the room, I saw the blood on the floor splashed like the house was on renovation with blood stains.

I was scared to see the room, I felt as if I have entered into a grave of blood, blood blood blood everywhere....

I screamed in fear when I saw my wife lying on the floor with her back facing me....

I turned her back and my whole body began to shiver, my eyes couldn't believe, my heart beat a thousand times faster...

I saw her half dead, an exe on her chest and was half breathing....she pointed me to a cupboard...

My mind was totally dead, watching her this way ,i tried to rush her to the hospital but she was already dead when I reached the door...

My whole life had become motionless...it felt like a dream...everything that i have lived for was dead and found myself lost for some moments..

I forgot that she was pointing towards the cupboard, I open the cupboard and saw julie inside it and took her and rushed out

of the house immediately...

I realised that i have left Raj inside the room and went back searching for him and saw Raj holding a knife in his hand and two dead bodies on the floor.The bodies of their parents and his 2 brothers....

He was shivering silently crying with no tears..i grabbed the knife and threw it out and rush out of the house holding his hand....

They were both afraid, breathing heavily and crying..As julie was very young and Raj was a bit old to remember what happened...

"What happened" i asked him...

"Father went mad, he killed mother and my brothers, we were all running away from him...mother locked julie and me in a small cupboard...where father cannot find us, After some time, the room was very silent then I heard a voice from my head It said "Come out come out and kill your father"...I came out

and saw an axe near me...i heard footsteps from the door and it was dark...so i hit the axe blindly...i saw my father coming out from the other room holding a rod ....i heard the voice again from back ...Kill your father with a knife kept in the shelf...I hit my father with that knife...and he was dead.."

Raj replied in a dead voice..

Raj was possessed by the evil spirit...I might think of it as a devil through him have made it possible...

He might have killed me if i didn't grab the knife out for sure....

But I saw Julie had a shadow of an angel..she had wings but of a good kind and felt an aura of a good person..so i was relieved about her....

I am shocked...she was also possessed by the evil and have killed many people....

The night was unforgettable....Never to be seen before...The night of the evil voice...."...The old man narrated the whole story

in fear with a tear on his eyes.

I was shocked to hear the story...a bit scary and shivering appeared on my hands..

"What happened to the kids after that night" I asked the old man..

"They were transferred to an orphanage where they were to be taken care of.."He replied.....

"But why did julie killed many people if you felt a shadow of an angel..." I asked shockingly as i was already in deep thoughts...

"I have no idea about that...but i knew ...an evil spirit was behind Raj because his shadow was of person with wings and a horn on his head..

I told no one about it but felt as Raj was an evil spirit in the form of a child flapping his wings in happiness....

I realise, i should have listened to the voice when I knocked on the door...Those voices were of evil i guarantee you...

I warned you not to be involved with them"..The old man cried....

Now I understood some things....Adam in the dream was telling me something which were true and should be justified....

I felt as a voice from angel came into my dreams telling me to help the needy people....

I wanted to meet the couple who had adopted Julie....I found out that Julie's adopted father survived ....

The statement that I saw on newspaper was False....

I knocked on the door , a lady came out.

"Who is it" the lady asked...

"Hi, My name is john, i wanted to meet you and your husband..can i have a moment with you both" I asked politely...

She agreed and offered me to come inside...

"I read in the newspaper that your husband died but he is alive, why did you lie about it.." I began my interrogation...

"Yes he is alive although you can considered it dead...he is in coma..." The lady replied...

"Can you tell me about julie and the incident.." I asked..

"Julie was a very kind, fun loving child...we were very happy but a year back...it all started...His brother Raj Came to visit julie...

Raj told us ,,,he was already 20 years old and he had to move out and find his own place away from the orphanage...he told me..

From that moment on...i began hearing some weird stuff...Those voices were not normal but came from nowhere but my inner thoughts....."

"What were those voices of " I stopped her in the middle..and asked about it..

"Go away, Go away..it never happened before... I didn't give much attention to it...After a month ,,,the next thing I saw was julie holding a knife with blood on it...my husband lying on the floor...i ran away from the room ...on the way ..i hit myself on the corner of the door..and fell down....The next thing I remember...i was on the hospital ...i asked about my husband and they told me ...he is in coma,,,he has been stabbed by a knife many times...the police came and i gave the statements and told the whole story to the police....They arrested julie

and took her to the mental hospital..." She narrated the continuation...

"And where is Raj now"

"After the incident...he was been seen nowhere...I was tensed about my husband's condition and julie's changed behaviour...i forgot about raj.."

"But Did you see julie stabbing your husband.."

"I saw her holding the knife"

I knew ...The investigation was near to an end....

Now the hurdle that I had to face was to meet julie and look for Raj....

I took an appointment to meet Julie...I was given an appointment on tuesday....The next day was scheduled for me to meet her....

I was walking on the road...I suddenly spotted Raj...felt the numbness in my hand...my heart got faster...

after all those things i have heard about Raj and the repeated voices...i was afraid to meet him...But the dream and adam won't let me leave...without investigating...

I jump up to Raj.....He was shocked but happy to see me...

"How dare you try to scare me....You little bastard have grown up. nice to see you after a long time..I heard you got adopted.."..

Raj said it in a casual manner like a punk...

"Yes 6 months ago ..How are you and where have you been.."i asked him ..

I was shaken to meet him but tried my best to hold the posture...and be normal..

"Why are you so stiff, can't you stand in a proper posture.?" he seemed irritated by the posture I had....

"I wanted to ask you about something..some things which you never mentioned before.." I took the conversation towards the incident...

"yes please.." he replied..

He had become more polite than ever before.....he had grown up i guess..my inner thoughts answered...

But he has killed more people than I could ever imagine even in my dreams.....

The stories I heard about him from the old man....I believed he had something to do with peter...

I had the inner thoughts running....giving suggestions to myself...

I surely was a bit scared of him...

"Is julie your sister.." I asked him in a very scary voice...

"Yes, she is" he replied in a serious manner...

"Can you tell me about the incident that happened at julie's adopted parents place.." I was trying to investigate...

politely..as he was still a danger to me...

"Come ...let's go to my house and I will tell you everything I know.." he offered me..

My body began shaking like a vibrator but i had to find the truth...

So i followed him towards his house...

We sat on a bench...

He offered me some tea but I refused...i had to...anything could have happened with that tea ...my inner thoughts appeared again...

"So when I got out of the orphanage...i heard a voice...Go and see julie...something bad about to happen.."

"What ...an inner voice...how many times have you heard that voice..." I interrupted him...

"Many a times...Whenever i was about to get into trouble...The voices came to me to tell me about something bad that's about to happen" he replied..

"What voices did you hear when you were a child, when your parents were killed in that apartment.." I asked him ..i was still shaken to ask about it..

"So you have heard about my story...The voices first began coming to me when it was about to get dark...i was playing football...the voices said...

Go back and save your Family from her...i ran back to my home...My father had bought an antique which cost not more than his salary but it meant everything to him....

He was too protective about it..I saw My mother, Julie, my two brothers and my father standing still..i saw the antique broken on the floor...

Julie was crying...it seems as she has broken the thing...i saw my father holding a stick trying to punish julie...but my mother was stopping him from punishing julie...after a while ..my father began holding his ears as if he is hearing a loud noise and creating a pain onto his hearing..

After a minute...my father went back to the room and brought back an axe...He slams down the axe into one of my brothers and the other too....we shouted like hell...we ran around...my father lost his sense ...my mother locked us in a cupboard where father couldn't find us...then i heard the voice..

You have to kill your father, or else he will kill the remaining people in the building too, be a saviour,....i got some kind of courage and went out and the next thing I remember was my neighbour uncle holding my hand and rushing me out...i saw everywhere around was blood...i was shocked to see the

condition of my house, blood everywhere.....I noticed something in Julie's face...she was smiling and saw her shadow was moving around..it was about to kill uncle..I hugged Julie for a minute and everything was back to normal.....

The second time I heard the noise was in the orphanage....one morning a voice came to me saying...save your enemy from her,lock him in a room... I kept thinking ..who is my enemy...and realised it was peter... I locked him inside a room...i thought he could have died in there so i kept a water bottle and some food to eat.....later they found out it was me and punish me..for it..which I was very angry about...

The third time, the voices came again ...save your enemy from her....i would be punished ..a bit worse one and whats gonna

happen.. I thought about it and left the thing and voices behind ....the next thing I heard was peter's death.... I regret it ...i felt ..i could have saved Peter ...but was tired of everything..

now I began feeling a bit scary about the voices which warned me about the things...

The fourth time I heard the voices....i was walking down the lane ...the voices said..save the man from her...72 cross line road, massachusetts...

This time it gave a direction...i had a thought about the voices....what does the voice meant her...i didn't understand...

I had made up my mind ...after the incident of peter....i would save whoever the voices want to me to save..

so i went to the address...i saw Julie in the house...i felt a negativity around the house....

I was beginning to understand what it meant her....it was Julie who the voices warned me of...

So I entered into the house as a brother of julie...julie was not happy to see and gave me nodded head with an evil smile...as if she is signalling me ...i cannot save the man from her...

But I finally understood....the voices I heard were to save the people from her...

I began to live there....One day i saw no one inside the house...i saw every other room and was worried where everyone would be.....

In one of the rooms ....i saw the lady lying on the floor and julie was standing near the man with a knife in his hand ...smiling..

I felt as if I was too late but i saw some movements in both the couple...i locked julie in one of the rooms and rushed to hospital....

The voices came again ....blessed are you , my son...your work is done...

I felt relieved when I heard those words....

The next thing I saw was julie in the newspapers.... she was about to get admitted to a mental hospital...

I felt worried about her but knew evil has many faces....one of them was julie...

I started understanding what the voices meant ....it started all from her .....

I still don't understand what these voices are and where they come from..but i feel responsible for saving the lives..

Now the voices don't come....She is in hospital...now she can do no harm to anyone..." Raj finishes the story...

I was astonished to hear the other side of the story....when i heard all the stories from the old man and lady...

I thought of it as the person's fault with a evil shadow was Raj....but after listening to Raj...i felt quite confused and shocked to hear

The voices meant to save other people from her....The voice that the old man and the lady heard was coming from julie the whole time....

It was quite shocking and hard to accept the truth...

I felt as if iam watching a movie...but everything was real....or unreal...

But i had to hear the other side of the story from julie... its true the evil has many faces ...it can be Raj too...

from the Old man's perspective...Julie was innocent...but from Raj's perspective...he was innocent...

But from the lady's perspective...it was unclear but she accused julie because she saw julie holding the knife but didn't see the action..

whom should i believe..i asked myself but found an uncleared answer..so i had to meet Julie too to listen to what story she has....

So the day arrived ....

I showed my appointment letter to the warden....she warned about the unresponsive behaviour of the patient....wild and smart...

Everything I have carried with me was taken for security purpose...

I could carry only the id...

"How are you ,,,did you recognise me"

"Yes,,,john..how can I forget you..but iam shocked to see you here"..she replied..

"I Am here for a purpose....i am here to investigate about the case that you have been accused of." I asked...

"I Am not guilty....i have not done anything...i have not killed anyone...i tried to remove the knife from father when my mother saw and reported it to police....its a misunderstanding but nobody believed me.." julie cried...

while she cried...i felt some negativity around... someone holding my heart...it has beaten faster now..my hands had become numb...

I felt my body totally paralyzed.. my brain was about to burst out....i felt as if i was going to fall down the next minute i breathe.....

I saw Raj outside the window...it was a quick glance...maybe it was an illusion or something...i had gone psychic schizophrenia or something..

I couldn't figure out.... I saw him again this time near the door...i saw something on the back of raj...a mirage of an evil...

"Are you fine" julie asked .

I heard the voice of julie.but..my ear had burst out..i wanted to talk but my mouth had become paralyzed...

I wanted to move but the strength I possess had left me....

I fell down from the seat...Julie ran towards the door...to call someone..

I finally saw raj again...standing in front of me.....

"You should have listened to the old man, every involvement in others life comes with a price..." I heard those words..

This time the devil had spoken to me…

A moment later, Everything faded and had my last breath.....