The burnt woman

I picked up that phone call.

"Hello?".

"Hello James? ".

"Yeah honey, what happened?".

"James...I...s-s-sound....w-women.....".

Hearing her voice, one could easily say that she was trembling.

"Are you okay honey ? Calm down and then say what happened ".

She took a deep breath .

"James , I suddenly woke up from my sleep when I heard someone's cry. At first it was distant but soon it became louder . I was confused , so I went near the window and I saw a woman, standing near the basement door . I saw her skin. She was completely burnt . Her skin was bleeding. It was hard to look at her. Then the window glass started cracking. I was so scared , I went downstairs. Soon after that I heard a knock on the back door . James I don't know what to do ! ". She said.

" Is someone still knocking? ". I asked .

"No.....it stopped before I called you ".

" Jennifer, listen to me carefully. Call someone to come over, like Kely or Ben or any of our friends " .

" I tried but no one picked my call.....James..."

" Yeah ?..... Jennifer are you there? ".

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh".

Her scream made me freeze in fear.

" Hello, hello Jennifer... are you there ? Jennifer? ".

The call ended. I was shaking . I immediately called Kely but she didn't pick up the call. So I called Ben . After a couple of tries he picked up my call .

"Hello?". Ben said .

"Ben! please go to my house now . Jennifer is in some kind of trouble. Please hurry up". I said .

" What happened? ".

"Just go!!".

"Okay okay ".

Then he hung up the phone . My heart was racing. It was already 4 in the morning. I packed my things and went to the airport. I took the first flight to Bavaria. It took almost 1 hour to reach there. I went to my house . It was 8 in the morning. I ringed the bell .

Ben opened the door. " Is she okay? What had happened? ". I asked .

" See for yourself ". Ben said . I went upstairs, to our room. I saw her , she was lying on the bed. Ben came from behind and said " When Kely and I entered , we saw the door was not locked. We called her name but she didn't respond".

Then kely said " Unable to find her, we went to your room and we saw her. She was in deep sleep. It was like , she was dreaming. She was mumbling something . she had high fever so we called the doctor".

" There's also a good news". Ben said.

"What?". I asked.

"You are going to be a father soon".Ben said.

I was completely surprised and happy. Tears welled up in my eyes. Kely and Ben, both congratulated me.

" Are you guys are serious? " . I asked .

"Yeah future dad, we are ! hundred percent " . Kely said .

"But how did you know that she was in some kind of trouble? ". Ben asked me.

" She called me ". I said.

" Impossible ! Cause the telephone line was dead from last two days. We even tried to call you and that's when we came to know that the telephone line was dead." Kely said.

"Yeah, she's right cause I checked it myself ". Ben said.

I was shocked . Hearing this , a sudden chill ran down my spine. Like , how could be that even possible? It was like if the mind had played tricks with me . Ben shook me from my thought. "C'mon man , it's time to celebrate" . Ben said. Meanwhile Jennifer came back to consiousness.

" James... when did you come back?". She asked me in a trembling voice.

" Honey ! We are going to become parents soon. " I was literally crying. She was happy but was too weak to celebrate.

Couple of days had passed.

I had forgotten everything that had happened. Probably cause of the baby. We were sitting on the garden bench.

".... and that's how I fell in love with you". I said .

" Hahahaha".

We both were enjoying the weather and our conversation . After a while I asked

" Babe , where did you find this pendant ?. "

" This !? ". She asked while touching her pendant . That pendant looked quite old. It was hand crafted pendant and seemed too expensive. It was silver in colour and looked quite classy and elegant.

" I actually don't know but father Smith told me that it was there around my neck , when he found me ". She opened the pendant.

" I think this women in the photo is my mom". she continued.

" But you were in the orphanage since your birth , then...." I said.

" No , I wasn't born in the orphanage. Father Smith found me behind the bushes when I was 1 year old . He tried to find my parents but was unable to , so he kept me in his orphanage". She said.

While we were talking, I heard cracking sound of the window glass. Then a piece of glass fell to our feet and it was was covered in blood....

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