Chapter 5 TRUE FACES

I went to the third floor to the room no. 310. I heard the footsteps of someone heading towards the door. A man opened the door. He was looking tensed. His left arm was wounded & his stuff was spread all over the floor. He was wearing a regular Tee & a pajama.

"Yes, do I know you?" he asked.

"No, you don t know me. Actually I was looking for Ms. Nina & her sister Izabella. Do you know them?"

"Yeah! She was my ex."

"Ohh! You must known her well then. Can I ask what happened? Why you both broke up?"

"Look! Its none of your business. There s nothing I can help you with. You must leave now."

"But......"

(The door smashes)

He shut the door at my face and I was left with so many questions in my mind. I was a bit tiered too. So at that moment, I thought that I will head to my office, do some official work & stop looking for them. However, I wanted to know the reality too. Then, only one apartment was left. I left that place. I stepped inside my car, put my location on & headed towards 'The Butterfly Apartment . I was feeling hungry as I had wasted almost 3-4 hours in search of them. While driving, I found a store on my left side. I stopped my car & came outside to buy something to eat. I stepped inside & grabbed a seat in the front. The waiter came gave me the menu. My eyes got attracted by the images of sandwiches drawn on the menu & it s being a long time since I ate sandwiches. So I ordered 2 sandwiches & a soft drink. The waiter told me to wait for a few minutes. After a while, I received my order. I was enjoying my meals & totally lost the fact that I was in search of them. I ate my sandwiches, grabbed my soft drink & left. I drove my car to the last apartment left there. When I reached there, I saw Nina outside the apartment arguing on the phone with someone. I parked my car in front of the building & stepped out.

She disconnected the call & we both went upstairs. Finally I took a sigh of relief that I will get answers to all my questions. She knocked at the door & Izabella came to open the door. When she saw me with Nina, she got angry & I didn t know the reason behind it. She welcomed me & asked me to sit on the chair. Izabella brought cold drink for me. While she was offering the drink, she came near me like she was about to kiss me. I was shy & felt discomfort at the same time. Nina took the tray from her & passed it on to me. I didn t understand what was going on. After that, she pulled Izabella s hand & went to her room. I could hear both of them shouting. I thought to go in there too but didn t. I finished my drink & took the glass to place it in the kitchen. There I found a bunch of papers lying under a tape roll. I took those papers & guess what I saw. Those were the collection of pictures of mine. There were almost 15-20 pictures in total & a big red heart was drawn at the back side of each and every picture. I was so shocked when I went through those pictures.

"Sir, can I help you with something?" Izabella asked with a big smile on her face.

"No, thanks! I am good here."

"You want more cold drink?"

" No thank you."

She was trying to flirt with me. And I didn t find her interesting. At that time, I felt like leaving that place as soon as possible. She somehow insisted me to wait for a bit more time so that we could have an interaction. She seemed to be totally different person to me then. She looked as if nothing had happened to her in the morning today. Neither I found any glass of the window broken nor did I see any wounds or marks on the arms of her. In a nutshell, there were no signs of being coerced. On that occasion, I came to know that this girl had cooked up story of being coerced. However, I didn t know the actual reason behind it.

"Sir, can we have coffee together? If you don t mind?" Izabella asked.

"Okay!"

"I ll go, dress up & then we will leave. Please wait for me."

I couldn t say no to her that time. Moreover, I thought to spend sometime with her so that I could know her more. Nina was against this. She didn t want me to go out with her sister. I thought she might got jealous & that s why she was not allowing her sister to go with me.

"Sir, I don t think it s a good idea to spend time with my sister." She said.

"But why? Why cant I interact with her?"

She pulled my right hand & took me to the balcony.

"Listen to me Nina! Either you should tell me what s going on with your sister or I will ask her straight at the 'Coffee house ."

"Okay! I will tell you. But promise me that you will not go with her."

"Alright!"

"She is suffering from OLD (Obsessive Love Disorder). She gets obsessed with the person whom she finds rich & attractive. I was totally unaware that she is obsessed with you until I saw your pictures before you came here."

"So what if she is obsessed with me?"

"You are not understanding Sir!"

I was infuriated on that occasion as Nina s talks were too confusing for me. All I wanted was a straight forward answer. Oh, come on! It s a human nature to like someone. So what? What is the problem in liking someone? These questions kept eating my head.

"Then explain it to me". I said (being arrogant)

"If she doesn t get what she want, she kills that person. She made up that whole story of being coerced by someone & the burglary at our residence. Nothing happened at all. She is a psychopath. I don t know what to do about her. I can t abandon her also as she is the only family of mine. If I leave her, then I am left with nothing which I really don t want at all. That s why she is asking you for coffee so that she can come closer to you. Do you understand now?"

"oh! A family drama here too! Interesting!"

"Does it look like a drama to you?"

"Well! I don t know but if a girl is coming closer to me all by herself then how can I forestall myself. And that s what any man would do!!"

"Fine! Its all up to you then. If she tries to do anything harmful to you, it will be all your fault."

"Accepted" (with a wink)