Goodbye Sam

Villager started flooding outside bungalow. They were all speaking less, everyone had one question "how was he at the house?".

We all were waiting for Mrs. Martha to wake up, to know what happened, what did she saw? The first rays of sun started coming out. Mom and I was bathing Sam for the last time. What surprised us was wound in his body. They were unusual as if somebody made small cut mark with very sharp object. It was all over his body. I kept thinking how was he upstairs and why we never hear him? Mrs. Martha was right about yesterday, she really did hear him. We were done with cleaning him but his body was still bleeding. Then some villagers suggested to wrap in something so the bleeding stops, then some went in search of that. Mom, I and the priest was left. Father Benadict, who was the current priest came close, he was shocked. After seeing he rushed outside. The villagers came with white clothes to wrap his. When they almost finished wrapping up his upper torsal, Father Benadict came back, he was furious and asked those men to stop. He asked them to remove the wrap. They did as he said.

Then he took a cross and a bottle of holy water from his bag. He enchanted some prayer and poured that holy water all over his body and placed a cross on his chest. Then he told the men to wrap him up both my mom and I were confused. Later I saw my mom and the Father Benadict having very serious conversations. Mr. Peter came to us to inform Mrs. Martha was awake, we all rushed to her. But I saw a different person there, she was scared and kept murmuring something in low voice. We asked to tell what happened. "I..saw..."

"what that creature did to that boy.. It's evil!!" her words were trembling and then she covered herself in the blanket. Father Benadict came in and asked everyone except Mrs. Martha to leave the room, after quiet some time he came out.

Then he looked at my mom and said "Everyone leave Martha to rest, be careful, don't let anyone go upstairs till I come back". He left to the church after this. When my dad and brother came they saw people flooded in our house. They both entered our house to see Sam's body wrapped in white clothes. My dad fell on the floor at that sight and I saw my brother standing still with his teary eyes. My dad got up and came to Sam and lift him up and placed his head on his lap then he cried out loud in grief. After that dad asked my mom what happened, my mom told him everything. He then insisted on going but my mom warned not but without listening to that my dad and brother went up. Later when Father Benadict came by he scolded my dad for going against him, but my dad was not a catholic man, he never believed in church, he was more a man of science. So he saw Father Benadict as a crazy man. Father Benadict went upstairs, he closed the study room, he poured holy water on the door and put a rosary on the knob. Funeral was over, my mom again went to see Father Benadict after the funeral. This time he gave her seven rosary and asked everyone at Macwary to wear one. Coming back home my mom gave two rosay to Mr. And Mrs. peter, then she came inside and gave one to each of us but my dad never cared so gave it back. My mom got angry at my dad but he blamed her for being superstitious. My brother always followed dad so he too didn't wear.

Night grew darker my mom came to my room and stayed with me that night. Around midnight my dad went to my brother's room "Mathew, are you asleep?"

"no dad, what happened?" he replied.

"Mathew there is something that doesn't seem right and want you to come with me to the study room, I have to find what happened to Sam. I can't sleep Mathew, his face keeps on coming to my mind, my little boy" saying Dr. Paul started crying.

"Dad, let's go and check what happened"

"okay, but let's go quiet, if your mom gets up. She will make problem"

They light their lantern and head up.

They removed the rosary from door knob and slowly pushed the door open..