Our Valley of Happiness

I looked at him. Through the corner of my eyes. He was strange. Scary.

“Have you ever been in love with me?” “yes”, he shivered while answering

The light house remained as a mystery. Deserted. No one dared to go there. Ever. You may hardly see the top of the light house, it was that far from land. But believe, there are people who have heard loud screams from there. At nights.

I struggled to open my eyes. My eyelids were too heavy. The pain was unbearable. I could still feel blood oozing out of my body. Bones were fractured, I couldn’t move a bit.

“Really?, OMG “

The night was colder than usual. I was feeling very uneasy to drive. Usually I enjoy every part of driving, but today it was bit different. An odd feeling. Intuition.

“But my son” “We will take care of him”

The heat was extreme.

“You take a step forward, your father will be dead”

I was so scared.

“No, u won’t die Akino” “I am scared, Father”

Mrs. Katy ran after the cockroach. Her eyes were set on it; not even a single blink. Sneaking, creeping and more or less like a cockroach she followed it.

“You just have to obey whatever he says” “He. Who?”

I felt as if the Atlantic Ocean had no ends.

It was lunch time. Class was still noisy.

“Dr. Coyne, Look at her. She is dying”

Drops of water scattered from the hard-whittled-dark rocks.

“And I stared at the sky where the stars stood laughing, Swelling their glow, to the deeper side of my mind”

I frowned. The assignment was tough.

He coughed again. It was dawn.