The Visitor

Jyoti was a high school student, who was living alone, away from her home. She had a part time job to pay her bills. She had a very hard life where she needed to make a balance between her studies and her job. Her social life was not that good at the time and she could not make many friends. She barely made any contact to her parents.

One night, while Jyoti was taking a shower, she heard her doorbell ringing. She went to check who that was. She peeked through the peep hole and saw it was her aunt Meghna. Jyoti was puzzled what her aunt was doing there at that time, but she didn't bother to give any second thought and opened the door for her.

As soon as Jyoti opened the door, Meghna quickly made her way inside. That was unexpected for Jyoti; she noticed that her aunt was behaving really weird. Meghna was standing restlessly at a corner. Jyoti said,

"Hey aunty! What's wrong? What brought you here this late at night?"

Meghna looked at her with a blank face; she was staring her non stop, making her feel uncomfortable. After few seconds of staring, Meghna said,

"Hey... Jyoti... Hi. Sorry to bother you, but... can I spend the night here? I'm having trouble at home."

Jyoti wasn't sure about letting Meghna stay for the night. But she was aware of the disputes between Meghna and her husband, so she thought that they had another fight and decided to provide a shelter to her aunt for the night. Jyoti said,

"Okay... you can stay."

"Thank you!" Meghna said, as she dug in the couch and wen to sleep immediately. It was quite weird for Jyoti, but she thought it's just for one night, and shrugged her shoulders. Then she went to her bedroom and was about to go to sleep just then, her phone rang. She received the call; it was her mother. Jyoti said,

"Hey... hi mom! What's the matter? Why are calling me this late?"

"Jyoti... dear... I don't know how to tell you that... but... it's hard to explain."

"What happened mom?" Jyoti said, "Why are sobbing?"

"It's about your aunt... Meghna."

As soon as Jyoti heard her Meghna's name, she became more alert. She said,

"What about Meghna aunty?"

He mother said, "Well, your aunt.. she... she killed her husband."

Jyoti got stunned by hearing that news. She couldn't even believe what she was hearing. Her aunt was a killer and she was sleeping in her living room. Besides, Jyoti was worried that the police might arrest her for giving her a shelter. She was so confused and terrified. She said,

"But Mom... she's here..."

"Who's there?"

"Meghna aunty... she 's here with me right now."

There was a dead silence at the other end, Jyoti was waiting for her mom to say something. After few seconds her mom said,

"Are you playing a joke on me Jyoti? You think that's funny?"

Jyoti said, "No mom.. I am telling the truth. She's here with me. I didn't know what she had done. I noticed some weirdness in her behavior, but I didn't pay any attention. Mom, I'm worried that I might get into trouble because of her."

"Beta... what are saying? It can't be possible." Her mom said.

Jyoti said, "What? Why? Why it can't be possible?"

"Because... after killing her husband, Meghna committed suicide. She killed herself too."

A chill ran down to Jyoti's back; she was began to feel paralyzed by fear. She couldn't even think what to do. She dropped the phone and got out of the bed. She ran down to the living room where she left her aunt sleeping. As soon as she reached to living room, she saw that Meghna wasn't there. The couch was empty and there was no sign of her anywhere.