A Ghost's Unfulfilled Wish - 42

Chapter 42

“Ziya, can you show me who your friend is?” asked Sandeep... With her little figures, she turned pages, pointed at a photo and said: "She’s my friend!! Her name is Riona!!"... Sandeep and John looked at each other, “so your manager was right,” said Sandeep... “Tell me, daddy... how is my friend in your college magazine?” questioned Ziya again. “Because she is my friend too,” replied John and asked Ziya to go down and be with her mother.

Ziya walked down and Sandeep's phone started ringing again... “It's Roslyn,” said Sandeep... “Roslyn??? Fine... talk to her, ask her about Riona but do not tell her about all this,” said John... Sandeep answered the call... “Sorry, Sandeep I was in the flight,” said Roslyn. “No problem, have you guys reached home safe?” questioned Sandeep... “Yes we did”, was her reply... “Great. How did you manage to make it for this year's Alumni?” Questioned Sandeep again... “Because all these years I wasn't aware of it. This time Riona informed me about it”. “Rionaaa? Is she not the one with those "blue eyes"?” asked Sandeep... “Exactly!!” said Roslyn... “Oh great!! Are you in touch with her? Why didn't she come then,” asked Sandeep... John signaled Sandeep to put the call on speaker... “I actually never spoke to her after college, once I got a call from an unknown number, it was Riona and she informed me about Alumni day, when I asked her if she will be coming she said no and that she’s living abroad now. The line got disconnected abruptly. I tried calling back, but couldn’t get through. I’ve been trying to call that number until this morning,” said Roslyn... “Oh... can you share her number with me?” asked Sandeep... “Sure why not! but do you need her number? Or John?” asked Roslyn sarcastically, John signaled him not to take his name, Sandeep managed to say: “no I, I want it”... “Fine, I will send it to you right away,” said Roslyn and before she hung up the call she said: "Sandeep please take care of John." The minute John heard that his eyes moistened with tears, Sandeep replied “sure” and disconnected the call, he slowly patted on John's shoulders and asked him to control himself... John wiped his tears, took a long breath and after few seconds of silence, Sandeep said, “Roslyn has sent Riona's number." "Call her,” said John... Sandeep kept trying but it was not reachable. “I need her address no matter what! Wouldn't it be easy to trace her address with the mobile number?" Questioned John... “Sure I will try and get this done by tomorrow, you don't worry, okay... I’ll leave now, I will meet you tomorrow with her address,” said Sandeep and he left.

Jency got into the kitchen, the kids kept themselves busy playing. John walked into his room, hit the bed and started fiddling with his phone. He kept looking at photos clicked with Roslyn... John was wondering if he should tell Jency about Roslyn or not when he heard Jency ask, “what are you doing John?” “Looking at photos clicked today,” replied John. “Can I see them? “asked Jency... John didn't want to show those pictures because firstly it was clicked with Roslyn, secondly, the ghost was visible in the pictures... Jency repeated, "John show me the pictures." John kept his phone aside and said, “before you see those photos I wanted to share something with you.” "Tell me, John," asked Jency... With little hesitation, he told her about meeting Roslyn. “He said Roslyn settled in life, she is a doctor now, her husband is a doctor too and they have a daughter”... “Can I see her photo?” asked Jency, John showed a picture where he, Sandeep and Roslyn was clicked together... John kept looking at Jency's face while she was looking at the photo, her expressions changed, she gave back the phone in John's hand and walked away without saying a word.

John went behind Jency, brought her back to the room and said, “why are you upset? Don't you trust me?” “Sorry John, I felt a little jealous when I saw her, she was the one who got all your love for the first time and I know she will remain in your heart forever.” “Yeah... now my life is around you, I can only pray for her well being, but you… you are my everything …I will do anything to protect you and keep you safe...I love you so much.” John said with passion. Jency hugged him tight with all her strength, John hugged her with a huge smile on his face. Within seconds she broke the hug and asked: “if Roslyn is alive, who is that ghost then?” John didn't want to tell Jency about Riona, he said: “I don't know, it isn't troubling us, so let Swamiji come, we will figure it out... Now I am hungry said, John”. “Dinner is almost ready, just give me 5 more minutes,” replied Jency and ran to the kitchen... The minute she ran out, the door closed on its own. John looked around. The lights turned off. In a low voice, John said "RIONA" and he heard a voice laughing aloud which echoed all over the room.