She started laughing and said, "Just now you said you were expecting me and now you are asking me who am I?"
I became silent.
Then she broke the silence and said from the mirror, "Okay, so on this spot, I meet many people, you know!"
I was silent and more scared.
She further started saying, "I live in the dark forest surrounding this road. Near this special spot. I make a swing using tree branches and sleep in it. I finish my sleep during the day and wake up at 9 o'clock in the night.
On this ghat, at this spot, me and my friend Abhay fell into this deep valley due to darkness while driving one night and died. My friend's soul got mukti but not me.
My soul was not ready to accept that we died. Hence, I keep appearing here at the spot. But you don't worry, haa! You keep driving!"
I was caught in this strange situation. I wasn't sure what to say to her. Also not sure what to do. I was also not able to gather courage to look back.
Then she continued her story, "I sit on the triangular hill and keep watch on the road. Then I come in front of the vehicles of young guys like you who pass through this spot, seduce them with my beauty and take them with me on the tree where I live. They come behind me happily impressed by my beautiful body. Then on the tree while making love with them, I see Abhay in everyone of them. I am waiting if my Abhay comes back here and..."
I suddenly noticed that the same spot of the road was coming again and again like a loop even if I was driving ahead. I got scared.
She was still speaking.
"Today is Amavas. The accident happened with us on Amavas night. On every Amavas I need a victim, so that I can attract Abhay's soul one night."
I was listening and driving.
She further said, "And tonight I spotted you drinking tea on the tea stall"
I shivered after hearing this, "That means she was present near the tea stall?"
She continued, "And i liked you at that time. More than anyone else till date. But, surprisingly you were looking at some nasty truck driver! I became impatient to get you...
I entered into the truck driver's body and twisted his brain neurons. He died instantly while still sitting in the cabin silently because I was there inside him...
I continued driving the truck so that you can follow me. I instilled the thought in you to follow me...
Later i moved out from the truck driver's body and moved into your car. That's why you saw hanging neck and head of the truck driver...
After making love with the young men like you, I absorb all youngness and manhood from them and keep the old bodies on tree!"
I couldn't bear this anymore now.
I thought of looking back to confirm whether she is really there or just some illusion is showing up in the mirror?
I gathered courage to look back and decided to stop the car and tell her to get down from my car.
After all enough is enough!
Finally, I looked back....
And her green eyes fixed on me.
I saw a surprised expression on her face.
And immediately i could sense some changes in my body.
I could sense a pain started moving from my legs to thighs.
From my nails to wrist to shoulders, something crawled from inside.
My brain started moving inside my head like a walnut moves on a table when earthquake comes. I sensed some strong numbness in my head.
My nose changed. My ears changed and my lips changed.
A strange upheaval and mayhem began in my whole body.
I started becoming someone else.
Heart, intestines, pancreas, lungs, blood veins changed their places inside my body, revolved round and round and then changed their form and came back to their respective places in my body. I could sense all this literally.
Now I had become someone else. Completely a new person! When I looked in the side window glass, I could not believe. I was changed.
She looked at me and screamed, "My Abhay. You are mine. You are my Abhay!"
And i remembered clearly my past and I said to her, "Yes, Pranita. I am your Abhay! We both died at this place! Yes, I am Abhay reborn as Kishor!"
And then I jumped back to the back seat. I hugged her. I felt her beautiful but cold body.
From the backside car window, I saw the bodies of old men whom Pranita had kept on the tree were crawling down from the hill, on the road and stumbling and struggling to catch our car.
Now the car was driverless. Running uncontrollably. On the road. Ramming left and right.
It was time for her mukti. Salvation. It was time for us to meet again.
With all the dead bodies climbed, our car fell down from the road into the valley.
The car was revolving and still my eyes were fixed on the green eyes of the green saree woman. I was lying completely on her body on the back seat, holding her tightly.
Car was falling down into the valley...
Almost it was about to ram on the ground...
After that what I remember is only the darkness! Not belonging to the valley but some another world!
(The end)
