Vendetta

“Papa, please, can’t we go a bit faster. Otto is playing his last match; I’ve to watch it live.”

They reached their home and Pinti ran up the stairs, he unlocked the door. As he stepped in, he heard the sound of music.

TV was on.

“Did you leave the TV on, mama?”

“No, but I think you were watching the TV. Didn’t you….?"

“Yes……...yes, you’re right. But I am sure I switched it off.”

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It was 1 a.m. Pinti was reading a book and everyone else was asleep. Pinti suddenly heard sounds coming from TV room. Someone had switched on the TV.

Pinti jumped and rushed to the TV room. TV was on but there was no one in the room. He was mystified. He switched off the TV and unplugged its wires.

Next morning, he told his parents about this incident, “Something funny is happening here.”

“Perhaps there is ghost in our home. He likes watching TV,” his father said and laughed.

“It’s possible,” Pinti said. “But it is foolish of this ghost to come to our home. I think I can teach him a lesson.”

“And how would you do that?”

“I will make him watch ghost movies,” said Pinti. “Only last week I downloaded a horrifying movie, ‘Vendetta’ Even a ghost will be terrified, if he watches it.”

*

At 12 a.m.  Pinti switched on the TV and attached his USB drive to play the horror movie.

Suddenly he felt that he was not alone in the room. He looked around but there was no one there.

“What does it mean? Vendetta?” Pinti heard a husky voice.

Pinti lost his nerve. He tried to run back to his bedroom but he could not move; he felt that an invisible but powerful hand had grabbed his right arm.

 

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A post for A to Z April Challenge

Today’s letter V