The unspeakable (the ending)

It was raining and Savvy was sitting in the balcony watching the rain lash at the few trees way below her feet.The grey clouds were moving rumbling like a tiger on prowl and then there would be freak bolts of lightning marking the sky leaving behind flashes which would take time to fade out of the eye’s vision.It was pouring now and almost growing dark.Savvy liked the rain and she would sit for hours watching the water pour down from the sky.She loved the light spray of rainwater on her cheeks when it hit the slant of the balcony and she would enjoy the weather.It was a very subtle outline at first but then she could see her clearly the littel girl was on the other side of her balcony just floating in the air.She was holding out her hands and looking at Savvy as if she was trying to read her mind.Savvy jerked back when she saw the apparition she wanted to scream run away….but she could not she felt rooted to the spot held by the girls stare.She felt her eyes burning and her body being pulled by and invisible force.She felt paralysed as her body was sucked as if in a vaccum and she was thrown from the 14th floor of her flat.

The police had made a case of suicide but they could find no suicide note.Savvy’s Dad went into depression after her untimely death.He would not accept that his only daughter would take her life and he searched for clues in her room.It had been six days since he had gone out.He had searched every inch of her room but he could not find anything.It was quite by chance that he was going through a worn register when he saw the three nightmares written down in her neat handwriting and the common reference to the lake.He decided to burn the papers as he could do nothing more he thought he would burn away the evil in them.He had struck the match when the lights went out.He hesitated for a moment then tore the papers from the copy and walked to his bathroom.He turned on the tap for the bath and waited till the water filled up.Then he took the papers and put them under the water……..The water poured out of the bath and was filling the bathroom now.He didn’t try to turn off the tap he knew had turned it off.He waited a sign but he got none….the pages just floated in the water and the tub overflowed.He lay down on his bed and closed his eyes.

After 3 days the neighbours complained of the smell coming from the apartment and the police was called to break down the door.Savvy’s dad was found on his bed as if in deep sleep.The only sign of death was the look of extreme horror on his face and his hand clutching his heart.

Annie had told her mother about the nightmare and she realized now that it was a mistake………whatever thing had afflicted them claimed its next victim through the first and the horror should be kept to oneself………it was unspeakable and should remain so……

(The End)