"Yesterday I was raped." I am observing Viola and we both sat facing each other. There are coffee cups in our hands and we are slowly sipping the same.

Viola choked on her coffee cup when I have said it like that to her. "What?" she yelled.

I am explaining to her my yesterday's experience. When it comes to the end, Viola burst into laughter. "Oh, it is all just your dream."

"It is not my dream. It is true. Dreams happen while we are sleeping. I am damned well sure that I was not sleeping at that time." I angrily screamed.

"If not sleeping, what you are doing at that time on the bed?" looking amusingly into my eyes Viola asked me.

"Viola please. Try to understand me. I did not get sleep by that time and busy with some thoughts. Then it was started happening on my body."

"I want to know what you were thinking at that time."

"Oh, some unnecessary thoughts. I don't remember those thoughts much now."

"Then try hard to remember what those thoughts and then tell me."

I very well remember what I was thinking at that time but till now I don't want to say about those thoughts to Viola. But it seems that Viola does not leave me if I don't tell about those thoughts to her.

"I was thinking about Nathaniel and Chuck at that time." I am feeling frustrated.

"What exactly you were thinking about them both?"

"Why, I know about them both and thinking about some past incidents."

"What are those past incidents?"

I became angry. Viola is forcing me to tell. "How they both did that to me." I angrily said.

"Yes that is the reason for your having such an experience in the yesterday's night."

"Shut up." I got off from the sofa angrily and am yelling at her. "Just because I have thoughts of such type, you are saying that I got such an experience? How bloody ridiculous what you are saying you know?"

"I know that I am not talking ridiculously Dazzle." Viola breathed heavily and hissed out. "Just think rationally what else would be the reason for your feeling like that?"

"That is what I too cannot understand and seeking your help. You are talking in this way." I am becoming more and more frustrated.

"Oh, please don't get upset. Come near and sit beside me."

As if someone is commanding me, I went near to her and sat beside her.

"I can say that your mind is playing tricks on you Dazzle. Even you do get angry on me, it is just your imagination. Nothing more than that."

"I can know the difference between imagination and reality Ola. Moreover, how I do imagine without knowing I am imagining."

"That is the most important point you need to understand here. Sometimes we imagine things but we don't know we are imagining. We take it as reality. It is just like our dreams. We do take whatever happens in the dream as reality as long as the dream goes. The only difference is we dream while we are sleeping. This type of imagination happens while we are awaken."

"I am having lot of respect on your psychological siklls Ola but I cannot accept your theory on this."

Ola quickly kissed on my left cheek and said. "From this day onwards I do sleep with you. Then there is no chance to these types of things to happen to you."

"Anyhow I am asking you again. None of these are some part of that danger which you do perceive I am in because of your psychic link with me?"

"I cannot think like that. May be." Viola sighed heavily. "But I am saying the same thing I said when you asked me like this before. I am here to look after everything. Just be relaxed, alright."

I nodded my head and closed my eyes. I am not feeling like to talk anything more with Viola then.

***

I am feeling happy now as for more than one week I don't have any odd experiences. I have confirmed myself now whatever experiences I have so far then were only my imaginations and nothing more. In fact Ola made me convinced by saying the same thing again and again.

Our Lipsom share price came even more down in that one week or so but George assured me that there is no necessity to worry about. He made huge amounts available to buy that share now. As I am thinking something in myself George entered into my room.

"Business View people came here for an interview with you. I think you do still remember what I have said to you. Don't change anything in that. It shall be quite advantageous to us." Looking into my face cautiously, he said.

"Alright." I nodded my head.

Then George left from my room and after few seconds Business View people entered into my room. I greeted them with a smile on my lips. Now they sat before me and we are looking at each other. They are three in number with cameras and tape recorders. I know that they are too eager to know the details from me.

"Tell me. What do you want to know from me?" leaning back in my chair, I asked them.

"It is about your Lipsom shares. They used to be at 800 ten days or so before. Now it came down to 200. What is your opinion on this?"

"What should be my opinion on this?"

"Lipsom is one of your prestigious companies and its share price this drastically came down! Are not you feeling anything for it?" there are frowns on the forehead who is asking questions. The other two are busy in taking photos and recording what is happening.

"What should I feel?" rolling the pencil in my hands which I took from the table I asked him.

The three looked into each other's faces.

"I know what you are thinking now. There is some conspiracy going on to make our Lipsom share price to come down like this. But I am not concerned with this at all." I am now looking into the face of the person who is questioning me.

"We don't worry about the share price or share market. Our concentration always would be on the best production and best marketing. Lipsom is the best company among the six companies of us and our profits are increasing every year in each company. I sure can say you have studied Lipsom's financial statements before coming to me."

"Yes, I did." He said. They three looked into each other's faces again.

"What is your opinion on our company's financial condition at present?"

"Very sound, I must say." That person said.

"Now we are going to take advantage of this position." I stooped forward and balanced my arms on the table in between us. "From tomorrow onwards we start buying Lipsom shares. We are having sixty person shareholding in Lipsom now. I want to make it eighty percent."

They three looked into each other's faces once more.

"Would not you try to know the reason why it has come down like that?"

"No. I don't want to waste our precious time for trivial issues like these. Moreover our faithful investors never leave us."

"Alright then." He is asking questions and without any inconvenience I am answering them. For most of the questions he is asking I have been briefed by George in before itself.

"Thank you very much for your answering my questions." The person who interviewed me thanked me and the three then left my room.

I know that the investors are very much eager what I am going to say for the steep decline in our Lipson shares. Now I am hearing tap sound in my door. Who it may be?

"Come in." I said.

George entered into my room and sat in the chair opposite to me in which the person who interviewed me before sat.

'How the interview did go?" George is observing me curiously. I am not feeling surprise. Anyone near to me observes me like that! My glamour is so.

"Excellent!" I am looking at him straight. "Would you buy our Lipsom shares from tomorrow onwards?"

"Sure I do that." With a firm voice George said.

I don't know why but I am feeling confident. I am seeing confidence and assurance in the face of George also. In before also many a time George saved our companies with his wise decisions. That was the main reason why my dad never let George go out of our conglomerate even sometimes George irritated him to the maximum.

"You don't feel nervous for anything. I am going to look after all these matters."

"I know about that George. I am very much thankful to you for that." I am still observing him keenly.

***

We have a library and a museum in our home. Even my dad was always busy he is a good collector of books and things. Even he might enjoy the strange and valuable things in his museum, I really doubt whether he read any among that many number of books in the library. I too cannot find time for reading the books even before I engaged myself completely in the business because of my studying but I like reading. Especially I like fiction. I don't know why I like fiction than reality.

Now I am in the library of my father and the number of books in it and the vastness of it is really amazing to me. Wherefrom and when my dad had got all those books into the library I cannot understand. The library has been divided into sections according to the category of the books. It is mainly divided into two fiction and non-fiction. Even fiction and non-fiction books also have been divided into so many other categories. I am observing now the fiction books.

My father collected new and old writers' books also in the same way. In the old writers books I saw P.G.Wodehouse, Markstwain, J.S.Fletcher, etc. I think I have read some of the P.G.Wodehouse books and I really liked them. Slowly I turned towards the section of new writers' books. I am seeing the names of Sidney Sheldon, Irving Wallace and other new writers' names in those books. I have read some of the Sidney Sheldon and Irving Wallace books. I don't know why but I like Irving Wallace. Automatically I picked up the book Celestial Bed from the collection of Irving Wallace books. I think that I have read this book sometime back and I remember the story only a little. I am feeling curious to go through this book now also.

I am interested to go through the book then and there itself and opened it and started reading it. While I am going through the book I am remembering the experiences I have got one week or so before. I am feeling odd and fear because of those feelings but I am feeling a sort of thrill also and I am trying to wet my lips with the tip of my tongue. My tongue also dried to the maximum with the burning desire inside me. I want to have it terribly then and there to satisfy my urge.

Automatically I closed the book and started staring ahead. Without my intention at all, my mind is forcing the memories of Nathaniel onto the surface. It is trying to compare Nathaniel with Chuck. I have seen the naked bodies of them both. Now also I am seeing their naked bodies in my mind.

(..........to be continued)

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