A Devastating Lie

Aditya Suresh posted under Flash Fiction QuinTale-61 on 2024-03-23



"?Everything about her was a lie?. June wasn?t a normal human. Maya always thought, ?Why does she stay in same grade every year?? Not able to withstand her curiosity, a girl named Maya asked her, ?Why are you staying in the same grade, why don?t you go to the next grade?? June was flabbergasted as she listened to Maya?s question. She replied, ?I don?t know, but I?ll ask my dad?. After school, June approached her dad and asked ?Why do I need to stay in the same class, can?t I go to the next class??. Her dad didn?t reply. He went inside his room and slammed the door. Soon, she also started noticing that she disappears every full moon.ÿ She wanted to know about herself. She searched the attic and found old photo albums and was shocked to notice that she wasn?t in any photos taken in the last 6 years. She kept thinking ?Why am I missing in all the photos??ÿ Then, she suddenly she started feeling that she had something incomplete, a part of her was missing. She thought that if she found the missing part, she will be able to resolve the mystery. But she didn?t know what to do or whom to ask? She searched everywhere but all efforts went to vain. Then a weird thought came to her mind. ?What if she had died and she had returned because of unfinished business?. It all made sense. After one particular day, all the people in her life started to ignore her. She thought that they didn?t like her anymore. But what if she was not actually there. Not a single person, except for that one girl, Maya, who could see her. She thought the key to finding her missing part was with Maya. Now she found out whom to ask, but she didn?t know what to ask. Then suddenly she tripped over something. A very old book. She found a old newspaper cutting inside it. It read, ?Devastating accident on 25th New Road. Girl aged 16 dead, father survives.? And in another leaflet, she found the house number of the girl who died. It read, ?House 529, New Avenue, Name: June?. She was lost for words. She trembled and fell on an old chair. Then, a wave of memories started flowing into her brain. She then remembered what she always wanted in her life, ?a real friend?.ÿ She thought if she could make Maya a very close friend of hers, she could rest in peace. As days passed by, Maya and June became the best of friends. Her idea was working. But soon, something mind-blowing happened. Instead of her resting in peace, she turned into a normal human. She could finally feel her missing part ?EMOTIONS? returning to her. She felt complete. She led a happy life with Maya always around her. "