Spooks Tales

 She was immersed in pain. Her eyes were still closed. She almost forgot that there was a storm coming up and she had to reach grandma's place on time. Suddenly she heard someone banging on her window. She immediately opened her eyes and saw a teenage boy who was few years younger than her knock the door. She was miffed and rolled the windows down. "What is it?", she snapped.  "You forgot your purse, miss.", he said coolly. She was startled. "What purse? I have mine with me.", she said. "But this has your picture inside.", he said, showing her the purse. She shuddered in fear when she saw the purse. It was a gift she had thrown out with other memories when she had broken up with her ex. "What was it doing here?", she wondered. She grabbed it from his hand and whispered thanks. The boy stared at her with annoyance and left. She looked at the purse in disgust and threw it out from the car. She drove as fast as she could from the parki...

It was late afternoon in George Town, Malaysia.  Richa was driving towards her grandmother's place which was six hours drive from the city. It was going to be long drive as well as long weekend. She switched on the radio to wile away the time. "We are expecting heavy downpour tonight .", the weatherman said. She huffed. It wasn't something new in a tropical island.  In midst of journey , traffic started piling up. The four lane highway that once used to be empty, was jam packed with traffic. However the opposite two lane had heavy traffic. She wondered whether it was safe to continue with the journey. Later she realized that she would reach her grandmother's home before the storm started and sensing the traffic on other side, it wasn't wise to head back since she would be stuck in the storm. She continued to drive. The thoughts of cancelled plans revolved in her head. She had been planning since two weeks to meet her friends from Australia who were visiting th...