A Young Man With The Beautiful Eyes

"Melisa, Melisa...are you awake?" the call sounded very soft. Mother's voice called him and a soft caress touched his cheek.

"I...mother... I...I'm dead..." he said in fear.

"Come on, open your eyes!"

Melisa opened her eyes slowly, and she saw the faces of her mother, Heriet, Kevin and Max in front of her.

"Hah ? Where is this ?"

"This is at the hospital," answered Mother while hugging Melisa, the woman's tears fell.

“Yesterday you were found in the forest behind Rottenbir park. You passed out there." Heriet answered.

"B...but aren't I...I'm already dead?"

“No, you are still alive. He said someone called the police at exactly 3am. You were found with the body of a large man whose neck had been torn with a sharp object. His neck veins are missing somewhere, like they were pulled out by force!" Kevin answered.

“Th…that.” Melisa was afraid, she didn't dare to remember that terrible incident for a while.

"Never mind, if you're afraid, don't tell me yet. You should rest!" said Mother.

Melisa lay down, she could still clearly remember all the events she experienced last night. It was a truly terrible event, but he was confused about who was the person who helped him at that time? and who killed that crazy man?

Melisa couldn't close her eyes, she kept being scared. That terrible face was still visible in his eyes, his touch and breath were still felt to this day. Melisa was anxious and tried to calm herself.

"Lisa, what's wrong with you? Do I need to call a doctor?" asked Heriet who was sitting on the sofa.

"Lisa, what hurts?" Kevin asked as he moved to sit next to Melisa's bed.

“N…no, I'm fine. Where's my mother?"

“We told your mother to go home and rest, your father and mother kept looking after you all night because they were worried. So now we are the substitutes.” Kevin answered.

“Thank you for looking after me.” said Melisa in a weak voice.

"Are you thinking about something?" Kevin asked

“Ah… n… no, I'm just still a little anxious.”

“If you're still afraid, that's normal. Moreover, you have just experienced such a terrible incident, no one knows exactly what happened to you."

"Kevin, do you know who helped me?"

“No, no one knows. "The police are still looking for someone who might have been at the scene, and maybe he was the person who helped you and called the police."

"Help me?"

"Yes, why ?"

"I don't know Kevin, I don't understand, there was no one there. Who will help me?"

"Do you remember contacting anyone before?"

"Nothing, last time I just called mom to say I was coming home late, th...this is really strange"

"Ehm...or maybe someone heard your screams at that time?"

“Maybe, but…”

"But what ?"

"Could it be that someone heard my screams? even though the place is far from the crowds."

"What are you guys talking about?" Heriet asked.

"Nothing, we just told about what happened that night."

"Kevin, didn't Lisa's mother forbid us from telling it? What if Lisa gets scared? You are… !" said Heriet feeling irritated.

"Ah... it's okay Heri, I'm fine. Actually, I'm also curious about who the person who helped me was."

"Never mind, we'll discuss it later, it's better to rest. Do not worry about it ." said Kevin.

Even though it's said like that, it's still a thought. What's more, the strange events that happened to him kept coming continuously, as if they had been planned beforehand. Isn't it strange to repeatedly survive a horrific event?

Melisa tried to close her eyes, the image of the black-clothed man continued to haunt her.

"Could it be Jack?" he thought.

Even though his face couldn't be seen, for some reason Melisa's feelings told him that the person was Jack. But how could Jack know that I was in danger? Thousands of questions continued to lodge in his mind. Melisa wanted to quickly meet Jack and confirm that it was him.

***

This morning Melisa waited near the old tree behind her school. The place Jack always went to in the morning before class started. Melisa waited anxiously, for some reason a feeling of sadness enveloped her heart at this time. Even though the times she met Jack were the happiest times in her life.

Melisa found a silver pen lying on the grass, Melisa immediately picked it up. Suddenly Jack came like every other day.

"Jack?" Melisa greeted him with a small smile on her lips, Jack just stared flatly without saying anything.

"I...I'm waiting for you!"

"What for ?"

"I...I just want to ask a little question"

"It has nothing to do with me,"

"Jack, you were the one who helped me, weren't you?" Melisa asked spontaneously.

Jack was silent, his eyes looked at Melisa without expression. He turned around and tried to take a step away from the woman.

"Jack?" shouted Melisa.

Melisa's eyes started to fill with tears, now she understood that the feeling of sadness was a feeling of uncontrollable love.

"I love you..." shouted Melisa as clear water fell from her beautiful eyes.

Jack left without looking back even once, even though he tried not to care about Melisa, but in fact he was the one who was always there for her. Maybe Jack himself didn't realize it.

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