Dear readers,
In answer to Rojie’s prompt here, here’s a new chapter of a long scary story.
Chapter 7 – When souls pop out to talk
The old woman and her hired help, a young male domestic worker, collaborated to talk lies about their neighbor. Their motive was to sow discord.
“It is for her own good”, insisted the old woman. “That woman won’t like my son and the other neighbors can’t use her and him to cook a kettle of fish.”
“It would be easier to use the ruse of the caring neighbor, rather than the discontented one.” The young worker tried to voice his opinion.
” I’m telling you from experience. Previously, we tried the caring neighbor plot on the former female neighbor, and it didn’t work. The woman neighbor disliked my son and so it was a no-go right from the beginning.”
“You’re the boss. Let’s discuss what to talk about to instil seeds of discontent.”
“We’ll attack that woman’s social status. Let’s say she’s of no class and unworthy. She has a baggage of ills and inconveniences. My son is in no position to handle her social and economic problems.”
“Let’s invent some lies about her being an ex-convict. She may become scared and won’t dare to disturb us.”
“I don’t know what to talk about the prison, and the system.”
“You shouldn’t be working in this line of subversion and sabotaging. You should have looked for a job that helps you reform.”
“I tried. I couldn’t find a proper job. Nobody wants to hire me.”
“After this work is completed, you should look for a proper job.’
“I’ll try.”
“I have other ideas. We can talk about her being old. She looks very old is definitely older than my son.”
“Some older women like younger men. That trick may not work.”
“You shouldn’t be working in this line of subversion and sabotaging. You should have looked for a job that helps you reform.”
“I tried. I couldn’t find a proper job. Nobody wants to hire me.”
“After this work is completed, you should look for a proper job.’
“I’ll try.”
“I have other ideas. We can talk about her being old. She looks very old is definitely older than my son.”
“Some older women like younger men. That trick may not work.”
The hired help asked the old lady. “Did you feel anything different?”
“No. What do you mean?”
“Are you sure you didn’t feel anything strange or different?”
“No. Why? What’s wrong?”
“Before you woke up, I heard you talking. You were supposed to be sleeping. Your eyes were closed, but I heard you talking.”
“No. That can’t be. I was not aware of anything like that happening.”
“I feel that was your soul talking.”
“How can my soul talk when I’m sleeping?”
“Your soul must have come out of your body to talk.”
“I have no idea what happened when I was asleep. I didn’t feel that my soul came out of my body.”
“I heard you talking. I also felt my soul talking.”
“What’s the purpose of my soul coming out of my body to talk?”
“The soul will always come out. It will move farther away from the body. Everytime it comes out, it will want to travel farther, and stay away a little longer. One day, the soul may not return to the body.”
Reader, beware. If your corporeal body’s tongue speaks lies, it is in conflict with your soul. It does not feel comfortable residing in a body that tells lies. The body is gaslighting against itself. The physique and mind are gaslighting the soul. The soul squirms. It pops out for a breather. It loves the freedom. It yearns to explore. It floats around. It is exhilarating. When it gets used to freedom, it might fly farther and farther away from its body. It might not want to return to be kept inside the body. Then what?
END OF CHAPTER. TO BE CONTINUED IN ANOTHER POST.
Related:
Other chapters in The Scary Story:
Chapter 1: Who’s in charge? The passing https://artmater.com/is-the-cat-in-charge/
Chapter 2: Dust at https://artmater.com/she-asks-wheres-dust-six-sentence-stories/
Chapter 3: The ball https://artmater.com/shes-asking-whos-the-owner-of-this/
Chapter 4: Bob’s plan https://artmater.com/bobs-plan/
Chapter 5: https://artmater.com/the-rattling-orb-cant-compete-with-thunders-roar/
Chapter 6: https://artmater.com/are-you-who-i-think-you-are/
Chapter 7: When souls pop out to talk
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