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Wrote this very short story sometime back to spend some time; never published it anywhere before: ================ The Strange Pattern ================ Jimmy opened the window. He was feeling hot on the winter night. Or, was he? His forehead showed little droplets of perspiration. He was breathing quickly. He looked at his watch. 1:40AM. He read his mother’s mail once again on his laptop screen. He had received it less than an hour ago. Dearest Jimmy, I am revealing something which I had kept secret from you, for a long time. I thought it might be a strange co-incidence, or I was imagining things. I had told you about the Egypt excavation trip your father and I made forty years ago, when you were not born. I had accompanied your father in that trip. He had been working for the Geological Survey during those days and we had discovered the unique grave of 8 mummies dating back 3,000 years. The mummies were laid under the forgotten pyramid in a 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 pattern… 2 mummies in four corners of the central chamber. Due to this strange pattern in which they lay, they came to me known as the 2222 mummies. 22 years and 22 days after that discovery your father died in a road accident. The registration number of the car that crushed him was 2222. Are you surprised? There is more to it. The day we discovered the 2222 mummies in Egypt, was a special day for another reason. That was the day when the sun, the earth and Venus aligned in a straight line. The same celestial event of the earth, the sun and Venus aligning in a straight line happened again 22 years 22 days later on the day your father died. Is it a co-incidence, Jimmy? I am feeling nervous… not sure why… perhaps because the same event of the earth, the sun and Venus aligning in a straight line is occurring again today. Is something sinister waiting for me? I don’t know. I love you, your wife and your kids. Your mother. Jimmy didn’t waste time. He tried calling her number. He wanted to say, ‘Stay inside the house. Do not leave.’ But he could hear the busy tone as he repeatedly dialed his mother’s number. He took the car out of the garage and drove like a drag race driver. On reaching his mother’s house he rang the doorbell. After a brief pause he rang the bell again. Then again. There was no response. He went around the house and struggled to see his mother through the window. She lay on the grey carpet with the telephone receiver off the hook. She was breathing intermittently. Jimmy’s heart pounded loud. He kicked thrice with all his might and broke open the door and laid her on the bed. The pulse was weak. Will she live? But there was no sign of injury. Was it the phone? Did she receive a call? What was there about the call? He looked at the phone to check who had called her. He did not get the answer but the call list of the phone showed the last received call was from the number 222-2222-2222.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:36:23 +0000

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