the anonymous meeting
Just day after graduating, jamie received a call from her uncle jack. next day ticket was booked and she was seating in a tube to visit her uncle who insisted her to asist in his floral shop.
She was happy at the same time and nervous to meet his uncle, the last time she saw him when she was 11 years old as uncle jack flied to ohio and she immersed herself into studies.
due to his weak health and no heir to his business jamie was the only one who is legally obliged to handle his floral shop. after a tiring journey she was standing in front of a small cottage, stepping inside a pungent smell passed through her nostrils as the cottage was not cleaned for months and she heared a faltering voice of uncle jack slowly moving towards her to welcome jamie. He immediately put a letter in her hands a checklist of routine tasks at shop.
jamie when opened the shop mesmerised by the beautiful and serene environment. within a month she handled everything well and uncle jack was doing well in health. two months later suddenly uncle jack collapsed and again fell sick this time he paralysed to bed which broke jamie.
Standing near counter and gazing at flowers she received a call that his uncle passed away. At funeral of him she paid her last respects.
returning to home she realised someone is following her, she saw back there was a man standing. She feared and tried to move but was freezed. That man was the same person who visited her once on her floral shop however seemed like ordinary customer but why he is was following her. that question stuck at her toungue as before she whispered even a word he asked her to come with her. she reluctantly walked with him and stopped at her own floral shop. That man told her that this shop is her property and he is uncle jack. It was like a rug was pulled under jamie's feet, how this is possible. She just bid farewell to her uncle jack and if he is uncle jack why he didn't told her the day he visited to buy flowers from her. how it is possible she spent her childhood with uncle jack, who is this man claiming himself to uncle jack. She didn't felt safe and once thought to call for help but somehow she managed to calm herself down. She throw herself on couch and gave a extreme gaze at man who was still smiling at her. He started coming towards her and her body freezed she wants to move but unable to do so , her eyes were flickering. madam! madam! wake up madam a woman was trying to wake her up. finally she broke out of sleep paralysis. madam wake up and change your black clothes funeral is over. how long i was sleeping here on couch elli? she asked her assistant. since you were returned from funeral madam. oh that was a dream .. sighed jamie. what kind of dream madm elli questioned out of curiosity but jamie replied nothing. when jamie passed by crematory she saw the same man cleaning the graves. he greeted her and returned to cleaning.
