The cursed New York-Habil Yashar

Author: Habil Yashar

Translator: Sevil Gulten

The cursed New York

(This story isn’t based in reality)

According to the information given by CNN, last night a twenty three years old man named as Bartel was discovered dead inside his home situated in Christopher Street. The odd point is that though high-tech camera was installed in the building, no strange man is seen in the camera. Before that incident such kind of some crimes happened in the city, but despite of the investigations still the murderer wasn’t discovered.

It was obviously felt that Nelson got a shock from that incident. His face turned pale because of the fear that one day they would murder him. He thought to himself: ‘Who knows maybe tonight, or next night, or any night of the year the unexpected news of my death will be splashed in headlines across all the newspapers and magazines, my murder will be discussed in TV channels or sites, and I shall be one of these unhappy people .’

Like the others he also will see the murderer only at the last moment before his death, and that is why he won’t be able to inform anybody for them to rescue his life.

Nelson got up nervously, climbed out of the bed carefully, in pyjamas he walked to the bathroom, approached the mirror on the wall, glanced at his pale face for a second and then he washed his hands and face. Then he went to the bedroom, was going to put on his clothes, but was fired all of a sudden and he fell on the floor. The bullet hit the middle of his forehead. His brain that was thinking fearfully some minutes ago joined to eternal peace.

***

In all the police departments the policemen were agitated, all policemen were worried, because the head of the country was interested with the results of the crime, and said that all of them were unskillful in their job. It wasn’t an ordinary crime. It can be said that since New York was founded there wasn’t committed such a crime. Not only in New York, but in the entire world nobody saw or heard about such incident.

‘Edvin, we have never been defeated so. That damned murderer is experienced and skillful. It is strange that despite of so many security resources he doesn’t leave any track.’

‘Talbert, I agree with you, alongside with being interesting, it is an odd crime. As if NewYork is cursed. It is true, I don’t believe in mystical things, but it appears that I gradually…’

‘Well, what do you mean, maybe you also become fanatical. I would never expect your believing such things. Did they teach us to believe unreasonable items or to notice the reality and to struggle against it?’

‘I don’t know what to say, Talbert! I wish everything be as you think. But not depending on anything we must discover the murderer. The unknown death of the guiltless people, the families shedding tears….I can’t bear anymore to none of these or the shock of our New York. We must do something to prevent the deaths. We must use odd weapons against the odd crimes.’

***

‘Forester, my darling, I wish you success in your job today too.’

‘Ebba, my sweetheart, you are the instigator of all my successes. You are always with me both in my happy and troubled days. You are my support, Ebba!’

They hugged each other, then Forester left home. Forester didn’t know that he won’t see his Ebba anymore. One of the undiscovered, unexplained murders will happen in his own home situated in Canal Street.

Though it was afternoon the weather is still cool, Ebba is in the kitchen, she is cooking while listening to the song ‘Stone cold’ by Demi Lovato. There is nothing odd in the room. The life is the same as before. As a habit there is smile on her lips. She considers herself a happy woman. She has a husband who loves her madly, two kids, and small business through computer.

After some minutes the scream of a woman is heard even in the street. The scream caused quite a commotion. As soon as the policemen knew about the incident they headed to the apartment. They opened the door of the room with difficulty and entered the room. The scene in front of them made their blood freeze. A dead body of a woman on the floor. She is fired straightly on the middle of her forehead. That woman was Ebba. The tragedy of other family.

Again all the newspapers publish articles about the murder. The killer still wasn’t discovered yet. But till what time?

***

Now in New York the number of such odd crimes reached to seventeen. Twelve men, four women, and a five years old Halford were killed in their homes.