3 Chapter 2

< Racheal >

The only best friend I have ever had is Alina. We have known each other since she moved here to Florienopolis with her husband Nick. That's like for an year now. She to works in the salon as a nail artist. She fills colours not just to everyone's nails but also their lives.

I have always reached out to her during all my upside-down days. I can say that she has always kept me close whenever I have felt low in life. Even when I lost my boyfriend 2 weeks ago, she's been here with me . And, now that the caller has been creeping me out, I tell Alina about this.

When Alina heard about the caller, she suggested she would stay at my home for some nights to make me feel safe. Just the thought of her being in my home already makes me feel safe. A human like her doesn't deserve me. All she has been to me is be good and I don't think I have been loyal to her.

Both of us reach my home at around 9:30 PM after a light dinner in our favourite restaurant. The whole journey from the salon to the restaurant and then back to home has been hell. I had this weird feeling of someone following us, eyeing at us from a distance. I felt I have just been paranoid about things, but it felt very real.

I didn't share this information with Alina. She already has so much to worry about and I don't want to add more to this tension.

Before sleep, we watch some documentaries. This time it's all about space and constellations, another favourite topic to watch. At around 12:30 am we sleep together on my bed.

(2 am)

Trrrring....trrrring....trrrring

Oh damn! Is it 2 am already? I can hear the ring of telephone. Ughhhhh. I try to wake up Alina, for moral support and also to be able to pick up the call and make her familiar with the problem. But she doesn't budge at all. She is totally in deep sleep and the telephone is constantly ringing for a while now. Argh! I should have just thrown that thing to the Mole Beach last time.

(Trrring...trrrring)

I hastily pick up the call, and I know what I should be expecting that person to talk. He has always been saying a hello and that creepy sentence which I haven't been able to decode. But, to my surprise I hear another sentence today, "You are never alone here."

He is scarring the hell out of me every single day. I think I'm letting him scare me with all the paranoid thoughts. I bang the phone down to the receiver and come back to sleep.

< Alina >

Racheal has always been a brave Brazilian. I have seen her for more than a year now and all I've known about her is her strength and boldness. The way she took the death of her boyfriend alone tells how strong she has been. But maybe I was mistaken.

I thought Joe's death in the air crash hadn't really been that disastrous on her life. And after seeing all her moves past few months, I really thought she wasn't so much into him. But, I was blinded by the thought of her being strong.

The day she said about the telephone calls and her freaking out over the voice and a sentence, I didn't believe her. No like really, I didn't believe her. But today I see what she has been talking about.

The past few months, like just two months has been a bit disastrous on both of our lives. This also affected my relationship with Racheal. She isn't much aware about the changes in out friendship. But I really hope she sees it one day.

Racheal has always been the one to lean on to me and I don't blame her. Her life has been quite a bit of rollercoaster since the day we meet.

I thought mistakes happen from anyone around the world and have been forgiving her for her mistakes. Mistakes that she thought were fun at some time and silly at other times. But I know what it has been to go through her mistakes.

Ughhhhh! I don't know why I have been recalling all these. All that matters now is that Racheal needs me and I'll be here with her.

And last few minutes has been very scary. I haven't encountered something like this in my whole life. It has scared the shit out of me. Now I don't know how I can convey this whole episode to her tomorrow morning.

Darnn.... It's already 3 am. I need to get some sleep to be fully awake tomorrow to tell her what's been happening in here.