Psycho : An unspoken love story

Mithun. Age 29. Working for a private bank. Today he has shifted to a flat near Uttara with his newly married wife. Himu liked the flat very much.

Himu - full name Humaira Tabassum. Mithun loves calling her  Himu.

Full 6 storey flat. They have risen to the 3rd floor.

On the first day, Himu was busy decorating the house. Mithun was quite surprised. She has just moved from the old house to the new flat but the girl is not tired at all. Rather looking quite happy.

Mithun and Humaira got arranged marrige 6 months ago. Mithun is fascinated to see the girl for the first time. Her blonde skin and the eyes are impossibly magical. Himu came with a light eyeliner for which Mithun could not take his eyes off from Humaira for some time. Seeing Mithun staring at her, her younger sister couldn't help but smile. She laughed in front of everyone. Mithun was a little embarrassed to do such a thing.

He is further impressed by Humaira's use of rituals and concentration on work after marriage. He wonders how a girl can be so perfect from all sides !! Needless to say, Mithun loves Humaira very much.

 

Anik, the son of the owner of the old house they rented, spends all day playing poker and chatting with the boys in the area. When Humaira would let the clothes dry on the roof, Anik would stare at her. He used to come to meet Humaira every month under the pretext of renting. Humaira does not tolerate this at all. He tells Mithun one day.

After hearing everything from Himu, Mithun goes to Anik but does not find him and tells his father everything and informs him that they will leave the house by the next month.

 

They were spending the day very well in the new flat. Mithun had a very good relationship with Mr. Asad on the 4th floor.

 

 

Mr. Asad is a businessman by profession. Around sixty years of age. The wife and children live in the village. He lives here alone for business purpose only. He loves Mithun like his own child.

Mithun often invites Mr. Asad for tea. Mithun appreciates Himu's hand-made tea.

One day Mr. Asad suddenly came to Mithun's flat to surprise the boy and his better-half. Mithun was very happy.

- Call your wife. I came to meet her

- Uncle, Himu is not at home. She went for shopping to buy some peanut butter and other household essentials

- Ah. Even today I couldn’t meet her

- Please be seated, I'm making you a tea.

 

After drinking tea, the two of them talked a lot, but seeing that Humaira was not returning by that time, Mr. Asad left and wished to see her another day.

 

The phone is constantly ringing in the house. Mithun called Humaira from the office. But no one is picking up the phone, Mithun is really getting tensed this time. Unable to find a way, Mithun called Mr. Asad and told him to go downstairs to see what Himu was doing.

Mr. Asad hurried downstairs and saw the main door open. Humaira is nowhere to be found. Everything is scattered randomly. He told Mithun to come home soon ...

 

Mithun hurried home as fast as he could. Looking back home, everything is fine but Mr. Asad is sitting with a worried face.

 

- What's the matter, uncle, why are you still sitting motionlessly? My wife is back. Did you talked with her??

Mr. Asad seemed to fall from the sky.

- Where's the lady !!

- She's in the bedroom. She got get angry with me and didn’t pick up the phone. Sorry uncle for harassing you.

 

Mr. Asad went to the bedroom and saw that there was no one there. He did not understand the matter. On the other hand, the house is so chaotic that Mithun has no eyebrows.

He searched the whole house finding none there. Mithun came in a hurry and said that Humaira is sitting in the room but there is no one there.

Now, Mr. Asad's head began to ache. He told Mithun to take him to the 4th floor. As soon as he lay down on the bed, he fell asleep.

 

He woke up the next morning. He immediately remembered what happened yesterday. He thought he would talk to Mithun but before talking to Mithun he had to ask the doorman when Humaira left yesterday and when he returned.

 

- Good Morning sir. (Doorman)

- Good Morning. Did you see Madam on the 3rd floor coming out yesterday? (Mr. Asad)

- 3rd floor madam !!

- Yes

- But sir, only a single man lives on the 3rd floor. Mohin sir. No, no, Mithun sir.

- What are you talking about? You haven't seen any madam?

- No, sir. Only one person got up on the 3rd floor. Mithun sir.

Mr. Asad's headache seemed to start again.

 

He returned to the room to think about it. How is that possible !!

Then it seemed that no one had ever heard a girl’s voice as she went down or up. So What this Humayra issue is ?? And why is Mithun playing such a false game with him ??

Questions without answer…..

 

Everything about Mr. Assad is getting complicated.

He thought that Mithun had told him that he had left the old house because of the disturbance of the landlord's son. Will he go there and find out if there was anyone named Humaira?

Anyway, he has to get out of this mess. He left thinking ...

 

- Hello? is there anyone at home? (Mr. Asad)

Anik's father came out.

- Who?

- I am Asad Chowdhury. I came from Uttara. Can we talk for a moment?

- What?

 - Did anyone named Mithun live here?

- Come on in.

 

Mr. Asad went inside and sat down.

- What’s your relation with Mithun?

- Mithun is new to my flat,  I am his neighbour

Anik's father gritted his teeth angrily and said—that bitch killed my son and ran away.

- What !  (Mr. Asad shouted).

 

After a while, Anik's father started saying:

Mithun came to rent a house four months ago.

He says he and his wife will stay.

-where is your wife?

-I will bring her after renting the house.

I wrote down his full address and gave letter for the rent. It had been several days since his wife was not arriving. Of course, I did not say anything about it.

 

My son Anik gossips with his friends on the roof. Mithun never liked it. Oneday I asked what's wrong with him if my son stays there ?

-Your son disturbs my wife.

-where is your wife? She has not come yet.

- My wife came a long time ago. But we were not introduced as I was busy.

 

Then one day I went for the rent. Suddenly I saw Mithun talking to someone alone.

Surprisingly, there was no one in the house, no one ! I asked, “ what are you doing?”

-          Don’t you see? I am just sitting and talking with my wife. Himu, say hello to Uncle.

I left without saying a word.

 

We were sleeping that night. Suddenly there was the sound of something falling from the roof. Loud noises, waking me up. I went and saw that my son was lying in a bloody state. (At this point, Anik's father's neck became entangled)

--What was Mithun doing at that time? (Mr. Asad)

- Seeing my boy's condition, I became completely crazy. I went to Mithun's room and saw the lock. That bitch ran away after killing my son (Anik's father broke down in tears)

- Ah, calm down. Please don't cry.

Anik's father started saying again

 

Three days later I went to Mithun's village home and searched. The villagers said that a few days after Mithun's marriage, a gas cylinder exploded and the whole house caught fire. Mithun's mother, sister and wife all died in the kitchen. Mithun was in the office. Upon receiving the news, he became unconscious, seeing the condition of his family. When he regained consciousness, he started behaving like crazy. No one has seen Mithun in the village since after.

 

Mr. Asad is speechless.

Just before leaving he handover  a piece of paper to Aniks father, “Here is my address written. Once you get there you will find Mithun. If you want you can give it to the police”

 

Mr. Asad looked up at the sky, took a deep breath and started walking along the side of the road .....

 

 [ AUTHOR -  H.K ]