Eva - Renae Naik (books suggested by bill gates TXT) 📗

Chapter 1

It’s 6:30pm and the sun has just set to its fullest. Eva has just finished her dinner which consisted of brown rice, grilled chicken fillets spiced lightly and some roasted potatoes basted with melted butter. She poured a tall glass of water and headed to her bedroom. She had this bad habit of always leaving the curtains open till late, so she drew them closed and sat on her bed. She loved her bed it was comfy and a bit high that when she sat on it her feet dangled in the air which made her feel somewhat small. After a few minutes she went to one of her favorite rooms in her massive house, which was the bathroom.it was so strange for a single person to live in such a big house. Eva then started her routine she turned on the shower and began to undress herself, while waiting for the shower to reach the right temperature; she would stare at her body in the mirror. Some days she felt like she was well built other days she thought she looked like a potato, it all depended on her mood. After a few minutes she got into the shower and began enjoying the feel of the water on her skin. She never used to open the cold water at all…for some reason she was just crazy like that. a normal person would scream in agony but she enjoyed it . After her shower she changed into some comfortable sleep wear and went back to her bedroom.

She removed the tons of pillows and fancy cushions that decorated her bed and opened her duvet revealing a cool cotton sheet that would help her sleep in the summer’s heat. Eva switched of the light and got into her bed pulling the covers up to her waist, switched on the bedside lamp and picked up one of her favorite novels and began to read. Eva could read a 352 page novel in two or three days, that’s how much she loved reading. She read a few pages and then felt sleep taking over so she decided to call it a night. She looked at the time and was surprised to see it that it was just after 8pm, rather early for bedtime but after that hot, steamy shower, who wouldn’t feel sleepy right? So she switched off the light and she turned to her left side facing the window and closed her eyes.

That morning her sleep broke around 03:16am and when she opened her eyes, she saw this dark figure standing in front of her. She quickly closed her eyes and told herself that it is not real and it will leave her alone but, her curiosity wouldn’t let her keep her eyes shut! So she slowly opened them and watched. To her disbelief, the dark figure knelt down and put it's hand over her nose. She quickly closed her eyes again and shortly after heard a small murmur and felt a cold breeze under her nose and over her mouth as if air was leaving her body! This caused her to panic and she opened her eyes and looked towards that entity and guess what… it was staring right back at her! She began to scream “help me please” but no sound came out of her mouth! It was as if this dark entity had taken her voice when it held her mouth and that was the cold breeze she felt. She tried to kick and punch but she was frozen in one position…paralyzed to the fullest. All she could do was lay there and stare at this entity still staring back at her. She closed her eyes once again and decided to say a small prayer in her head and after a few moments she felt a bit of ease, few seconds later she opened her eyes and to her relief, the entity was gone. It had been gone for at least eight minutes until Eva was able to talk and move again.

Chapter 2

For many this might seem outrageous and scary, but for Eva it was scary but normal. How come you may ask? You see Eva was born with a strange gift. Eva could see things that other people couldn’t, she could sense things, hear things and at times even communicate with these things! She could also see right through a person just by looking into their eyes. Ever heard the saying “the eyes are the window to the soul”? Well this was the case here. If Eva had a bad dream about something or someone, they would take heed to her warnings as most of the time they became a reality. Could she call it a premonition or was it just a coincidence? She didn’t know. A few years ago Eva had an unexplainable calling that she had to answer and although she didn’t know anyone who did this kind of thing, she had an urge to buy a deck of tarot cards We often see these in the movies and not m any of us actually believe in them and just like you and i… neither did Eva.

She got home that day sat at the table and opened the deck, it was very different to the normal bicycle playing cards she grew up playing with and this deck was also a bit bigger, it felt so uncomfortable to hold. It had seventy -eight cards with beautifully and colorfully drawn pictures on them and some blank ones, She removes the blank cards and makes a joke saying “I wonder why they put these in here? Maybe it’s for those who have no future” and chuckles to herself. Eva always found herself to be funny, sarcastic or sarcastically funny. She then goes through the cards laying them on the table one by one and looking at the strange labels they carried. It was all strangely labeled; “the lovers”, “the hermit” and even “death”.

She looked at the card called "the tower" and to her amazement she could tell what it meant. Thinking it was mere coincidence, she tried another card and the next and the next and before she knew it the entire deck was spread in front of her and she knew each and every one of them. She didn’t understand what was going on or how she could relate to something that she barely knew; she sat there both baffled and amused at her discovery. Whenever a friend would visit she would test it out and to both her and their surprise she was always right.

Chapter 3

It didn’t take long before rumors about her tarot reading spread through the small community that she lived in and before she knew it she would get random requests on social networks asking for tarot card readings. She did it for fun and not for financial gain so she attended to them occasionally. Many people who would come through to open their cards were either shocked, happy or left her house in tears. Eva always said that “people want to hear the truth however not many of them can handle it” and oh… how right she was. The most awkward for her was when she had to deal with couples, so many unfaithful while others guilty of other deeds. When it came to friends she was caught up between breaking a relationship or allowing an unfaithful bond to continue, filled with lies and deceit. This often complicated her social life and hence she had few friends and even less people to talk to or confide in.

For Eva getting close to people wasn’t an option as she had an understandable fear of being rejected because of her “curse” as she believed. Eva wasn’t always alone she had a family of her own, a husband and a son named jimmy. She was married for eight years and her son was only six when his father took him away from Eva. He told Eva that their son was starting to become as weird as she was because he claimed that he could see things. One night when jimmy was in the tub he started screaming and crying for Eva. Eva quickly ran to see what the fuss was about, when she got to the bathroom and asked him what was wrong, he replied saying” there’s an old lady with red eyes staring at me by the window” Eva quickly dried him off and took him to the bedroom. Jimmy was around four years old that time. Few other incidents followed after that and eventually Eva had to move to the guest bedroom because jimmy was always restless and couldn’t sleep when she was in their roo. Her husband was aware of her ability as she used to share experiences with him and once during an argument he even told her that she was possessed and he couldn't stand being around her. From that moment on, Eva knew that he was not the one for her and their marriage didn’t last long after that. During their divorce proceedings they both decided that jimmy would reside with his father and try to lead a normal life. It was a mutual agreement yet a very hard decision that Eva had to make and although she sees him every weekend it isn’t enough as we all know a mother’s heart never stops beating for her child.

Chapter 4

Eva till date believes that her tarot cards somehow connected her to other things and at this point, after her experience last night she was even more convinced. That night Eva begins to reflect on all her past experiences. Each one was scarier than the last, each showing her different perspectives and frontiers. Her ability was not something that she could escape from; instead she would have to make peace with it. You see every individual is different and unique in their own way and lucky are those who are blessed with these great gifts and know how to use them …

Eva was always confused about what to call it at times it was known as her gift and whenever she had a scary experience it was considered her curse. I guess this was because it cost her her son and she hated it more when it came to new relationships because not many people are open minded to things as such. Sometimes it’s because of cultural and religious beliefs and other times because of a person's upbringing. she felt that whenever she found someone that she showed interest in or showed interest in her, her gift would always make it awkward.

Two years ago Eva was lucky enough to meet her boyfriend Ricky. She met him whilst taking the bus home. The bus had halted at one of its routine stops and people began getting on. For some reason Eva was distracted from the mobile game that was keeping her occupied for the last 15 minutes and just looked up. That was the first time Eva laid eyes on Ricky! there he was  Walking towards Eva, she began to get nervous and her tummy got all fuzzy as she thought he would sit next to her but to her disappointed he went past her and found a seat near the window at the back. She couldn’t get him off her mind ever since and who could blame her? Ricky was a well-dressed, very handsome me fellow. He was well built and didn’t look his age at all, well styled spiky hair, fair skinned with heavenly brown eyes, a cute pointy nose and he was just slightly taller than Eva yet