Little did he know that I had been asking the same question to me? I said, “I don’t know.” Puzzled he asked, “What do you mean you don’t know?”

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“Mr. please help me. I have no recollection of who I am. I just woke up in the forest and I came towards this cottage as it was the only light I could see. Please help!!” He could see the honesty in my eyes when I said that so he let me in. 

The door led to a drawing room cum dining room cum kitchen. The kitchen and the rest of the room was divided by a pavement. In the room there were four people surrounding a fainted individual. I got a little sharp on seeing that sight.

Maybe they are the ones who put me there. Maybe they were the bad guys. Who knows? They called the tall guy who let me in as Aron. A brunette with straight hair said, “Who is this guy? Who are you?” I could see from her eyes that she did not trust me.

My reply was the same, “I don’t know.” Aron explained, “Guys he also has no recollection of who he is.”

Puzzler

I was puzzled with the word “also”. That paranormal haunting feeling returned, so I asked, “Also?”

It turned into one of the great unsolved mysteries when Aron answered, “We also woke up like you with no recollection of who we are and how we got here. All of us woke up in this cottage in different rooms.”

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