Pictures Sent

Chuck just got home from the doctor’s office. He was feeling heavy ever since he got home from vacation. His head was not well for quite some time now.

He made his way to his room, took a shower then got back to the living room to watch in the television. His wife and he separated few months ago due to low financial status. They never had a child which he thinks is also one of the reasons why his wife left him. Although he really wanted a child, his wife on the other hand is not yet ready to do so since his wife is a model.

2 hours into non-stop watching and searching for movies in Netflix, his phone beeped. He thought it might be his boss who for a few days now is bothering him about their new project. He didn’t really want to open it but something is forcing him to do so. When he opened it, it was not what he expected it to be. It was a photo of a man that was poured with hot water and the man seemed to scream in pain. He was unsure why he got the photo from an anonymous number. But the most mind-boggling thing is that the man is familiar to him.

It was him.

He had no memory of anything; neither the place is not recognizable. He had never been in that building and he doesn’t think that it sets foot in their city. He texted back to the number asking to whom it belongs. He waited for a while but there was no answer. He tried to make a phone call but the phone is said to be busy at the moment. He made a call to his friend who is a computer guy hoping to help him with the number so it can be traced. But his friend was not answering the call.

He was feeling nervous at the time until another text was sent. It was another picture of him being drowned in a pool that filled with dirt and abandoned stuff. He is starting to freak out. But then he thought that the photo might be Photoshopped or something. He is not an expert with those kinds of things so he was uncertain of his claim. Another message was sent to him that said, “How are you doing Chuck?” This time he felt the world in him. How in the world did he have his number he thought? He tried to remember things from his past but he just can’t. He quickly looked outside to see if someone is spying on him but there were just kids playing around. He ran upstairs then quickly opened his laptop. He searched in the internet to find a website that can locate the phone number. He found one then entered the number. As it processed, it showed the coordinates of the area. It was his house.

He was questioning everything now. A message was sent again. It was a photo of him being hit by a baseball bat in his body. Silence was heard from his room. He tried to call his friend again and finally he had an answer. He told his friend everything then his friend, Mark, confessed something.

Chuck learned that before he was part of a restricted organization that works in the deep web. He made several crimes when he worked down there. But when he wanted to start a new life, his boss thought that he made circulate everything that they do in there. He was punished and beaten up until he had his last breathe. But luckily Mark found him. He was then in a coma for two years. Mark, together with his then girlfriend later on turned wife, decided to not tell Chuck everything.

Chuck got speechless at the moment.

He questioned, “What could be the meaning of these pictures?”

Another picture popped up in his messages.

It was him, in his room, holding his phone. The picture was taken right there in that moment alone.