Our family used to be one of the most united and happy families not more than a year ago.
Everything was going great when suddenly one morning everything started going downhill. There were fights among our family members and we went through several financial crisis.
Once I had enough, I decided to go to a palm reader. I am not a person to believe in these things but after numerous psychiatrist failed at bringing our family back together, my best friend suggested going to the best psychic in town.
I walked down the dark and dingy blind lane which looked uninhabited to me judging the broken buildings yet the house on the end of the lane stood a well lit house with a banner reading "PALM READER'S CHAMBER". The chamber's B had worn out and was left with "CHAM ER".
I walked into the building and up a flight of stairs at the end of a hallway. I see a lady sitting by a desk in front what looked like a giant painting of a globe.
"Uhm... " I clear my throat "Are you... Miss Mukherjee?" I say while I search through my bag to take out the slip of paper my friend had given me with the psychic's name on it.
The lady looks up at me and with great offhandedness points toward a wooden door to her left. I thank her and walk into the room and am greeted by fragrant torches and candles everywhere, illuminating the room. I see a lady sitting at a table with her globe I suppose. "Miss Mukherjee?" I say, surprised at how faint I sounded as I clear my throat again.
"Mr. Seth, I have been expecting you. Please sit." She points against chair in front of her. "How di-did you know my name?" I say, still standing near the door. She just smiled at me and signalled me to sit. This time I sat on the chair as if some force was pulling me. "You have come to me to talk about your family problems which have been taking place, right?" She said smoothly as I just stared at her in aw. She again smiled softly and asked, "has anyone ever come back from the dead in your family?"
I think about her question for a while. "I... Uh... Yes" I reply, "My grandfather had once, about two years ago. Doctors said he had a heart attack but after a few house after being pronounced dead, he just... Woke up like nothing happened. But he has been fine since and never had any problems with the family. He kind of is the only one who had no problems." I say.
"He is not your grandfather" she says quickly as she stands up. "W-wh-what do y-you mean?" I say as I too stand up. She asks me to lock my grandfather up in a room with no food or water for a week. On questioning her about why the hell I would do that she said, "Your grandfather was always dead from the day he had a heart attack. It is an evil spirit which was close to him during his death which had taken over your grandfather's body as soon as his energy left the body. You need to do this and call me when a change in him takes place" I try to tell her that there was no need for this but I then realise that this had all started after the incident. The chaos had all began after he came back to life.
After going back home I lock my grandfather inside his room even after him and my parents crying to let him go.
What I saw then was something I would never forget. After a while, my grandfather's cries turned to a sinister laugh. I look through the window to see my grandfather faced towards me. His eyes were blood shot and he was still looking at me and laughing. "It took you long enough to know that I was not your grandfather." He said, his voice completely changed. He again roared in laughter. Ask call the psychic.
She came to my house as soon as she could and asked us to tie him as she performed a ritual on him. We tied him to the bed as he fought us endlessly. But we managed to stop him from any movement when Miss Mukherjee asked us to open all the doors and windows of the house and stand outside the room.
After numerous blood curdling screams in both the supposed demon and my grandfather,the screaming stopped and Miss Mukherjee came out. We rushed in just to see the rotting corpse of my grandfather lying on the bed. We cremated him as soon as we could and from that day everything had gone back to normal in our family.

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Sreeshti2502