"I am sitting next to an old man." - Frontal Eye

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"Do you believe that "third eye" is a gift?" People claimed that, it's a gift; others perceived as a curse. Let me tell you a short story of my co-intern. When I was having an internship program, to practice of what I've learned from college. I was assigned in a very remote area. A part of internship per se, we need to experience living in rural areas. At first, I was so reluctant to accept the assignment for a month. A twist of change, since I'll be with my five classmates. When we arrived in our destination, there is an uneasy feeling. Frankly speaking, the place was so nice. A place is what we called the "dream center". Why? It is like a resort for having a get away vacation. There are recreational activities: billiards, basketball court, volleyball court, and swimming pool. Cottages are scattered and "lean-to-type" installed, similar to "house trees". So there is no way to feel boring. Our dormitory is located at the back of the main house. The dormitory is divided into two: for men and women. Of course, the interns from different schools that include us, will be staying there together. We are going to sleep in barracks type of bed. It was really fun, the setting is like a summer camp. Out of 20 interns from different institutions, I've noticed this young lady from other school. She was a silent type person, too awkward to mingle with people. I guess she was still getting the time to know us and the place. The first and second week of the month were an adjustment period, since my classmates and I need to wake up too early in a daily basis. The duration of travel is one hour going to the community. That's really a very exhausting routine for us. But we need to embrace the fact. Let me get back to this young lady, our co-intern. I felt really strange with the place, as I mentioned earlier. Then, it adds more uneasy feeling when this young lady acted so weird. The weirdness started when we were all gathered in one cottage, in front of our dormitory. At the side of the cottage, there is a hammock hanged between the two coconut trees. The main reason why we are in the cottage is to study for the upcoming examinations in our respective schools. All the students, including me were so serious burning out our eyes with the reading materials piled on the table. The young lady is sitting at the end of the bench, doing her own stuff. After an hour, this young lady stood up and walked towards us, she looks so worried and scared. She asked permission to sit with us. As she sit on the chair, an abrupt sigh came from her mouth. Without any further due, I asked what's wrong. She cleared her throat and started to blurt this question, "Did you all see something in between the coconut trees?" That's weird, we definitely said the hammock is there. She was so terrified while feeling not convince. Then she continued, there is someone sitting on the hammock looking at us. Ooh! That's really spooky, and I said who? We can not see anyone there. There is a woman sitting on the hammock, she's a ghost. Goosebumps lingered in our body, the last thing I can remember at that moment, we all agreed to call for a night. The following day, same topic had been discussed. Out of curiosity, I asked the young lady. How did you know that there is someone out there? The young lady claimed that she has a "third eye". I heard and know about this, but I am not a believer. The last day, fourth week of the month. The co-interns and I were on the midst of saying farewell. We celebrated in a small farewell party. All of a sudden, the young lady approached me and said, "third eye" is not a gift and it is a curse. According to her story, it all started when she was watching her boyfriend playing basketball with the other friends in the court. She was sitting on the upper bench with an old man next to her. The boyfriend keeps on asking her to go down and joined the other friends. When the game was over, she finally went down and joined the group. Then, the boyfriend said, "You look so lonely in the upper benches."" That's why I was asking you to go down." She replied, "I am not alone, I'm with an old man sitting next to me", as she moved her head towards the upper benches. She got red flushed on her face, the old man has badly injured half face. She realized, it was a ghost. Since then, she had this curse. If ever I have this gift, I will be scared to death. I never thought, it will ended up this narration in a long story.