Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Starting a new life???(2)
Both human monsters were yelling the same words over and over again. However, Amelia wasn't able to understand them - her ears heard their harsh voices, which resembled some inarticulate sounds - wild, horrible and violent. Her mind seemed to prepare her for the worst - for the last journey, from which you can't come back home and say hello to your beloved.. Her body still paralyzed would let the abusers accomplish their action...
They were also nervous, but vodka helped them feel no regret or fear. Irena wanted only one thing : to eliminate this woman - she always found her redundant...too attractive, smart and courageous. Amelia was for her no one but the obstacle, which should have been removed a long time ago, without her the world and Irena's life would have been simpler and nicer. That's why, she had encouraged her husband a few days before to prepare "a nice surprise" for her colleague...the plan was easy. Firstly, asking Amelia for a short visit - as the woman had no family in Olkusz and lived alone in her apartment, no one should notice her sudden absence. Secondly, punishing her and if possible letting her die - Amelia seemed so delicate and weak, she often said about the problems with her heart. Yes, it was easy. Irena's husband was so helpful and fascinated with the idea - he also hated the women like Amelia (too self-confident and too unavailable), he had some hope that his wife would let him rape "their friend", he needed to prove who has power and relieve the stress...
There are sitiuations, in which the feeling of hopelessness and helplessness overwhelms us, but after some time we wake up and regain the strength. That's why we can survive...
Starting a new life...?
Death had seemed so unreal, impossible and distant before Amelia felt the pain of dying...
The beginning of March, 1997 was cold and snowy in Olkusz, the days passed slowly - at that time Amelia was fed up with living in boring Olkusz and she considered the possibility of changing the job and moving to her hometown. She didn't want to live in a provincial place and be a teacher any longer, as she needed new opportunities and chances for better life. Her sister encouraged her to apply for the post of assistant of the vice-President of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. After a long and tiresome interview, Amelia was informed that she was the best of all the candidates and got the job... If you had seen her wonderful smile, you would have known - how important, joyful it was for her. In three months she was going to start her career at the university - it seemed a marvellous perspective, because the job wasn't just fascinating - it was also well-paid.
Two weeks after this interview Amelia was coming back from high school, when one of her colleagues (a teacher of Russian) asked her to drop in and visit her. Mind you, the woman (let's call her Irena) wasn't Amelia's friend at all - just one of many workmates, who weren't worth of being paid attention to. As she lived in a small block of flats in the same district, visiting her just for a while couldn't be a problem. That's why, Amelia decided to go to her for a small chat and a cup of tea. Their conversation had been nice until Irena's husband came back from work. It was a typical Polish macho, who couldn't imagine a meeting without alcohol and dirty words. He was talking nonsense about the politics and other issues.After a few minutes of "chatting" with this jerk, Amelia thought it didn't make sense to stay there. She felt so strange and uncomfortable with the couple that she said with a quiet voice;
"It was really nice, thanks for the tea. But you know, I'm pretty busy and...I must go home...".
To her astonishment, the couple reacted brutally - the man started strangling Amelia while his wife didn't let her move... it was a real nightmare, which seemed to last very long. Amelia was petrified with fear, for the first time in her life she had been behaving like a living corpse -as if nothing could have been done. In fact, she had only one wish- "let me die quickly, don't torture me, please..." But she wasn't able to say a word, though there was one word she wanted to scream: "WHY? "
To be continued soon...
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