THE SHADOW FINALLY SPOKE

If you haven't read Chapter 1, please go and read it first

Because honestly, I don't even know how to explain what is happening in my own life anymore

Last time, my shadow waved at me, scratched its head without my permission, judged my dance rehearsal and even pointed towards my bedroom

Then an unknown number sent me a message:

"Dammy, please tell your shadow to stop exposing our secrets."

And my shadow clapped

YES. IT CLAPPED!

At that point, I knew I wasn't dealing with an ordinary shadow

I decided to investigate

I looked at my phone again and replied to the unknown number

"Who are you, and what do you mean by OUR secrets?"

The person replied:

"Ask your shadow. It knows."

I dropped my phone

Picked it up again

Dropped it

At this point, even my phone was becoming a problem

I turned towards the wall

"Listen, my friend. I don't know what agreement you people have, but I wasn't present when you signed it. So whatever is happening, leave me out of it."

My shadow folded its arms

FOLDED ITS ARMS!

I looked at my own hands

My hands were doing absolutely nothing

I looked back at the wall

My shadow slowly pointed at me

Then it pointed at my bedroom

Again

That bedroom was beginning to look like a crime scene

I decided to enter

I opened the door gently

Nothing

My clothes were there

My shoes were there

My old exercise book was there

Everything looked normal

Then I noticed something on my table

My diary

I quickly picked it up

You see, everybody has something they don't want other people to read

Mine was not exactly a diary

It was more like a collection of thoughts, plans and things I had written when I was feeling very confident about my future

Including one particular page titled:

"THINGS I WILL DO WHEN I BECOME RICH."

Please, don't judge me. Everybody has dreams

I opened the page

And there it was

Someone had written underneath my list:

"First, learn how to manage your current money."

I froze

Who wrote that?

I turned towards the door

My shadow was standing there

I swear, if shadows could talk, this particular one would have been a motivational speaker

I shouted:

"SO YOU'RE NOW READING MY DIARY?"

It shook its head

Then pointed behind me

I turned

My younger sister was standing at the door

Laughing

Not ordinary laughing

The kind of laughter someone gives when they've been waiting for you to discover something

I asked her:

"Have you been doing something?"

She said:

"Doing what?"

I showed her my phone

She looked at the message and immediately started laughing harder

At this point, I knew somebody was involved

I grabbed a chair and sat down

"Madam, explain yourself."

She finally confessed

Apparently, she had been recording some of my strange shadow moments

She had also been sending the videos to her friend

The friend was the one who sent the mysterious message

But there was one problem

I hadn't told anybody about the things my shadow had been doing in my room

How did they know?

My sister brought out her phone

She showed me a video

It was a recording from earlier that morning

I was standing in front of the mirror, practising how to confidently greet someone

Meanwhile, my shadow was doing something completely different behind me

It was shaking its head

Then it covered its face

Then it slowly walked away

My sister nearly fell from the chair laughing

I collected the phone

Watched the video again

Paused it

Zoomed in

And honestly, even I couldn't defend myself

My shadow had embarrassed me professionally

I turned towards the wall

"Is this how you want to live your life?"

My shadow gave me a thumbs-up

THUMBS-UP!

I stood up immediately

"Okay. That's enough. We're having a meeting."

I switched off the room light

Then switched it on again

My shadow appeared

I pointed at it

"From today, we are setting boundaries. You are my shadow. I am your owner. Respect must be maintained."

It nodded

I smiled

Finally!

Peace had returned to my home

Or so I thought

I stretched my hand towards the wall

My shadow stretched its hand too

I raised my left leg

It raised its left leg

I nodded

It nodded

Everything was back to normal

Until I decided to test one final thing

I stood still

Completely still

My shadow stood still too

Then I smiled

Suddenly, my shadow turned its head towards my sister

My sister stopped laughing

I turned to look at her

Then I looked back at the wall

My shadow slowly raised one finger and pointed at her

I asked:

"What's wrong with you now?"

My sister started moving backwards

Then she said something I will never forget

"Dammy, I think your shadow knows what I did yesterday."

I looked at her

"What did you do?"

She shook her head

"Nothing."

My shadow shook its head too

Apparently, even my shadow didn't believe her

I asked again

She finally confessed that she had eaten the chicken I kept in the fridge and blamed it on me

I looked at my shadow

It nodded

I looked at my sister

She was already running

I chased her out of the room

For the first time in my life, I was grateful to have a shadow

At least somebody was finally helping me expose criminals in this house

But before I could celebrate, I noticed something

My shadow was still standing on the wall

It slowly raised its hand

Waved at me

Then pointed towards the kitchen

I followed its direction

And there, on the kitchen table, was my empty food flask

I looked at the shadow

It nodded

I looked at the flask

Then I remembered something

I hadn't even eaten my food that morning

I turned towards my sister's room

"SO YOU PEOPLE HAVE FINISHED MY FOOD TOO?"

My sister shouted from inside:

"PLEASE LEAVE ME AND MY SHADOW ALONE!"

I stopped

Wait

MY SHADOW?

I slowly turned towards the wall

My shadow was already laughing

At this point, I have accepted my fate

I may not have the most loyal friends

I may not have the most peaceful family

But at least I have a shadow that tells the truth

Even when the truth is not convenient

THE END.

And please, if your shadow starts behaving like mine, don't come and report me. I have resigned from shadow management 😂

QUESTION FOR EVERYONE:

If your shadow could talk for just five minutes, what embarrassing secret do you think it would expose about you?

And please, be honest. Your shadow might be reading this too 😂