An hour later, she arrived at Trevour’s place and knocked the main door. Austin came to answer. He opens the door and doesn’t like her standing outside.

‘What do you want?’

‘I need to see Trevour’

‘…He’s not here’ he sighs, ‘he’s outside somewhere’

‘Where?’ She asks sort of anxiously.

‘…Look Lindsay, today because of you he’s lost his normal state of mind’

‘What does that mean?’ she asks getting confused.

‘He’s getting a little retarded’

Austin explains Lindsay about his obsessive love disorder condition. This worries her and she thinks about finding him and proposing him for love, even though she didn’t really love him.

Trevour’s Diamond Ring

Last Week of June

Somewhere at the seaside, Trevour was roaming around all alone. No one was there as the place was completely bare. He was holding a blue diamond ring, which he bought for Lindsay. It was quite expensive, but he was thinking of throwing it somewhere in the sea.

Pamela and Rupert arrive there, as they were to leave Vienna on their ferry, which was parked there. Rupert sees Trevour and says to Pamela:

‘I think I’ve seen this guy before’

‘Who? That guy standing there’

‘Oh yeah I remember, he was there at Lindsay’s place’

‘What is he holding?’ she says looking at the gleaming ring.

‘Whatever let’s go’

‘No wait, I like this ring that he’s holding’

‘Look Pamela’ he says, ‘we’ve gathered enough money, so let’s just leave immediately’

‘Wait…’ she stops him concentrating at Trevour’s ring. ‘You’ve always done what you wanted, I want this ring, I can get it myself. You may leave alone’

She slowly walks towards Trevour and as she reaches him, she talks to him:

‘Good evening’

‘It’s not a good evening’ he replies absently.

She feels weird seeing the way he was talking and looking around as if he was some psychological patient.

‘Why are you so alone here?’ she says looking at the ring.

‘Who are you?’ he asks without caring to know.

‘Well I’m…’

Trevour turns around and walks away leaving the seaside. She follows him.

Search for the Missing Patient

Two Weeks Later

During end of July, Trevour was missing from the mental hospital. Either he had escaped or was kidnapped by someone. Austin was very much worried about his brother, so he sent a team of cops to search him. The cops were looking for Trevour everywhere in Vienna but he was completely lost somewhere.

At a lake on border of Vienna, there was a small pent house, also a sort of lake house. This was a place at the edge of Vienna. No one could reach this place as it was hidden in a small forest. Trevour was living there with Lindsay. They had been there for two days.

One night, Trevour asks her:

‘I don’t remember much about how I got to this place. Can you tell me how did I escape from that hospital?’

‘Let me explain’ she says nicely, ‘your brother Austin, admitted you to the mental hospital and then no one believed that you are not mentally ill, except me. So I helped you escape that place with help of some nurses. And now we’re living here far from our families and relatives in my house on rent’

‘I see…but what about my brother? I mean why he thinks that I’m insane?’

‘Well I’m responsible for that’ she says feeling guilty, ‘your brother is just concerned about you and he has sent a team of cops to look out for you’

‘Look out for me? A search you mean?’

‘Yes’

Trevour gets quite worried about that, but he was just happy that he was with Lindsay the love of his life. They both were all-alone and hardly had anything to survive. Covering expenses was really difficult for them. Lindsay was covering all these household expenses for both of them.

Lindsay’s Love is Assured

That week, when they were running short of food, Trevour felt as if Lindsay didn’t actually love him and instead she was just playing love with him for some reason. So to test her love, he throws away all the food in a lake nearby and as Lindsay returns home, he says to her:

‘Lindsay, I need to tell you something’

‘You’re up early today, before eleven o’clock’

‘Yeah, I hardly slept. Anyways, I just wanted to tell you that I just figured out that we have no food left’

‘Well I was expecting that later’

Trevour assumes that she would suggest that they should go back to their respective homes, which was not actually possible for him. But she replies:

‘Don’t worry I’ll manage. I’ll get us both a living. You just relax here and be comfortable’

This surprised him and his love story took a positive turn making him realize that Lindsay’s love was true.

He stops her:

‘No Lindsay, I can’t let you do this on your own. We live together so we are meant to work together, supporting each other’

Lindsay smiles and likes what he said, but she was caring for him only because he was still mentally retarded, so she refuses his offer to help.

Trevour only cared about the fact that Lindsay’s love was true and it would end eternally. But there were other consequences that he was unaware of.

His romantic days and nights continued with Lindsay as he was happily living with her. This was Trevour’s love story that was expected to have a tragic and twist ending.

Austin still in Search

August

However, Austin was at his home very much distressed. He was only thinking about his brother and was wondering for how long he would survive in that condition. While he was sitting, he made a phone call to one of the cops,

‘Hello Austin, this is the third time you’ve called and my answer is the same…we haven’t found him yet, we will report you as soon as we find him’

‘Look officer I’m really worried, what if my brother is dead?’

‘Don’t worry, we’ll find him before he gets into serious trouble’

‘Did you search him in the sea?’ Austin asks sadly.

‘What do you mean?’

‘I mean what if he has drowned somewhere in sea’

‘Don’t worry please’ he chuckles, ‘everything will be fine, trust me’

‘…Thank you’ Austin hangs up saying it.

Then he faces his head downwards and holds his forehead.

‘Oh God’

His phone begins to ring and he answers the call:

‘Hello?’

‘This is Austin, right?’ an unknown voice replies.

‘Yes, but who are you?’

‘I’m not a cop, but I have found your missing brother’

‘What?’ Austin asks standing up getting alarmed and confused, ‘I mean what are you saying? Who are you and where is…’

‘…I know I know you have a lot of questions in mind’ the voice says interrupting him, ‘but I will tell you about him only if you give me your word that you won’t involve police in this deal that I’m about to offer you’

‘What sort of deal?’ Austin asks.

‘I’ll call you tomorrow night before ten o’clock’

‘But wait…at least tell me who are you and how is Trevour?’

‘This conversation is over for today’ the call gets disconnected.

Austin gets very much puzzled as many questions were teasing his mind. He was relieved about one thing that his brother was safe, but he was confused whether he should involve police into this or not.

Trevour and Lindsay Enjoy the Sunset

Next day’s afternoon, Trevour walks outside his home towards the lake. Lindsay sees him from the window inside their house. She comes out and slowly follows him. Trevour walks until he reaches the lake. He likes the view of the place and he sits on a large rock to enjoy that view.

Lindsay who was following him, comes and sits next to him.

‘You’ve been following me’ he teases.

‘Is that a wrong thing?’ she asks nicely.

‘No, never in my life. I wanted you to follow me since long and today you were, I really like it’

‘Well there is more than that, I mean we are already together forever, so what difference does that make’

‘You’re being rather vague. But I like whatever you say’

They talk for a while, and then sit silently enjoying the view.

Later, it gets sunset and Trevour feels the moment around him. He loved two things the most, firstly Lindsay and the atmosphere at the time of sunset and this time both the things were with him. He makes a poem in his mind entitled ‘Romance is Back’:

Finally in my life there is something new,

Which has recovered me from getting blue,

This is a sign of happiness,

Showering moments of delightfulness,

Showing magical world of springs,

Making me more luxurious than ancient kings,

Telling my Romance is Back.

I live inside a rose,

Where world’s every romance once froze,

My soul mate is a scenery,

Beyond world’s entire greenery,

She is enchanting like Rainbow,

Due to which my diamond heart glows,

As my Romance is Back.

I’ve discovered something worthier than wealth,

Which is a cure to every bad health,

Due to splendor of her fragrance,

I wait for her every charming glance,

We both are mostly found together,

Because we are truly made for each other,

Singing our Romance is Back.

Trevour gets Suspicious

It was getting a little darker. Trevour wanted to stay there for the whole night, but Lindsay suggested that they should leave now. Trevour insists to stay, so they stay. Trevour sees a flashlight over himself and Lindsay. The flashlight appeared just for a second. Trevour looks towards its direction and feels as if someone was capturing their pictures.

He asks Lindsay:

‘Did you notice that?’

‘Notice what?’ she asks.

‘….Oh nothing’ he says ignoring it.

Then another flashlight blinks over them from another side. He gets vigilant again and says to her:

‘Didn’t you feel that light?’

‘Light? No I didn’t’

He stands up and goes towards those bushes from where he felt the light coming. Lindsay stands up and says:

‘What is bothering you Trevour?’

‘Lindsay I’m scared’ he replies fearfully, ‘the cops have found us’

‘How so? I mean how can you be so sure?’

‘Someone is taking our pictures’

He holds her arm tightly and takes her towards their house,

‘Lindsay they are following us, let’s just leave this place before they find our home’

Lindsay goes along with him towards the house. Someone took their photos and then secretly followed them to see their house.

Next moment, Lindsay and Trevour were at their home. Trevour went to sleep as Lindsay asked him to rest. She also felt that someone was following them.

Austin gets another Call

That night before around ten o’clock, Austin was holding his cell phone and continuously staring at it as he was waiting for a call from that unknown person. After a little waiting, he gets a call from another number he answers it:

‘Hello?’

‘I’m sure you were waiting for my call’ Rupert replies devilishly.

‘Yeah I was…who are you?’

‘Well I am a con man. I use different ways to earn money’

‘So you’ll demand money in exchange for my brother’

‘Well, he’s not with me. I mean I know where he is. He is completely safe and happy, enjoying his romance’

to be continued...