Jack and Kristy were the most compatible couple known to their friends. They were inseparable; they could be seen together everywhere. They work together, they live together. And there were also plans of them getting married soon. But it somehow it didn't worked out for them. They started quarreling with each other more and more often. Heated arguments often appeared out of nowhere. They ended up fighting every time they see each other. Finally one day, Jack couldn't take it anymore, he slapped Kristy across the face so hard that she cried. Jack had never beaten Kristy before, it was the first time Jack laid a hand on her. After 6 years of relationship, she felt everything was lost. She felt as though everything in her life had become meaningless. She thought Jack no longer loved her, her friends kept telling her to give up. They kept telling her to give up and find another guy while she's still young and not waste her youth on a man who does not love her anymore. But she ignored their words and continued to suffer silently every time she went home.
After weeks and weeks of suffering and pressures, she finally collapsed. She showed signs of mild depression and started having hallucinations. She started to be suspicious of everything, every call to Jack made her think it's a mistress. And she started raving at Jack to tell her the identity of the caller, Jack couldn't cope with her madness and had to answer calls in another room. Kristy grew more and more demented, her sanity slowly leaving her. She grew sensitive to every single thing around her. Her actions were getting unpredictable. She started rushing across the road when Jack was least expecting. Jack was getting impatient with Kristy, and he sought help from Mabel, a friend from high school. Jack found himself attracted to Mabel's carefree and open attitude. He started to come home late to spend more time with Mabel. Kristy inflicted pain on herself to ease her pain in her heart. Although she was mentally deranged, she know Jack was cheating on her. And as the blood flowed through the wounds, she found shelter from the sufferings. She found peace and she liked the feeling. One day, she found Mabel asleep on their bed, Jack and Kristy's bed. She finally broke down, she ran out of the house but Jack didn't even bothered to chase after her. Shortly after, Jack received a call from Kristy saying that she will die if Jack didn't come for her in 10 mins time. Just as Jack contemplated whether or not to go, Mabel asked Jack to stay with her as she was scared. So Jack stayed and forgot about Kristy. He received a call 10 mins later, it was Kristy again. This time she said she was going to jump down in 10 secs. The background sounded windy, Jack was worried about Kristy. And just he was about to leave his house in search of her, he heard a blood curdling scream which was followed by a loud sickening thud. He sat down in fear, he feared the worst.
Jack was devasted at the wake of Kristy. He really loved her, and he didn't mean for this all to happen. He wanted her to come back to him. But it was all too late. Strangely, no one seemed to notice that a strange and evil smile hung on Kristy's lips. It had a eerie feeling to her smile.
Shortly after Kristy's death, Jack had a high fever which went on for a week. He consulted a Bomoh and the Bomoh told him that he was haunted by a spirit looking for revenge. The Bomoh told him that the spirit will come back to find him within 7 days. He gave a talisman to Jack saying that it will protect him. And that he should sleep underneath his bed everyday after 12am because spirits can't bend over. In that way, the spirit can't find him.
Everynight at exactly 11.30pm, Jack would crawl underneath his bed and closed his eyes tightly while holding on to the talisman and praying. The first 6 nights passed by without anything happening. Finally at the 7th night, he heard a knock at 11.45pm. He was terrified of opening the door even though the person said he was the Bomoh and that he knew how to get rid of the spirit. Jack remembered the Bomoh said that spirits can impersonate anyone's looks and voice. After awhile, the voice went away and Jack breathe a sigh of relieve. Little did he know that the person at the door was actually the Bomoh and the Bomoh was there to help him.
At 11.50pm, Jack heard the door of his house opening. A slow and steady sound was slowly entering the house. It sound like a soft thud at first. Then he heard a low and husky voice saying," Where is he? ". The thudding sound went from room to room. Jack closed his eye so tightly that it hurts but still he continued. He was terrified of whatever was in the room. The voice approached his room and finally stopped infront of his bed. Just as the sound approached him, he heard the clock at the living room striking midnight. Twelve slow chime echoed around the house, after the last stroke he slowly grew enough courage to open his eyes as he no longer heard and sound coming from outside. The moment he opened his eyes, he regretted his decision. He saw Kristy staring at him while standing on her head. Her eyes was sunken into the skull, her lips purple in colour and maggots were crawling from her mouth. She slowly opened her mouth and smiled at him. Maggots dropped on the floor and started wiggling towards him.
" Hi darling " , was the last words Jack ever heard. He was found dead with severe internal bleeding from all his internal organs. The reason for his death was never known. The Bomoh had tried to warn him that Kristy had jumped to her death and landed on her head. Meaning that she will forever be in a head-stand position. And hiding underneath the bed wasn't a really good choice. But it was all too late. Jack was dead.