Something Is Missing Somewhere

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Vaani cried continuously without a break until they reached their house. Annika couldn't console her at all. She was uncontrollable. Annika was annoyed and tired due to her loud voice. Annika sit on the couch and made vaani sit on her lap, she patted her back and asked.
Vaani,, why are u crying like this baby?? Please stop it,,, u will get sick...
Vaanu(controlling her sobs) : mu...mumma....
Annika : yes baby,,, what happened??
Vaani : papa.....
Annika: please vaani,,, don't start from the beginning, how many times I am telling you the same thing,,why don't you understand sweetheart?
Vaanu(nodding no) : lo mumma... Lo.... Papa n totr unkwl roo mumma.... (papa in doctor uncle room mumma).
But that wasn't a shock for Annika because vaani usually says that she saw her papa in shopping centre, in the park, in their living room, in kitchen, and the poor soul even jerks in her sleeps and says she saw her papa....
Annika : my baby is a good baby na?? Listen to mumma now,,, our papa is with his family baby, he is fine there.you love your papa right?? So u be happy because he is happy. Your papa doesn't like his crying baby... He only likes his sunshine.. So smile my baby... Please...
Vaani:lo lo mumma...dru, vaanu cho papa... (no no mumma,, true vaanu saw papa)
Annika knew her baby do not lie but this was beyond her imagination to believe.
Annika: baby please,,, it's okay,,, it's good that u saw your papa... Okay... But see poor mumma.... Mumma didn't see na?? (Annika pouted sadly to make her baby smile)
Vaani understood that her mumma didn't believe her but she felt bad to see her mumma with the sad pout.. He tried to stand up on Annika's lap and pecked her pout...
Vaani:lo lo mumma,, lo lo cry(no no mumma,, no no cry)
Vaanu hugged her on Annika's neck with her small little hands as she hugged shivaay. Annika turned her to kiss on her cheeks, where shivaay had kissed her and she felt something unusual. Annika smelled her cheeks, yes, it's shivaay's smell. Annika smelled vaani's dress,, she got the smell of shivaay's perfume. Annika's eyes widened in shock.
Annika(excited) : vaanu,,, tell mumma the truth baby, did u really really saw papa??
Vaani (smiling) : aess mumma.. I chaw (yes mumma, I saw)
Annika:you saw him in uncle's office??
Vaani :aess mumma.. Unkwl room(yes mumma.. Uncles room)
Annika(tears) :baby,,,, papa hugged you??
Vaani:aess mumma... Huggy (yes mumma... Huggy) and telling Huggy,, she crossed her hands and closed her eyes tight

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Annika : vaani,, does papa kissed you??
Vaani: aess mumma....papa kissy ere(yes mumma, Papa kissy here) pointing her cheeks.
Annika felt happy at some corner of her heart but somewhere else, she felt bad that he didn't see her.
Annika: vaani, papa... Papa called you sunshine??
Vaani: aess mumma..... Saaaashin(yes mumma... Sunshine)
She couldn't believe her ears,, he called her sunshine?? So, he remembered everything?? A silent smile appeared on her face.
Annika: baby,,, papa remember us?? I mean,, he remembered u??
Vaani(sadly) :lo mumma...lo...(no mumma... No) she lowered her gaze.
Annika understood what ever she told was true, she felt bad for not believing her baby,, she hugged her tight,,, inhaled his smell and kissed on the same place as he did on vaani's cheeks and said 'I miss your papa baby,, I miss him so so badly'
Vaani pouted sadly and said : me too mumma...i lub u mumma (I love u mumma).
Annika made her sleep,, but she understood how bad her little baby felt as he doesn't remember her, though he hugged and kissed her.

Shivaay discussed his experiences after the treatment to Dr. Pai and thanked him personally for his recovery and he was to leave back to India in the late night flight.
Dr pai: so, shivaay,, what's your plan for today??
Shivaay :well, I will have some shopping and then back home.. Just nothing else...
Dr pai : ok then... See you...

He walked out and he had a plenty of time left for shopping, he took a taxi to the shopping center. It looked so familiar to him. Something which wasn't clear haunted him. He did shopping for everyone in the family. He sat down on a table to have a cup of coffee and he heard someone from behind asking the other.. "how about an ice cream darling??" something stroke his mind, pierced deep inside... Those lines had some connection with him, he felt. What's happening?? He couldn't figure it out.
He left the shopping mall and went to a park as he had lots of time left before boarding the flight. It was the same park, they used to have walk together since 2 years daily in the morning and evening. That parked had witnessed so much of their romance and relationships.
He felt a strange intimacy and familiarity with the place. But he couldn't figure out what it was. He sat on a bench there for so long and a bunch of boys who came there for playing football wished him 'good evening'
Shivaay : good evening boys
Boys : why are u alone today?? Where is your gorgeous lady??
Shivaay :wtf?? So, the feeling I had and familiarity of this place isn't a coincidence. (stammering) ohh.... She... She... Is... At.... Home... U carry on... See... U... Around.... Bye
Oh my God,,, I had a feeling of missing something,, or may be somebody... Why am I feeling so distressed and bad?? It might not be the side effect of the medicines. There is something else he thought.
He left to airport leaving behind a strong feeling of
"something is missing somewhere"
Which he couldn't connect the dots by himself.

At airport he felt not to go back to India... Some force is pulling him back. He just looked at his phone to see most painful thing,, the baby's pic he took today morning... He felt a heartly bond with her. He adored her pic. Felt pain in her tears. Kissed her picture on his phone which was a crying pic of hers (cover pic), her tears added weight on his chest for no reason

Precap :realising the reality??

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