Mother kept a glass of Lukewarm milk on the nightstand table beside Sheena's bed and gestured Sheena to drink it. Mother kisses Sheena's forehead and Sheena smiles innocently at her. Mother says 'goodnight' and leaves Sheena's room.
"her head wound is healed", said Sheena's mother, a full figured woman of 55 yrs old."But it's her memory i worry about".
She sat opposite her husband on the dining table downstairs. Her husband Mr. Bhatti was sipping his night tea and looked up at her and spoke, "the medicines sometimes take time to come in effect...... Just be positive and happy that she is alive and not dead like that stupid boyfriend of hers". He scowled.
Mother gloomily said, " don't speak ill of the dead "
Her husband growled away, "well, he nearly killed my daughter. The daughter i raised. Police say he was driving under the influence of alcohol when the accident happened".
Sheena enters the room and looks visibly frightened. " i had a bad dream", she mutters, looking at her parents and sobs.
Next morning, Nandini and komal return from a jog and sit on the swing in the small garden of nandini's house.
"i heard your next door neighbor's girl got amnesia. Is it true? ",Komal enquired.
" Yes. So unfortunate. The poor kid. She held a very important high paying position in a big firm and this tragedy happened. "nandini frowned.
"She really got amnesia. Like in movies?", komal was a cinefile and seemed to be only interested in the amnesia aspect of the story.
"Yes. Amnesia and also she had become........ Childlike".
"Child like? ", komal widened her eyes with enthusiasm.
" She behaves like a child . "
"And her amnesia? Has she forgotten her identity completely".
"No. Thank god. No. She has some memories left but there are Huge patches in it. Like she knows that she moved to Mumbai for work but doesn't remember her time there".
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"isn't it the same girl that came to that chawla's wedding. Really beautiful girl with brown dyed hair. Short and voluptuous, right? ".
"Yes. That was Sheena. "
Nandini's son came into view and he had a fire extinguisher and a duffel bag in one hand and a packet of lays potato chips in the other hand. He spoke, "Are you talking about Sheena? ". "Manu, first tell me where are you going with that fire extinguisher? ", Nandini raised an eyebrow and asked her son.
" i am going to the forest to practise my new magic trick. It's called the 'hand of fire'.", replied Manu.
"Okay. Just don't burn yourself up."
Komal laughs. Nandini turns her eyes to komal and says, " my Manu and Sheena both studied in the same class. They are of the same age. "
Komal says to manu," Manu, you should go get a job and start earning".
