You & Me ; Towards Our Forbidden Future [THE LEGACY: BOOK 1]

Chapter 37

Augustine Medicals & Research Hospital.

Morning 4 a.m.

Before the ICCU, Deepa leaned on the couch, that has been arranged for bystanders and slept. She couldn't stay in the room as she was worried that something will happen in the middle of the night, and she can't be there on time. So she slept here, but she couldn't close her eyes for half of the night, and was only now that she fell asleep in exhaustion.

*tap...tap*

The sound of approaching footsteps broke the silence there. A group of people paused before the closed glass door. Infront was a middle aged man dressed in a well-tailored grey suit. He  was a bit messy cause of his busy travel from one point to another on earth. But that didn't bring down the majestic aura deeply engraved in his bones.

Beside him was two steady bodyguards and a group of doctors. They are not just ordinary doctors, but the masters in the field of medicine and surgery. They are the honoured figures in the country and other countries are fighting to get an appointment with them for their research and development.

At this moment, the group of masters are standing respectfully behind their boss and waiting for his permission. They saw that he has nodded, and the medical team went inside the ICCU without wasting time.

Then he signalled the bodyguards to step back a little and he strolled towards the girl who was sleeping on the couch.

Deepa wasn't aware of their arrival as she was too tired mentally and physically. The middle aged man watched her sleep, she seemed to be having a nightmare and was restless in sleep. It was a bit cold too.

The man removed his coat and gently put it on Deepa. His rough and warm massaged the space between her tightly knit brows. Feeling a sudden sense of security and relief, Deepa relaxed and slept comfortably.

Seeing her peaceful face, his eyes were filling with affection and worry.

"Mr. Augustine..." A senior doctor among the Masters, stood a few steps away and called out, suppressing his voice as much as he can.

Prakash adjusted the coat on Deepa again and left with the Master to a conference room in the hospital, where all masters waiting for him.

Prakash seated at the end of the long rectangular table. His face was expressionless, if it wasn't for the fatigue on his face, it would be hard to believe that the woman lying in the ICCU is his wife.

"Dr. Rafael..." Prakash glanced at the chief of this medical team, also the man who is the family doctor of his family for decades.

Dr. Rafael who is the same age as Prakash, sat opposite to him and said with a deep sigh.

"Radhika was triggered."

Prakash's palm tightly clenched the leather on the seat. Is it really gonna happen?

Knowing the emotional struggle behind his friend's expressionless face, Dr. Rafael continued after a pause.

"Something made her trigger. It could be a perticular incident, a thought, a person or anything that could have a deep connection with the past.

The sudden emotional toll was too heavy for her brain to process. It was forcing her to open up the forbidden lock in her brain. To put in simple words, this caused her brain to shut down temporarily to restore it back to the original state.

Radhika has passed the critical stage. But...." Rafael glanced at Prakash who was attentively listening to him. No one knows what's going through his mind.

"After her recovery, the chance of Radhika resurfacing what she forgot...is very high."

A sense of fear and worry aroused in Prakash. He stared at Rafael coldly, "You said she won't..."

"That's not the case now, Yadhav. This has completely changed our previous calculations...." With a heavy pause, Rafael continued.

"Yadhav, her brain tried to suppress everything to keep her alive. But, seems like her brain failed before the desire in her heart....

There is a saying, The brain forget, but heart would never."

Rafael concluded his words and removed his glasses in distress.

Another doctor placed a file before Prakash and explained.

"Human body and mind is a mystery that even the science can't explain certain things. We call it Miracles.

We have been researching on the strange cardiogram results we got in each check ups of Mrs. Augustine. Even when her brain is relaxed, her heart was showing abnormality.

According to the current results, brain is not the final point of memory and emotions. But it's heart. It's not only pumping blood to various organs in a person's body, but also the memories. That means, all these while we were wrong to assume that Mrs. Augustine forgot everything. In fact, each and every drop of blood and cells in her body remembered everything. They were waiting for a trigger."

The entire room fell into a deadly silence. No one dared to break it.

After unknown amount of time, a deep voice sounded...

"What about my daughter then?"

Hearing the worry in his voice, Dr. Rafael smiled faintly.

"What do you think? Do you need this science and medicine to get the answer you want?

Prakash Yadhav Augustine, she is your daughter. You knew your children well.

Even I can say that without any hesitation. She WILL. The thing is that we don't know when."

Knowing that they don't have to stay there anymore, Dr. Rafael and team left there...

Prakash felt that the conference room became as big as the world in a single moment. He covered his face with his palms and tried to wipe away his distress and exhaustion with that.

Why my family God?.... What did we do to punish us like this?

The vague shadow once again showed up in the dark. It watched Prakash trying to pull himself together even though he is on the edge of collapsing...

He can't be tired... If he did, his family will be destroyed by evils. No he can't!!! He won't let anyone to touch his family.

Prakash regained his composure and got up. Taking a deep breath, he walked out.

The shadow stood in the dark corner and watched Prakash getting further away.... The shadow tried to come closer to him.

But as soon as the shadow came to light, it retreated as he was forbidden to cross the boundary between dark and light.

The shadow trembled as he retreated back into the darkness.

Prakash who was about to close the door after exiting, paused suddenly.

The shadow in the dark was excited.

Prakash turned back and looked around in the room.

The shadow was expecting Prakash to pause his eyes on it...

But....

Seeing that there is no one inside, Prakash closed the door and left...

The shadow was left there...

For a long time......