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I woke up from the bed. I didn't know when I fall asleep. My watch showed 7 pm. Quickly I came out of the house. Yes! I needed some fresh air. I strolled on the street. There were no houses nearby. At a distance music could be heard from a bungalow. Some parties were going on may be. I walked and walked trying to remember this place of Nancy. Not a familiar sight came to my mind. An hour or so passed. I walked back home. Anne might be searching for me. I made no effort to walk faster. A little later I felt exhausted. After an hour or so I reached my cottage. " Whose bike is this?" I asked in audibly. Silently I entered the living room. There was no one. I crossed Ann's room . Suddenly I heard someone talking to her. Only the dim lights were on. The voice was familiar to me. Jezz. He seemed to be pleading her for some reason. Anne yelled at him. Jezz hugged her and kissed her on the lips. She embraced him with her hands grasped around his neck. I turned from the door and went to my room. My head began to spin. I began to search for the letter of Nancy which I kept in one of her books, hoping to find some clue. I looked towards the door when I heard footsteps. " You? When did you come?" I pretended to be surprised to see Jezz. "Uh..now" he stammered. Anne entered my room. " You were sleeping a while ago and then you went somewhere." Anne tried to defend herself. " I called you but you forgot your phone." She said. "Oh yeah! Now I am here so tell me what is it " I smiled at her. "May be she is concerned for you, isn't it Anne?" Jezz looked at her. "He is right dear" Anne went out. Jezz hold my shoulder tightly. I grabbed his hand and put aside . "It hurts." I angrily yelled at him. "What's the matter Nan?" he got irritated. "Nothing" I shrugged. " Okay Jezz tell me if there's something between us? I can't recall. May be for the accident I lost some of the memories " I tried to find out from him. "Yeah!" he confessed. I knew he was lying. There was surely intimacy between him and Anne, not between I and him. So mysterious!! I have to find out what is the truth. "Jezz, may be it will take time to recall. But at the moment you are my only best friend " I smiled at him. "Okay done " he assured me. Jezz went out of my room. I heard the sound of his bike slowly fading away. Why did he lied to me? Or was there something between him and me? Or Is Anne warning him about our relationship? No ... it can't be. It's their relationship that I saw. All these questions came to my mind. Abruptly I went to Anne's room. She was writing in a notebook. It seemed to be a diary. Is it Nancy's diary? the question came to my mind. Anne didn't see me. So I called her. "Mom, Is there any relationship between Jezz and me?" I asked her. She looked at me and immediately closed the notebook. "No, just friendship. He is your only best friend." She told me the truth. "Jezz told you that?" She asked. When I sat beside her she took the book and kept it in her closet. I didn't ask her about the book. I bade her good night and came to my room. I wondered what she was writing. I have to find out. I lied down on the bed and closed my eyes. I decided to take the book from her closet before she gets up. The light was on and I didn't cared to switch off it, lest I might fall asleep. Time went by. Am still awake. Suddenly a thought struck my mind. I got up and phoned to Jezz. At first didn't receive my call. At the second time he answered my call "What's it Nan?" he asked. "Do you know what happened to my pa? I asked him without hesitation. "Just wait I am coming " he said. "Not now" I pleaded him. I looked at my watch. It reads 11.30pm "Ask your mother. She will tell you about him." he assured me "Good night " I cut the line. What forced me I don't know, I moved to Anne's room. She was sleeping. The lights were off. I tiptoed into her room and opened her closet. It didn't take a minute to take out the notebook from there. I came out of her room without waiting for a second. Then I rushed to my room. I locked the door behind. I switched on the table light and switched off the main light. Then sitting on a chair I started reading.
