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Keeping the dairy aside I tried to sleep by closing my eyes. Anne's face came to my mind. How fake the people are. It's hard hard to believe that a mother could be like that. My eyes are burning due to stress. The sound of the knocking at the door awoke me. Its Anne calling me. "Coming " I replied. I got up from the bed, found Anne's diary on the side, I kept it on my closet. Opening the door I asked her what happened. "Nancy its now 11am . Are you well? You never slept till late morning. "Nothing happened. I was just tired." I replied to her. "Get fresh. Jezz is waiting for you in the dining table. I made tomato sauce meat pasta, one of your favourites." Anne started "Go ahead I will be joining later " I replied. In fact I don't want see them. I took a bath and put on a casual outfit. I have to find Elias. Maybe he had gone to his own world. Or maybe he is still in this world, I pondered. I went to the kitchen. Anne and Jezz had already taken meal. I took out some pasta and meat with tomato sauce in a bowl. A little salad with it looked perfect. It tasted delicious. Anne knew my taste. But how do I don't remember Nancy's life. Why did I forget that life. Now I feel like it's real. Then what about Becca which life I have been experiencing since I remember. Is that life fake? Oh God! So perplexing. First of all I have to find Elias. He might be in this world as Danny. After having a full meal, I came out in the backyard. Then I saw Jezz digging at a corner.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him. "Trying to take out its stump " he replied. I went near him and saw he was digging near the peepal tree. "It's no one day work. Will take time" he added. Suddenly I remembered Nancy's letter where she mentioned about having some image near that tree. Nancy wrote that she heard someone called her Becca while she was standing under that tree. Now I don't want Jezz to take out its stump. If I couldn't go to Becca's world I might get some hints from this tree to enter that world. "Where's Anne?" I asked him " Don't know. She didn't tell me " he sighed. I went inside the house. Jezz came after me. He washed his hands in the sink of the kitchen and came to my room. "Did you remember where did you keep the letter?" he asked me. I knew he was mentioning about Nancy's letter. "No, why bother? I am still here." I replied. He smiled and put his arms around me. I felt uncomfortable. I shook his hands off from my shoulders. " You acted weird these days." he laughed taunting. I knew he was trying to take advantage of me. " I don't feel good these days " I said " Can you take me to my father means the asylum?" I asked him. For a moment he was shocked. "Now you remember your father's whereabouts." he asked me. " I am recalling slowly" I lied. I got to know Nancy's father's whereabouts from that wayside shop owner. "Yeah! But you have to promise me you won't tell Anne. Nor you will try to bring your father home. Anne wants him to be completely cured" Jezz blared. "Done" I promised. Quickly we came out of the house. If Anne reaches home she would not let me to meet Nancy's father. I sat on Jezz's car. He drove at full speed. I asked him to slow down, lest we might meet an accident. Jezz slowly a little. He drove for about an hour. "Let me drive please" I yawned. He stopped the car and stepped down. I moved to the driver seat. He got up from the other side. I drove the car. He put on the radio. An old song was blaring out. Jezz began to repeat the song. He was rocking rhythmically with the lyrics. It's been two hours now yet we didn't reach the destination. "How much more? 'I asked him. " Still more than an hour " he replied. He took out a cigarette case from his pocket snd lighted a cigarette. I took from him and put it in my mouth to inhale for some seconds. Then I gave it to him. He looked at me in dazed. " Since when are you smoking? he asked me. I stopped the car by the side of the road. "Since five years " I replied. I took the cigarette from him again and inhaled it. Jezz didn't say anything. I threw it out after finishing. I started the car again and moved ahead. After driving an hour, he asked me to stop it at a corner of the road. I stopped and came out of the car. He pointed me to an old building. "You go inside. I will be waiting here for you." he said. But I knew I wouldn't recognise Nancy's father. "Why don't you come with me? It's been a long time and I don't know if he would recognise me or not" I told him. I knew Jezz didn't want to face him due to which Nancy's father is serving in this asylum. " Ok then" Jezz replied and walked with me to the building. He first went to the reception counter to inquire about the room number Nancy's father was in. A nurse showed us the room number. Jezz stood at the door way and asked me to enter. I entered the room. I saw a skinny white man was sitting on his bed. His face downward. He was muttering something. I touched his shoulder. As if in a state of shock he looked at me for some time. Then he sobbed and hugged me. "Nancy. Its you" he whispered in my ears. I hugged him too. I don't know why. Tears rolled down my cheeks. I let him hugged me for some minutes. I knew he was crying too.
