Rekindling Love

Chapter 2

“Wake up love... I cannot love without you.” Someone said, I wanted to console him. I wanted to speak. But I couldn’t get my lips to move, I couldn’t even move my eyes, before the darkness claimed me.

“She is fine, Mr.Goenka. As far as we can see medically, there is nothing wrong with her body or mind.” Someone said. “The  why won’t she wake up.” Asked a man in distress. Again before I could say or do anything I drifted back in the peaceful black world.

“Love, we are all waiting for you. Please my dear, I don’t know how much more of this I can take. Before its too late, come back to me Jaan.”said a voice,  my hand held firmly between his. The voice all to familiar to me.

“He misses you everyday. It’s been two weeks to that dreadful day. He doesn’t do anything, denies going to a room to rest, eats mechanically, only enough to keep him going. Took medical care only so that he could look after you. I don’t know my child how much longer can I take care of your treasure. Come back soon, my child. He misses you.  We all do.” Said a lady, who was she? Why was I so pulled to her? She was a well wisher I am sure, but why couldn’t I wake up? That was all I could manage before darkness pulled me into itself again.

“Wake up darling. How long do you plan on sleeping. Your Mendak cannot close his eyes once, in a gear that what if you woke up and I were sleeping. They all came here. I know they are worried about me as much as they are worried about you, but I cannot just leave you  why won’t understand this simple thing? Why won’t they just leave me alone, with you. You are here with me, how can any harm come towards is. We have already faced the worst, now you just have to wake up, and we won’t have to worry about anything. Get up Sherni, you promised me you won’t leave me for long ever again. I am nothing without you. WAKE UP JAAN”

I could hear him sobbing, violently. The same man who speaks to me everyday. I can feel in his tears on my arms. I can feel the wet sloppy kisses on my hand. I can feel the despair in his heart, I can feel the connection to his voice, which just pulls the strings of my heart. All this I can feel but try as hard as I may, I cannot speak. I cannot force my eyelids to flutter. I force my hand to listen to me, and with all the strength I can manage I squeezed his hand.

I don’t think it was enough, but that was all my body could manage, before my brain decided to shut down again

“Mr.Goenka you may be right. But it is still 2 days back she managed that. There is no sign of any other activity from her. There is only so much we can do.” A gentleman, with a calm voice said so.

“You are not doing everything. She heard me, she answered. You even claimed that to be my hallucination. You are trying to prove me to be psychotic. Well I may look like one, but I felt what I felt.” Replied a voice which was anything but calm.

The voice shook me. The pain, the grief, the hurt expressed in mere words. The sheer intensity o it dazzled me. I wanted to his hand, assure him that it was going to be alright, but how could I when I didn’t know who he was. I tried to think back, but nothing. I could not place a name to his voice, except that unexplainable pull, I had nothing. Not able to keep up any longer I gave back to space? Which kept me longer than I wanted to stay.

“We are thinking of taking you back love. Doctor says you are stable. I am sure you can listen to me, hear me loud and clear. I won’t give up on you ever. You have to come back to me, you have to embrace me and tell me how much you love me. Fight it my sherni, I know you can.” He said, settling his face on my hand. I tried to squeeze it again, not as hard to slip in to unknown, just to see if it worked. And it did. Trying to move my eyes, I could almost see the light.

He noticed of course, how could he not. “ That’s it love, I am here, try and blink.” And I did

I saw the face of the man who stood by my bedside. His eyes lit with an unknown emotion, his cheeks stained with old tear marks, new ones threatening to fall any second. His lips, curved in something which was supposed to be a smile, but somehow made a grimace. Like an action long forgotten. His face covered by scratchy stubble. His shirt, wrinkled as if unwashed and worn repeatedly.

“I called the doctor. He had told me to call him at once, when you woke up. Everything will be fine Jaan, don’t stress. We will work everything out.” He said, touching my forehead. Easing out what I suppose were wrinkle lines. He dropped a kiss over my head, reassuring himself? Me? I wasn’t sure.

“There you are Mrs. Goenka.  It certainly took you long enough to wake up. Mr.Geonka here, is himself on the verge to claiming that bed beside you.” He laughed, at his own joke. The man beside me didn’t. Apparently not finding the humor in that statement.

My throat was dry. I wanted.... “Water?” he asked me. I nodded. How did knew know? He even put a straw in it to minimise my efforts. I smiled at him, grateful.

“So Young Lady, this is what we will be doing. I’ll ask you a few simple questions. And you’ll be answering them. This will help me assess your brain function better. Understand?” he asked me, in professional business like manner.

I nodded.

“What is your name? He asked.
“Tina.” I answered carefully.

He looked back at me. Confused. Then at the man beside me, even he was staring back at me. Bewildered.

“Okay so, Tina. What year is this?”
I scrunched up my eyebrows, “2015?” I answer

He looks back at me again.

“I am sort my dear, it is 2017. I am afraid it seems, you have a retrograde amnesia. A short term complication. Rather usual in the case of long standing concussion.” He said, taking to the man beside me more than myself.

I looked back at the man standing beside me again. His eyes had lost that unknown emotion. On dwelling over it for really long, I figured it was hope.

Authors Notes-
So.. there is the plot. Comments are must on this chapter if you want further updates.  Believe it or not. It’s is a motivation for me to write. If you feel it’s trash tell me, I’ll try better. But reading and not commenting😒😒

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