Abhigya Short Stories

Bewitched : Part Eight

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Two weeks later

Abhi had his leg on his mother's lap as she changed his dressing. She removes the bandage and then the cotton. A cool breeze touched his toe at the same time he heard his mother flinch.

"If you are going to get worked up seeing that maybe you shouldn't insist on changing the dressing." Abhi tells her calmly.

"I am not getting worked up. But your nail is all gone."

"It will grow back." Abhi says rolling his eyes.

"Take care of yourself, Abhi."

"I have better things to worry about, Mom."

Radha sighs loudly as she went on to apply medication and dress his toe up.

"It is going to take a couple more weeks." Abhi tells her.

"If you had simply just rest your leg it wouldn't take that long." Radha reminds him.

"You know I can't." Abhi tells her quietly.

"What has happened to our family?" Radha asks sadly.

Abhi turns to look at Purab who was watching TV though his attention was elsewhere. Abhi sighs, the only good thing in hurting Pragya was, it had made Purab wonder whether what everyone telling him was true about Aaliyah. Purab had lied to Aaliyah that he had a fight with the family and he was disowned and thrown out. Aaliyah had dumped him on the spot. Purab seemed to be dealing with his heart break better, well Purab was not the cause of his own heart break. He didn't destroy everything.

"Sir!" Raaj shouts as he hurries in.

Abhi turns to look at Raaj and one look at his face and he knew. Abhi starts smiling, "You found her."

"Yes." Raaj says smiling happily.

Abhi was about to get up when Radha holds his leg.

"MOM!"

"Wait! I'm doing your dressing. Once I am done with that, you bring my bahu home." Radha tells him smiling.

When she calls Pragya bahu, how can he not listen to her demands?

Abhi rings the bell ready to fight whoever opens the door. And sure enough Nani opens the door.

"YOU?!?!?"

"Where is she?" Abhi asks her furiously.

"How did you find us?"

"You don't need magic to find people. Connections will do."

Nani glares at him.

"I want to talk to Pragya."

"She is not here."

"I don't trust you."

"She is not here." Nani repeats.

"I am going to wait out here till she returns then." Abhi says shrugging.

"Come inside!" Nani says pissed.

Shocked at the invitation Abhi follows her inside.

"She forgot you." Nani tells him turning to look at him.

"She will never forget me." Abhi argues furiously.

"I took away her memories of you."

"What? How can you do that? How dare you do that?" Abhi asks her furiously and then utterly confused he asks "How the hell do you do that?"