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Manvi called me Paa. I felt so elated to hear her call me Paa. A little smile escaped from my lips when I held her in my arms. But as soon as she came to me, the smile on Sana's face disappeared. She stood there as if she was hit by a lighting bolt for sometime. Later, she turned her back to us and went back to upstairs.

I stood there looking at her ascending those stairs. She didn't scold me to find out of the bed. I know the reason behind. I know it all.

Flashback:

(2 days back in the hospital)

Sana: Sidharth let me give Manvi to Manju first and will get you ready to go home tomorrow.

He nods

Sana goes out of the ward to give Manvi to Manju and to do some shopping for him. But she forgets her phone inside the ward.

Sidharth takes a short nap. Suddenly his eyes wide opens when the scene of accident flashes infront of him. He held his head in his hand as it was pounding, he could hear some voices in the head..

...mocking laughing sound...

...Your ears are fine Sidharth and so is the date. Actually, you are suffering from Dissociative Amnesia which means you've forgotten part of the events in your life....

...Sana Ra.. Rahane..

....This lady here is not a doctor. She is your wife who have been ardently sitting beside your bed since last 4 weeks, day and night, taking care of you like a mother would take care of her baby. Who better than your better half to share with you the  part of memories you made with her?...

....I spoke to the doctor few minutes back. He said after a heart transplant, you need to be under medication for life because our body never accepts any foreign object (here the heart). The maximum number of years a person who survived with a heart transplant is 33 years. But I think that years of our life depend on our lifestyles. I will take care of you so that you beat the world record and that your heart survives many more years because it belongs to me....

...Baby crying sound..

....Sidharth, meet Manvi, our daughter...

"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh", he shrieks holding his head in pain. With that his entire 9 years memory which he had forgotten returns.

"I had an accident and then when I woke up, the doctor said I have been here in the hospital for 4 weeks and also had a heart transplant. He said Sana is my wife. But she isn't. Why is she claiming to be my wife? Is she...?? Oh hell! But her eyes look genuine.. And Manvi.. why did that little crying baby kept quiet in my arms?"

His eyes fell on the phone which Sana had forgotten. He picked it and swiped to unlock the screen. It wasn't password protected.

"The doctor said I have dissociative amnesia and that my memory will return after a long time but I remember everything about my life in just one day.."

He googles to know more about Amnesia.

"Oh hell, the doctor's misinterpreted the type of amnesia. Actually, I suffered from Transient Global Amnesia which is for the short term lasting upto 24 hours for some unknown reasons. How would they know, they can ascertain only based on my words."

He checks her messages and all other apps possible to check who she was. He was puzzled as to why would a stranger call him her husband. He couldn't find any data about her.

Sana opens the door of the room.

"Sidharth, what happened? What were you looking at?", She asked.

He hides from her about his memory gain to know about her intentions behind calling him her husband.

"I was googling some data about Amnesia. Then I tried logging onto my social media accounts but I think I've changed the passwords and couldn't login into any of my accounts. Do I have a phone as well Sana?", He asked.

"Hmmm.. your phone got lost in the accident. Will get you a new phone soon.", She said.

He thinks: I don't have anything of my own here. What if she is trapping me? She might be having her gang who might be keeping an eye on me. I will have to act along to escape from here. At the right opportunity I will escape from the trap.

She gives him a shave followed by sponge bath. He silently observed her but her presence was magical. As if she had cast a spell on him with her beauty.

The next day, the doctor approved his discharge and he saw her taking care of every responsibility alone. While changing clothes, he starts bleeding due to excessive stress on his chest. She starts crying. Her tears showed intense pain and all he did was hug her automatically to calm her.

Unknowingly, she emotionally blurts "Agastyaaa" which she realises soon and was noticed by him however to cover up he acts as of he heard it as 'I got ya'.

He boards the air ambulance with her thinking - Who is this Agastya and why did the pain and tears in her eyes looked so genuine? Was the story which she told earlier about their first encounter had any reality and something to do with Agastya?

He asks her to continue the story. The love story which she described was beautiful. When she went to feed the baby, all he could do was replay the story in his thoughts imagining himself as her husband. He didn't know why he was doing so but he was living and enjoying those memories which she described.

When they reached their destination, he was mesmerised by the place. Getting scared of the monkey they hid under the blanket and when the monkey was gone, he looked at her sleeping face. She looked divine and angelic. He was so lost that he had an impulse desire to kiss her lips. That's when she pushed him away making him feel guilty of his act.

He was repenting and didn't have a face to see her in eyes out of guilt. He asked her to leave but she stayed and did his wound dressing because he was in pain.

His thoughts:
Though she claims to be my wife, it was wrong on my part to try getting close to her. I know that she isn't my wife. Yet, I was about to commit such a shameful act. I can't stay here. This is the right time when she isn't here, to leave the place.

He got up slowly sneaked out of the mansion. He walked with great difficulty but he was determined to leave the place. He wandered into the wood forest and sat on the ground supporting his back to a wood tree, feeling exhausted.

"Agastyaaaa.... Agastyaaaa... Agastyaaaa..."

He heard her painful cry. His heart wrenched to hear it. 'What is she doing here and why is she crying so much? Who is Agastya?' he thought.

Soon all his questions were answered when she spoke her heart out to her deceased husband looking up at the sky not knowing that she was being heard by Sidharth hiding behind the wood tree.

After venting her heart she walked back to mansion and soon he found his legs following her. It wasn't the trap which he thought brought him here, it was her love for her husband even after he was gone.

When he returned he saw Manvi crying and when she saw him behind she called him Paa.

Flashback ends

I have Manvi's paa's heart and that's why Manvi find solace in my embrace. I still remember Sana's face which looked at the ECG monitor at the hospital with so much love and pain. The reason which I learnt today.

I am in love with the way she loves. That mad love which would go to any extent to keep it alive. She gave up everything including her identity to keep him alive.

While I think about the intensity of her love towards Agastya, I feel greedy to be loved in a same way. I want to keep such love forever with me because this is what I longed for all my life.

I have 3 weeks to make place in her heart, to heal all her pain and to spend my lifetime with her and Manvi.

I kissed Manvi's forehead softly and took her to my room. We played a long time and she fell asleep on my chest calmly.

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To be continued.. ❤️❤️

Another twist!! Did you see it coming?