Illusions - Part 6
She looked at her feet . It was dark. She couldn’t see what was holding her. She tilted her face and called out Kabir’s name. He didn’t hear her voice. He was deep in sleep. The grip on her feet was tight. She tried several times to pull her leg out of the grip. She cried in pain. The thing dragged her swiftly towards the small storage room which she didn’t know existed.
Suddenly she felt something release her leg. The light switched on its own. She finally discovered what had dragged her. It wasn’t a monster. It was a tall carnivorous plant with fanged jaws that were dripping with large drops of saliva dripping on her feet. It bent down to devour her while she closed her eyes and screamed loudly.
Next morning, Kabir woke up and found her missing. He immediately rose up from the bed and started looking out for everywhere. At last he found her crawled up in the tiny store room. The room was stinking of pee. As he lifted her up, he found out she had wetted her night gown. He took her to the bathroom. He gently hit her face to wake her up. She woke up slowly. She wept as soon as she hugged him.
She changed her clothes and took long bath. She got back to writing instead of joining her husband at the dining area for breakfast. Kabir waited for her for long time. When she didn’t arrive , he headed towards the living area where she was busy writing with breakfast . “You shouldn’t skip your breakfast. It’s important meal of the day.”, he said. “ I am sorry. I wasn’t hungry.”, she said. “Not hungry or embarrassed to come and join me for breakfast?”, he asked. She smiled weakly. He understood her answer.
“I was thinking to prepone my appointment with doctor today.”, she said embarrassedly. He remained silent for sometime and then replied, “Fine ! As you wish .” They arrived at the clinic . Fortunately, the doctor wasn’t busy. He greeted them with smile and said, “Thank God ! I was free today. Otherwise it would have been difficult for me to find time for you.”
They took their seat. “So what brings you here, Miss Shaina?” , he asked routinely . “The dreams. They are occurring frequently. They happen whenever I sleep. I had two different dreams yesterday. I even followed the prescription you gave. But I still had those dreams. Now I am scared to even sleep.”, she replied tensed. “This is strange. We need to carry some tests to understand your problem.”, he said. “I won’t sleep again. I...”, she cried anxiously. Kabir brushed her shoulder gently to console her . “No , you won’t have to sleep. You will only have to answer some questions which could be about your past and you may not be comfortable.”, he said calmly. She didn’t like the idea of talking about the past she didn’t want to visit . She had secrets that even Kabir didn’t know. She didn’t want to disappoint him.
( To be continued)
Suddenly she felt something release her leg. The light switched on its own. She finally discovered what had dragged her. It wasn’t a monster. It was a tall carnivorous plant with fanged jaws that were dripping with large drops of saliva dripping on her feet. It bent down to devour her while she closed her eyes and screamed loudly.
Next morning, Kabir woke up and found her missing. He immediately rose up from the bed and started looking out for everywhere. At last he found her crawled up in the tiny store room. The room was stinking of pee. As he lifted her up, he found out she had wetted her night gown. He took her to the bathroom. He gently hit her face to wake her up. She woke up slowly. She wept as soon as she hugged him.
She changed her clothes and took long bath. She got back to writing instead of joining her husband at the dining area for breakfast. Kabir waited for her for long time. When she didn’t arrive , he headed towards the living area where she was busy writing with breakfast . “You shouldn’t skip your breakfast. It’s important meal of the day.”, he said. “ I am sorry. I wasn’t hungry.”, she said. “Not hungry or embarrassed to come and join me for breakfast?”, he asked. She smiled weakly. He understood her answer.
“I was thinking to prepone my appointment with doctor today.”, she said embarrassedly. He remained silent for sometime and then replied, “Fine ! As you wish .” They arrived at the clinic . Fortunately, the doctor wasn’t busy. He greeted them with smile and said, “Thank God ! I was free today. Otherwise it would have been difficult for me to find time for you.”
They took their seat. “So what brings you here, Miss Shaina?” , he asked routinely . “The dreams. They are occurring frequently. They happen whenever I sleep. I had two different dreams yesterday. I even followed the prescription you gave. But I still had those dreams. Now I am scared to even sleep.”, she replied tensed. “This is strange. We need to carry some tests to understand your problem.”, he said. “I won’t sleep again. I...”, she cried anxiously. Kabir brushed her shoulder gently to console her . “No , you won’t have to sleep. You will only have to answer some questions which could be about your past and you may not be comfortable.”, he said calmly. She didn’t like the idea of talking about the past she didn’t want to visit . She had secrets that even Kabir didn’t know. She didn’t want to disappoint him.
( To be continued)
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