That DAY......

"Wake up, we have to go back

home," she was very happy that day because last night was not that good

for her. She had to sleep away from her parents, and she never liked it. But

now she was going back home, so she was happy. Her Chacha was here for her and

her brother to take them back home.

As she reached her home, she saw her

maternal uncle and was even more excited. She shouted, "Mamaji, how are

you? Are we going to meet di and mamiji? Did they also come with you?"

She received only silence in reply.

When she looked around, she saw a lot of people sitting there. She was confused

but happy. She always liked crowds but was still unaware of what was going on.

Then, she was taken inside. The scene

in the room made her even more confused. A 5-year-old girl had never seen that

scene before in her life. That girl had never seen that scene ever before.

Her father was lying on the ground

with a white cover all over his body, except his face. Cotton was in his nose,

and his eyes were closed. She wondered how he could sleep in so much noise

around him with such calmness on his face. And what was that cotton doing in

his nose? She had a lot of questions, and the only answer she could get was

silence. Everything she saw was only making her confused. But the only thing

that made her forget all that was happening around her was seeing her mother

cry, surrounded by a lot of other ladies, when she went to the other room.

She could handle everything except this. Seeing her mother cry was never

acceptable to her. As soon as she saw that, she started to cry, holding her mother

around her small hand. She just wanted to calm her down. She asked in her

sobbing voice, "Why are you crying, maa? Who made you cry? Please don't cry."

Her Bua came and took her near her father. She was scared to see him like that.

She wanted to wake him up and ask him what was happening, why was

he sleeping, and why was everyone around her sitting with sad faces and eyes

filled with tears. Her Bua came to her that day and said only one line that

she could never ever forget, "Baccha, from today you will never be able to

see your father. You will never be able to have a conversation with him.

You can still talk to him whenever you want to. He wouldn't reply but will hear

every word you speak to him and will always take care of you."

She did not know how and why, but

those words gave her all the answers that could calm her down. Those words

always stayed in her mind. She saw everything that was happening while staying

beside her bua in silence. Her eyes were wide open, with a tornado of emotions

inside her, but her mouth remained shut, filled with the silence of acceptance

for the moments she was experiencing.

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