Sunday, March 7, 2010

A Stranger

Dorothy was in a kitchen cooking for her family, Mom, Husband and a 16 yrs old Lucy. Her husband David and Dorothy were married since 20 years now. Happy in their lives but not that they could live happy forever. While she was cooking in the kitchen pre heating the oven, she met with an accident. She hit her head with the cabinet above and fainted on the floor.


She woke up in the Hospital the next day. But with partial memory loss. She felt she is not a women of 30s but a school going girl of 16.


"I miss Jeff" She said to the psychiatrist. "who is Jeff, Dorothy?" was the question asked by the psychiatrist. Her Mom and David were standing outside the room.


"What's wrong Mom?" David asked


"She acts like a 16 year old school kid and she cant remember after that" Mom replied.


"Leave me, I am not going to answer any of your questions Soc, Do you get that?" Dorothy in anger struggled to get out of the room but she wasn't able to. David entered the room and stood in front of her but she couldn't recognize him.


"who are you?", " I am here to help you. I will take you out of here. I am a good man". David said. Meanwhile, Dorothy fainted in David's arms. He took her and placed her over the bed and he rested himself on the chair near the bed.

Morning when David woke up he saw Dorothy was not on her bed. He ran outside to the reception yelling on top of his voice.

"Where is my wife"
"Sir, We would find her don't panic".
"What kind of hospital is this? Can't you take care of your patients?"
"Sir, please we have informed the police they would be here any minute".
He waited there not sure what to do.
"Hi, I am Alison from police dept."
The lady at the reception gave the details of Dorothy.
The phone at the desk rang.
"Excuse Me"
"Hello, We care Hospital, how may I help you?"
"Yes, please hold on, Mr. David your call please".
"Thank you"
"Hello, Yes?"
"She is here in the kitchen hunting for food and she is fine."

Dorothy was at her father's place which she remembered being when she was 16 yrs.
"Who is she? Where is Mom?"
"She is my wife Patricia, Darling your mom and I broke up many years ago. We no more live together".
"What? How could you do like that she is such a sweet lady?"
"My love, I know but Patricia and I are married now."
"Oh! I think I should leave now."

Mean while, David reached her father's house and reached the room where Dorothy was searching something.

" What are you doing?" her father asked.
"I am searching Jeff's camera, I am not going without that."
"There is no camera."
"There is, I kept it here."
"Honey, come with me" David said.
"Stop calling me that, I hate it. Dad why don't you say something. How can you let a man talk to me like that?"
"Well, I am looking for Jeff's camera, I have to take it to school tomorrow."
"School? You don't go to school honey, and I am your husband. We are married since 20 years now. Look at yourself in the mirror." David said.
She cried "I look horrible, who is this women staring at me in the morror. How will I go to school tommorrow like this?"
"Come on, we'll go back" David took her back to the hospital.
Next Day,
"Isn't it boring?" asked Dorothy to her Mom, David and Lucy. But David insisted that they were interesting just because she would feel good. but she felt it too boring. Later on, All agreed that the writing were bit dry.
According to Dorothy her main interest was Art and Painting for which she had applied scholarship to go to Italy when she was in college and because of her partial memory loss she was under impression that she still holds a chance to go to Italy to pursue her artwork.
But her mother explained her that she cant go to Italy because she herself had denied to go then, because she fell in love with David and they decided to get married.
"You should have forced me to go" Dorothy said
"I couldn't, you were too young to go so far alone, I didnt have a courage to send you. Hence when you decided not to go I didnt force you." Her mother said
On the passage she met Jeff. He was now a pshychatrist in the same hospital.
"Jeff! you are a doctor now..ahem..good to see you after a long time."
"Hi Dorothy, What are you doing here?
"Hmm.. I, actually I mean, just got a hit on my head and was brought to the hospital. But I want to go home. I am fine dont you think doc." She winked like a teenager.
David came running towards Dorothy and met Jeff who was standing with her. He got himself introduced. David explained Dorothy's condition to Jeff.
Jeff promised David that she would be alright and he would take her sessions and fixed appointment next thurday onwards.
Eventually, their sessions started. He asked Dorothy about her past life, her daily activities etc. She would tell him only what she remembered as a 16 year old girl. While naraatinh her stories she noticed that there were paintings in Jeff's room.
"You Paint?"
"Yes-just a hobby"
"Then why you are here as a phychatrist, gp pursue your hobby."
Jeff thought for a moment. "You paint too?" Jeff asked Dorothy.
"Yes, but my mom didnt allow me to go to Italy because she was scared as I was alone but this time I would go."
Jeff laughed and wished her luck and ended her sessions there. Days went by the sessions continued. Dorothy started feeling for Jeff. Jeff too started falling in love with Dorothy but he knew she was married and hence he didnt tell her.
Eventually Dorothy left David and decided to go to Italy for her art work but she ddnt have any money to go there. David sold off his gaurage and bought tickets for her and gifted her. He wished her good bye.
She felt low. She was hurt. There was something between David and herself. Why she couldnt remember. She wished she could remember those days. She wished she could feel that love that David had for her. She was ready to leave for Italy. But before leaving she decided to meet Jeff.
When she reached Jeff's house she saw he got back to his paintings and left his profession because thats what was right and that's what he always wanted.
"Jeff, I am leaving for Italy."
"Hmm..Congratulations, did you meet David? After all, he is the one who helped you."
She felt a hit. Jeff was right.
"Dorothy, You there? What's wrong?"
"Ahem..nothing."
"Go Dorothy..go back to David he loves you, you'll are married. If you can't remember what happend between you two, don't worry just begin a new beginning, a new life. You have a family, a husband, a child, be with them."
Dorothy left Jeff's house but with lots of questions in her mind. A self conflict took birth in Dorothy's mind. She couldn't take decision. She reached airport waiting for departure, when suddenly she felt that this is where she ought to be and this is where she would go and not Italy.
She left the flight and went back home to her Husband and her Duaghtre Lucy.
***END***






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