Episode 2

“She started asking me questions when I went to feed her today, Vivaan. Who is she, who are we and why doesn’t she remember anything. She was bound to do that someday. She lost her memory but has her wit intact, strangely enough. After all, how long can anyone stay sane with no knowledge of themselves and their past?” said Sucheta, her tone reflecting her confusion and pain at the situation.

Vivaan, her son, could not help but submit himself to the wave of guilt which hit his conscience. She was the love of his life, his best friend since childhood and his partner-in-crime. It hurt him much more than his tears would ever reveal to find himself erased from her heart, along with every memory of hers.

He knew that he had to make a choice, whether to tell her the entire truth of her life, while losing her once again or be truthful to her, upholding his love to her. He took a deep breath as he chose the mode of action, allowing his heart to win over his brain, for the first time in his life.

“Let us tell her everything, Maa. Let us share whatever memories we have with her so that she does not feel incomplete or troubled by questions. Let her take her decision after listening to our side but she deserves to know,” replied Vivaan, eying a picture of them together, captured while they were heartily smiling at one another after winning one of the multiple awards they have won together.

“Are you sure that you want to do this? The heart, which used to beat for you once upon a time, will break if she learns this and the eyes, which held love at the very mention of you, will turn into ambers of hatred. Do you think that she can take this, Vivaan?” questioned Sucheta, eying her son lost in the bittersweet memories; those which were ruthlessly snatched from her.

“I don’t think I can take it if I don’t reinstate her trust upon me, Maa. A part of me wants to exploit this chance to win her over again since her heart and mind is a blank slate now but I don’t think I will be able to live with the fact that I betrayed her, once again,” he exclaimed, tears running down his eyes as he reminisced the previous time he had broken her trust and which unfortunately was the last meet with the girl he had known and loved.

“Think once again, Vivaan. It seems very right to reveal every bit of her past to her, but can you live through the hate which you tried to escape from?” she asked, placing her hand over his shoulder affectionately.

“I think Vivaan is right, Maa. Maybe this is the chance to explain the whole situation from his perspective and to erase his guilt,” pointed Daksh Agarwal, the elder brother of Vivaan, as he walked in after carefully listening to the conversation.

“So be it. We will all share our memories with her,” accepted Sucheta, sighing deeply as she let out a prayer that the tumultuous situation ends well for everyone.

“But please don’t tell her that I am Vivaan. Make up a character, do anything, but don’t reveal that I am the Vivaan in the memories,” pleaded Vivaan, turning around to face his family.

“But why? Don’t you like the idea of her warming up to you once again?” demanded Daksh, his face revealing his confusion clearly.

“I don’t want to see disappointment in her eyes for me once again, Bhai. She will consider me to be her friend and her expectations would rise but the day she hears of that day, she will hate me. I don’t have the strength to see the flicker of pain and disappointment in her eyes once again towards me. I can tolerate her hatred, and bear every punishment of hers but not the pain,” he revealed, his voice shaking and his tone revealing his inner turmoil.

Daksh and Sucheta looked at one another before nodding at him slightly and staging a walkout to leave him with his memories. Vivaan turned around to look at their pictures once again as painful smile adorned his lips.

“I hope you realize this time that I have always loved you and I will be forever yours, Vrinda.”

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