DANICA
My whole world collapsed. Four weeks had passed since it happened, yet I couldn’t bring myself to believe everything. It was still so fresh from my mind. An agony worse than death, leaving the mind so empty and the whole body numb. No physical pain, but the heart was squeezed a thousand times tightly.
I opened my eyes but remained speechless.
I was inside this room for the past three weeks, after one week of confinement in a hospital, because the doctors were not convinced that I'd medicate and eat religiously. Since then, I was here feeling Gaurav’s presence in the room. Praying everything was just a nightmare, wishing someone just made a bad joke at me and everything else could be back to normal when I wake up.
I imagined hearing Gaurav's soft voice as he whispered, "Ma mo
