One day, Dipika's mother had gone to the market to bring vegetables. Mitali was playing with building blocks. Her exercise was just done by Dipika's mother. By now Mitali was able to stand up with some object's help and walk slowly. Kanta, their domestic help just washed the floor marbles with detergent water.
Dipika took a stool and stood on it to wipe the glass window of the kitchen above the gas stove. She was thinking about Mitali's future all the time, while Mitali was slowly moving to hold the sofa towards teacups kept on the teapoy.
She was trying to extend her and started crying but this was known to everyone that whenever a muscle is stretched, she cries.
Suddenly, Dipika heard the crash of teacups and a big cry from Mitali...
If Mitali might have hurt herself from the broken pieces of cups, Dipika quickly looked back in worry and hurried and lost her balance and fell down from the stool. Her head crashed badly on the floor.
She shouted and lost consciousness. There was no one to open the door when the doorbell was rung by Dipika's mother. It was a relief that she was carrying spare keys to the flat.
Then she opened the door with those spare keys and found Mitali's leg bleeding due to pieces of teacup being pierced and on the other hand blood coming out from Dipika's head. Gathering courage, she called immediately to Dipesh. He didn't answer because he was in an important client meeting. Then she dropped an SMS to him about this event in short.
Then, she called immediately to Doctor Maya who promised to send an ambulance immediately and further called her doctor friend in Pune's renowned Hospital. Dipika was admitted.
Doctor Maya personally went to that hospital and ensured that the operation should be done by expert doctors. The bill amount for admission, the operation, and further estimated stay in the hospital was paid in advance by Maya.
The amount was 10 lakh rupees. The chances of saving Dipika's life were 50-50. Later, when Dipesh came to know about this, he came to the hospital.
Looking at the red light above the door of the operation theatre, Dipesh thought in despair that troubles do not come alone, they come one after another like the bogies of a fast-approaching train on a station!
Before you can view one bogie, another one comes before your eyes. And it blocks your vision of a hopeful future. Here, Dipesh didn't know how many bogies were remaining...
Dipesh thanked Maya for her timely help who was also sitting near his mother-in-law.
The operation took 4 hours.
The doctor came out from the operation theatre and said, "Though she is out of danger, we are sorry to say that she has lost her memory! She also will not be able to speak for the rest of her life! The section of the brain which controls and processes our speech also has suffered damage! "
This was a big trauma for Dipesh.
Sorrow engulfed both Dipesh and Dipika's mother.
The life which was left ahead with Dipesh was more difficult and challenging now.
The hospital walls were revolving around his head.
For a few minutes, Dipesh could not hear anything.
He suddenly sat down against a wall with his hands on his forehead.
Dipika's mother consoled him, "Jawaibapu, please gain composure. We all need you to deal with the situation. If you lose courage, who can we look to for help?"
