Chapter 9

Suzie

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PART 9

Street Cafe Treat

Manhattan, USA

September, 2017

As her laughter subsided, he said in soft and flirty voice while holding her hands on the tables.

"Let's have our lunch, babe. You give the order as I want to know your choice. And yeah do it fast or else we will have to ask them for take away package today also, on our fifth lunch-date, like our last one as I don't want my munchkins to wait for us too long, Dear."

Riya smiled and gave the order for a spicey yet sour dish i.e an indian come continental food and she know he will love it because she knew him more than anyone. They started talking about anything and everything. About weather, kids, office and about family but like everytime Riya get silent as the family topic came still she encourage him to continue. Reluctantly with guilt he continue talking about his family especially about his sister.

But as soon as their meal arrive and he sniff the delicious smell of the food, the conversation was long forgotten. Surprised, he glance at Riya feeling grateful and thanked her through eyes before digging himself in his favourite food not even caring about etiquette or manners.

On which Riya laughed loudly, gaining others attention. So still giggling slightly she press his left hand on the table and said "Arjun! Arjun relax. No one is going to snatch it from you dear, you are eating as if you were starving since many days. See everyone is looking at us astonishingly, Arjun you are tarnishing your ASR personality infront of them."

Listening this, Arjun control himself and start eating like any sophisticate person still did not stop eating for even a second.

But the next moment, he stop everything and held his head tightly as again flashes of nightmares started playing in his brain like a video. 

'Love, today I brought food for you.' A girl said.

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'Haww! Aren't you going to share it with me?' She asked horrified as she saw him literally digging his food like a mad man.

'Sorry sweetheart, order something else for yourself. There is no way that I am gonna share it with you.' He replied with his mouth still stuffed with food.

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'Darling, I have to make sure that the door is closed whenever I bring your favourite goodie for you. Otherwise your ASR image, The arrogant successful Businessman personality will be in danger if anyone of your employee see you like this.' She said seeing him still busy in eating without any care.

'Yeah, you have to take care of that as I can't stop myself after seeing this goodie. You know after you and Sam, I love this goodie most.' He replied gleefully.

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'Arjun, what is there in this food that you love it so much.?' She asked smilingly as he kept his empty plate on table.

'You know, Mumma use to make this for me whenever I was upset or dad shouts on me, that's why I called it goodie. It's being almost 18 years I haven't had this goodie untill you brought it for the first time. That time in India it wasn't available at shop even still it isn't available everywhere and here I didn't try to search. Thanks love, for bringing back my Mumma lovely memories.' Arjun replied emotionally while his eyes filled with tears.

This time the flashes were very clear but the face of girl was still blurry. He heard Riya's voice from distance calling for him, asking what is happening to him but before he could utter a word darkness engulfed him.

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NY Hospital,

Manhattan, USA.

"Right now, he is fine and sleeping peacefully, Mr Rathod. But..." Doctor Jacob stop in mid on seeing Riya standing beside Sameer with tear-filled eyes. "You are..?" He asked looking at Riya.

Sameer replied "She is Riya, Arjun's wife."

"What? Mr Rawte is married?" Jacob asked shocked.

"How much time does it took for Arjun to wake up?" Sameer asked ignoring his question. Doctor replied "Almost 4-5 hours but..."

Sameer said "Okay then, Jacob can we talk in your cabin, privately. It's urgent and very important."

Understandingly Doctor Jacob nod his head and said politely "Okay, this way please."

"Now tell me Sameer what is happening here? According to my knowledge, ASR is neither a person who hide his personal life's such important news from the world nor a person who will waste the opportunity of getting rid of girl's special attentions thrown at him by announcing about his married life."

Riya closed her eyes on seeing the distrust in Doctor's eyes regarding her being Arjun's wife. Sameer sighed and asked "If you know this much, then you must knew that seven years ago he married his PA.?" On seeing Jacob's nod Sameer continued "That PA was none other than Riya."

"But the news of their divorce was the breaking news all over the NewYork last year. He divorced her, didn't he?" Jacob said hurriedly.

Sameer took a deep breath before started saying "No, he didn't. But the truth is that..."

Saying so he told Jacob everything that seven years ago Arjun and Riya marry each other and lived happily together but Arjun's family didn't like Riya so after few family drama Arjun get away from his family in the name of main branch and came here taking Riya and his children. Last year they were on their India trip as his family insist them to live with them. While his brother called him back to US for a week alone, in the name of urgency of fraud. But after he came here, he lost his memory of last six years of his married life where as his family throw Riya along with children out of their house in the mid night.

"I guess his family is behind his memory loss. How, I don't know. But when I brought them here back with me and he met them accidentally. I pretend being tired of taking care of Riya and her children and left them, knowing him very well that he will took care of people whose responsibility is on him directly or indirectly and he did took them with him." Sameer finished with a sigh.

Doctor Jacob nodded his head shocked with the revelation.

"Before leaving us in India Arjun was normal, he doesn't even had any kind of disease as well as he loves me and our babies more than his life. Please do something Doctor, I am sure their hatred towards me is very dangerous. And I have a feeling that Arjun is in danger. Please save him." Riya cried at the end.

Jacob said softly "I will do everything I can to save him. But before starting his treatment I want to ask some questions from you both."

Nodding her head vigorously, Riya wiped her tears. Doctor smiled before he asked to both "Does this happened with him before too? Like forgetting some years or few moments of his life?"

Riya shook her in 'No'. While Sameer didn't answer but got lost in his thought before replying after few moments "Yes, it happened with him earlier too."

"What!? Sam bhai yeh ap kya keh rahe hain? When did such thing happened before with him?" Riya asked Sameer shockingly.

"It happened with him before too. Before you came in his life. It was the time when he started AR Manhattan branch, his family insisted him to come back to India and establish Rawte industry in Mumbai too. He came back here after 5 months but he didn't remember what he did in last three months their in India. Later he started complaining about having some weird nightmare all the time. Then after sometime he met with you." Sameer replied patiently.

"Yes I remembered, after meeting me he did told me about having nightmares and I myself took him to the doctor for the treatment. Even he complained about his nightmares and flashes of some scene with me again as we started dating each other from last four months." Riya concluded then gasped as she remembered the morning incident.

AR mansion,Manhattan

NewYork, USA.

September, 2017

7 AM.

Riya woke up by someone's mumbling as she felt her pillow is shivering while her cheek has gotten wet somehow. Frowning, she opened her eyes only to gasped as she saw that Arjun, on whose chest she was sleeping, is shivering and sweating badly while he is mumbling something along with turning and twisting his head in his sleep.

Worried for him, she pat his face who woke up shouting "No."

"And one more thing doctor, according to his morning nightmare, he saw our married life in his nightmares. He said he don't know the girl as her face was blurry but he had saw her many times in his dreams this morning he had flashes of our first intimacy on our church wedding night and he felt that it had happened with him once." Said Riya without any hesitation while her eyes shown with determination.

To be continue...