The story briefly
Williams was a thirty years aged clever, rich and educated businessman. Something he had seen in their old palace made him lost his mental balance. He became mild mad, just remained staring ahead blankly. He had been admitted in Black Ant Mental Care where he was entrusted to Rose who was the practicing psychiatrist there. Rose could make Williams to come to his senses but he forgot everything that happened before that incident. Rose and her senior Charles strongly opined, forcing Williams to remember either that particular incident he had seen in the old palace or about his past before that incident would have serious damaging consequences to him. During the treatment Rose and Williams fall in love and Rose later became Williams' wife. As the time gone by, a situation has come that Rose has to make Williams to remember that particular incident along with all his past by putting him in deep hypnosis. How his life was affected and her life was affected was the story of the novel ‘Rain Flower’ A spicy Romantic Thriller.
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“First let me thank you both for your great help. I never have thought that I could see my son in this way again. Even he cannot remember the past, he is behaving in a normal way.” There was pleasure on the face of Margaret.
Charles and Rose looked at each other. “I must say one thing now here itself.” Charles said. “It is because of this psychiatrist your son has out of his madness. The whole credit in this regard must go to her.”
“It is not at all like that. It is never can be my own greatness. Unless my senior credited me with that much trust and put the case in my hand like that, I would not have done it like this. Moreover…………..” She paused for a moment before continuing. “………..Williams also cooperated with me a lot. Now also he is trying his level best to become completely normal again.”
“Yes, I have seen it in him. He is struggling a lot. You don’t know how he used to be before becoming like this. Quite active. A sports man. Vigorous. But….” Margaret smiled. “……..I cannot undermine your effort and intelligence in this. What your senior has said is true. The total credit must go to you.”
Rose felt embarrassed as she was praised like that. She could not think of what to say.
“But what I cannot understand is, why he became like that? He was just like a rice filled sack on the floor when I found him. The other important thing here is, even it is impertinent to you both, why he has come into that palace? Why he was in that room then? I could not understand! ” there were suddenly frowns on the face of Margaret.
“Why it is so? Why he has not been expected in that palace?” Charles asked her surprisingly.
“My husband died with heart attack in that palace. After that I left that palace and came into the house we are now living in. Lot of rumors sprouted regarding that palace afterwards. People started hearing strange sounds from that palace. They started saying that my husband has been wandering in that palace as a devil! They are all rumors and none of them are true.” She stopped and looked into the eyes of Rose and Charles.
“So it has become a haunted and desolated palace. My children are not having any feelings about the palace. They seldom go into it. But only I visit the palace as it associated with my husband’s memories.” After a pause she said again.
“So, the billion dollars question is why your son went to that palace and into that room then?” Charles said.
“Yes, you are right.” Margaret nodded her head.
“How it has happened that you went into that palace at that time?” Rose could not restrain herself from asking that question.
“I already said that my husband’s memories were there to me. It is the place where my husband and I spent our time so happily for more than three years. Even it is painful to me to go to that palace, to remember those sweetest things, I do go there sometimes. So it has happened like that I went to that palace then.” She paused for a moment before continuing “I cannot say what would have happened if I did not go there at that time. Quite accidentally I have decided to go there at that time.”
Rose was about to say something but then Margaret said again. “Thank God! I went there then. Otherwise when my son could be found and what would have happened to him I cannot think!”
“For how long your son was there like that?” Rose intervened.
“I went there eleven thirty in the morning. I have seen my son going out at eight thirty from the house. It takes twenty minutes to go there in a car. If we assume that my son was in that house from nine, it would be two and half hours.” Margaret said. “Anyhow it could not be known for how long he was unconscious like that there.”
Charles and Rose did not say anything.
“But I want to know why it has happened like that. Things like this happen to people sometimes? Is there a chance that the same thing may happen to my son again? I just cannot bear if anything like this happens to him once more.” Her face was clouded with fear.
Charles and Margaret once again looked at each other’s faces. “Initially we have thought it was because of some chemical reaction or brain cells disturbance or lack of oxygen. Physically your son’s brain is quite nice. There is no trace of any disturbance even a little physically to your son’s brain. Medical reports so far proved that.” Charles paused for a moment observing the expression on the face of Margaret. Margaret was still appearing anxious.
“No one attacked physically your son. There are no body injuries to him.” Charles said again.
“Then what would have happened?”
“Difficult to say, but my best guess is he might have seen or heard or did both of something which upset him a lot and led to that mild madness.” Rose said
“But there was no chance that he could see or hear something unusual there.” Margaret said
“That is why I said difficult to say.”
“It is possible of course.” Charles said. “By putting him in deep trance we can know what happened at that particular point. But the problem is it may have dangerous consequences. Even the remembrance of that thing which made him mad like that may make him so again.”
“Never, never.” Margaret hastily said. “There is no necessity to do anything like that. There is no problem even ever we don’t know what made him like that. If my son behaves atleast like this, that is enough.”
“But I must say one thing here.” Rose said. “If the madness happened because of his seeing or hearing something shocking, there is a chance that any time in future he remembers that. If it happens like that it may have the same effect on him again.”
“Oh! No. What should I do then?” the anxiousness in Margaret was intensified even more.
“Need to be careful all the time. You have to take him to psychiatric experts whenever such a situation arises.”
“Oh! God.” it was evident that Margaret really disturbed with whatever she heard. “What should I do now? Can I take my son back to my home now?”
“Just wait for few more days. Then sure you can take your son to home.” Charles paused before continuing. “My strong advice! Bring him to us as frequently as possible. For some years, he must be under our close scrutiny.”
***
“I want to ask you something.”
The serious expression on the face of Williams put Rose in thought. What this might be?
“I am all ears. Just tell me what it is?” trying herself to be easy, she asked.
“Stop that funny way. It is something very serious.”
Rose mocked seriousness in her face “I am also serious now. Tell me what it is.”
“I am a mental patient and you are my doctor, my psychiatrist.”
Rose became some more alert. She breathed deeply and hissed out. “Ever I say like that to you?”
“Then what is the relationship between you and me? Who are you and who am I?”
Rose did not say anything.
“Whatever you did to me on that day, you have allowed me to do to you, is only a part of the treatment. Only to bring me to my senses, is it is not?”
Rose got off from her chair and came near to him. She put both her hands around his neck. “Ever any woman would do something like that just for her profession’ sake?” she kissed on his cheek.
“Then is there something more really to it?” Williams’ face instantly lit up with pleasure.
“A lot more, more and more to it. If you do want to call it as love, I have no objection to it.” She dragged her chair near to his chair and slumped herself in it.
“I just cannot believe it! I never have thought a beautiful and intelligent woman like you would fall in love with me.” He garlanded his hands around her and perfunctorily kissed on her right cheek.
“You must have to. It is important.” She smiled and did not bother to release herself from his hold. “You have appeared quite handsome to me, the first time itself when I have seen you. I must say instantly I became attracted to you. Slowly, I must say slowly but strongly, I started feeling something towards you and later I clarified myself that it was love. When I have been entrusted with your case and nothing worked for more than twenty days, I experimented like that only because I loved you.”
“But what if my mother does not agree with our love? What if my mother does not allow me to marry you?” knitting his brows together and looking into her face straight, Williams asked her.
In the depths of her heart she knew it would not happen like that. She could sense the deep love of Williams on her and even if his mother would not agree to their marriage, somehow or other he would make his mother agree to that. Even he was talking like that, the real message was quite clear on his face and in his eyes.
“No, I cannot even imagine it to be so. Please don’t talk like that.” Keeping her hand against his mouth she said mocking worry in her voice.
Williams chortled loudly. “You believed it, did not you? You believed what I have said just now.” He made himself calm then and said “My mother never says anything against my wish and desire. I can make her easily agree to our marriage. Don’t worry for that at all.”
Surprising! ‘Is he remembering about his mother? Is there further development in his case?’
“Do you remember about your mother? Can you remember about your other family members also?” with lots of anticipation she asked him.
There was instantly a painful expression on his face. “No. I cannot.” After few seconds he said. “No. I cannot remember about anyone. Why I have said like that about my mother I cannot understand.” He breathed deeply and said again. “Because of that woman’s behavior with me in so far last week or so, I have come to that opinion.”
Rose kissed on the same cheek again and said “Its alright. Don’t force your mind to remember anything”.
“You are saying the same thing again and again.” Williams irritated.
***
“Your son is in all respects right for the present. He can leave our mental care now.” Rose said.
There was an instant happy expression on Margaret’s face and she was about to say something, then Charles said. “But I must warn you again about the same thing madam. He is not yet completely out of danger. That type of situation may arise again. Or he may face some other types of psychological problems because of the recent incident. He should be under best psychiatrist’s care as much as possible.”
“But how long?” there was agitation on Margaret’s face.
“Only time can decide.” Charles said. “I cannot make predictions.”
“Should he stay only in the mental care then?”
“That is absolutely not necessary.” Charles said. “Frequent checkups and medication is enough.”
“But if he is with a psychiatrist all the time, it would be the best thing. What do you say?” She said.
“Sure.” Charles said. Rose was observing them both minutely.
That place instantly impregnated with silence. Rose could not think of anything to say and she understood her senior also under same condition. It was Margaret who broke the silence first.
“I want to talk with Dr.Rose for sometime privately.” She said.
(……to be continued)
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