It was the longest night of my life or at least in the life I know and remembered. I could hardly sleep. It was the first time I am spending my night in the open. It felt like I was camping minus all the excitement and fun.
As the day broke, I woke up and fixed up myself a bit. I was thinking all night and was determined to solve this puzzle that has taken my life hostage. My phone was almost dead and was surviving on the last bit of battery life. I was just getting ready to go over the phone numbers that I had called the day before when my phone rang.
Surprisingly this was the first time my phone has rung since yesterday morning. Well, not much of a surprise given that I was in a dead zone almost all day and the entire night. Taking a walk into the open seems to have given me the luck I badly needed. I could recognize the name of the caller and answered the phone immediately. My joy knew no bounds when it was in fact one of my oldest friends calling me. Apparently everybody was worried that I hadn’t come home in the night. I was blabbering on the phone in excitement and wasn’t making any conversation. He understood that I was in some kind of trouble and offered to come get me. I asked him for specific directions on where to wait for him and got there as soon as he hung up the phone.
The fact that I hadn’t eaten in a full day doesn’t seem to bother me anymore. I wanted to meet someone I knew and he was going to show up anytime now. I was checking my watch and could see the seconds hand making its way round the dial. It was like the time did not want to move forward. In about 25 minutes my friend shows up in his car. I never knew he had a car. His looks were different too. He had grey beard and balding hair. But I knew who he was. He was surprised to see my state. He started off with his long questions but I wasn’t ready to answer. My only words were Take Me Home.
We took off immediately and in about 15 minutes reached the part of town that I didn’t even know existed. There were huge mansions everywhere. He drove me into a driveway and stopped the car. I got down and was waiting for him to lead me into the house. I wasn’t ready for any more surprises. As soon as the car stopped a group of guys came out of the house most of whom I knew as my best buds. They were asking me the same set of questions on where I was the day before. I was hesitating to walk in not knowing what was in store for me when one of them says ‘Your wife was worried all night.’
Wife? But I wasn’t even married the day before. This came as a shock to me but I was already used to getting these now. I slowly started walking towards the door when I see a familiar figure run out to me. I knew who she was. Whatever I have gone through in the last 24 hours no longer bothered me. It was her. It was her.
She never looked that beautiful before. She hugged me tight and tears started rolling down her cheeks. We went inside and as I looked around only one thing kept ringing in my mind. She was my wife. We got married. Everything in the house looked familiar yet new to me. There were a lot of folks there and everybody had the same questions. As I finally gathered my senses, I told them what had happened. None would believe me. Some were even taking this as some pathetic excuse for some mistake I have done. After a while, they gave me my earful and finally left.
When everybody was gone, she walks up to me and asks me what really happened. I told her that was the truth. I don’t remember the last 5 years of my life. I only remember waiting near the campanile bell for her and that was the last thing I know. She smiled when I asked her what had happened in the last 5 years and answered me ‘Everything that you wanted happened’.
I did propose to her that day, we got married an year later, I got a good job in a decent company and make a good living, bought a home and it was exactly 5 years since I proposed for a better life with her. Life’s good and exactly where I always wanted it to be.
Its been a while since all this has happened and I have come to accept the my life although I still don’t remember the 5 years. With a life so good, I had no complaints although there are times when I wish I knew what made me forget everything and reset my memory to that particular day in my life.
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