My mother needed to get some injuries tended to, so we reached the hospital.
Was Ash there with us?
Oh yes, he was.
He was silent throughout and kept holding his hands in mine. Tightly. As If I could disappear.
He helped me pay the fees and the registration processes. The nurse glanced at him and smiled at me.
He left.
I felt him go almost immediately then.
My mother sat on the bed, her words silenced.
The doctor wrapped her arm injury and a tiny foot scratch.
He also debated on her varicose veins and left.
"Let her stay here until the pain subsides. Otherwise, she is fine"
"Thank you, doctor"
I sat next to her and pulled the curtains in.
Silence leaked between us.
She hadn't said a word about anything that had happened.
"You can ask me anything, Mom. I have been already t
