Mind your Business - Part 6

His mother's lap was heaven to his soul. He felt all his problems were going to vanish. Everything would be normal now. It was a thought. A son's trust on his mother. She was his solace in this torment situation.  But she stayed quiet. She sat still. She didn't caress him or spoke any encouraging words. She has been sitting still since many years. Suddenly she screamed in fear and pushed his face away from his lap.

Sheila consoled mother and fed her. She helped mother toward her room and helped her to sit on the bed. She assisted her with medication and helped her to sleep on the bed.  Mother was asleep in few minutes.

He sobbed while his face was bent down. Sakshi touched his forehead and patted him. She picked him gently and helped him sit next to his mother. "Don't worry. We are here for you", she said. Everyone pampered him with good food and love.  After dinner, they chatted on times they missed out as family and future plans. The time passed quickly.

"Vicky, you need to have good rest. You are not well. You need to have good sleep.", Sheila said. Vicky shivered at the word 'sleep'. He didn't want to sleep. He didn't want to go to the room. He was paranoid. "Well, I was having great time. I am not feeling sleepy. I already slept too much.", Vicky said meekly. " I know, but you need good sleep and others are also sleepy. We have whole day tomorrow. We will have fun tomorrow.", Sakshi said.

Vicky was tensed. As he slowly walked towards the room, Vicky said nervously, "I don't want to sleep alone. I am scared."  Everyone smiled at each other while kids innocently asked,"Are you scared that ghosts will come out of bed to scare you?" Vicky froze. "Go to your room, kids.", Shekhar said gently but bit firmly.

After the kids scooted to their room to sleep, Shekhar said, "I will sleep with you." He escorted Vicky to his room while Sakshi and Sheila exchanged looks at each other. While everyone were in deep slumber, something bothered the mother. Her bed constantly shook side to side. She tried to stay on the bed still. She was scared. She screamed. But there was no voice. Suddenly something pulled her up. Her body was suspended in the air. Later her body fell on the bed with thud. She screamed in pain. Everyone rushed towards her room to see what had happened.

(To be continued)