21 (Freak Accident)

Hello there, this is a story about witchcraft and love. Characters here are Ariel Lea, Ginny Lim, Hemmie Nagpea, Shiye Nginesta, LayNgoh and Mell Thingaer.

It rained while she sat on the edge of the table with her legs crossed. The aroma of steaming hot coffee filled the waiting room. The doctor left 50 minutes ago and Lea was still surrounded by family members. Ginny's patience was running thin. She wanted time alone with him. Finally, the nurse chased them out as they were making too much noise. When she saw Lea's mother, her mind was filled with utter confusion. Why was that woman crying? Black tears flowed down washing away abundance of mascara and eyeliner.

She went into a ward. It was a two bedded ward, quiet and cold, large curtains covering and becoming the main obstacle of the whole room. The next bed was empty, giving a lingering eerie feeling in her throat. She almost cried when she saw Lea. He was completely bandaged with intravenous therapy. His shallow breathing was noisy and tiring. He looked liked some really sick person acting as Lea.

She sat on the dull green chair next to him and held his hand. 'Lea.' He looked at her with a poker face. Finally he spoke.

'Who are you? What do you want? Don't touch me.' He pulled away from her.

'Lea, I'm Ginny, your fiancee. Look, I still have that ring you gave me.' Ginny was wild with absurd.

After 5 minutes of wild temptations to knock the hell of out Lea, Ginny speaks to the doctor.

'The accident affected his brain and nervous system. For the time being he won't be able to remember his past.' The doctor said in a as-a-matter-of-fact tone.

Ginny wanted to punch him in the mouth. ' His past? He doesn't even remember his name! He doesn't remember his family, his job, his everything! He doesn't remember his life! We were suppose to get married! You don't understand!'

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Ginny stills remembers the fateful day Lea's mother called to inform her of his accident. It was the weirdest accident in the history of Malaysia to ever happen to someone. Lea's car was sent for repairs at the workshop so he took Ginny's car to work. It was the usual traffic jam during lunch hour and Lea took the shortcut-a lonely road not known to many surrounded by palm trees to go from Dengkil to Putrajaya. When the police and rescue crew found him, the car was trampled to a flat piece like a flatten roadkill. Lea was completely buried in metal to the extend 6 hours was needed to remove him from the junk piece that once belonged to Ginny. Lea was in a pool of blood, blood that literally flooded the car. Ginny's car was the only vehicle in that accident. When the accident happened, there was no one else on the road. No one else to tell what actually happened. Police could not identify what had cause such great damage and the possibility that a human did it was impossible. There was no sign of machine marks on the car. What they found not far from the accident scene was a huge elephant footprint. The footprint was so huge it could not possibly belong to any elephant, except a mammoth-which had extinct years ago.

TO BE CONTINUED