I Got Breastfed Again

031 Aftermath

Anu had a very rough night.

She had many nightmares throughout the night and woke up multiple times.

Mom and dad patiently consoled her every time. Doodu also consoled her. He was sleeping under our bed. Dad tried to move him out of the house. But he resisted fiercely. He wouldn't move away from Anu. Dad couldn't do anything as Doodu had indeed rescued us earlier.

In the morning, Lakshmi aunty came. She talked to Anu for a long time. She was good at what she was doing. I could see Anu's mood improving slowly.

After talking with her, Lakshmi aunty instructed mom and dad to send her to school.  So Mom went to prepare her for school. I was in dad's care. Once mom was away, dad called Lakshmi aunty out of the house.

"How is it?" Dad asked.

"This is probably her mind's way of coping with the scary incident. She is a very brave girl. So just leave her with her friends and she will be back to the naughty girl in no time." Lakshmi aunty was confident in Anu.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. Kids have wonderful minds. In this incident, her mind imagined that her imaginary friend died. That way, all the trauma she was expected to have was replaced with sadness. It can be healed easily." 

"About that... there is a small issue." Dad was reluctant to talk about it.

"What?"

"Did she tell you how her imaginary friend Priya jumped up and broke her horn?" Dad asked.

"Yes. She indeed has a very good imagination."

"About that, the two criminals who tried to kidnap her claimed that they were haunted by a ghost."

"I know. It's in the news. They are just making up stuff so that they would be considered mentally unstable. That way, they can escape the law." Lakshmi aunty was not happy about it.

"Not necessarily. I talked to a friend I have in the police. He said that they were truly scared and needed help from a doctor. They also gave a rough description of the ghost." Dad explained.

"Hahaha... Are you saying that it matched with Priya?" Lakshmi aunty laughed and looked at dad.

'Ahh... This is bad.'  I realized a new problem. There was indeed a loose end. In my previous life, Anu didn't know that Priya was gone. Because no one told her. So she wasn't sad like this. So this conversation between dad and Lakshmi aunty never happened and no one realized the truth. But thinking again, it might not be a bad thing.

"It did match with what Anu said. I know that no one will believe it. But I am a bit worried." Dad ignored the ridicule from Lakshmi aunty.

"Fine. If they talked to a doctor, most probably it would be Professor Anandhaswami. He taught me in college. Later he joined a government medical college and he usually handles cases related to police. I will ask him." Lakshmi aunty took her mobile phone out and called someone.

She walked away as she talked on the phone. The call lasted for about five minutes. She was a bit nervous when she returned. She took me from dad's hand.

"It's true. The description from criminals and Anu match exactly. Even the pointed tail was there in the explanation by both. Normally, ghosts or Yakshis don't have such a tail or even horns. Is there any chance Anu heard about it from the news or anything?" Lakshmi aunty asked.

"Absolutely not. We followed your instructions strictly and made sure that she heard nothing about the incident. We even got rid of the newspaper and never turned on the television. Also, no one knows the details of the ghost."