"What the hell is this?"
The receptionist's ears heard the echo of someone's uproar. Her vision was blurry and couldn't see a thing due to the haziness in her eyes.
"Get up, I said."
After thousands of trials of waking her up, her face was hit with a strong splash of water. She was completely drenched in it, all wet. She got little aware and tried to adjust her eyes, focusing on the image that was in front of her and there she was. She saw the doctor standing in front of her.
She touched her head," Ahh...it hurts," she clamoured.
"Just get up you carless woman," He slammed his hand on the reception table, making her come back into her senses. After returning to the world, she got up immediately hearing the doctor's shout.
"What..what..happened doctor?" She was dumbfounded.
"You are asking me what happened? Are you mad?" shouted the doctor, anger storming through his blood.
"I don't know what you are talking about, doctor."
"Will you stop acting?" he pointed his finger towards her.
The entire staff was in complete silence. She couldn't fathom what the doctor was talking about. They all were quiet and had put their heads down in shame as if something unexpected had happened here. What's this? Why is everyone like this? What happened? Have I made some mistakes? She couldn't get anything.
The silence was broken up by the doctor before she was about to ask them what literally had happened.
Okay, you say you don't know right? Fine, come I'll show you what have you done," he grabbed her arm and pulled her with force while walking with him.
Each and everyone starts following them. She is confused, and has a distorted face with a quizzical manifestation on it. She was about to whimper.
"Will anyone tell me what's happened? Please. Doctor trust me I don't know a thing," She begs and begs.
"Yeah you don't know anything that's why it's happened," he pulls her till she gets battered by his fingers.
The doctor takes her near ward no.44 and thrashes her near the door.
"Just go in and see what your irresponsibleness has done," he grits his teeth.
She looks at everyone with sorrowful eyes, but none of the people trust her. She sobs. Everyone's still in recess.
"Just go in," The doctor pushes her inside the ward.
She falls directly on the floor, crying. She gets up quickly and couldn't believe her eyes upon the scene which she is seeing right now.
"Ahhh...Ahhh," she screams and falls on the floor again.
Clumsily she tries to get up from the floor and starts running outside the ward. Her running is blocked by the doctor.
"Haven't you seen your carelessness? Huh?" he takes hold of both her arms.
"Doctor, please trust me, I don't know how's it happened," she stammered.
"Shut up. It's all because of you. You were sleeping so comfortably that you even don't know that someone comes and commits a murder and escapes without any impediments. What were you doing? sleeping? What the f*ck is happening here?. Even this Watchmen was in his good sleep, ba**ard. When I came here no one, not a single person was at work. You all ba**ards."
"Doctor, you know me very well. I never sleep on my duties. I don't know how this occurred. I am not careless. But I really am not aware of this. Is this a dream or something?" she cries.
"And you, Ms. Maid, were you not supposed to clean this ward before I came? No, right, because you all are sh*ts."
"Doctor, I was," hesitated the maid.
"Don't utter a word, do you understand?'' he eyed her.
"Oh my God. What shall I do now? I should call the police immediately," he said, rubbing his fingers on the back of his neck, which was saturated in sweat.
"Doctor, Doctor," a ward boy came running from the other side.
"What's it?"
"That..that."
"Would you just speak, idiot?"
"That, Shalmali is missing from her ward," he stutters.
"What."
"Yes..yes".
"What did you say?" he yanked the ward boy by his collar.
"I don't know how, but."
"Shut up you prick and take me there, fast"
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"What the heck is going on in here?"
Everyone looks down in shame.
"You. Did you lock the ward before you left?" he asked the ward boy.
"Yes.. yes.. doctor I did."
"Then you scoundrel, how come she's not here?" he pulled his collar.
"I really have no idea about it."
"You filthy creature, I'll show you what you know," he slaps him so hard that the ward boy falls on the floor.
"You crazy ba**ards, I'll sue each one of you. You have put me into this trouble, wait and watch. Now don't look at my face and call the police."
Everyone's in dangerous trouble. No one memorises what and how this happened. And what's with shalmali's disappearance. This was the first incident that the asylum has encountered something like this. Nobody ever thought of this agony to come in their way. The doctor was panicking and seeing him everyone was frightened too. What's with all this? The police will definitely find out, they all thought.