Vim laughed bitterly at himself. "How could a one-year-old child remember him, talk more of to miss him?
He put aside the picture after staring at it for hours.
*****
The next day morning, Jiya opened her eyes to see someone who looked like Vicky resting her back on her head bed. She screamed in shock and immediately sat up. Her scream startled Vicky and woke the other girls up.
"What happened Jiya?" Rhoda asked with drowsy eyes while Radnah yawned.
Jiya pointed at Vicky's bed, "sh-she...is she awake?"
Radnah and Rhoda turned their gaze to Vicky's bed and the sleep that was still hovering over them immediately disappeared. This was unbelievable. Radnah rubbed her eyes, again and again, to make sure she was not seeing things.
"What is it?" Vicky asked the three girls looking at her with widened eyes. "Is there something on my face?" She touched her face but felt nothing on it.
"It's really you?"
"You are awake?"
