The Amnesiac! (Part II)

I wrote this story, The Amnesiac! (Part II), in the 1990s for an educational course, I was taking then. Here’s the updated story.

The Amnesiac! (Part II)

“Aakash, what were you doing near the city dump?” Radha asked Aakash. Asha was also present with her.

“I don’t know, Radha,” he looked, perplexed.

“How come?”

“It’s temporary loss of memory or amnesia,” explained Keshav.

“Come on, Aakash. 2 days ago, Mr. Iyer sends you to investigate a story and you end up near the dump. Something’s really fishy.”

There was no wound on his head, no concussion. But Aakash could not remember any moment of the last 2 days when he had been investigating a case for The True Story.

“Now, wait a minute, Ms. Radha Srinivasan. What’s this story all about?” Keshav demanded.

“Well, this is classified information,” Radha said with attitude. It was fun to watch Keshav tasting his own medicine! “Speak to the editor. That’s the way you usually work around problems,” Radha turned her face away from the senior inspector.

To be continued…