It was 05:57 AM in the morning, I was sleeping in the waiting area provided for the relatives of ICU’s patients. Except for some of them all the other people were sleeping, I had my cousin brother with me for my mother in the ICU (who by the way was the patient, dealing with life and death).
I suddenly felt some music in my ears and I came out of my sleep right after I heard हनुमान चालीसा at 05:57 AM. And sharp at 06:00 AM I opened my eyes and got up, because something was bothering me. Looked at my brother who was awake but still lying down even before I could have said anything to him, this nurse came out from the ICU calling out my mother’s name. We immediately got conscious and my brother got up to see and while I too got up to go with him towards the ICU he asked me not to go with him, since my anxiety got worse upon the sudden name calling I decided to stay back and wait for him.
Sitting at the bench, constantly looking at the door, waiting for him to come with some good news almost 10 minutes went by he then came and matched my desperate eyes with his blank eyes, I asked him, "mummy गईं?" , He nodded with, 'yes’.