Jaya's Nighmare

"Jay, there's a taxi in the fishing pond," Kevin shouted, standing on the side of the bridge.

They could clearly see that the taxi was overturned. The entire body of the car was submerged in the water, only four of its tires could be seen from the surface.

***

Kevin and Jaya are in a square room which is dominated by white at this time. They sat beside the bed. On the bed lay a boy aged about 4 years with bruises and glass cuts in several parts of his body. Thick bandages were also wrapped around the boy's head. There was already a doctor in the room.

"How is Takumi doing, Doc?

Why has he just been silent since he woke up last night?" Kevin asked.

"This boy has temporary aphasia. Aphasia is a disorder that causes sufferers to have difficulty communicating.

The most common cause of aphasia is brain damage. The brain damage could have been caused by a severe injury to the child's head during an accident a week ago," said the doctor.

"Then what should we do, Doc?" Jaya asked a moment later.

"The primary treatment for aphasia is speech therapy which focuses on relearning and practicing language skills and using alternative or additional methods of communication. Family members should frequently participate in the therapy process and serve as communication partners for people with aphasia." The doctor gave his advice.

"So we have to teach him to speak from scratch?" said Kevin.

"That's right, Sir." The doctor nodded in agreement. A few moments later the doctor came out of the room.

Blam!

The door to the room swung open. A slanted-eyed man entered with a panicked face. He walked over to the boy and picked him up and kissed him.

"Takumi-chan, this is uncle. Do you remember? Uncle please, don't leave uncle again!" asked the young man who claimed to be Takumi's uncle.

"Hey, put him down, Kenichi! He's still hurt!" Kevin snapped at his ex-lover's brother.

Jaya took the confused boy from Kenichi's arms and sat him on the edge of the bed.

"Can you hear me, Son?

Now say FATHER!"

Jaya led the boy to say a few words.

"FA-TA !" said the boy, with difficulty.

"Bwahahaha ... Fata he said!" Kevin laughed bitterly. Jaya just glared at her brother.

"Wait! Is this what you mean by telling my nephew to call this person 'father'?" Kenichi asked with a confused face.

Without answering, Kevin immediately pulled Kenichi out of the room. Leaving Jaya and the boy alone.

"Okay, take it slow, there's no need to rush, understand?" said Jaya to which the adorable little boy nodded.

"Say 'FA-THER'!" Jaya leads again.

"FA-FA," the boy stuttered.

"Father! Dad! Papa! Cough! Cough!" There was a boy's voice that was so familiar to Jaya.

***

Joon calls his three fathers. Joon since childhood raised by 3 men named Jaya, Kevin and Kenichi.

To be continued ....