"Hey Jai”
In spite of their friendly relationship Jai wanted to maintain certain decorum in the hospital
So he reprimanded Sri .
"Do I have to tell it to you again”
“Dr. Jai" replied Sri with heavy stress on word Doctor "Jimmy boy is been assigned to you"
"hmm..This seems interesting, When are we meeting "
"In about 10 minutes, Ill bring him over "
Jimmy walked in escorted by Sri ,He was not like typical mental asylum patient .His cloths were clean ,he was wearing little rimless spectacle and had a suave confidence about himself .
"How are you?”
"Well how good can one be in a mental asylum" Jimmy said with a smug on his face.
Jai had an inherent hatred for paper .He could never maintain them once he wrote something it , It just seemed to disappear somewhere .On more than one occasion he felt like he should upgrade to a notebook. However to maintain stereotype and tradition, he started scribbling notes on a piece of paper provided by Sri.
"How about you, how are you?”
"Well you know the same old routine, pretty ok actually” replied Jai with a reassuring smile.
To Jai's surprise Jimmy also started scribbling something on piece of paper. Jai looked at Sri and gave him a knowing smile.
They continued talking for half an hour in which both shared there past near death experiences and trauma that followed.
When it was time for Jimmy to leave, Jai was pretty satisfied. He asked Sri to escort Jimmy back and come in for a small chat.
"Well we can clearly make out that he is delusional, since past few days he has been acting like he is a psychiatrist ".Jai waited for Sri’s response and then continued
"But I could not see any violent streak in him and he is still very sharp and witty. Only if he were to accept his condition, we could see tremendous improvement in him”
"How do you think we would be able to achieve that?”
"See problem is, if you take him to entirely new environment he will assume some other role and entire cycle would be repeated”
Jai was gazing out of small window in his office "Tell management I want two more days, I would have to present Jimmy with evidence in a manner which doesn't entirely shatter him and is also acceptable to him”
"Very well Sir” quipped Sri
5 hours later, in a bar with whiskey in one hand and eye fixed on television he spoke
“Most unusual case, won't you say so Dr Jimmy? “Asked Sri
“Yes for his sake, let's hope Jai comes up with reasonable plan "
