Mountain of Forgetfulness

Mira's POV

One weird stuff after another was going all around me.

That included my mother's phone being not reachable for almost twenty four hours but that didn't stop the daily flow of mundane life.

I had classes to attend and I wasn't allowed a single day of leave unless I was dying, that is.

It was excursion day and everybody was gearing up before the bus left for the site.

I had my bag packed and cap and sunglasses on. We were going on a near by mountain. That place was not widely known but had a very rich and ancient local history. We were going to find out about that.

We were travelling in small batches, so we would all comfortably fit the the sixteen seaters.

You will be shocked if I tell you who was my seat mate.

It was Betty.

I sat there looking out of the window as she powdered her face repeatedly with the brush.

She hated the sun so much that she kindly obliged to my request to have the window seat.

With the things going on around me, I could have easily thought th