The Sacred Bond!

He looked at the woman sitting across her in the revolving chair and thought about the past two years. He had difficulty remembering a life without her. He did remember the details of a life before her but what he could not understand was how exactly had he survived those past years.

Destiny had brought her in his life, he had no doubt about it. He was astonished to learn about a couple of locations where they had happened to be at the same time in the past without ever acknowledging or knowing each other. Their paths had been crossed but they were strangers at that time. He had not even realized that it was her name on the name card that his friend had given him some years back. His friend had handed him a name card one day and insisted on him meeting her. He had casually glanced over the weird sounding name, tossed the card in the dashboard and forgotten all about it. The card kept lying in his car till a year later he threw it away while cleaning the interior. His doctor introduced him to her another year later and still it did not register that she was the same lady. It was probably six more months down the road that the reality finally dawned on him.

He looked at her and smiled to himself. Who would have envisioned the bond that developed between them in the coming years? She ruled his thoughts in a mysterious way.  She did not command them but she ruled by dominating them. He unconsciously thought about her all the time. She was the first name that jumped to his mind in the time of need. She was the last person he talked to in his thoughts before falling asleep. The thought of a smile on her lips brightened his own mood. He could not bring himself to even think about her in pain. She had become his strength, motivation and support in recent past. He needed her for his own stability.

Who was she? What was their relationship? He thought!

There was no bond between them. Neither did they want one. Not even friendship. No, it was not infatuation, love, flirtation or any other such thing! He could tell her each and everything without any hesitation. He could keep no secrets from her. Their relationship was professional yet he and she knew that it was much more than that. She brought her own personality to her profession. Her unique touch made it so special. She had a gentleness in her own soul that showed in her work. She was much more than a friend, relative or a lover! She was his psychologist but she was the one who had reintroduced him to himself!