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Chapter 25
Sameer was lying
on the hospital bed. He had slept after the light afternoon lunch and had woke
up sometime back. He was alone in the room with a few machines still beeping at
the back of his head. He looked towards the window at his right. It was almost evening.
The Sun was
bidding farewell, giving a crimson glow to the sky. The curtains were drawn and
tied properly at the two ends, but still he could see an end of the curtain move
with the gentle blowing breeze. He turned his head towards the door. None had yet
come to visit him. It might not be visiting hours yet. He had lost track of
time for days now.
He signed and looked
towards the ceiling. He was facing the most difficult phase in his life. Not
that he had not been attacked or injured earlier. His career always threatened
a high life risk and he was brave enough to enjoy the games, but today it was much
more than an attack or an injury or the pain that was disturbing him.
The reason was the
only lady in his life, Aisha.
This might be the
first time in his life when he was scared of death. Or it could be termed as he
was reluctant to die. He didn't want to breathe his last at least not before meeting
Aisha and assuring she is safe. He wasn't able to move yet, not even sit up on
his own. Even the least movement would make him feel weak and dizzy. He had to
wait for someone who could bring him the news about Aisha.
He held up his hand
closer to his face, it still had a saline tube attached on the back of his
palm. He slanted his head and looked at the hanging saline bottle, it was
almost empty. The nurse might soon turn up to change it. He smiled. He could
atleast ask her to check on Aisha and inform him about her state until any of
his visitors turned up.
He looked at the
closed half-glass door of his ward. He was normally known for his calm and patient
approach towards everything, but exactly at this state he was losing his
patience every moment. The nurse didn't turn up even when the saline bottle was
at its last layer of liquid and he groaned frustrated.
'dammit, koi ata
kyu nehi?' he muttered to himself agitated.
He glared at the
closed door, but even after a few seconds of glare when the door didn't even move
he gave up and looked towards the window. He breathed out sharply. His lips
curved in a smile as he looked at the fading sky. Could anyone belief the hard-core,
no nonsense cop, the ACP Sameer Rathore, would behave like an adolescent
romantic lover, just like they portray in fictional romantic stories?
Well, he wasn't
quite able to believe himself. But again only he knew, it was all true. He was incredibly
and helplessly in love with his legally married wife.
Aisha's separation
months back and then the sudden appearances in front of him, had changed a lot
of things in near past and present. He had started realizing his longing and dependence
on her. Not that he wanted her as a comfort in his life, but it was getting
difficult for him to imagine anything in his life without her.
He had already tried
all he could to keep himself away from her thoughts, but the thoughts kept loitering
around, specially when he entered his bedroom which had recently turned into
their bedroom. The emptiness inside the room without her confused glares,
chirpy excited voice and instant rage had tortured him every night from the day
Aisha left.
Though he had found
the solace by staying back at office and engaging himself in work, but she kept
lingering around his mind whenever he sipped his coffee or took a morsel of his
dinner. Everything reminded him of her. He kept himself busy roaming around the
city late at night avoiding his own house, but he would always end up standing at
the road opposite to the same disco he had visited with her months back.
He would look at
the various couples walking and tripping out in the dead of the night, hugging
and supporting each other. Their laugh, their giggle and then sudden anger
would make him imagine her with him. Her unforgettable antics, the laugh, the chatter
and the embarrassments, everything seemed to be missing from his life. He had
always thought his life was perfect. But now his life was just a spare piece of
his regular monotonous breathe.
The day at the
party when he had seen Yogesh lusting over her, a pang of jealousy and
insecurity had engulfed him. Later when Aisha had turned up in front of him at
the ETF office, he had seen the wily and disgusted smirk playing on Yogesh's
face. That was the moment he was scared.
Scared not only
for the danger lurking around her but also the fear of losing her forever. That
was when he had finally realized he couldn't lose her like that. Not when he
knew about the danger she has forced herself into. He had followed her but finally
landed into trouble himself. His heart had throbbed with triple beats against
his chest when he found the car with her and Yogesh disappear around the corner
of the lane and he couldn't even move an inch.
He could feel his
life' leave him then and realized he had fallen badly for this lady. The
realization itself brought with it the pain and miserable feel when his car started
to be bang by the other vehicles from the either ends. He tried to jump out but
that wasn't possible. He knew well Aisha's life and modesty both were at stake
but as much as he tried, he hardly could do anything at that moment.
He was getting
injured with every passing second and the pain was rapidly increasing until it
became unbearable and then his senses turned numb. He didn't know, what had
actually happened to him after that, when he opened his eyes, he was at the
hospital bed, looking at his mother's tearful eyes.
He looked around
and there wasn't any trace of Aisha and he knew he had lost her. His heart pained
terribly, but he still couldn't believe he had lost her. He asked them and they
informed she was admitted in the hospital. His heart stopped breathing now. Yogesh
had surely done something to her. What happened to her? How severe was her
state, no one informed. His eyes reached Arjun's and there was an assuring gaze
in them. It meant Aisha was fine. How much fine? Where was Yogesh? Was he
arrested? What happened to the case? It was all a mystery for him and none
helped him to know. Moreover he wasn't in a state to walk to her.
A gust of stormy
wind blew through the open window panes and hit his face. His eyes closed
instantly. He opened the eyes again to look at the fluttering curtains. Dark clouds
had accumulated suddenly and it would rain anytime soon now. He looked back at
the closed door again. None has come yet. He closed his eyes again.
He might have fell into a small nap. When
he opened his eyes again, the window panes was closed and locked. Heavy rain
was splashing on them, creating some weird sounds with the slightly creaking
window frame. A nurse was standing beside his bed writing something on a paper
and pasting it on the clip board.
He tried to speak to her, but she came
forward towards his bed and slanted it up, making him inclined in the front.
She adjusted the pillow at his back and smiled at him,
'how you doing Mr Rathore?' she asked him
politely,
Sameer nodded his head assuring he is
better now and opened his mouth to speak but she kept on speaking at him while collecting
the empty medicine strips,
'You have visitors Mr Rathore, ill just
send them in, but remember no excitement, right,' she informed with a slight
smile and took the tray of medicines with her outside the door, before he could
even utter a word.
Sameer leaned his head back on the pillow
watching the door close behind her. A few more minutes and he saw some known figures
come inside. His mother and father came in followed by a smiling Riya. He could
see them clearly today. Masa still had a scared, pale face and sat beside him on
the bed. His father took the stool beside the bed, while riya stood at the
other edge of bed, holding onto it,
'kaise ho Sameer?' both his parents asked
together and gave irritated looks at each other,
'mein thik hu babasa, masa..' he reply
slowly and held onto his mother's cold palms fondly, making her turn to him,
'hum thik hain masa, itna tension maat
lo,' he told her softly,
'tum thik ho? Kya halat banayi hain tum
ne...hum kitne daar gaye the apko pata hain?'
'masa ap pareshan maat ho, ab to mein
thik hu,' he smiled with a tired face,
'haan dikh raha hain, aisi kya zaroorat
thi ki tum akele nikal gaye? Tumhe kuch ho jata to mein..' masa shivered with
the thought and held her mouth while her eyes filled up,
'masa...' sam called out to her and looked
towards babasa helplessly.
Babasa made an assuring nod and patted his wife's
shoulder, who wiped her teary eyes and looked at Sameer. She caressed his hair
softly and started speaking to him. Riya too stepped towards his bed and started
speaking with him. Sameer asked her about Aisha and riya informed him, she is
fine.
But Sameer wasn't convinced. His eyes
were looking around for Arjun. He needed to speak to him about Aisha as well as
yogesh and the case, coz Riya wasn't telling him anything in front of his
parents. But Arjun was nowhere around. He might not have come today. Finally
when he could not resist the tension more, he asked riya about him,
'Riya, Arjun kaha hain? mujhe usse baat
karna hain kya tum..' he told her,
'Sameer ap abhi koi kaam nehi karenge, apko
sirf rest lena hain,' masa scolded him,
'masa mein bas usse case ke bare mein
kuch baat...' sam started just to be stopped by masa,
'meine kaha na, abhi koi kam nehi, ap
samajhte kyu nehi hain meri baat?' masa told him agitated,
'Masa...' riya held her shoulder to control
the situation,
'Sameer Arjun aya hain, doctor se baat
kar raha hain, ata hi hoga,' she informed,
Riya's words confused Sameer more. He was
fine now, so if Arjun was meeting the doctor it would surely mean something
about Aisha. Did something happen to her, which was serious? He looked at riya,
but she ignored his gaze and then towards masa, who was looking away angrily. Babasa
remained rooted at the spot looking at them,
'Aplog mujhse kuch chupa rahe hain? Aisha
thik nehi hain kya? Kya hua usse?' he asked infuriated and impatient,
'Sam wo...' riya started but stopped when Sameer
almost tried to sit straight and holding up his head.
'Aisha ko kya hua hain riya? Mujhe sach
batao,' he pleaded her with scared face,
'sam ruko..kya kar rahe ho tum?' riya ran
to him while masa stood up to control him,
'mujhe Aisha se milna hain abhi, mujhe
kuch nehi sunna hain, mujhe...' he tried to sit up,
All tried to control a struggling Sameer,
who was groaning in pain now. All looked at each other helplessly when finally
the door flung open and Arjun came in holding the door.
Everyone looked at him and Sameer too
stopped struggling to get up.
'kya ho raha hain yaha?' he barked from
the door, glaring at Sameer,
'dekho na arjun, Sameer kisi ki baat nehi
maan raha,' riya complained furious at Sameer,
'I know Riya, yahi scene abhi dekh ke aya
raha hu,' he replied with a smirk at rathore,
'kya matlab?' riya asked him surprised,
'wo baad mein..abhi filhal Sameer se koi
milne aya hain,' arjun looked at Sameer, who has now lied back on the bed,
breathing heavily, with his eyes straight at arjun,
Arjun moved away and there she was. Aisha
was sitting on a wheel chair, looking at them confused. Arjun moved behind her
and pushed her inside the room. All turned towards her while Sameer blinked his
eyes and kept gaping at her. Aisha's eyes too never left his.
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Around
half an hour back in Aisha's cabin
The doctor entered speaking with Arjun
and walked towards Aisha's bed. Aisha was sitting on the bed yawning when Arjun
stood next to her.
'how are you Mrs Rathore?' the doctor
asked her while checking on the reports,
'I am fine, bas thora weak lag raha hain,'
Aisha replied looking at him,
The doctor nodded checking her pulse,
'wo kuch din aur rahega, proper rest and
medication will help you recover fast, but you got to be careful, the wounds
are quite deep and needs time to recover,' he informed her and looked at Arjun,
who nodded,
'mujhe discharge kab karenge,' she asked
again,
'haan ACP Rawte se wahi baat ho rahi thi.
There is a stitch at your forehead. Ill cut that day after tomorrow, then I can
discharge her ACP Rawte, but she needs rest, and I mean complete rest,' he
informed,
Aisha gulped down and looked away. The
words from the doctor weren't quiet acceptable for her. The doctor checked her and
turned to leave, when Aisha called him back,
'Sameer kaise hain Doctor?' she enquired,
The doctor stopped and looked at Arjun,
who alternated his confused gaze between Aisha and the doctor. The doctor
smiled back at Aisha and patted her shoulder,
'your husband is fine, Mrs Rathore, he is
recovering, kuch aur din, fir hum unhe bhi discharge kar denge,' the doctor
informed and turned towards the door,
'Doctor, Sameer thik to haina? Koi
ghabrane wali baat to nehi?' she asked again, giving a voice to her inner doubts,
'abhi wo thik hain,' the doctor said and looked
towards Arjun again who was not looking at him now.
'abhi matlab? Baad mein kuch ho sakta
hain kya? Kuch serious hain kya? Internal injuries? Bataiye na doctor, what
happened to Sameer?' she straightened on the bed and leaned in front.
Arjun sat beside her holding her by her
shoulders while she gradually lost her calm and exhilarated. Arjun held her palm,
which had turned cold and was shivering. Her eyes were agitated at the silence in
the room and she jerked arjun fisting his shirt.
'Arjun kya hua Sameer ko? Wo thik to
haina? Mujhe milna hain usse?' she asked him clutching his shirt,
The doctor ran back to them.
'Mrs Rathore control yourself, Sameer
thik hain,' he shouted at her, but Aisha wasn't in control anymore. She left
her legs from the edge of the bed to get down, while Arjun wrapped his arms
around her, holding her in his arms.
'Aisha, ruko, you aren't well,' Arjun
shouted at her,
'mujhe Sameer se milna hain bus, mujhe
jane do,' Aisha shouted, jerking away from his hold,
Arjun was facing a tough time to hold her
and calm her down. Finally he spoke to the doctor,
'Doctor, please ap usse milne dijiye, ye
dono ke liye acha hoga, trust me, warna isse samhalna...' he stopped when the doctor
made a weird face at the struggling Aisha,
'rukiye stitch khul jayega aise...ACP
rawte, I am sending someone, ap inhe leke jaiye, but I don't want any harsh
action, ETF ke sare officers aise hain kya?' the doctor gave a hard look at Aisha
and walked out muttering to himself,
Arjun consoled Aisha, but she was getting
restless now. Finally a wheel chair was brought and Arjun took the
responsibility to personal conduct her visit to her husband. He was pushing the
wheel chair with her towards sameer's cabin, when he heard him shouting from
inside.
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Edited by rimi_invisible - 9 years ago
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