The only doctor of the village came back from town in the evening n reached Raghu's farm house. After checking Antara he immediately gave her an injection n prescribed her few medicines for her wounds and mild fever. He instructed to change the wound dressings within at least 24 hours and assured Raghu that she would gain her consciousness back soon but she needed rest to heal up her body and mind. Kaka went with the doctor to his dispensary to bring the medicines required for antara.
Raghu was all the while sitting beside Antara holding her hand and staring at her. He left the bed n came to the other end of the room and moved aside the curtains and slide opened the huge french windows. A gust of aromatic fresh air and the bright daylight came in and stroke his face. He took a long breath and looked outside the window .a beautiful scenic beauty of the Westghat mountain range and the colorful garden that was revealed in front of him somewhat helped him to relax a bit. He sat on a couch near the windows and look at unconscious antara . His face and his frown on his forehead indicated that he was thinking and analyzing on something serious issue.
He ran his fingers through his thick black hair n took out his mobile from his pocket and called up Mach mach : mach mach ek kaam kar .pata laga ki kisne antara ko uthwaya tha aur kisliye.apne khas aadmiyo ko is kam pe laga . Mujhe jaldi is bareme puri khabar chahiye.
Machmach: kya bhai kisine edi ko... mera matlap antra ke sath koi kyun aisa karega?
Raghu : bakwaas bandh kar. Tu phon rakh aur kaam pe lag ABHI..aur ek bat bata Ajji kaisi hai..hum kuch din baad lautenge ye sunke pareshan to nahi hui?
Mach mach: Aarre nahi bhai. Ajji to ye sunke bohot khush hai
Raghu : KYAA???
Mach mach : nai mera matlap hai Ajji thodisi bas pareshaan hai tension nahi leneka bhai ..ajji bilkul thik hai. Main tera kaam pe lag jata hun . kuch khabar miltehi bataunga.Apna aur antra ka dhyan rakhna bhai.
A concerned Mach mach was always there for Raghu in every tough situations of life he thought after ending the call n put his mobile and his jeep key on the tiny teakwood table beside the couch he was sitting. Raghu knew that his Ajji , Machmach n Dayamai these 3 persons are indispensable in his life and he loved them a lot but he just couldn't work out what had happened to him just the very moment this girl Antara entered his life just few months back. Raghu never ever was able to outcast antara from his mind the moment he saw her. He was flabbergasted with the emotion that engrossed him when he lost Antara yesterday. Every moment Raghu's heart sank with a bitter sense of loss, with the slightest thought of the possibility if he had not been able to find out misscall ...his misscall. Raghu thanked his Bappa by his heart for returning back his miscall to him again.
Raghu's heart jumped a bit as he heard Antara sobbing ...clutching the bed sheet with her fingers ...her eyes tightly closed n face traumatized.
Raghu ran to her and said : hey misscall...sunnnah... idhar dekh ...main hun tere paas. apni aankhe khol. Raghu sat beside her on the bed and patted her cheeks softly and rubbed her both arms to calm her shivering body. Hearing his voice, antara opened her eyes slowly and looked at Raghu...a gush of tears came out of her eyes but she uttered nothing. Raghu slid his arm down her upper arm and held her tight. He leaned down on her n his strong chest came close to her n touched her trembling body softly. He gazed at her beautiful eyes intensely and silently swiped her tears away. Antara left the bedsheet n clutched Raghu's shirt. She was still trembling. Neither Raghu nor Antara uttered a single word...their eyes conveyed their pain n anguish to each other. After a while Antara stopped crying, the trauma on her face was not there then, but her tears were still forming droplets and those were running down her cheeks. Raghu carefully lifted her n made her sit by setting few pillows behind her back. He kept his hands rest on the bed to her either sides and looked at her. Antara didn't look at Raghu this time n kept her eyes down. Raghu took her hand in his n asked : bohot dard horaha hai? Antara shook her head slowly but still didn't look at him. Raghu knew very well how much in pain she was but said nothing. Both were quiet for a while. Then again raghu leaned on her a bit , tilted his head n tried to lift her chin with his finger and asked in a husky low voice: Baat nahi karegi ??? Itni gussa hai tu merese'??? Antara turned her face the other side and tried to take her hand out from Raghu's grip.
Raghu didnt let her hand go from his but just held her hand softly without tightening his grip. Tired Antara couldn't free her hand from Raghu and stopped trying to do so.
Raghu looked at her face intensely and said : Hmmm. Thik hai . Baat mat kar. And leaving her there he went away. He returned with the food tray n kept it on the side table of the bed and said : wo kya hai doctor ne jo tujhe medicine diya hai wo khana khaneke bad hi le sakti hai. To abhi kuch kha le. saying this he took a bowl of soup and tried to feed her. She turned her face just the opposite side when raghu held a spoon full of soup near her mouth. Raghu hardened his jaw n said: Kha lee...Kalse tume kuch khaya nahi hai .bina khaye ladegi kaise mujhse? Aur waise bhi tu nahi khayegi to thik kaise hogi ? But anatra didn't move.
Raghu stared at antara's gesture n said: Tujhe nahi khana hai to mat kha ...par Mujhe to bohot bhukh laga. Mai to kha raha hun . He soon started eating in front of antara like a hungry man (he actually was hungry as he too didn't eat anything from yesterday)and finished most of the food and praised the food to her continuously for its awesome taste ,color , flavor n everything ...and continued : khana to sab khatam ho gaya ..aab tu kya khayegi ?? ab puri raat bhukhi pet soti reh.
Irritated and pissed of antara turned to him, took the soup bowl and tried to finish it but couldn't. Due to her fever the soup tasted bitter to her n she made a face for that. Raghu went n took the glass of milk from the other tray and came back to antara. This time Raghu didn't ask her to drink the milk ,he gave a stern look to her... squeezed her both cheeks with his fingers and put a spoon full of milk into her mouth. Antara couldn't resist this sudden attempt n gulped the milk. Antara tried to move her face away the next time but Raghu did the same thing with her holding her tightly n Antara couldn't resist him. After attempting this few times Raghu smirked and said : ye hui na baat ! ab tu lad payegi merese .
Antara was tired like hell. Her whole body was throbbing in pain n she couldn't keep her eyes open for long. Raghu gave her medicines n removed the pillows from her back. He scooped her up and laid her down gently on bed n covered her with a quilt. Antara was not in a state to resist Raghu's any action, she just gave him a heated look but Raghu gave a smile back to her n leaned down on her making her nervous and planted a soft kiss on her cheek n whispered : Apna ye jo gussa hai na tera ,abhi ke liye ise hold karke rakh . kal subha ladna merese. abhi lambi ho ke so ja... Samjhiii...
To be Continued''..
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