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TWENTY NINE
Raghu's phone buzzed non-stop with messages from Sara and Sahil but he didn't have the mental capacity to deal with them at this moment in time. As he sat patiently waiting to hear from the doctor he saw Karan and Aisha walk up to him. Raghu stood up 'how are you guys?' looking towards Aisha 'I am so sorry Aisha after seeing Antara in the state she was I totally forgot about you' Aisha smiled 'its ok Mr Naik, I can understand' Raghu nodded in appreciation 'um have you been seen by a doctor? Is there anything I can do for you or get you?' Raghu asked feeling some responsibility towards Antara's friends. 'No we are fine' Karan answered 'our families are on their way and then we have to go to give our respective statements to the police...um Mr Naik, how is Antara?' Raghu didn't know any more what was he to tell them 'Aisha, you were with Antara, what happened to her, her forehead was bleeding, what caused her to faint?'.
Aisha started crying Karan held her by the shoulders to support her as he got her to sit down. Raghu bent down and kneeled in front of her, he placed his hand on her shoulder making her look up 'please Aisha...I need to know'. Raghu's heart started to pace as he waited for Aisha to speak.
'The men that took us started misbehaving with some of the girls everyone was...so..so scared we didn't know what was going to happen to us...antara tried to pull back one of the passengers as one man tried dragging her...I tried to stop Antara but she wouldn't listen she tried to fight the man during which he hit her so hard she fell hitting her head...' Aisha started sobbing uncontrollably as she tried to speak 'I...I tried to wake her up but she wouldn't, I was so scared I kept checking to see if she was still breathing'
Raghu's eyes turned black he was enraged how dare anyone touch his Antara. Raghu got up giving way to Karan to comfort and calm Aisha down. As he moved he saw the doctor come out and walk up to him 'you are the person who came in with the patient' he asked 'yes...is she ok' he asked with urgency 'yes...well she will be, she hit her head hard and by the looks of it she has been unconscious for quite some time. It will take time for her to recover, she required a few stitches, and she is still under the effect of the anesthetic. You can go and see her but it may be tomorrow by the time she comes round' with that the doctor walked away leaving Raghu to fully register what he had just heard. There was a slight sense of relief but he knew that nothing was going to be ok until Antara woke up.
If Antara was going to be in hospital overnight and possibly a few more days he needed to let his family know. He called Naani and explained everything to her Naani was shocked to the core she couldn't believe what had happened. Raghu reluctantly asked her to tell Shruti and inform Antara's parents; Raghu said that once Antara came round he would have her transferred to their local hospital in Delhi. After a long conversation they mutually decided not to tell machmach and rukku for the time being.
Raghu walked into the room where Antara lay, it was dark the only light came from a lamp that was placed in the corner. Antara lay wearing worn out hospital clothes covered with fresh white sheet. Her forehead was bandaged and her arms covered with needles that were attached to various IV fluids. Raghu stood by her and he gently stroked her hair, he bent down to place a kiss on her cheek. It was just then he saw a tear drop on her that he realised he was crying. 'Everything will be ok Antara; I won't let anything happen to you...I promise...I...I love you'.
Raghu spent the whole night holding onto her hand he couldn't take his eyes off of her he wanted to make sure he was awake for when she woke up. Raghu nodded off only to be startled by a nurse who had come in to check on Antara, Raghu smiled at the nurse as he adjusted his position. 'Sir can I get you anything to drink?' she politely asked um I wouldn't mind a black coffee' 'of course, no problem'. After a few minute the nurse returned with his coffee. 'Is she your wife?' Raghu looked at the nurse 'n..no but she soon will be' he smiled replying.
Not wanting to nod off again Raghu paced the room waiting for morning to break. As the sun came up rays seeped through the blinds lighting up Antara's face, she looked so angelic so beautiful, as he walked towards her bed he saw her hands flinch he quickly ran up to her and started calling out 'antara...antara..can you hear me...nurse...doctor' he screamed out he could see her eyes move as she tried to open them 'please sir we need you to wait outside' the doctor demanded as he and his team gathered around Antara. Raghu had been waiting for over fifteen minutes he let out a sigh of relief when the doctor came out 'sir, there is nothing to worry about she is fine...a little weak but fully awake now, you can see her but let her rest, talking too much may not help'. Raghu nodded and ran into the room.
Antara was sitting up with her back and head resting on a mountain of pillows, he waited until the nurse exited the room before he slowly walked up to her. Antara looked at him emotionless he could see that she was looking but not seeing it was like she was looking straight through him. Raghu gently picked up her hand as he sat beside her 'antara...antara are you ok?' Antara looked at him blankly Raghu started to panic why was she just staring why was she not talking to him. Raghu moved his hand up to cup her face as his hand touched her face Antara gasped she quickly moved her hand to cover his and held on to it tight as she totally broke down un controllably crying. Raghu grabbed her crushing her into his embrace 'shhh Antara its ok, I'm here please don't cry I won't let anything happen to you, you're safe...shhh' Raghu felt a lump in his throat he couldn't bare seeing her like this he gently stroked her hair and rubbed her back to comfort her. They sat like that for the longest time until Antara safely fell asleep again.
Raghu had arranged for Antara to be transferred to the hospital in Delhi the ambulance had picked them up and safely taken them. As Antara was admitted the doctor came to read over her notes and examine her. Raghu waited outside making a few phone calls. He first asked Aman to continue to deal with everything at the office and to update Sara and Sahil, he also called Antara's parents they were on their way. As he finished making his calls he heard his name being called out, it was Naani, arnav and Shruti, relieved to see his family Raghu ran into their open arms trying to find some solace after having experienced the worst forty eight hours of his existence.
By the time Raghu finished explaining what had happened the doctor came out and informed them that they were free to see Antara. Naani and Shruti went in first leaving arnav and Raghu outside. 'raghu, have the police fed back any more information' 'No but I do know that they will be coming to take a full statement from Antara , you know arnav she hasn't said a word since she woke up' arnav had never seen his brother in law so emotional he wondered if Raghu's state was because he had feelings for Antara, he placed his hand on his shoulder 'don't worry Raghu she will be fine , we won't let anything happen to her'. After around fifteen minutes Shruti came outside and broke down in tears 'shruti, what's wrong?' Raghu ran up to his sister holding her in his embrace 'raghu what's wrong with her? What did they do to her? She won't talk, she won't respond to anything...' Shruti sobbed as seeing Antara in this condition was unbearable. Raghu left Shruti with arnav and walked in to see Naani holding Antara's hand trying to get her to talk. Antara sat in the bed staring straight ahead as if she was a statue Raghu gently tapped Naani who clearly looked distraught 'Naani go and sit with Shruti for a moment let me...' Naani stood up and stroked Raghu's cheek before she exited the room.
Raghu inhaled as much oxygen as he could he sat down by Antara, he placed his hand on the side of her face and turned her to face him he had hoped that by seeing him by looking straight into his eyes it would awaken bring her back from wherever she had gone but all he saw was emptiness her face her eyes everything was void of any emotion 'antara...antara please say something...look everyone is here aunty and uncle will be here any minute...please say something anything...' Antara continued to stare at him blankly his heart felt like it was about to explode out of his body the pain he felt was nothing like he had experienced before. Raghu leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on her check and then pulled her in holding her. Naani and Shruti looked on through the small window in the door Shruti smiled through her tears she knew that finally her brother had found someone he had after so many years been able to open up his heart and let someone take place there.
Ashok and geeta had arrived and were sitting with Antara while the rest of the Naik family waited outside. Raghu and arnav had gone to talk to the doctor. They had been told that Antara was suffering from post-traumatic stress and it would take time for her to come to terms with what had happened, at this time all they could do was to support her and be patient. The doctor wanted to keep Antara in for further observations but Raghu refused he thought it would be better if Antara moved into RM and had a nurse present at all times to look after her. The doctor wasn't given much choice as Raghu was adamant that Antara was going with him.
By the evening the Antara had been discharged from the hospital and was taken to RM. Naani and Shruti had made arrangements for her to move into the guest room which was adjacent to Raghu's room. As news spread of Antara's return from hospital her colleagues started flooding the place much to Raghu's annoyance, at this time she needed to be resting she wasn't in a fit state to have so many visitors but he couldn't protest either. He strictly instructed Shruti to ensure that they were only allowed to see her for ten minutes.
Naani insisted that geeta stayed back with Antara. Geeta sat by her daughters side the whole evening she caressed her hair and patted her until she fell asleep as soon as she did geeta was unable to hold back her tears any further. Raghu came in with Ram Aunty please have something to eat' he instructed Ram to place the food on the side table and then walked up to geeta bringing her to sit and eat.
'Aunty you must be tired please get some rest I will stay back with Antara and the nurse is here too'. Geeta smiled at Raghu and nodded she got up after having eaten and went to sit with Naani.
Raghu looked down at his sleeping beauty; she truly looked like someone who had just descended from heaven. Raghu sat there for the longest time his mind went back to when they first met he reminisced over every moment he had spent with her, lost in his reverie he was suddenly brought back by the ringing of his phone 'Hello' he whispered in the phone then slowly got up and walked to the window not to disturb Antara. 'Yes Inspector...no she is still not talking...yes she is at home now as soon as she is well enough I will let you know'.
