Chapter 6
While doctor was examinig Manvi, Virat was standing with his back suppported by the wall, continuously staring the love of his life... After sometime doctor left away, he didnt remember what he was saying except a little instructions related to medicines which he tried to listen with sheer concentration...
Virat dragged himself near to her, holding her hand, he noticed that the diamond of their wedding ring was missing... may be dropped off as there were a little bit scratches around the finger...
He slowly freed her hand from the ring , placed it in the side table drawer, and slowly approximated her hand close to his heart, feeling the helplness that if he could drench all her pain, he tightly closed his eyes to let the lone tear find its way... strong urge to talk to her arised when he touched her closed eyes... Strong desire to listen to her blabberings of which he was usual to...He curled himself close to her, close enough to listen her breathe atleast but there was only irreularity, nothing else he could feel...
Virat rose up from the bed on seeing his mobile phone screen blinking and moved out of the room to answer the person on the other side...
Rohit: Is evrything fine Virat? Where have u been off to without informing everyone?
Virat: Nothing yar, we are back to home, you were busy thats why i didnt informed you... talk to u later... bye...
on replying back, he cut off the call, know that it was quite enough to reassure him atleast...
While returning back to room, he just noticed the Birthday Card placed on Fire place... The Card for which he had searched almost evry shop to find the best one... The Card for which he really tried hard to think over what to write, how to pour over his love but all he had written after so long was
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR WIFE... leaving the blank space next to it for manvi to fill it as he was acknowledged that she knew him the best and will complete his remaining unexpressed work...
He slowly crept towards the card, took hold of it, moving his fngers softly over it...
On wiping the shiny droplets from the card which most probably were his tears, he placed back the card and headed back to the room to see her Manvi again...
It was morning by now, he had not seen the time but could see the sun rays trying to get in from the thick heavy curtains, quite indicative of their stubborn nature...
All night had passed with Virat sitting in the same posture trying to avoid blinking his eyes as he didnt want her to be LOST even for a second...
On seeing movement of her Eye Lids which have thick rolled eyelashes at their margins, he immediately moved more closer to her...
She was gaining consciousness as the effect of sedatives was gettng over by then... while caressing her hairs Virat whispered her name, "Good morning Manvi"
Whole night he was praying for Manvi to be conscious, he wanted to talk to her, to listen to her pointless arguments...
But on seeing her regaining consciousness, he could see the shivering of his hands,his heartbeats were getting irregular... He was really afraid of her reaction, he was afraid of seeing mistrust in her eyes...Virat tightly clutched her hands to regain the lost strength and again called her name...
and this time Manvi opened her Eyes ...
But to his surprise, there was no mistrust, no dsicomfort in her eyes...
Her eyes were Blank... following some unknown direction... without any hidden feelings...He tried to search for some but couldnt find any...He tried to smile on seeing her open eyes, though his smile betrayed him...
By looking into her eyes, he helped her get up by giving support to her buoyant delicate body...
Virat: Manvi its around 8'O clock, so i think we should move to kitchen for the breakfast. he tried to be normal...
On getting no response, he again continued... My dear wife, I am hungry, lets off to dining table...
And to his surprise she tried to get up on listening this... But before her to be off from the bed, Virat held her arm and looked at her...
He wanted her to react, to blame him for his carelessnes atleast... to pour out her pain, her feelings... But on seeing her blank brown eyes, he silently carried her towards the dining table without saying anything...
While preparing the breakfast, Virat was continuously chattering to stimulate her but she was not responding even a bit... he tried many times but it remained same all the time...
With two mugs of coffee and egg sandwiches placed in the tray, he actuated towards her and saw her looking something on her hands...
Virat: "Manvi, What happened?"
"My wedding ring" she responded with blank expressions...
Virat moved closer to her and tried to explain but before that she spoke off, "Virat, it had gone, cant you see that its not there" she replied with shivring voice
Sudden wave of fear striked him on seeing her like that... He tried to calm her down."Manvi its okay, its with me... Dont worry"
"No Virat, It had gone... Why dont you understand? see my hands" she yelled spreading her hands in front of him...
He tried to hold his tears on: "Manvi please calm down, I am telling you that I have it... and moreover I am with you so whats use of ring...He tried to reassure her by softly holding her hands"...
"What Virat and I am telling you that its gone, maybe Varun had it... ask him to give it back... plzz virat bring it back" she get up from the chair jerking his hands... Coffee fell down due to sudden jerk scorching her hands and feet... Virat was numbed for a second but seeing the coffee he immediately stand up and caught her. He hold her tightly as he could see the imbalance and provided her the strong arms support before the fainting spell.. Carrying her back to the room, he quickly searched for ointment to apply to the burn areas... He was unable to breath for sometime due to her state... Trying to take a deep breath he applied the ointment on reddened areas of her hands with one hand and with the other hand he removed the hair strands from her face which were covering ner beautiful closed eyes...
Virat's phone was constantly ringing, so he picked up the phone, and listened the trembled voice of next person
Rohit:"Virat be there immediately?"
Virat: "What happened Rohit? I am not well so i Cant"
Rohit: "Virat... actually last night Varun's car crashed down, he is no more"
Present
Virat POV...
I still remembered the time when i came to know about Varun's death... Thats what i was not praying of..It seemed that God had snatched from me even the last chance of getting out of my regret... No, he could not die like this, i wanted him to suffer the same pain which he had given to her, to me... but not like that, how could he die so easily... May be I was not worth of HER thats why I never succeeded in giving her the happiness... 2 year had passed but I can still feel her around me, answering to every single unknown call in hope of that maybe someday she would call me... I still sleep in the lounge, close to the door, close enough that it will take no time to open the door when you will come back...
I MISSED YOU MANVI