Part 16- REAL ONE
Where do we go from here?
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"Aaj ke baad, Riddhima, main, aur Angel tum saab se rishte tor deta hoon, except with Atul and Anjali. I mean you all claim to love her so much, but you
could KILL HER? As her parents, her friends, and Sid you claim to love her? You all make me sick. Atul could you please escort them all out? Anjali,
please watch Riddhima while Angel and I go complete the discharge papers. "
Armaan filled out the forms while holding Angel in his left arm. How could they even consider killing her? Sure he understood they didn't want her to
suffer, but KILLING HER? The mere thought of it made him sick. He would do whatever he could to take care of her and make her better. The
important part was that she was alive. He would research on the topic and try every suggested therapy or cure. He would search around the world for
the best doctors.
Armaan's thoughts were broken as he saw Mr. Chatterjee running in. Armaan looked at him, "sir?" He looked at him confused. "Aap yahaan?" Arjun
nodded, "it's arjun here, and omg is this Sanjana? Ridz told me about her? Where is Riddhima? I got heldup and couldn't make it to the wedding, then i
heard that the wedding didn't happen and riddhima was in labor. I'm an uncle now! She's my wife's cousin you know. Now that she's not my student we
can openly admit it!"
Armaan looked at Arjun as he admired Angel, unsure of how to explain to him the situation. "Normally I'd be so shocked yet somehow relieved that you
are only her cousin and nothing more, but currently I'm in no state of mind." Arjun looked at him confused, "kya matlab? sab theek toh haina?"
Armaan sighed, "depends on your prespective." Armaan went on to explain all the history and the past few events. In order to adequately understand
the situation he would need to know their past - including his love for her and his and her suicide attempts.
"toh now the hospital and her as well as my parents want to euthinize her." Arjun interrupted before he could continue. "KYA? EUTHINIZE HER?
YAHNI KI HUMANE MURDER? YOU'RE BLOODY JOKING RIGHT? I WON'T ALLOW IT. HOW COULD YOU EVEN CONSIDER THAT? YOU CLAIM
TO LOVE HER?" Armaan slightly smiled. "I said no. Sirf, main, atul or anjali ne na kaha. Maine baaki sab ki saath naata tor diya. By now I'm sure Atul
has them out. I'm taking Riddhima home with me. I need to get her stuff and figure out how to go about finding a treatment. There must be something
we can try."
Arjun nodded, "let me go see her, then I can bring her stuff over. That way you won't have to face them. I'll also bring whatever books I have on
paralysis and related topics. We can sit together and try to find something. I think Riddhima mentioned that Atul was a doctor as well? He'll
understand the language and terminology as well so he can help. Anjali will understand some stuff too, but her field was social work I believe so it
might be easier for the three of us. You must be thanking God that you chose psychology as your field. That is greatly linked to therapy." Armaan
smiled. "Thank you soo much! And actually it was because of Riddhima I came into this field, or else I would have gone towards law! She was
interested in it and I just wanted to be near her toh..."
Arjun smiled. "Acha chalo, let's go see Riddhima. Aur Can I hold her?" Armaan nodded, "you can try, she seems to be crying whenever anyone else
holds her though."
Arjun slightly laughed and took her. At first she was fine as they walked -likely because she was asleep. But then she began making strange faces and
began crying on not feeling her fathers warmth and touch.
Armaan laughed, "well you lasted longer than the others." He quickly took Angel and cuddled her, thus immediately stopping her crying. Arjun laughed.
"well she is definately Riddhima's daughter I can tell you that."
As they went into Riddhima's room, Arjun's eyes welled up seeing her like that. He ran his hand over her head and spoke, "pata hai, when I first met
the family, toh everyone teased my about my love for Bangla music and movies. It's quite unpopular you know. But Ridz stood by me and wanted to try
them out. So she started watching the movies, listening to the music, ect. with me. And well she became my bangla buddy. That's how she learnt Bangla
btw. She was always there for whoever needed her. Now it's our turn. It's our turn to prove ki we love her just as much. I just wish my wife was in
town. She's actually visiting her mother. She's pregnant and I don't know how to break the news to her."
Armaan looked at Riddhima's eyes for a minute, then replied, "don't tell her yet. her health is more important." Arjun nodded, "acha I'm sure the doctor
gave you a list of things we'll need. Give it to me so I'll pick the stuff up on my way over. Aur haan I know where you live. I helped Ridz move out.
Sorry about that by the way. It was her wish. Now I wish I hadn't helped her and convinced her to stay, but she has a way of getting what she wants
with me."
Armaan nodded, "uh haan actually list hain, par kuch saman thora embarrasing hai, or expensive bhi hosakta." Armaan spoke in a whisper as he didn't
want Riddhima to hear. Arjun shook his head, "doesn't matter. Come let's have it."
Armaan handed it over. Arjun then looked at Atul. "You must be Atul. Cardiologist right? I'll meet you at Armaan's place. We'll need help going through
the med books and such." Atul nodded. Anjali sighed, "I wish I had studied something more helpful then social work! But I have a few things I want to
search through, also I'll take care of Angel - if she lets me that is."
Armaan looked at the Atul and Anjali - could you both go put everything else in the car and wait outside while I change Riddhima?" Atul nodded but
Anjali spoke up, "nahin, you can go out. I will change Riddhima." Armaan shook his head. "par you don't understand we have to change her diaper as
well. They took off the pipe and gave her padded underwear." Anjali just stood there.
"Armaan, Riddhima is my sister. She'd do the same for me. Now get out." Armaan nodded and left, but not before kissing Riddhima's forehead and
whispering in her ear. "I love you jaana."
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Armaan carried Riddhima to the car, he was adament on not letting her use the wheelchair. He was grateful that their apartment had an elevator as it
would have been a hassle to always use the stairs. Anjali carried in Angel, who seemed to like her godmother, while Atul took care of the other things
such as the wheelchair.
Atul and Anjali were shocked upon entering Armaan's room. The walls were covered in huge pictures of Riddhima. "Armaan, ye sab?" Armaan sighed,
"actually, woh when I knew she wouldnt ever come back...aur I'd probably rarely see her toh...i mean use dekhe bina jeena nahin aata mujhe toh..."
They stared at him in awe.
"Waise, The room next door was set up like a nursery already - Riddhima and I started that before. Aur phir I bought another crib for this room later
on. Toh you can place Angel there for now. Or actually nahin, put her next to Riddhima."
Anjali nodded and carefully placed Angel next to Riddhima. Armaan carefully angeled Riddhima so she was facing Angel. He then placed a pillow on
Angel's other side. After kissing Riddhima's head they silently went out to talk in the living room.
Atul spoke first, "okay medically speaking, Riddhima will either need to be fed through IV, or if you plan on giving angel breast milk still, then we have
to give her broth or blended food orally. That might be difficult because she can't control swallowing or anything so we have to do it slowly and
patiently. Personally I think that's the best option." Armaan nodded, "toh how about we make some kichdi and blend it and feed her slowly?" Anjali
nodded, "haan, sounds good. I can go make some." Just then Arjun entered, "I know I'm your teacher, but even I've heard about your cooking skills
Anjali. We want to help Riddhima, not torture her. And no worries, I've got some kichdi with me. I made some for breakfast this morning, it's still hot.
Just have to blend it. I also picked up some burgers for us. Anjali you go blend this and put this stuff away, while we go start looking through books."
Anjali glared at him first, "sir that's so meannn, but fine." She took the stuff and went into the kitchen.
Arjun shouted back after her, "you can call me Arjun here btw! We aren't in school!" Atul laughed and began searching through the books.
Anjali came back in with the blended kichdi and burgers and found all the boys searching and digging through books. "Okay boys here's our lunch, you
keep searching and I'll go feed Ridz." Armaan looked up, "actually Anj, if you don't mind I'd like to do that." Anjali nooded and handed over
Riddhima's food. She sat down and passed out the burgers.
Armaan went into the room and smiled seeing mother and daughter looking at each other. He went to Riddhima and slightly lifted her so he was sitting
behind her with her leaning against him. He smiled and slowly began placing small teaspoonfuls in her mouth. "I know jaan, par for know this is what
you'll have to manage with." He made sure to tilt her head upwards and wipe her chin after every spoonful. Food kept coming out, but he didn't mind.
After finishing, he laid her down again and lightly kissed her lips. "I love you Basket." He then looked over at their daughter who was watching him
wide-eyed. "Oh ho toh what are you looking at Angel Mallik? Sharam nahin aati apne mummy papa ko romance karte hue dekhnemein?"
Suddenly Armaan scrunched his nose, "ew woh smell kaha se arahihai?" He looked at the small smile on Angels face getting wider showing her no teeth,
Acha toh madam ne chi chi kiya? Armaan picked Angel up and took out the diapers and wipes. Holding his breath, he quickly changed her diaper. "EW,
Baby, how much can one baby girl poop? I mean all you had was milk! Acha koi problem nahin, ab toh you're all clean and fresh. You look like your
mama, par your bathroom habits are definately like me. Sadly beta, that's one thing I'm not proud of!" Seeing the slight frown on her face Armaan
chuckled. "Oh no baby ko bura laga? koi baat nahin, jitne poopoo karna hai karna theek hai?"
Seeing Angel's smile he kissed her cheek then walked out carrying her. Atul and Anji were grinning like the cheshire cat while Arjun was smacking his
head. Atul spoke up first, "Armaan mera bhai, milgaya! YOU HAVE TO SEDUCE HER!" Armaan nearly dropped Angel in shock. "kya?" Atul and Anjali
nodded. Anjali pointed to a textbook, "see maine paya! It's right here!"
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