FF : I Feel Nothing. Updated Part 40 - Page 75

Khushi kept looking towards the stairs...searching for Arnav...

"Khushi?"

"oh...I'm fine jiji...i just...i don't know where..."

"Help!!!"

Khushi's eyes jumped up and saw Shyam standing at the top of the stairs yelling...

Everything that happened from that moment went in slow motion...

She saw Arnav unconscious on the floor.

She saw the paramedics start to arrive.

She saw them trying to wake him.

He wasn't moving.

"I've lost it all..." Khushi said to herself...

She couldn't go closer...she couldn't let his pain be the last thing she saw...

"I have to get out...i have to get out!!!" and with that she ran to the door...only to have guards stop her from leaving...she wasn't thinking clearly...she needed to get out...she finally found a way out through a window...and as soon as she was clear of the house, she bolted...not knowing where to run

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Shyam gave a smile of victory...he waited 10 or so minutes and finally slipped out of the room...

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Khushi ran. The Night wind was burning her eyes. But she kept running.

Finally spent, she collapsed on the side of the road...

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Arnav felt his head pounding...

He heard voices chattering incoherently...

"how did this happen? Are his sugar levels too low?"

"no he has tear gas in his system...do you know how this happened maam?"

"tear gas?!"

Arnav opened his eyes...he started coughing slightly..."yes Di, it was tear gas. Jijaji threw one on the ground and then hit me to stun me..." Arnav looked around the room..."Where...WHERE IS KHUSHI!?" he yelled furiously

"She's just here Bhai..." but when Akash turned she was missing...

"i'm sure she's just gone to your room, i'll check... " Payal said calmly

"What do you mean Chote!? Shyam attacked you!? What's going on!?" Anjali started to scream

"Di, Shyam is a filthy, two timing liar. He has been lying to you for years now. He hurt Khushi, he hurt me, and he's hurting you...He loves Khushi and he is trying to get her by any means..."

Anjali stood there stunned. She knew something had been wrong, but not this!? How could someone she loved so much be so evil! Arnav anxiously stood up and held Anjali ...

"Di, i'm so sorry..." he said fidgeting around ..." Nani please look after Di..." Arnav was now losing all patience..."WHERE IS KHUSHI!? Akash!? PAYAL!? WHERE IS SHE!"

Payal came running in crying..."I can't find her! I don't know where she's gone!" she said with terror

"WHERE IS SHYAM?" arnav hissed.

"he left the house about 15 minutes ago sir," said one of the security guards...

"You LET him leave!? WHAT!!?! "

"Sir you told us that he could leave. But we stopped Mrs. Raizada from leaving...she went to her room."

"but she's not there now!" payal's eyes were filled with alarm, and Arnav's heart was racing...

"We will check the grounds sir."

"NO." Arnav said standing up straight. His strength returned. His mind hardset on finding Khushi. "You will check the streets. She is trying to run. And i won't let her get far."

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As Khushi woke, she felt a stinging sensation in her head...she had collapsed onto the hard road...she had grazed her head and now had pains shooting through her...she saw a figure approaching her...getting clearer...clearer...

She let out a scream of horror.

Shyam.

"I told you i would take you away from him..." he grinned at her ...

Khushi sprung up, turned on her heel and bolted down the street..."No! NO!!!! Help!!!!! Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Arnav sprinted to his car...

"where would she go sir?" Asked the police officers.

"she would just run. She wouldn't think. She'd just go..." arnav said..."just spread out. And FIND HER...and...if you find Shyam, TAKE HIM TO JAIL."

"Ofcourse sir."

And with that, Arnav got in his car and drove down the street fast...

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Shyam caught up to Khushi...it was late at night and the roads were quite deserted... he pulled her off the street into the nearby trees...

She hissed in disgust as his hands came around her...he held her roughly and pulled her hair hard to one side and in a frenzy he bit and sucked monstrously on her neck...a sick and agonizing sob came out of her as she lost all feeling again..."no no no...stop! Stop!!!"she kept repeating...her mind flashed to arnav making love to her... his soft touch...she needed him...she had said awhile ago that she didn't even know if God listened to her, but now..."God! Help! Arnavji!!!!!!!!!!"

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Arnav had driven for awhile and was now outside his car calling out for her...scanning the street...Then he heard her voice..."God! Help! Arnavji!!!!!!!!!!!!"... "She's calling me..." he said aloud..."KHUSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and he ran towards the scream

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The second Shyam heard Arnav's name come out of her lips he became furious...he lifted his knife from his pocket and held it to her neck..."don't you ever say his name when i'm kissing you!" he pushed the blade harder against her...
"His is the only name i will EVER say!" Khushi screamed using all her strength..."Arnavji!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ...and she continued to whisper Arnav's name...every time Shyam bit her harder...

Arnav heard her scream again...his legs wouldn't move fast enough...he was getting closer...he knew Shyam had her...his anger rose furiously... he ran...he listened...his heart begging God that she would be alright...

He stopped dead in his tracks when he heard her shriek in pain...he turned and saw Shyam. Holding Khushi. Kissing her. And holding a knife to her.

He became primal. He was prowling towards them...hate, rage and fury were in his eyes...

"LET. HER.GO...NOW!" Arnav's voice was haunting.

Khushi looked up and saw him..."A...Arn...Arnavji..."' His eyes hit hers...

"Khushi, keep yours eyes on me...I am here..." his eyes went to shyam, "I SAID, LET HER GO."

Shyam spoke emotionlessly..."ok...I think i will...for now...I've had my taste of her...now you can have what's left..." and holding the knife in place...Shyam released his arm holding Khushi and let her fall, the blade cutting her further...Shyam just ran and disappeared into the darkness...Khushi screamed in pain as she felt blood oozing down her neck...she braced herself as she fell...

She braced herself for a hard fall...when she felt someone catch her...her heart stilled...she was terrified to know who was holding her...she looked up and saw...

Arnav...

She completely shattered in his arms...Arnav's voice being drowned out by her cries...he saw her neck...and his eyes widened in fear...she was bleeding a lot...all rational thought evaporated...he was in a panic for her...he quickly carried her to the car and laid her down carefully on the back seat...She moaned in deep pain even though he was being so delicate...he pulled off his shirt and used it to put pressure on her bleeding...he hurriedly took his phone out of his pocket and called for an ambulance all the while having his palm resting on Khushi's stomach...

He felt her struggling to keep her breathing steady...so his voice picked up and he demanded that they come faster...he finally hung up and brought his face close to Khushi...she tried to turn away but just whimpered in pain...

"Arnavji..." her voice was straining...

"shhh sweetheart, help is coming..." he looked up..."Dammit where the hell are they!" His shirt was getting saturated with blood..."Khushi just keep listening to my voice...i'm right here..."

Khushi saw him trying so hard to keep calm...her heart was breaking for him...

"If only our love story was a happy one..." she thought...but didn't realize she had whispered it out loud...

"Khushi...look at me..." but she kept her eyes away...he spoke anyway...

"Khushi, you are my wife...you have my heart... Real love began with you...with Khushi...with happiness! Our love story IS happiness!! Because it has YOU! "

Arnav heard the sirens approaching...

"the ambulance is here...i will stay with you...i won't leave your side..."

Khushi just had tears streaming down her face...Arnav lifted her carefully as the paramedics opened the back door to the ambulance. He put her down softly...and the paramedics started their procedures...checking her vitals, examining her wound...Arnav's eyes held Khushi's for the entire drive to the hospital...once they arrived, Khushi was wheeled in on a stretcher and taken to the emergency room as the head doctor approached ..."Mr. Raizada?"

"Yes! Please help her, don't let ANYTHING happen to her do you hear me!?"

"Mr. Raizada I will just examine her, please just try and be patient..."

"i'm staying."

"it might be best if you just..."

"I AM STAYING." He growled looking at Khushi laying there passed out from pain...

"Ofcourse."

The doctor started to check Khushi's neck...as a nurse checked her blood pressure..."She has lost quite a bit of blood, which is why she has fainted...and i will have to give her stitches and bandage her securely...she will have to stay in hospital until she wakes, then we'll assess her to see when she can return home."

"I will be staying here with her. But i have to call my family to let them know she is safe..."

"ofcourse, please make the call outside..."

"I'm not leaving her side...understand? If you don't want me to use my phone here, i won't, but i will need someone else to call for me...because i am not moving."

"Nurse, please get Mr. Raizada's details and call his family for him..." then looking at Arnav the doctor said, "you must love her very much..."

Arnav fell back on a chair near Khushi's bed...he was exhausted..."the word love will never be strong enough to say how i feel about her..." Khushi's hand was still in his and he gave it a small squeeze, then looked up at the doctor..."tell me she'll be alright...my heart is going bezerk seeing her here like this..."

"Mr. Raizada. Her bleeding has stopped. There are no signs of any infection. She is breathing quite calmly. She will be fine...she will probably need a lot of help to overcome any signs of trauma though..."

"Excuse me? May we please speak with Arnav Singh Raizada." one of the police guards had arrived. Arnav sat up straight and asked him to come in...for the next half and hour, Arnav retold everything in detail of how Shyam had held Khushi with a knife at her throat, that Shyam had just disappeared...Arnav was informed that the Police were out searching for Shyam and that they would continue to keep guards at his house and at Khushi's room at the hospital...

The police left

Arnav looked at his wife...

He was suffocating with worry...

He had been holding her hand this whole time and now lifted his other hand to her face...gently kissing her on her lips...

Soon Payal and Akash had arrived and rushed to Khushi's side, hurling questions at Arnav...his mind was numb...all his thoughts in disorder...except for one. Khushi. Arnav sat back down beside Khushi's bed...his eyes fixed on her...

Akash and Payal had given up trying to get through to him and went to talk to the doctor who informed them of her condition...

Arnav fell asleep and his hand slid off the bed away from Khushi...he awoke with a start and jumped towards Khushi...she looked pale...he cursed himself for falling asleep...he picked up her hand and kissed it...his tears were dropping on her hand as he kissed and kissed her...he kissed up her arm...kissed her cheeks, her hair, her forehead..."Khushi...wake up jaan...please just let me see your eyes..."i'm dying here...i need your eyes to shine light into mine...i need you Khushi...i don't deserve it, i don't ...but my heart won't stop loving you...and i need you, so i can keep living..."

Khushi heard Arnav's voice...still she kept her eyes closed...

She felt his tears on her hand...still she kept her eyes closed...

She felt him kissing her hand...still she kept her eyes closed...

She heard him call her name...still she kept her eyes closed...

She was afraid to open her eyes, wondering if everything was a bad dream...she remembered Shyam holding her, she remembered arnav lying motionless, she remembered the pain of it all...she was just about to sink back into dreams when she heard..."i'm dying here...i need your eyes to shine light into mine...i need you Khushi...i don't deserve it, i don't ...but my heart won't stop loving you...and i need you, so i can keep living...i need your love Khushi..."...her heart was overcome with emotion...

Her eyes flew open...