Destiny’s Desire - 'Epilogue' - Pg47 - Page 8

Angad rested his head back against the head board, he had been lying in bed since he woke up an hour ago, Kripa was already awake and prancing around downstairs doing one thing or another. Angad sighed and closed his eyes as Neha creeped into his thoughts, she had been so cold with him last night and refused to answer his calls when he tried to make things clear but he had given up, if she was over him then why should he stay in the past?

Angad ran his fingers through his hair thinking about his and Neha's past, theyhad met through Kripa and in a short span of time they becamse close friends, so close that it was Angad who Neha came to when things went wrong with Sanjay. He could still remember Neha's sad stricken face standing outside his door asking for comfort, and he had given it her, after all they were friends. The Neha would continue coming to see him, for advice, for him to listen or merely just to get away from everything.

Over time the two continued to see each other, each would make little excuses just to see the other, but eventually both had given into their feelings and had given themselves to each other willingly. But whereas Angad had seen it as love, Neha had seen it as a mistake, after spending weeks seeking comfort in Angad while trying to get away from Sanjay, she had remembered her husband and had told Angad things were over. He knew they would be over one day, it was tough to keep a relationship with a married woman, even Adi told him so, but he wasn't prepared for the heart ache he received after.

It had only been a few weeks since their night of passion, when Angad had seen Neha smiling and laughing with Sanjay and then Neha had gotten pregnant, Angad spent nights wondering if it was his baby and had forced himself to confront Neha, who harshly told him the child was indeed Sanjay's and that was that. They stopped seeing each other for personal reasons, Neha became entangeled in her own life and Angad in his, they saw each other on occassions when Neha would come to visit Kripa but neither would talk about the night they shared as if it didn't happen, but Kripa's accident and Aditya's death bought the two back together again only this time Neha had made things clear to Angad that she was on there for him emotionally and he had kept within his limits.

******

Angad left his thoughts behind as the door opened and Kripa came inside holding a tray with food on, Angad smiled as she sat on the bed next to him and placed the tray on his laps

"what's this?" he asked while making a bit more room for het to sit

"breakfast in bed silly" Kripa replied while grabbing a peice of toast from the plate

Angad glanced at the time and replied "more like lunch, its past 12" He picked up another peice of toast and bit into it while Kripa also glanced at the clock.

"another reason you should get out of bed"

"I will" He replied before sipping the orange juice. Kripa nodded her head and got up from the bed and kissed his cheek before heading out. Angad thanked her before she disappeared and digged into his food.

He had heard the phone ringing but didn't bother picking it up, he heard the phone stop ringing then heard Kripa speak. Smiling satisfactorly at himself in the mirror he pulled on the denim jacket and made his way downstairs.

Kripa was waiting at the bottom of the stairs with her hand covering the mouth peice of the phone.

"It's for you" Kripa spoke as she handed the phone to Angad, he held it to his ear and watched as Kripa walked into the kitchen, he sat on the sofa inside and spoke

"hello, this is Angad Khanna speaking"

"Mr Khanna, this is Dr Mathur from the City Hospital speaking"

Angad stood up and shut the living room door, he paced the room as he continued speaking

"what can I do for you?"

"Mr Khanna, I'm not sure if you're aware but Ms Sharma's routine check up is overdue"

Angad stopped pacing in front of the calender and reaslied Dr Mathur was right, he sighed

"what do you suggest we do?" Angad rubbed his temple with his fore finger and thumb before sitting back on the sofa to avoid him pacing again.

"I'm free at 2pm, come and see me in my office, you know where that is right?"

Of course he did, how could he forget, he had been there countless times inquiring about Kripa's health. He let the doctor know they would be coming and hung up, he left the room and found Kripa in their bedroom looking through her cupboard

"get changed Kripa, we hae to go see the doctor"

He didn't give her time to ask any questions and left the room, Kripa sighed and pulled out a cream skirt and a white blouse.

*******

Angad sat patiently in Dr Mathur's cabin as he did Kripa's check up, he sighed as he stretched his legs, he looked outside the window and saw some kids messing around scratching the sides of cars with keys. Angad prayed for those kids that none of those cars were his, he was about to open the window and scare the kids off when the door opened, he turned and found Dr Mathur, a middle aged man with a few wrinkles on his face and a few grey hairs, making his way to his desk.

"Where's Kripa?" Angad finally broke the silence as he sat opposite the doctor who was scribbling away in a flipchart, Dr Mathur put the flip chart down and interlinked his hands and rested them on the table.

"She's in the other room, I thought I should speak to you alone"

Panic overcame Angad, he shifted forward

"Is she ok?"

The doctor patted Angad's arm reassuringly

"She's perfectly fine"

Angad sighed and relaxed, he breathed deeply and looked at the man.

"so when will she get her memory back?"

The doctor sighed and got up from his chair, he walked to the window and peeked out, the kids had gone by then, he turned and faced Angad while resting against the wall

"I told you earlier Mr Khanna, it could be weeks, months, years, and in rare cases never"

Angad stood up sighed "but there's got to be something you can do or I can do?"

The doctor nodded his head and sat back down at his desk, Angad rolled his eyes and wished the man would stay in one place, he also took his seat again while leaning back and folding his arms across his chest.

"there is one thing you can do"

Angad leaned forward eager to know more, the doctor told him and Angad listened accordingly. Fianlly he shook hands with the man and left his cabin, he found Kripa waiting outside the room, he smiled at her reassuringly, she stood up and fell into step with him, he bought his arm around her shoulder and she moved closer, he kissed her forehead as they left the hospital.

******

He went through everything once again and made himself 100% sure before finialising the reservation, he disconnected the phone and went searching for Kripa, he found her sitting in bed with her eyes closed, he lightly kissed her forehead causing her to open her eyes.

"how about we go out for dinner?"

She smiled and kissed his mouth lightly in response. Angad smiled

"great, I've booked us a table at a restaurant, so get changed ok"

He opned his cupboard door and chose a pair of black trousers, a white and blue striped shirt and a black jacket. He looked at Kripa and found her selecting a black dress, it was funny how even when they didn't mean to, they still matched. Angad shook his head as he undid the buttons of the shirt he was currently wearing.

It wasn't until they were in the car before Kripa finally asked

"where are we going?"

Angad smiled from across the seat.

"The Moonlight, the restaurant in the city centre"

"the Moonlight....."

Kripa mulled over the name, it sounded very familiar, she racked her brain but ouldn't think of where she had heard of it before, her uneasiness alerted Angad, he glanced over and saw her in deep thought, he sighed, she was most likely wondering where she had heard the name before, how could she forget The Moonlight? She had been there countless times with Aditya, it had been in that restaurant wherer Aditya had confessed his feelings, and where he had asked Kripa to move in with him.

The place held so much significance to her yet she remained unaware, he reached over and held her hand relaxing her, he smiled

"Don't think too much"

She looked puzzled wondering how he knew what she was doing but shook her head out of the thoughts and squeezed his hand lightly, he squeezed back before letting go.

He glanced at her as he pulled into the restaurant's car park, she was staring at the building, he breathed deeply praying she would make the connection, it would take time the doctor had said, but if Angad slowly introduced Kripa to the things thattied her to Aditya, it could trigger her memory back. And he was hoping for it so much at that very moment, hoping something would trigger her memory and she would remember Aditya then she would no longer consider Angad as her boyfriend, and he would no longer have to pretend to love her....but is that what he really wanted?