Part 19
Arjun is in his office when he receives a call..
without a word he laeves to the adress the caller has given him.
His brain is numb, he does not know what to do.how to react..
He remebers the wedding night..
The morning when she had got up and into the kitchen
today when she had got him flowers and the watch..
HE tried to remeber the things he had heard on the phone a few minutes ago clearly..
Arjun:hello
caller:is it MR. arjun PUnj
Arjun:yes..looks at the watch..May i know who is it..
caller: I am inspector Sharma from CITY LIFE hospital is the car MH 02 111 urs.
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Arjun:Yes it belongs to my wife Aarohi Punj..
Caller: HUmein yeh batate..
Arjun:Kya hua?????
Caller: Accident..Car mein do log the aur ek ki maut ho gayi hai..hum kuch nahi kar sake..
Arjun didnt hear the rest of it and ran out to the car and was now driving in Hurry towards the hospital..
Arjun reaches the hospital where as soon as he tells his name at the reception The inspector comes and takes him to a room
There he sees a body which is covered with wires but heart still beating..
he goes in and his faces brakes into a smile with tears in his eyes..
Its aarohi..
Arjun: TOH phir maut???/
Inspector: inke saath koi aadmi the..
Arjun:karan..
Inspector:ji..
arjun does not know how to react..
He asks inspector how had that happened..
Inspector:MR. Karan was driving..A truck hit them from behind and they dashed into a tree..Mr.Karan had injuries on the head and spine ..he died on the spot but ur wife here..
she was badly injured and hence brought here..we found ur nu from her mobile..
Arjun:how long will she take to recover???/
Inspector:yeh toh aap doctor se he..
arjun nods his head..the inpector leavs the room ..
arjun sits beside aarohi and takes her hand in his and starts crying
arjun: i am sorry..meri galti hai..na main itna kaam mein uljha hota na..
tum toh mere paas aay bhi thi par main hi..
I am sorry aarohi..
tumne mera zindagi bhar saath nibhane ka waada kiya tha..tum yoon beech mein nahi jaa sakti ho..abhi toh mujse tumse kitne saare kiye waade nibhane hai..chalo utho ..ghar chalo..batao apni shaadi ke ek maheene baad koi sota hai..nahi na..chalo utho..
his voice ben faltering but he did say all this..with tears in his eyes and aarohi's hand in his..he does not realise when he sleeps off..
Its the early hours of the morning when the sunlight touches his face and arjun gets up ..
His body is stiff from sitting in a chair the whole night..but he does not move or let aarohi's hand fall out of his..