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Rishabh tracked down the surgeon in his office and tried to reason with him, even pleaded to reconsider his decision. But when the man appeared unmoved, he resorted to the next best thing he knew. He threatened to sue him along with the entire medical facility for negligence.

The Afghan laughed to Rishabh's bemusement, "this is not America. No one sues anyone here, because no one has the time or the money. We are all busy fighting to stay alive." He wrote something down on a prescription pad and handed the paper over to Rishabh. "I understand how you feel. Here, go and check out this place. I'm sorry but it's the best I can do."

Rishabh thrust the paper in his pocket and rushed to exit from the building, in urgent need for some fresh air, more so to check the impulse to punch the doc on his impudent jaw.

That'd be of no benefit to Madhu, rather it'd be counterproductive and she definitely doesn't need that. I have to learn to curb my frustrations and think clearly, he thought as he passed through the lobby, which he'd always found to be filled to the brim, with people in various states of grief and mourning. As he tried to push his way through a group of cops who stood blocking the entrance, his gaze fell on a television monitor that hung close to the door. It was tuned to Al Jazeera news. Images of the recent bomb blast flitted across the screen, followed by those of American soldiers who were soon to be withdrawn from the area. One of them, upon being interviewed, said that he couldn't wait to get home.

But of course! Why didn't I think of it before? Rishabh berated himself. The following several hours he spent on the phone, talking to a series of people, explaining and re-explaining his plight, negotiating, even cajoling and making appropriate arrangements that it was morning before he headed back to Madhu's room. He bent down to kiss her gently on the forehead and then whispered in her ear, like he had so many times before, hoping his voice would register somewhere in her subconscious. "Darling, as I said, you're going to be fine. Because tomorrow you and I are going back home."

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