PART 1
"She is really weak...seems she had not had taken food properly...Well...tell me if she had any accident recently?"asked the doctor to Tanu as he came out after checking the unconscious Roli. "Sir...I really don't have any idea about it...in fact I have just met her today...she fainted and so I brought her here..." replied Tanu. "Oh...so we better ask her after she gains consciousness...we have given her the glucose drip...she is likely to come around soon..." said the doctor. Tanu thanked the doctor and reached Roli who was still unconscious. She looked at the girl lying before her. She looked so tired,so weak. Seemed that she had some big sadness inside her. Tanu noticed the vermillion in Roli's hairline and the mangalsutra that adorned her neck. So she is married, thought Tanu. But why was this girl roaming in Gurudwara alone? Where is her husband? her family? She wasn't getting any idea. So she sat next to Roli waiting for her to come around.
After a while...Her head was so heavy and her body tired. When Roli opened her eyes, everything was blurred for her. But soon things became clear and she could see a girl standing next to her. She didn't know who it was but it was definetely a kind face.Roli tried to get up but Tanu stopped her from the attempt. "Please take rest...you're so weak..." said Tanu as she helped Roli to lay down. "who are you?" asked Roli in a weak voice. "I'm Tanu...Tanusree...I met you at gurudwara today...you were so weak and fainted...so I brought you here..." said Tanu with her usual kind smile. Roli tried to smile at Tanu thankfully. "Thank you..." mumbled her. "That's completely okay...you need not tell me thanks...we are all humans and I just did my duty on the basis of humanity...By the way, what's your name?" asked Tanu. Roli again fell to her thoughts at her question. She remembered her Siddhant calling her Roli. What should she say? The name Roli Siddhant Bharadwaj has lost its value now. She don't even want to remember that name. "Meera..." lied Roli thinking all these. "Oh...Good...Then Meera, what happened to you? You look so tired...Did you come to Gurudwara alone? Let's do onething, give me your husband's contact number, I will inform him about your state..." said Tanu. Roli's eyes welled up now. Husband? Can she any long call him so? May be not...He might have become someone else's by now. The thought itself killed her. "I don't have anyone..." said Roli in a painful voice. Tanu was really confused now. "But..." begun Tanu. "Please...thanks for your help...I will leave in a while...Sorry to trouble you..." said Roli turning her face against Tanu who stood there confused by the words she had just spoke.
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