As I say again, this sad new beginning does not mean it will be pain throughout.. in flash backs.. this story shall give you how Pride and Prejudice lost this battle to each other.. love emerging the winner...
Here is another short part... shall be able to post more after Monday.. enjoy...😳
Thanks again to all who loved it inspite of the pain... 😳
Part 24
"Beep beep..." The constant beeping jerked him as he thought he saw her hand move... maybe it was his imagination but then he checked everything and knew that the monitor was connected to a main observation unit... If there were any changes someone would rush here... he sighed as he saw what little of her face he could see and his heart raced... even now she looked like someone taking her beauty nap... pale as a white sheet... and he closed his eyes liking the picture in his mind.. etched in his heart better than the one here... as he remembered again... her beauty.. even in a white saree.. she looked so beautiful... dressed for Holi... just a mangalsutra in her neck... and her kadas which daadi had gifted her when they had decided to get married... Her hair left open and flowing like silk... as she stood against the window pane... when he entered... and she had thought it was Mahi... she had angrily muttered... fiddling with her mangalsutra...
"Mahi did I not tell you all.. I am not coming to play holi!!!" He paused as his heart thudded in an anticipation... he closed the door gently behind him and locked it.. soundlessly moving towards her.. and then he saw her.. She thought that Mahi went away.. and she shuddered and realised that she was crying... Grimly he closed his eyes in self reprisal... wanting to hug and kiss her.. soothe her.. tell her that he loved her... and then as he paused in the middle of the room, she stiffened... and in a swift motion turned to look at him in shock...
He opened his eyes as he read her version...
Diary... how can anyone not know that your life is there in the same room.. present.. his very presence I can sense and I knew it was him.. and turned and could not believe it was him standing there my Doc... dressed in a white kurta and jeans... I shuddered as his eyes seemed to already make love to me... But I held myself back.. needless as I feel now.. Sigh.. I know as I write this I am blushing...
He bit his lip and he looked at her still lying form... wishing that he had been there clueless, peaceful... dreading the moment when she came to.. how will he explain their loss to her... how.. and how will she cope? As this baby was her life.. their life...
"Doc!! I.. I thought it .. it was.. Mahi.. I.. what are you doing here?" With every word he moved towards her as she tried to take a couple of steps back and hit the wall... He reached her not replying at all... his eyes boring into her very soul... as she said... trying to sound displeased and angry... "Stop right there.. just what in the world are you doing here?" He then wordlessly ignoring her, lifted his hand and looking into her eyes took her errant curl and tucked it back behind her ear and then slowly flicked one tear away with his finger as if he was performing a delicate procedure... and then in dedication wiped the other cheek.. She bit her lip and tried to move away when he caught hold of her arm and slammed her against the wall shocking her to speak.. "D.. Shantanu!!!"
He frowned then and grimly said.. "Doc.. I thought it was Doc for you.. so why the Shantanu bit now...You did exclaim 'doc'!?" She tried to move away but he trapped her his hold on her arms tightening as she winced with pain... he frowned and asked.. "Why Jingles.. why did you do this?" She frowned but the pain taking precedence over confusion as she gasped her pain... "Aaah.. Docc.. it hurts!! An.. and I.. I don't know what you are talking about.. what did I do? You clearly told me to go away.. and I.. I precisely did that...You freed me from our bond... our agreement.. so what was the poin...oouch!!"
He increased the grip even more as she said that and leaning more towards her spoke... his breath clashing with hers... his heart thudding.. as he felt her quickened breathing, he could see the pulse fluttering at the base of her neck.. and her face was construed as his grip become even more wincing... "Yes.. you know well how to run don't you!!!" But she tried once more to escape his grip.. "Let me go!! I don't know what you are saying.. and.. I.. I never ..r..run!!! And you are hurting me... let me goo... ouccchhh!!!" He spoke then... "Yes.. pain.. you feel pain.. then tell me... is my pain not felt by you! Can't you see. it.. in my eyes.. look Jingles.. and tell me what do you see.. what do you find there?"
That had got her attention.. as she saw.. her pain forgotten as his grip too slackened and she saw for a long time.. and then a little ray of hope lighting the black pools, making them look like two black pearls... but still the biting of her lip in agitation and disbelief stopped her from showing her joy.. she wanted to believe what she saw but was not able to... as he slowly then took one of his hands off from her arm and flicked it tenderly... slowly... across her brow as a tiny bead of sweat seemed to roll down and she closed her eyes as soon as his finger reached there near her eyes...
Her breathing palpably made in short gasps.. as she tried once more to push him away as she gasped.. "I.. don't understand.. I.. I don't know... what.. I see.. let me go.." But he merely pushed her back and said nearing her leaning his down so his face was near hers... eyes looking into eyes.. mesmerising.. warm.. screaming of something... "Jingles.. lets not play games.. Here is a deal... I ask you and you answer.. is that acceptable?" She had nodded slowly.. a gentle bobbing her head just once.. and he had continued.. as his finger now traced her brow... "Who do you love?"
Shock had stiffened her even more.. and she felt like a taut string... he reyes open wide as she looked into his face which was following keenly the task of his finger which was busy tracing a pattern now on her forehead... as she gulped and squeaked.. "I.. I thought you.. know.. why this sudden inquiry" She tried to taunt.. but her voice failed to give the desired impression and her question ended in a short gasp as his fingers had come dangerously close to the corner of her lips... And he flicked her lips once before he looked into her eyes as he looked deeply into her own.. "Aah yes... your love... Manu right?.. Try again..." This time she froze and he stilled and again holding her arms in a wincing grip spoke "Yes... think again.. maybe I know.. the truth..."
And something cleared in her face... a strange light entering her eyes as she gasped in shock.. "Know.. the truth?!" She felt like a parrot repeating him.. but he leaned even more closer as his face blurred out of vision and her eyes suddenly closed as she tried to protest in vain.. as his lips descended on her cheek... sliding as he rasped against her cheek "Yes... truth.. can. you tell me the truth.. for once Jingles.. say it..." And he heard her squeak in a soft wobbly and hoarse.. "Yoo..you.. sa.aay you... know.. it.. the ttt. ttruth.."
He completed paying homage to her face leaving her lips as her eyes opened and he leaned away and gently lifted his hand, his fingers completing their survey as they played with her nose and then descended towards her lips as she gasped and realised what the blazing browns were telling her.. And before she could say anything.. he placed his fingers against her lips as she murmured softly.. "Doc... " He looked one more time into her eyes and smiled and he remembered the look in her eyes.. she wore her heart in her eyes at that and he spoke in a soft hoarse reverence... "Yes... I know Jingles... love... of love... and today I tell you this.. and it is true.. I... Love .. you... Jingles.. I love you Mrs. Khanak Shantanu Khandelwal... I love you..."
Her gasp was smothered by his lips as he collected her into his arms.. he was lost, immersed in complete happy bliss, as she kissed him back.. no holding back.. no words.. no restrains... nothing was necessary.. retributions shall come later.. questions shall be asked, answers replied... but now was the time for love.. and feel that love.. Yes... love was in his arms.. in his life.. his wife.. his love... his everything.. His Jingles...
The whirring of the machine suddenly clicking made him jerk out as he crossed his hands across his forehead to ward off the pain... a splitting headache in the making.. and a nurse softly treaded inside as she replaced the drip and checked on a few readings.. softly murmuring to him "Dr. Khandelwal, earlier there was a message from Dr. Raichand. He has asked you to contact him as soon as you are free..."
She handed him a slip and his heart rejoiced... 'Dr. Raichand... an obstetrician and a Heart Surgeon of world renown... he felt a surge of hope... He had heard that Dr. Raichand's wife herself had been in a similar situation and now that same hope pushed him towards the still form of his Jingles as he leaned forward and gently kissed her bandaged forehead... "I love you Jingles... I love you... and I am missing you... so much... please come back... please... " But yet his eyes remained dry... not a single drop of tear...
Edited by jparker - 14 years ago
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