"Shaan----" Dr. Geeta approached him cautiously, her heart beat rising rapidly with every step she took , her eyes blood shot now, like Shaan's. Shaan's eyes immediately looked at her in desperation as though they had had been searching her for years, knowing that she was close by and wanting to leap at her the instant they saw her. He got up and took two steps towards her, his semi numb brain registering with shock that his legs still had the strength to walk. Madhvi, Sunil, Akshay and Dadi looked on, helpless and distraught.
"Geeta---" Shaan breathed. "Khanak----Khanak-----" he held Dr.Geeta's shoulders now and looked deep into her eyes, his stare not once wavering as he held her and took his wife's name repeatedly. Geeta stood still. It needs to be done, she thought. And I am the one who does it. I am the one who tells him.
"Shaan----we could not save the baby," she said in one go and it immediately hit her how stone-hearted her job had made her; how she could announce it, just like that, that a life had been taken away from the world; that she could do nothing except announce the fact.
Tears blurred Shaan's vision. He let go of Dr. Geeta's shoulders. His hands flapped back to his sides. He felt strong arms hold him but it did not matter. More tears came.
He shut his eyes tightly and bit his lips in agony.
Four feet away Khanak opened her eyes which flickered unsteadily as her lips parted.
Geet - Hui Sabse Parayee
Cricket
Jhanak
