THE RICH DOCTOR VS THE WITCH DOCTOR

CHAPTER 34

A HAND PULLED HER OUT OF THE BARBED WIRE TRY
"HIMA PUSH YOURSELF, REACH FOR THE GROUND WITH YOUR LEGS, I HAVE GOT YOU, COME ON", A FEMALE VOICE SOUNDED.
HIMA PULLED HERSELF THE KNOTED WIRES PIERCED INSIDE HER REFUSED TO COME OUT WITHOUT A FIGHT. WHEN SHE FOUND THE GROUND SHE GOT MORE STRENGTH AND STOOD UP THE WOMEN HELPED TO REMOVE THE WIRE SLOWLY WITHOUT HURTING HER. "PULL IT OUT, PULL IT OUT", SHE CRIED "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE, I CAN BEAR THE PAIN, PULL IT OUT".
HIMA CRIED IN PAIN AND AGONY WHEN THE STEEL WIRES CAME OUT ALONG WITH HER FLESH AND CLOTHING.

"KEEP RUNNING HIMA, CAN YOU DRIVE", SHE ASKED

"YES I CAN"

"GOOD I CAN DRIVE TOO, BUT MY NIGHT VISION IS BAD. HERE", THE WOMEN HANDED A KEY TO HER "THIS ONE", SHE SAID POINTING A WHITE FORD FIGO CAR.

"DRIVE GO GO GO", THE WOMEN SHOUTED

WHEN THEY WERE AT A SAFE DISTANCE HIMA TURNED "NEELIMA I CAN'T ANYMORE", SHE SAID AS SHE COLLAPSED ON THE STEERING WHEEL.

Shruthi got up sweating she tossed her t-shirt cranked up the A/C and sat with her head in between her knees. She went to the bathroom and came back opened the wardrobe and wore a fresh t-shirt and went back to bed.

It was 1am and Shruthi had done the same routine 5 times for the past one hour. Rishi was watching the monitor, She was having nightmares, he knew that. He wanted her to come to him but he couldn't sit still watching her suffer

"Screw this shit", he cursed out loud He could see her starting to toss and turn in bed. He shut down the monitors and was walking to and fro from his room to her room.

Finally when he entered her room she was up, her bare back exposed, the room was Cold but she was sweating. He could see the scars running from her neck to her lower back. He sat next to her, He could feel her shivering, He ran his hands along her back. She looked up at him and leaned on him. He laid down embracing her, and he could hear her snoring mildly.

He ran his fingers along her scars some were deep and old, there were burn marks with cigarette butts like playing tic tac toe like Nadhan said.

SHruthi held on to his t-shirt as if her life depended on it. Rishi was rewinding things in his mind which didn't make sense to him before but was now clear. Her insomnia, Her way of dressing not exposing her back. He kissed her forehead and she snuggled closer to him. Her hands tugging his t-shirt to be removed. He wanted her, but not at this stage not when she was vulnerable or not in a fully conscious state.

"Darling sleep, I'm here", he said removing his t-shirt so he could feel her skin next to his and she slept through the night peacefully. When Rishi woke up it was bright, he knew it was late but didn't want to leave the side of Shruthi.

He could see her scars more clearly, some kind of steel he thought there was a pattern in the scars but some were deeper than the others. The deeper once were pitted and the skin had shrunken around it. Rishi kissed her scars slowly starting from the top of her neck and working his way downward.

Shruthi opened her eyes,the warmth of Rishis Lips was soothing the way he held her told her he cared. "Who did this to you darling", he asked

"Am I dreaming?" she asked

Rishi moved closer to her so she could see his face "No you are not", he said rubbing his nose against hers

"Did we? last night?" She asked confused

"No we didn't"

"Oh Thank God! I was worried I didn't remember anything"

"You want to remember?" He asked with naughtiness in his eyes