AFTER 3 HOURS
It's 4'O clock in the early morning and contrastly the climate is dark & cloudy.
Her ward is as big as a bed room, with lights and sofas neatly arranged.
Rishi called his friends,Vicky & Sandy for support & they are now in her ward looking after her.He didn't say them anything,they too didn't ask him much sensing the condition.
Sandy: When will she get consciousness?
Vicky: Sarla Aunty ne kaha ki kabhi bhi aa saktha hein.She fell unconscious because of sudden shock.
Sandy: Pata nai kya hua hein? Rishi bhi kuch pata nai rai.
They worriedly look at eachother when Preetha woke up with a jolt shrieking, "Ma".
Her breathes are heavy with sweat forming her face and Rishi immediately gets to her side,
Rishi: Mickey....mickey thum theek ho?
Preetha: M....ma....ma ma....
She is asking for her mother.She needs her. Her strength.Her caress,her warmth,her words "Everything is all right"
Rishi: Aunty ko bula.
Vicky paces out to call Sarla. She was treating Sahana who got a sprain in ankle & a cut on the hand.
Assured that Preetha wakes up in a while, Sahana then told her about the injuries she got otherwise she's so worried about her daughter in law.
Meanwhile Rishi comforts Preetha,
Rishi: Aunty aa rahi hein. You relax.
As she sees him, she remembers the faint voice she heard before closing her eyes,
Preetha: Te...teddy....thum ....thum theek hona?
She checks his hands & face going all panick.He is her best friend; nothing should happen to him.Especially not because of her.
Rishi(calmly): Mein theek hu. Mujhe kuch nai hua hein Mickey.
He feels happy for her care her but her next question makes him dreaded,
Preetha: Ka.....Karan kaha hein?
She is looking into his eyes,her voice is laced with with fear & desperation,
Preetha: .Bathao.Kaha hein?
Rishi doesn't know what to answer. She's asking him without minding the fact that she didn't tell Rishi about Karan.
Rishi: W...wo....
Words are not coming out but she's not taking any of that. His silence is adding to her panicked state,
Preetha: Usse ku....ku...ch nai hua heina? ( He's silent,she yells) Chup kyun ho. Bathao Rishi kaha hein Karan? Wo theek heinaa?
Just then her family comes in relieved that she woke up but her anguished yelps make them anxious,
Preetha: Maa..... Karan kaha hein?
Sarla: Karan theek hein beta. Thum tension math lo usse kuch nai hua hein.
She soothingly says to relax her panicked daughter.But Preetha didn't believe her mother's words,
Preetha: Then I have to see him.Where's he?
That caught everyone's tongue.Because no one knew about his whereabouts. Sameer's failing to reach him.
The tension in the room makes her frightened,the total scenario had a huge impact on her that she's frightened that something could have happened to him,
