Riansh Short Story - A new beginning

Chapter 3 - Is she alright?

The clock struck 6pm.

Vansh did not even realise so much time had passed. His head felt heavy from staring continuously at the computer screen and concentrating on implementing the correct front end code.

Laptop shut down, coffee cups put in the dishwasher, Vansh headed home for the day.

He stepped out of the cozy office into the chilly german, winter weather with snow everywhere and saw a flower shop outside there. He thought to surprise Riddhima with her favorite pink roses and apologise to her for this morning's incident and maybe also once again try and explain his reasons to her for this outburst in peace.

He jumped into the bus and texted Riddhima again, letting her know he was on the way. Her once again not replying or even seeing his message made him wonder and even him calling her was not successful.

"Kahan ho tum Riddhima, phone tak nahi utha rahi. Aisi bhi kya narazgi"

he wondered.

As he neared his home, he heard the radio playing in the bus and the 5:30pm news flashing about the amount of accidents and mishaps that occurred due to this unusual snowfall that had occurred in Germany. Following this he started to get tense again if she was ok and hoped she had stayed at home and not wandered off again.

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The door lock was opened in seconds and Vansh stomped into the house, not even bothering to take off his boots that were wrapped in snow and dirt.

"Riddhima, Riddhima, kahan ho tum?"

Vansh looked everywhere on the ground floor but she was nowhere.

He ran upstairs to their bedroom but couldn't find her there either. He was about to go back down when he heard a faint cough.

He went to the other side of the bed only to find Ridhu in a dire state. She looked weak, as if she had fainted but had her eyes half open. She kept holding her forhead with one hand as if she was in great pain and the other on her belly.

"Riddhima, Riddhima utho kya hua tumhe"

Vansh was shocked to see her in this state and picked her up and laid her carefully on the bed. She still wasn't properly back to her senses and sprinkling water on her face didn't help either.

Not taking any risk Vansh called 112 to arrive immediately since there was no way he would take any risks with her health.

The paramedics were there in no time and quickly assessed the situation and suggested taking her to the hospital with a gynaecologist department to get her and the baby properly checked since they suspect low blood sugar and BP which could be fatal for both of them since she was in her 6th month of pregnancy, a crucial phase.

Vansh was shocked at the paramedics words and couldn't explain to himself nor the confused doctor as to what triggered this. Yes he did have a small argument with Riddhima but here not taking care of herself and not eating food was something he didn't expect from her in this situation. They had these talks before and Riddhima had promised to take care of herself.

Once again his fears and sorrow came in front of him that maybe he shouldn't have reacted in the way he did to her. After all she was his wife, his would be child's mother and instead of taking care of her he was telling her off.

All he knew was he had to reflect on himself and his actions as he saw her being wheeled into the ambulance.