Back To Life

part 2

Raman's pov:
Ishitha. Am I dreaming. Now she is staring me angrily. Then airhostess instructed us to wear our seat belt. I am not dreaming. Ishitha is actually sitting beside me.
"Aap mujhe bina bataye aagayi Raman. " She said
"Tum yaha kya kar rahi hai" I asked.
"Sambhar bana rahi hai. Kya karengi mai flight mai. Ofcourse, Shimla jaa rahi hai. Conference keliye. Mai bhi investor hai na."
Oo damn. How did I forget that she is investor. No I didn't forget. Actually, ashok is supposed to attend this meeting. She is supposed to attend another conference in Mumbai from tomorrow.
"Par ashok attend karne vale teh na. Vaise bhi iss conference teen din ke baadh. Tum abhi kyon aayi"
"Aap aaj kyon jaa rahi hai. "
She asked.
I just stayed silent.
" Mai bhi ghoomne keliye pehle hi jaa rahi thi Shimla. Infact mai nahi ashok ghoomne ka socha aur tickets book kiya. Par last minute usko kuch kaam aaya. So voh aaj mujhe call karke request kiya ki mai Shimla ki conference attend karu aur voh Mumbai ki attend karegi kal "
Stupid ashok. Humesha se mujhe irritate karta. Jaane ya anjaane mein mujhe nuksaan hi karta voh. Abh Shimla mai bhi iss madrasan ko jhelna hai. I can see ishitha supressing her laugh seeing me getting irritated. May be a part of me felt good seeing her here. Don't know. I know. But you know Raman Kumar doesn't accept such things.To avoid her I plugged in my earphones. I am actually not hearing songs as my headache is really bad. After few minutes she slowly put my head on her shoulder and started caressing my hair. I opened my eyes and looked up at her. " Aap ka sar dardh kar rahi na. Aap so jayie" was her reply. How does she know?
"Nahi mujhe koi dardh nahi hai" I said and turned away from her.She Taps my shoulder. She points to sandwich which she ordered.
"Aap breakfast nahi kiya na Raman. Yeh kha lo."
Don't know why I felt good at her gesture. But I refused to have it. "Kitni baar kaha hai. Tum meri mamle mein interfere math karo. Mai tumhe apni biwi nahi manti. Tum bas ek Investor ho. Vaise hi raho" I retorted angrily. She just smiled at me because I always retort her with the same dialogue. May be she got used to it. I again closed my eyes. This seat is so uncomfortable. To be truthful I felt like sleeping on her shoulder. But my ego never agrees for same. A wave of nausea hit me. I felt very restless. She ordered a lemanode for me. "Raman yeh piyo" she said bringing the glass to my mouth. I don't have energy to shout her. I slowly took the glass and sipped it.she hugged me. I tried to come out of her hold. " Raman you badly need to rest. Please sleep for now." Was all she said. I saw something in her eyes. Don't know what it is. I always saw it in her eyes. Her eyes are magical. I gave in to her pleads.
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I woke up to her gentle calls. "Raman" she is calling. My name sounded so magical when she calls. Wait why I am thinking positively about her. No I should hate her.
I immediately came out of her hold.
"Don't know how I slept . Ok after we get down don't contact me for 3 days. Let me enjoy my way." I warned her.
"Raman you're not well. You're body is a bit warm. I am worried if shimla's cool weather may worsen the things. First let us go to guest house and you rest. I will call a doctor. Once you get fine I will not contact you till the conference" she said.
What does she think. Am I dependent on her. No. I am Raman bhalla.
" I can manage myself. No need of your fake concern" I retorted.
Soon we came out of airport. I immediately rushed out , took a cab to guest house ignoring her as she asks me to wait. She took a cab and is following mine.
Soon we reached our guest house. I immediately went inside the guest house. I forgot to tell you. This is my office guest house. Whoever comes on office related work stays here. There is a watchman to take care of this guest house. Besides him there is no other staff as we rarely visit this guest house. Before anyone come part-time workers clean this place. Ok, Apparently I forgot about this place. This is what I got to know from Romi about this place. I move up searching for my name plate. It seems I have my private room here. Again Romi said me this yesterday. Finding it I go inside. I just jump on bed to catch some sleep. Oh I am too exhausted. Suddenly a wave of nausea hit me and I rush inside washroom to puke. I come out walking slowly. I see ishitha rushing to my room." Raman kya hua" she asks.
I find everything infront of me is rotating. Ishitha comes near me. And even then I try to push her hands. But may be I am not pushing the right person as I see many ishitha's infront of me. Many hands of my own. Everything now becomes blurry. This is what you say head spin. I hold my head and try to gain composure. Soon everything becomes black and I am sinking down. I hear ishitha voice calling me Raman. Oh Her magical voice.
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I feel a piercing sensation in my elbow. With great difficulty I open my eyes. I see two figures infront of me.
One is Ishitha and other is probably a doctor.
Raman.. she calls me. Oh her magical voice. She makes me drink some water. Oh I badly need it.
"Aap thik tho hai na" she asks me.
I just nod.
Doctor"yeh kya mr.bhalla. aap ne kyu theekh se khaana nahi kha rahi.mai aapki reports dekhi hai. Aap ki health condition pehle se hi accha nahi hai. Upar se itni carelessness. Isliye aap behosh hogayi. Aap please atleast 3 days bed rest lijiye. Theekh se khana khahiye and mental peace is very important for you." He said.
"Par aapko mere reports kaha se aayi" I asked .
"Your wife gave me your reports. Have one spoon of this syrup once every two hours and check your temperature once every 3 hours. Repeat this till your fever gets down. Later take these tablets till a week once in the morning and evening. The doctor instructs. I simply nod.
Soon doctor leaves and ishitha also go out with him.
I try to get up but my body ached. My head Is very heavy as If someone placed a big stone on it. I am feeling too cold as well.
Soon ishitha comes.
She lights the firewood. Then she brings a sweater and makes me wear it.
She helped me till washroom as I felt nauseous. She helped me clean my face and brought me back to room. She kept wet cloth on my forehead. She fed me soup and started patting me.
I drifted off to a partial slumber.
But my body ache intensified as the cool night set in. " Ishitha mujhe bahuth body pains horahi hai" I complained to her like a child.
" Raman jaldi theek hojayengi aap. Mai hoo na." She assured me.
She stroked my her just like a mother.
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I woke up lazily and looked at the bright sun through the window. Don't know why I felt so good today. It is not like the usual days when I wake up with a headache.when I wakeup with emptiness in my heart.
I turned my eyes and looked at ishitha who slept in an uncomfortable position probably stroking me. Then I realised that I was sick yesterday. Ishitha tended to me the entire night. She gave me syrup after every two hours and monitored my temperature.
You know I felt so good to have her. I made her to sleep in a comfortable position. I went and took a shower. I went out and sat in the lawn. I felt tired by walking just this much distance. I wondered why I fell sick so suddenly. I recalled ishitha's words. I thought just because I skipped food for a day did I fall this sick. May be yes. Then something is really not right. Did I really loose my memory. Ok wait I forgot to tell you the entire story. Ok here is what I remember. I woke up one fine morning on my bed and didn't even remember who am I. Then simmi came and told me everything that I had an accident and had partial memory loss. Don't know how next day I remember who I am and recognised my family, even remember about my office work. Then doctor advised me to have some pills and said I will not be able to remember rest of the things. I slowly accepted it. But daily I wake up with a heavy head. Many times I get some flashes. I would get severe headache and I would faint. This happened many times. But why I am not getting cured if I am taking medication. I stopped the pills only a month ago. My colleague recently suffered with the same thing and he is completely recovered. He even went for parasailing. He is so fit now. Wait when they did surgery for my friend they chopped of his hair. But I woke up with hair. There is definitely something fishy. Better I consult some other doctor and take his opinion.