chapter 3

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Purvi woke up to an empty bed, kavin or any of his belongings nowhere to be seen. She woke up to a cracking pain, in her stomach, as she had to still for it to go away, in a few minutes. she noticed some blood near her groin, as she walked over to the bathroom, to clean her dress. she took it off, and started to rinse it, as the water fell from the tap above the cinque. suddenly, she started to feel like her head was spinning around, she got hold of the cinque, but of no use, as her vision started to get blurry, and before she could do anything, she fainted. 

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Ishita's eyes were wide opened, how could they not be, as she lied on the hospital bed, her hand on her aching stomach, as she felt another bout of nausea, only to vomit on the bin she had kept nearby, again.

she felt like fainting, only for the door to open, and a doctor arrived. he placed his wrist watch on the table nearby, as he put on gloves and applied sanitizer on it. ishita just closed her eyes, knowing this was going to hurt. 

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dushyant tried to keep his focus on his laptop, as he typed, thinking he could avoid everything that has happened, if he could just focus on his work, but he couldn't, as his glance on a photograph on his desk, it was when he had just gotten married to ishita, back when he wouldn't have believed this to happen. he heard a knock on his door, a young man, hardly reaching 20, had a worried expression on his face, as he informed, of an IT raid. 

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kavin entered in an office, closing the door behind him, as he stood straight to face a man, that you could easily tell was his superior. 

"good morning, sir." greeted kavin, as the man nodded. 

"badi jaldi aa gaye aaj..." he remarked, as kavin recounted leaving purvi this morning. 

"sir, woh wife ghar pe nahi hai toh..." attempted kavin to explain, as he didn't seemed to have wanted that answer at all. 

"sir, aapko kuch kaam tha mujhse?" asked kavin, as he nodded, passing him a paper to see, on his desk. 

"sir, yeh..." pointed kavin to it, as the man glared at him. 

"yeh joh stamp hai tumhare certificate mein, yeh nakli hai..." he stated, as the red circle was underlined around it, for kavin. 

"nahi sir, aise nahi, main aapko apni maa ka certificate dikha sakta hoon..." attempted kavin to explain. 

"baap ka hai?" he questioned, as kavin put his head down. 

"sir, woh mere father, jab main apne hometown tha, tabhi guzar gaye the toh..." informed kavin. 

"dekho kavin, main yeh baat deny nahi karsakta ki tumhare kaam mein koi kami nahi rahi hai itne saalon mein, but you have to understand, ki ak government job ke liye yeh reservation unn logon ke liye hote hain jinkon inki zaroorat hai sahi maine mein..." he started to explain. 

"but sir,  with all due respect, mera certificate nakli nahi hai, I do belong to SC community, and i did need it, sir, i have an EWS cerificate too..." argued kavin. 

"kavin, come on, tumhe toh zaroorat bhi nahi thi reservation ki, ab aise maamlon me questions uth te hain ki nahi.." he stated, as kavin was just disgusted. 

"but i don't understand sir, itne saalon baad, aisa kya ho gaya?" questioned kavin. 

"complaint aaye thi tumhare khilaf." he informed. 

"sir?" responded kavin in shock. 

"kavin, abhi yeh matter investigation mein jayega, till any further orders, you are suspended.." he stated, getting back to his paperwork, as kavin just froze at his position in shock. 

"you may leave..." he commanded, as kavin did, overwhelmed with his emotions. 

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Dushyant came out his cabin, noticing all the employees, stood in one line, in front of what appeared to be IT department officers. 

"officer, yeh sab kya ho raha hai?" questioned dushyant. 

"aap kaun hain?" he questioned. 

"main editor and chief hoon, yahan, yeh sab.." responded dushyant.

"sir, Income Tax ki complaint aayi hai aapke newspaper ke liye...hum bas inspection ke liye hai yahan..." informed one of them, as dushyant was puzzled. 

"chalo, chalo, saare apna phone do!" exclaimed the other. 

"ek second. " stopped dushyant. 

"main apne lawyer ko bula raha hoon.." stated dushyant, dialing on his phone. 

"oye, hero, naya hai kya tu!" he exclaimed, taking dushyant's phone away. 

"toh, aap on duty, agree kar rahe hain, ki main apne lawyer ko contact kar rahe hain, ki main lawyer ko nahi bula sakta?" confirmed dushyant. 

"haan." he responded. 

"are u sure?" confirmed dushyant yet again.

"pehle jaake iska office check karo, chalo!" he ordered, as dushyant was just left speechless. 

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ishita was walking out of the hospital, after her abortion, her legs were paining, and it showed in her walk. she called for an auto, and sat discomfortably, to ask to take him to her clinic. 

she lied back, taking a sigh of relief, the pain just wasn't going away. 

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purvi woke up, from the unconsciousness, feeling excessive nausea, as she failed to get up, instead, slowly slided to the toliet seat, to vomit. 

after she was done, out of breath, she rested her head on the wall behind her, trying to find the strength to get up. 

when her phone started to ring, she somehow slided to her bed, picking it up, as she just lied down o the floor. 

"hello.." she received the phone. 

"purvi?" questioned neelu, from the other side, of the phone, as she had understood, that something had gone wrong. 

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author's note: hey guys, so this chapter was basically to show the toll pregnancy, abortion and miscarriage can take on a woman and why therefore it is so traumatic, and makes it necessary to find the right help, and support from loved ones. 




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