Preeta , Karan and Rishab were right in the centre of fire fiasco. Luckily, they had been found by the fire fighters and rushed to the hospital in the nick of time.
Preeta and Rishab had come out of the ordeal relatively unscathed. Karan on the other hand had been kept in the ICU for three extra days.
Preeta has been discharged from the hospital and was advised bed rest for the next two days. Entire family was fussing over her. She had tried her best requesting the doctors to meet Karan before leaving but they had advised against it. She had met Rishabji and had thanked him profusely for his timely arrival.
She was lying on her bed when her phone rang. It was Prithvi calling her. She had completely forgotten she was engaged to someone. All she was concerned about was Karan's well being. She was desperate for some news on him. She called Rishab
" Hello Rishabji. Aap Kaise hain
"Arre Preetaji main bilkul theek Hun. Apne phone kiya sab theek hai na?
" Haan. Main theek hoon. Woh ... woh I wanted to know ki Karan kaisa hai?
" Karan is much better Preetaji. Kal toh shayad usko discharge bhi kar deinge. Aaj usne hospital ko monotonous decor ki itni beizzati ki , ki shukar manaiye usko aaj hi nikal nahn diya
Preeta smiled. How typical of Karan Luthra! She could almost imagine him going ballistic with exaggerated hand movement.
She thanked him on the phone and went out to sit with her family in the living room.
" Di ! Aap yahan. Doctor has advised you bed rest. " , Shristi fussed as soon as she saw Preeta.
" Relax Sristi. Doctor said rest not necessarily bed rest. I'm tired lying on the bed staring at the ceiling, she complained as she sat on the sofa
" Koi baat nahn Puttar. Thodi der humare saath baith Le, her dadi said.
Sristi's phone beeped. She informed everyone that it was a message from Sameer saying that Karan was getting discharged tomorrow.
" chalo Shukar hai. Karan beta bhi theek hai, Sarla said as she silently thanked god.
" hum itna Dar gage the hospital mein. Tere ko aur Rishab ko toh hosh aa Gaya magar Karan ..., Sarla trailed off
" Kya hua Karan ko hospital mein? , Preeta asked.
" woh thi, we lost him for a few seconds. His heart stopped working. It flatlined, Sristi added
"Kya?, Preeta was stunned
" we didn't want to stress you. That is why he was in the ICU. His body wasn't reacting to medicine. It was touch and go for 24 hours. We almost lost Karan sir di, Sristi shuddered at what could have happened.
Preeta sat there shell shocked. They had nearly lost Karan. She had nearly lost Karan ! His ridiculously smiling face stared back at her thoughts.
She got up from the sofa and went inside the room. She had to speak to him. She had to know he was ok.
She called him on his phone but it was switched off. She called Sameer.
" Sameer, Tum hospital mein ho?
" Haan di. Bus nikal raha tha.
" Mujhe Karan se baat Karni hai. Usko phone dena
