Heart of Gold

Chapter 4

Rocky: Dacctaaaarr!! these poor people are badly hurt! Somebody help!

Rocky says as he bursts through the hospital doors. It was late in the evening and there was no one present at the front desk. Disappointed, he amps up the commotion and suddenly, a nurse comes running.

Nurse: What happened?

Rowdy 3: God punished us for our sins.

Nurse: Huh?

Rowdy 3: *very vexed, he exhales* Sister, I hardly hyave any blood left in me. This fellow can't yeven seem to breathe. Do you think it is a good time to chit chat? Please treat us yimmediately.

Rocky: Uh Uh! We want only Dr Reena to treat us.

Nurse: She is a surgeon. She won't come in for small cuts and bruises.

Rocky slowly turns to look at the rowdies.

Rowdy 3: Oh sisteru! What small cut? I have a kilometer gash on this hand. Isn't it enough??!! do you want me completely dead aaa?!

Nurse: It is already getting late. We have one junior doctor on call. I'll go get him. Stay in this room.

Rowdy 3: Sisteruuu! No sisteruu! Don't Goooo...

The nurse leaves the three rowdies with rocky. "Thambi.. for love thambi.. it'll jussst feel like an ant bite, that's all!" Rocky says as he holds the rowdy's palm and bends it backwards.

Rowdy 3: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Rowdy 3: yAnt bite aa? It feels like a thousand yant bites in one place.

Adjusting his jaw, the other rowdy says,

Rowdy 2: It's okay Anna, that fellow deserves it. He only told us to stop you for money. He didn't even try to stop you when you were bashing us"

With a slightly broken palm and an intolerable pain, the rowdy says,

Rowdy 3: Rey, that money was for our food and drinks only re you Handi!!

The second rowdy frowns. He moves closer to the first one and examines the hand

Rowdy 2: Ayoo Anna, this is nothing! it needs to be completely broken for doctor amma to come.

Rocky: You think so? Alright then, cover his mouth, this one is gonna hurt.

Rowdy 3: Rey rey rey, mitradrohi!  Anna Anna please anna... ANNAAAAAAAAA!

Rocky breaks the rowdy 3's hand as the other rowdy 2 holds him down. In vengeance, the rowdy 3 bites down the rowdy 2's hand as he tries not to scream. When the nurse comes back, she sees one rowdy on the bed lying in silence, the second rowdy on the bed with a fully broken arm and the third rowdy's hand in his mouth while Rocky leans against the wall with folded arms. Shocked, she asks what happened.

Rowdy 1: *comedically crying* God sister, God. I committed more sins than I thought. Can you PLEEEASE just get doctor amma before my hand falls off?

Nurse: Oh god yes, I'm calling her right away.

Confused, the nurse walks out of the room to find a telephone. She calls Reena and explains the situation. She comes back to prep the rowdy before the doctor comes. Meanwhile, the junior doctor examines the remaining rowdies. After 20 minutes, Rocky gets impatient. She is nowhere to be found. He steps outside the room and puts a cigarette in his mouth. While he pats his pockets for his lighter, a hand comes close to his mouth and pulls the cigarette out. Angry, he turns to see who dare snatch his cigarette from his mouth! Who else could it be?

Dr Reena, shouts at him for trying to light a cigarette inside a hospital. To him, everything goes mute. He only sees her lips moving. This is the first time that he saw her up close. Her frowned forehead, her expressive eyes filled with concern and rage, her voluptuous lips lecturing about caring for others, just her glowing face and a calming aura. Everything about her made him more compelled. Compelled to know her, want her, need her.