Hello, Mr. Major General (1)

Chapter 48: Weekend of Disconnection

“Come over quickly, my equipment is all ready. I’m going to stay over this weekend, and you can’t go anywhere. Stay here and let me examine you.” Sandeep dragged Shehnaaz into Sidharth’s study, where his materials and equipment were set up and arranged in complicated positions.

Shehnaaz was frazzled from being pulled along by the portly doctor, and she couldn’t suppress her laughter.
“Brother Sandeep, you’ve got to at least let me put my things down and wash up first, ok? Also, I haven’t had dinner yet; I’m hungry.”

“Dinner? It’s ok to skip a meal, just consider it as dieting.” Sandeep continued to lead her, taking her backpack off and dragging her to sit on the examining chair. He swiftly
attached an array of apparatuses to her head, wrists and chest. Shehnaaz knew he was obsessed with medicine, but had never thought that she would end up as his test subject one day.

There’s nothing I can do, I’ll just have to lean back on this big examining chair, close my eyes and let him examine me. Shehnaaz resigned herself to his ministrations.

After attaching various apparatuses on her, Sandeep began drawing her blood. Shehnaaz’s eyes flew open as she
stared at her arms and she suddenly asked, “By the way, Brother Sandeep, why are there so many needle pricks on my arms?”

The marks weren’t immediately apparent, and some had already faded away after a week. However,
Shehnaaz’s eyes could discern even the smallest pin pricks now. She had been busy the whole week at school and had even rushed her showers. She hadn’t looked at her body carefully
until now.

Sandeep’s kept a straight face as he said, “Well, these were from all the blood I took when you passed out that week.”

Shehnaaz was speechless. She stared at Sandeep steadily, then closed her eyes and tried to rest, but his words kept ringing in her head. She
wondered why she had lapsed into
a week long coma, when she had only been afflicted with an aphrodisiac. If she had truly been ok, why had Sandeep take so much blood? Also, why did she still have weekly
examinations when she was clearly fine already? Had it been simply an aphrodisiac she was afflicted with?

Shehnaaz was a very cautious person. These thoughts spun in her head and pointed to a more serious problem.
She opened her eyes to watch Sandeep, who was busy with his equipment, and suddenly asked, “Was I poisoned?” She had asked so unexpectedly that a normal person would have blurted out the truth. However, Sandeep was a Medical
Officer in the Indian Military and held a Senior Colonel rank. He was more vigilant than most to start with, and had also undergone extensive
professional training. Shehnaaz’s
little outburst didn’t work on him.

Sandeep shook his head calmly. “Of course you weren’t poisoned. It was just a potent aphrodisiac that had stronger effects than average. I had to dig out everything to formulate an antidote for you.”

“Oh, really?” Shehnaaz’s eyes widened. They possessed an almost childlike innocence and trust when she looked at him.

Sandeep quickly turned his head to look at the instruments and data, and avoided her gaze. He was worried that he would blurt out the truth when he faced those eyes filled with honesty and sincerity. The consequences he risked at the hands of Sidharth were severe enough to keep him quiet. He didn’t want to be beaten to a pulp and
resigned to conducting experiments in jail for the rest of his life!

“Of course! So to thank me, you have to let me continue observing you so that I may perfect my antidote research.” Sandeep’s glasses nearly slide down his nose and he pushed them up before resuming his stern expression.

Shehnaaz finally believed Sandeep’s words and breathed out in relief. She lay on the examining chair and lazily said, “You should’ve said something earlier. You know how I tend to overthink things.”

“What did you think it was?”

“I thought that I had been poisoned and that there were still traces of it in my system.” Shehnaaz giggled and
unexpectedly fell asleep on the examining chair slowly.

It’s better that she’s asleep. Sandeep had injected her with a drug to put her into a deep sleep and better allow him to continue observation of her bodily functions. For two days, Shehnaaz drifted in and out of sleep. Sandeep also called Naina Mittal over to help him take care of Sana. She was a
female physician and certain things were more convenient with her assistance. Parth called Shehnaaz numerous times the whole weekend, but she might as well have fallen off the face the earth. He was sick with worry. He even went to the Andheri Precinct, where she had told him before that house sat for. However, this time he couldn’t even enter the
precinct. He had o only been able to get in last time with Sandeep telling the security to allow him entry. This time, Sandeep didn’t want any interference with his examination
of Shehnaaz, and certainly didn’t want him to come in and be a nuisance.

Shehnaaz only regained complete consciousness on Sunday evening. She sat up from the bed to see Naina Mittal  tidying up.

“Dr. Mittal, when did you get here?”

Naina turned to smile at her, “You’re awake! Hungry? Sandeep ordered food, so let’s eat together.”

As soon as food was mentioned, Shehnaaz lifted her blankets to get out of bed. “Gosh, where? I’m so hungry I
could eat a cow right now!”

“No cows, but how about red braised pork belly?” Sandeep poked his head in and smiled approvingly at Shehnaaz’s energetic state. He rubbed the stubble on his chin. “This was a meal delivered from the cafeteria at the base, you can’t get it elsewhere!”

Shehnaaz saw Sandeep and ran over to grab his elbow. She tilted her head and smiled. “Brother Sandeep, the cafeteria in the base has red braised pork belly? Don’t tease me!”

“Haha, you silly child, you’re getting more and more impish!” Sandeep decided to assert his older age. “Thinking back… when I first met you, you were like a small animal, clawing at anyone you saw. My hands still have the scratch marks from your nails!”

Shehnaaz covered her mouth, laughing.”I did that? I don’t remember at all.”

As the two bantered, Naina had already set the table and was calling them over to eat. Shehnaaz ate until she couldn’t any more, and finally put down her chopsticks.

It was already late and Naina still had to return to the base. Sandeep was worried about her leaving alone and
discussed this with Shehnaaz.

“Sana, I’m going back to the vase with Dr. Mittal. Will you be ok here alone?”

He knew Shehnaaz rarely stayed here alone since she was usually with Sidharth. However, she had been alone
for last time. The week before,
Sandeep had left early and Shehnaaz stayed alone for one night. She had returned to campus early next morning.

Shehnaaz felt she should get used to living alone as soon as possible, so she didn’t ask Sandeep to stay. It wasn’t
ideal for Naina to go back to the base alone, and more importantly,
Shehnaaz knew Sandeep secretly had feelings for Naina but couldn’t find the courage to pursue her.

Sandeep was so good to Shehnaaz; of course she had to return the favour.

Shehnaaz winked at him. “Don’t worry, don’t worry, Brother Sandeep. Go back with Dr. Mittal. I still have things to do.”

Sandeep turned to Naina. “Dr. Mittal, I still have some data to discuss with you, we can do this on the way back.”
“Ok, sounds good. I also happen to have some matters to consult with you about.” Naina got up to get her laptop
bag.

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I hope you enjoy reading it.
Love you all.

I some of you guys said that it is getting boring to read this story but I would like to say that here Sidharth had intercourse with shehnaaz when she was still a minor and he is feeling guilty about it so he is avoiding shehnaaz that's why there are no sidnaaz seen right now.

You guys have to understand the feelings of the characters as well.
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