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The ambulance siren was blaring outside the farmhouse gate. Aryan and Janaki showed the paramedics where the outhouse was located and they rushed in! Aryan stepped aside and they began working at a quick pace. They gave Imlie a few injections and put her oxygen mask on , they started some IV drips and safely moved her into the ambulance. Aryan spoke to the girls one last time.

Ch- Is she ok? Where are the taking her?

Ar- She will be ok now kids, dont worry, I'm here with her...I know how brave all of you are, please stop crying.

Si- I want mom

N-Me too, I want to go with her

Ar-You will be with her very soon, I promise you, you want her to get better right? Then stop crying, will she like it if you cry? Miss sugar I need your help here!

Ch-Ok, I understand but will amma be ok?

Ar- I dont know Miss sugar but she has to right? Have you ever known her to leave all three of you alone for too long? Siau, Nanno stop crying, remember your mom also starts crying every time you do! I will call you in sometime.

Ch- Baba is right! Siah Naina stop it, we can talk to each other until baba calls us back, ok?

Ar- Thank you Miss sugar, I have to go now, byee! Promise me one last thing, make sure none of you share are any news of Imlie with the family or anyone else, just yet.

Janaki also decided to join Aryan in the ambulance.

Janaki- chachi hum bhi Sahab ke saath jaate hain, ukka kuch zaroorat padi toh woh akele kya karenge?

Daimaa-  hanh Janaki tu chali jaa!! Unpar dukho ka pahad tuta hai aaj, jaa unke saath hi rehna!

The girls kept calling out to Imlie. Aryan got into the ambulance with Imlie and Janaki. Imlie was shaking as the paramedics tried to help her inside. One of the Paramedics whispered to Imlie

Pa 1- It's okay,We have you, Imlie is it?

She was laid down and restrained, it was to make sure she didnt fall off the bed, it was all very terrifying ordeal for Aryan. He kept his gaze steady on the ambulance floor and hollow words of paramedics fussing about Imlie fell on his deaf ears. Janaki rode with the driver in the front so she could give him directions to help reach the hospital faster. They gave her some more oxygen and begin a second IV as they repeatedly checked her blood pressure. Imlie's senses were all flaring.

Imlie gained her consciousness briefly due to the commotion around her. The bright lights, the siren, the beeping, she was scared, weak and couldn't even move, she feared not for herself but her babies. The babies who she could still feel moving inside her, which told her maybe they were okay.

Paramedic 1-Her pulse is dropping. We can't get it up!

Imlie wondered if she was dying she look up at the ceiling and wondered why she hadn't appreciated her life more, she did not dare to look at her ABP! she couldn't bear to see his pain, his helplessness as he faced her death all by himself, she wanted to wake up and tell him to stop blaming himself, she wanted to tell him to move on with his life in fast forward, and find his happiness in some other woman after she was gone... But she couldn't get herself to look at him, after all she was about to break the promise she had made to him. She closed her eyes and prayed to Sita maiyya and bargained her life for her children's.

she thought of all the stories she'll never publish.

She thought of the family she'll never see again.- Her amma, Arpita Didi, bandar and kaki maa, Chini and her twin girls!

She thought of the many friends she'll be leaving behind.

She thought of Aryan and how she won't be able to kiss him again

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