Love or Retribution?

Chapter -17

Disclaimer: Due to time constraint, I haven't proof read the chapter, so engayavdhu edhavadhu vittu poirndha, indha maane thene ponamane ellaam neengale pottukonga.

The sight of Indira laying on the bed half dead, made his insides twist into knots. He slowly touched her forehead, it was not burning hot, but the fever was still there.

"Let me sleep Nikhil, please", she moaned and pulled her blanket to her head.

He looked at her helpless for few seconds and walked out of the room.

"What happened? she was fine two days ago, how come suddenly this bad of a fever?" he asked looking at Nikhil, who was busy reheating the food that he got from the restaurant.

"Nothing", Nikhil replied without looking at him, transferring the hot porridge into a bowl.

"Nikhil, please, I need to know, what happened? ", Bhargav asked in a pleading tone, his eyes more than his voice.

Nikhil stared at him for a second, struggling to control himself from bursting out, but then he failed.

"You happened, she was clear of what she wanted in her life, she had a perfect plan when she came here, and it was going on smoothly, until you happened and spoiled everything. ", Nikhil shouted out of frustration, shocking Bhargav.

"Me? what did I do? ", Bhargav asked helplessly.

"Nothing, all you had to do was just wait for few more weeks, just few more weeks, but you didn't", Nikhil snarled between his bitten teeth.

Bhargav looked at him more dejected, it felt like he understood and at the same time it was confusing to the core.

"Wait for what Nikhil? please enough of all these cloak and dagger games, please tell me..", Bhargav literally begged.

Nikhil looked at him with extreme frustration, it looked like he wanted to say something, but was using all of his will power to stop himself from saying it.

"I don't have time for this now Bhargav, if I don't give her the food now, I can't give her medicines and her fever will raise forcing to hospitalize her, and trust me she won't like it, so if you really want to do something for her, stay out of my way ", Nikhil said and walk passed him.

Bhargav stood there helplessly as Nikhil tried to wake her up.

"Indira, please get up, you need to eat, your fever is increasing again", Nikhil said as he slowly tried to make her sit.

"No please, Nikhil, let me sleep, I don't want to eat", she moaned and tried to slide back into her blanket.

"Indira please, you are already starting to burn hot, you need to take the medicine and you cannot take it without food", Nikhil pleaded trying to lift her up again but failed to do so.

"If you don't wake up and eat now, I will carry you myself to the hospital", he threatened her.

"If you do that, with whatever strength I have left I will kill you and go to jail instead of hospital", her voice came from under the blanket.

Nikhil looked at her enclosed self, shocked, not knowing how to respond but a smile bloomed on his face.

After two days of continuous fever, this is the first time she had said something sarcastic, which means she is starting to get better.

"Are you going to get up now or not?" he shouted and tried to pull the blanket away from her.

"No no..", she screamed and pulled it back, when a voice came and calmed her down.