HER BOYFRIEND?

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HARSH's P.O.V

10 FEBRUARY 20xx,

STANDING ON THE 2ND FLOOR INFRONT OF THE ICU ROOM AND CHECKING SOME PATIENT's FILE I WAS GOING TO ENTER THE ROOM WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BUT SOFT VOICE.

"DOCTOR HARSH SANDHU" FROM THE VOICE I CAN TELL SHE IS A GIRL AND ANGRY AS WELL. BUT WHO SHE CAN BE? WHO IS TAKING MY NAME WITH SUCH HATRED. WELL, ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND. I TURNED AROUND AND FOUND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF EYES GLARING AT ME. THE FIRST THING CAME TO MY MIND IS (WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE AND WHY IS SHE SO ANGRY?) EVEN DEVIL CAN FEAR THE LOOK SHE IS GIVING ME. IF LOOKS COULD KILL, I'M SURE I'M DEAD BY NOW.

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? SHOUTING ON A DOCTOR. I TOLD YOU MILLION TIMES TO LEAVE BUT YOU ARE STILL HERE DOING DRAMA AND SHOUTING INFRONT OF ICU. I THINK I SHOULD CALL THE FEMALE GAURDS" THE GAURD YELLED AT HER. I DON'T LIKE THE WAY HE IS TALKING TO HER BUT WHAT WE COULD EXPECT FROM A WORKER OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL. HELL, I HATE TO WORK HERE, PEOPLE REALLY DON'T HAVE BASIC MANNERS TO TALK WITH PATIENTS OR THEIR FAMILIES.

"I'M NOT HERE FOR ANY DRAMA I WANT TO TALK TO DOCTOR HARSH SANDHU" SHE REPLIED IN A COLD TONE BUT HER EYES ARE STILL ON ME SHOOTING DAGGERS. GOD MY NAME SOUNDS HEAVENLY ON HER TONGUE BUT I WANT HER TO SAY THAT WITH LOVE NOT WITH ANGER OR HATRED.

"IT'S OKAY! SATISH I WILL HANDLE FROM HERE. SUSHANT CAN YOU PLEASE KEEP THIS FILE ON MY TABLE, I WILL READ THE FILE BEFORE SURGERY" I SAID NOT LOOKING AWAY FROM HER. I FELT SATISH AND SUSHANT LEFT.

"CAN YOU PLEASE COME WITH ME TO THE CANTEEN SO YOU CAN TELL ME YOUR ISSUE. YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THE PATIENTS" I ASKED HER AS SOFTLY AS I CAN LIKE I'M TALKING TO A KID. BUT I GUESS THIS IS NOT HELPING THE SITUATION AS SHE TOOK A THREATING STEP TOWARDS ME WHILE KILLING ME WITH HER EYES.

"COME WITH YOU? FUCKING HELL. I WILL NEVER COME WITH YOU ANYWHERE BECAUSE, I DONT TRUST YOU DOCTOR SANDHU. YOU DON'T DESERVE SOMEONES TRUST. YOU ARE A LIAR AND A CRIMINAL. WHO KNOWS YOU WILL HURT ME AS WELL LIKE YOU HURTED MY PAPA." SHE SAID WITH VENOM IN HER VOICE. I CAN SEE TEARS IN THE CORNER OF HER EYES BUT SHE IS TOO STUBBORN TO LET THEM FALL. NOW I CAN NOTICE THE PAIN AND SADNESS IN HER EYES WHICH SHE IS TRYING TO MASK WITH HER ANGER. BUT HER WORDS HIT ME LIKE A TRUCK.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I DIDN'T HURT ANYONE INTENTIONALLY. HE WAS-

"DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT MY FATHER. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO CALL HIS NAME. I DIDN'T LIKE THIS HOSPITAL SINCE DAY ONE BUT I KEPT HIM HERE BECAUSE I TRUSTED YOU BUT WHAT YOU DID? YOU LET HIM DIE. YOU WERE THE ONE WHO SAID HE WILL BE FINE BUT WHAT HAPPENED? YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR PROMISE? LIAR" BY NOW TEARS ARE FLOWING FROM HER EYES AND THE ONLY THING I WANT TO DO IS HUG HER AND TELL HER THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. MY HEART BREAKS BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT IS BECAUSE BY HER WORDS OR FOR HER. I FELT A PRESENCE BEHIND ME.

"YOU CAN'T SPEAK TO HIM LIKE THAT. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR LOSS BUT IT WAS NOT IN OUR HANDS. YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN PLEASE" IT IS TUSHAR'S VOICE. I NEVER HEARD MY FRIEND TALKING TO SOMEONE THIS SOFTLY. BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT THE MAJOR CONCERN, SHE IS THE MAJOR CONCERN. SHE IS TAKING ME WRONG. THANK GOD THE CORRIDOR IS EMPTY AND ICU IS A SOUND PROOF ROOM BECAUSE THE WORDS I'M GOING TO SAY I KNOW I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO HEAR BUT HER.

"LISTEN, IT WAS NOT MY FAULT OR ANYONE'S FAULT. IT WAS GOD'S DEED NOT MINE. YOU CAN'T BLAME ME FOR ANYTHING. I WILL NEVER WANT TO HURT YOU OR SOMEONE RELATED TO YOU BECAUSE" I PAUSED.

"BECAUSE?" SHE ASKED WITH CONFUSION BUT I CAN TELL SHE IS STILL HELL ANGRY AND NOT BELIEVING ANY SINGLE WORD I SAID BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SAY THIS BEFORE IT'S LATE.

"BECAUSE I THINK I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH YOU" I SAID LOOKING DIRECTLY IN HER EYES. SHE STANDS THERE TOTALLY DUMBFOUND AS SHE WAS NOT EXPECTING WHAT I SAID AND I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY. EVEN I WAS NOT EXPECTING I WOULD SAY THAT THING TO HER LIKE THIS. THE SILENCE STRETCHES BETWEEN THE THREE OF US. I CAN FEEL TUSHAR SMILING BESIDE ME. HE WHISPERED "I'M PROUD OF YOU" IN MY EAR BUT THE ONLY PERSON MATTER RIGHT NOW IS STANDING SILENT.

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