Tere Liye .....

chapter 3

Pankhuri's pov.....

It's been 3 days I have been trying to arrange money by doing some part time work in a book store ....but that won't earn me the required amount for my collage fees .

It's so hard to earn money.....
Shall I ask Rahul to lend me some money but I don't want to go in front of him .

The way he looks at me and try to touch me really gets me uncomfortable.
If I will ask him for help he will surely ask me something in return.

I don't want to be in any physical relationship with him before marriage not even kiss . That's inappropriate and I don't feel comfortable enough to let him touch me .

The lust that his eyes reflect whenever we come across Make me feel disgusted.
Let me get a good Job and I will break the forced engagement with him .

This poverty makes you do things that you really despise and my engagement with that Rahul is one such things.
He clearly knows we don't have anywhere to go and my mother has made some trusted costumers here for her tailoring and we can't shift anywhere else .

Also he has given us some money, around 1 lakh  and we are under his debt .
I have returned him 25 thousand by now .

My phone rang and it's was my Maa .

Haan Maa ....mujhe aane mei thodi der ho jaayegi .....Haan kuch collage ke assignment hai jo karne hai ....mei library mei hu abhi ....I lied to her .

She told me that she is going to the nearby market to buy some threats and other things needed to stitch dress ..

I hung up informing her that I will be back by 7:30 pm.

It was around 6:30 pm when it started raining heavily and Informed the shop owner that I need to leave or I won't get any transport.
He being the kind man allowed me to go early.

I got completely drenched by the time I got home and Maa scolded me for my carelessness.

I changed my clothes and she made me eat food with her own hands and I slept after that feeling tired .

After sometime I started shivering feeling extremely chilly and my body ached such that I cried in pain .

Maa left her work and checked me getting worried .
Pakhiiii....beta tujhe toh bohot tej bhukhar hai .....Maa said and I asked her to cover me with another blanket.

She did and checked my temperature....I was sobbing all the while......
Pakhiiii chal .... hospital chalte hai ......103 bhukar hai tujhe .....Ma said and I shook my head.

Nahiii Maa ....aap mere liye khada bana do ....subh Tak thik ho jaayega......meri kahi bhi jaane ki himat nahi hai aur vese bhi 10:30 ho gye hai .....I said..

Nahiii khade se kuch nahi hoga ......uth mere bache ... hospital chalege ....she said and wrapped her shawl around me .

We came to AIIMS ...as it's a government hospital and we will have to give less fees here ......

Maa admitted me in the emergency and the doctor checked me and asked me to go for a blood test tomorrow.

They gave me some medicine to lower my fever and gave a prescription.
Tu yahi ruk mei road ke uss taraf se dawai leke aati hu ....Maa told me and I nodded sitting on the bench .

My head felt heavy and I leaned back closing my eyes when I heard a loud scream of my mother and stood up immediately.

A speeding car hit her and now she was lying in the blood of pool in front of me .
People gathered around but I remained frozen on my spot seeing my mother like this and blacked out immediately.

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I woke up the next morning and looked around I was in the hospital and remembered about my mother....

I hurriedly got up and stated running out and crying like a mad person.
My whole body was trembling with fear of losing her .....

No.....this can't happen to me ........I inquired about my mother to the people around and they informed me that they admitted her in the AIIMS hospital only last night .

I ran back and inquired about my mother and ran upstairs to the room where she was being treated.

There were so many people who were laying on the bed's highly injured and the hospital and medicine smell made me felt like pucking.

I blinked through my tears and Inquired about my mother.
I met the concerned doctor and begged in front of him to save my mother.

Look Ms. Pankhuri the accident was fatal and your mother has suffered some internal brain injury...we have to operate her ....He told me and I nodded wiping my tears .

You will atleast have to submit 5 lakh rupees for that ....He said making me gasp .

Itne paise kaha se laungi mei ......5 lakh.....I looked at the doctor and he sighed.
Look Dear the cost for this surgery is around 20-25 lakh but as this is a government hospital you will atleast have to submit 5 lakh ....He told me and I nodded.

Also....we need to operate her as soon as possible so do it fast ...He said.
Sirrr.....aap operation mei der mat kijiye.....Meri maa ka operation kar dijiye.....mei saare paise de dungi ... Lekin operation mei der ho gai or meri maa ko kuch ho jayega .....I cried folding my hands .

Okayyyy...but atleast submit 50k by afternoon he said and I nodded.

I sat on the bench and held my head in my palms while crying......

I dialled Rahul ... knowing that he is the only one who I know can help me .
He won't give me 5 lakh as it's a big amount but atleast I can ask him for 50k for now .

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Abhi toh mene de diye hai 50k par baaki ke paise kaha se laogi .....mei tumhari madat kar dete lekin abhi mere pass itne hi hai .....aur ye bhi mei kisi dost se maang ke laya hu .....Rahul said .

Thankyou so much .......aaj aapki vajah se meri Maa ka operation start ho jaayega.....Mei baaki ke paise arrange kar lungi kahi se .....I said thanking him and he nodded and left from there saying that he have some urgent work .

I sat on the bench outside the hospital when an elderly nurse apprched me .

Suno ....mei tumhari madat kar sakti hu paise arrange karne mei ....She said and I looked at her with hope .

Kese. ...I asked her wiping my tears.

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