Blame It On Love

Chapter 25

Adhiraj's POV:

I followed the doctor in his cabin. I noticed Aadhya following us. We entered his cabin.

"Mr. Ahuja, your mother had a heart attack. She has blockage. We will have to do bypass." He said.

"Okay." Adhiraj said.

"We will have to perform as earliest as possible." The doctor said. We nodded our heads.

Aadhya and I walked out of his cabin. As we reached near the room Ananta came running towards us.

"What did the doctor say?" She asked me.

"She had a heart stroke. Doctor needs to do bypass surgery." I said.

"Ohhkk.... So when are they going to perform?" She asked.

"As soon as possible. We need to decide as soon as possible."

"What's there to decide?" Kartik said.

"Yeah. They are one of the best teams of doctors. It's better we take this decision as soon as possible." Aadhya said. I nodded my head at that.

"Okay. Let's do it." I went back and informed the doctor about our decision.
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We were sitting outside operation theatre. Waiting for doctors to finish their work. We could nurses coming out and going in.

"I will get coffee for everyone." Aadhya said.

"I will accompany you." Kartik added.

I nodded my head at them.

"I am feeling so guilty. It is all because of me." Ananta said sobbing.

"It's not your fault. You did right thing. Anyone would have done the same thing if they were in your shoes." I said trying to make her feel better. While inside I was feeling guilty as hell.

It was me who left for a year. She didn't take care of herself because I left. I was the one to blame. I was the one who made her so weak. I just hope I get to apologise her for one last time. I prayed.

Just then I felt Aadhya's hand on my mine. I looked at her in agonizing pain. She hugged me after seeing my eyes. I hugged her back as if my entire life depended on her.

We didn't need any words to know what either one of us was thinking. All we needed was eachother to find a safe place from our guilt. From our pain. From our situation. This last one year, we were again lost in our fairytale. Living our happily ever after. Forgetting that happily ever after does not exist in real life. In real life ther are ups and downs.

Just then the doctor who had performed surgery on mom came out. We all stood up with anticipation.

"The surgery went well." He said. "Now we need to wait for the patient to wake up."

"Thank you, doctor." I said.

"Can we see her?" Ananta asked.

"She is in ICU. So I suggest you look at her from a far. And if you go inside. Please go one by one." The doctor said. We nodded our head at that.

"Ananta. You go first." I said. She agreed and went in while we all saw her from a far.

She sat on the chair and held my mom's hand. She started crying while looking at her. It bought tears to my eyes also.

She was sleeping on the bed. With number of wires attached to her body. She looked so weak and fragile. Only the machine beeping on the corner was an indication that she is fine. I couldn't hold the sight. I turned around and walked to the bench that was outside. I don't know how long I was sitting there lost in thoughts.

I came out of my trans when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Ananta looking at me with pitiful eyes.

"You must go and visit her. You were the one she missed the most." She said. I nodded my head and walked back inside. Slowly I walked towards the door of her room. But I stopped as soon as I reached it.

Aadhya came beside me. And held my hand. I looked at her.

"You can do this." She said with a smile. I nodded my head with a small smile in return and opened the door.

I saw her fragile face and a drop of tear rolled down my cheek.

"Mom, I am sorry." I whispered. Holding her hand. "I didn't mean to hurt you. I just wanted you to know you to know how I was feeling. How important Aadhya is for me. I never wanted to get off my responsibility for Ananta. I love her, but like a little sister mom. I just wanted you to know that. Please forgive me. For getting you here. Please forgive me for making you go through so much hurt and pain. I love you mom. I love you a lot. Please forgive me for everything. Mom please wake up and let me apologise to you. I can't see you like this. Please mom. Please wake up. I don't want to live with this guilt for the rest of my life." I said and cried my heart out. I just sat there beside her, holding her hand. Waiting for her to wake up.
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"Aadi." I heard Aadhya calling me. I didn't realise when I fell asleep beside my mom. I rubbed my eyes to ward off some sleep and looked at her. "Ananta and Kartik left. It's been hours since you were here. Why don't you go and freshen up a bit. I will sit here with her." I nodded my head and walked out of the ICU. I washed my face and walked out of the bathroom.

"I had told Jennifer to get some clothes for you." Aadhya said, giving me a paper bag.

"You left mom alone." I asked.

"Doctors wanted to do a check up on her. They told me to wait outside so I left." I breathed a sigh of relief.

"You need to come out of your guilt. This will eat you up. You did your best in every situation." She said.

"It's easy for you to say. You are not in my position. Think if it was your mom in there. And the reason was you."

"You were not the only reason. I was also the reason. So was Ananta. So please stop taking everything in yourself."

"How can I blame any of you? You both have also been through hell in those two months." I said, defeatedly.

"It's none of us whom you can blame. Nor Ananta, nor me, nor yourself and nor your mom. We all were doing all this for love." Aadhya said, cupping my face.

"Then whom should I blame?" I said looking at her.

"Love. Blame it on love. It made us do all this. Your mom is in this situation because she loves you. Before this what ever she did was, because she loves her husband. What you did was love me. What Ananta did was for love. And what I am doing is for love. So blame it on love, love is the reason we all did this."

Just then the doctors came out of the ICU.

"Mr. Ahuja. Your mother is having a seizure. It don't look good. We are trying our best to save her." He said and walked inside again. We stood at the window of her room watching her body twitching continuously. We both looked worriedly at each other. After some time it stopped. And her body lay back as it was before. We couldn't understand what was happening. So we waited with anticipation. After sometime the doctor came out.

"Mr. Ahuja. We managed to save her......" He said looking sad. We looked at him with confusion.

"But your mom went into a comatose state." He said.

"What? But...... but you said the operation was successful." I said.

"It was but she got a seizure and went to a comatose state. I am sorry." The doctor said and walked away. I sat down with my face buried in my hands.

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