Love Demise!!

Chapter 5

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I was sitting on the couch with Isha's toddler on my lap. It had been 3 months Rohan had left. I missed him very much and secretly kept expecting for him to come back, may be just for 2 nights. To my dismay, till yesterday the hickeys mark remained, today it was gone. Oh how I missed the hickey. The toddler was mumbling stuff and I found it fascinating and funny. I giggled to it and kept listening. Mom was in the kitchen making preparing sweets for Isha, since she was leaving the next day. The door bell rang and mom yelled "Richa, get that, would you?"

"Yes Ma" I said. I carefully set Vivan down and rushed to the door. I opened it with a smile to see two uniformed soldiers just like Rohan.

"Ma'am, are you the wife of Lt. Gen Rohan Rajput?" One of them spoke with deep sad tone.

"Yes, I am" I asked with nervousness. They carefully took out a box and handed it to me. I looked at them with confusion. I didn't know what it was.

"We're sorry to inform you ma'am that our brave soldier, Lt. Gen Rohan Rajput, who fought with utter determination and courage, is no more and with all due respect ma'am, we salute you for your daring, for being his wife. Unfortunately, we couldn't find his remains, since it was a blast. We found some of his belongings that he had and asked to deliver it to you in case..." he seized to the word and gulped. My jaw dropped down to the ground. I felt the ground below me slip away and my knees felt week. The only word that escaped my lips was "No" and with that I was flat on ground while the two men called out for help. Isha hurried to me and mom came out too. They understood the situation. Mom's voice crumpled, but she thanked them. After that, I was blank.

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I woke up in the hospital to Vivan's, Isha's toddler, mumbling. I opened my eyes and looked up at Isha who looked like a zombie. It was then it all came back to me. My Rohan was.... no more. My heart beat seized and tears found its way down my cheeks. Isha looked at me and called for the doctor.

"How do you feel Dr. Rajput?" he asked. I smiled and nodded.

"Your vitals look good and calcium is stable. You should probably take care of your diet and according to me, decrease your clinical pressure" I raised a brow at him. I saw mom entering in. Her eyes same as Isha's, puffed by shedding tears and lack of sleep made bags under her eyes. She hugged me to her and I let out all my sadness. I was only brought back to senses when the doctor cleared his throat.

"Well, your reports are here. Take a look" he handed me the envelope. I looked at him confused and took out the test papers. Hell, I hadn't even known what tests they were. I opened it and my eyes widened. My heart was banging in my chest and my breath caught in my throat.

"It's positive" I whispered. I looked at the test which was for pregnancy. Rohan's mark was growing inside of me. My Rohan left me our symbol of love. I suddenly felt proud and remembered his whispering words. "It's my imprint on you" this was his imprint. I caressed my stomach with love. I will raise this child to be strong and brave like his father and grandfather, also he or she will grow up listening to the heroic tales of my beloved husband and father (by law). Isha and mom hugged me and three of us savoured the moment.

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I was sitting on my bed with the box that was handed over when we got the heart breaking news. It had been a week now and I was discharged to go home. I opened it and peeped inside. There were enormous number of photographs of me, us, Isha, Vivan, mom and only one photograph of his dad. I smiled to the gesture and continued flipping through stuff. I found a bunch of letters. It was a roll labelled 'Hospital'. It got me to think what would he be doing at a hospital and writing letters?

I kept the bunch of letters aside and looked in from more in box. There lay his extra uniform. I took it into my hands and kissed it. As soon as I did, the scent of his body filled my nose. I breathed in his scent again and again. I hugged it tightly and again I was drowned in the sea of my own tears. I have no idea as to how long I was crying. By now, tears had dried up and I lay still in my bed hugging his uniform. The box wasn't empty yet. I looked inside it to find some dried up flowers labelled 'love' and some random things like a hanky, his wallet, his cell phone. I took out his wallet and enfolded it to find our photo. The day we got married, hand in hand we took a walk beside a lake nearby. I kissed the photo and lay it beside the uniform.

I took his cell and tried switching it on but the battery was dead. I took out my charger and kept it for charging. The door bell rung and ran towards the door. I opened the door to a man. I looked at him and he smiled apologetically.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Umm are you Lt. Gen Rajput's wife?" he asked and my heart tugged to the way he addressed me. Yes, I am Rohan's wife, my Rohan's wife.

"Yes, I am. How can I help you?" I asked.

"Umm I am Rahul, Rohan's friend. We were together in the war when he..." he seized his words. Tears prickled in my eyes and almost at the edge, but I controlled my emotions.

"Please, come in" I said and continued "Have a seat" he sat down on the couch. I sat on a chair opposite to him.

"I am sorry for the... loss. We are very proud of him, ma'am." He said

"Please call me Richa" I told him and forced a smiled and he nodded.

"He was a good friend and was like a brother to me. I spoke to Isha yesterday. She's recovering from the shock. Also, Rekha aunty is quite strong" I just nodded in response my eyes stuck to ground. My nose was still filled with his scent. It had only been like a week, how I could possibly forget him in such little time or even move on like nothing has happened. I felt a hand on my shoulder when I was brought back to my senses. I looked up to him.

"Richa" he looked into my eyes with assurance, assurance that everything will turn out to be fine. He smiled and that smiled reminded me so much of Rohan. It was like déjàvu. Only, he had a cute dimple that of a baby.

"I am fine." I wiped my tears and continued "Well, would you like something to drink?"

"Oh no, I should get going. My younger sister needs to get home. I have to pick her up from college" he said and I smiled to it. It was then I checked him out. He was in many ways like Rohan. In fact, his eyes were similar that someone would mistake him to be Rohan, only if his face was covered. The one difference that caught my eye was the dimple, on his right cheek. He moved out in minutes and I went into the kitchen. I made myself some sizzling coffee.

That night, I missed Rohan so very much that I couldn't find comfort in anything. I was devastated by him moving away. I wanted him to myself. Yes I was selfish; I missed him with all my heart. I suddenly had this urge of listening to his voice so I took out my phone and dialled his number. It went straight to voice mail. "Hello, Lt. Gen. Rohan Rajput speaking, I am busy right now, probably protecting the country, so call me later or leave a message after the beep? *Beep*" I felt relaxed but it wasn't enough. I kept on and on with the voice mail message and probably slept to it.

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