38. Nightmare

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Hello Dear Gentle Readers

Is it just me ya or everyone is stuck with Never ending Diwali ki safayi.

Finally I manged to write a chapter. I might have enjoyed writing it but my mother definitely didn't. ( She was yelling every time she saw me near the phone.) 😪

Happy Reading.

Even if I don't want to look at it again and again I find myself doing exactly the same thing

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Even if I don't want to look at it again and again I find myself doing exactly the same thing. My cheeks heat up and butterflies flap their wings in my stomach.

The phone in my hand vibrates startling me. Madhav's photo is replaced by pink hearts. It's Aarna.

" Hello, Sher ki Sherni. " She says.

" Hey. And I am not Sher ki Sherni. " I say smiling.

" Oh ho. Blushing and all hah." She teases. " I think I need to start with the Wedding preps." She adds.

" There is no wedding happening right now," Ì say.

"At least you didn't deny it." She says laughing.

" Will you stop it, or am I hanging up on you," I warn but even I can't erase the smile that is etched on my face.

Putting her call on speaker, I talk with her, simultaneously putting important stuff in my bag for the last-minute Greece business trip.

" Is your leg fine." She asks hesitantly.

" It's giving me some trouble but it's still better than winters," I say, crawling on the bed.

" You should visit the physiotherapist once." She is concerned about me and I get it. But I don't want her to. I don't want anyone to worry.

" No need of it. Nothing a hot soak in the tub can't solve." I say ignoring the lingering pain in my calf and knees.

"Okay, I'll call Tomorrow. Someone is calling. " She says hanging up.

Pulling Simba next to Me. I grab my knee braces and pull the elastic material over my knees. After so many years I usually don't need them. But the pain can come and go depending on when I put more pressure on my feet than necessary, weather changes, My diet, stress and other things. One of the reasons is always there.

Considering I wore heels today for the two-hour presentation, it is giving me hell now. I usually take them off as soon as I sit down and prefer loafers and sneakers. But sometimes I feel like wearing them.

The physical exercises I do might have brought back the strength, but broken bones can never be the same. Especially when you have a rod in one of your legs out if other things.

Hugging Simba to my chest, I lay half on top of the plush toy, finding a comfortable position. When I slept at Madhav's home two days ago, I was surprised I didn't have any nightmares. But I am also sure it was because of that bhang. I wasn't sleeping, I was out like a log. And at night I made sure not to sleep and wake him up at sharp five.

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