MaNan Ff: Humdard

Chp 4: The Known Patients

(Manik)
I went to medical store blinking back my tears, I just had sympathy, nothing else for her. I always try not to have love for my patients. They are just an ill body for me which I have to treat. But she was different, she was the first one for who I got tears. I reached the medical store and bought the antidepressants and went back inside directly to the ward where she was. I knocked and went inside.

"Aunty these are the medicines which Dr.Cabir has prescribed for her, he said to make her eat it by dissolving in water whenever she gets attack," I instructed her and looked at Nandini, she was sketching something with tears rolling down her cheek. "OK thanks for taking care of her when I wasn't here," she said. "Its OK aunty, this is my work," I said and she smiled, she is a sweet lady and cares for Nandini more than herself. She greeted me folding her hands. I turned to go but I heard familiar heavy breathes and turned to Nandini. She was again scared and she was looking at the sketch in her hands. "He will come again," she said trembling. I went forward to her and made her lay taking away the sketch from her.

"Hey look don't worry, he won't come," I said and my eyes went on the man in the sketch, why does he look so familiar? Its not the time to think but to calm her. I saw stars tattoo on her neck, the same which my friend Nandini had in childhood. Her chachi came to her and rubbed her back and hugged her, she didn't calm down. I kept my hand on her shoulder and unknowingly my other hand went on her head. "Don't worry, he won't come,he doesn't knows you are here," I said trying my level best but she kept having attacks. Now was the time to give those medicines to her.