Her Racing Heart (Part 1)

52.

"Sometimes it hurts to understand the reality"

"Vikranth your phone is ringing", Meera mumbled in her sleep.

"I want to sleep Meera, please you attend the call", he said and immersed again in his sleep.

Leaving out a sigh, Meera opened her eyes. She raised and leaned on Vikranth to take his phone on the side table. Rubbing her eyes Meera noticed that the call is from her father in law.

She immediately sat straight and attend the call nervously.

"Hello, Vikranth," hearing the lady's voice she understood that is Vikranth's stepmom. She sounded anxious.

"Yeah, Aunty what happened?"

"Meera, will you and Vikranth can come now, his father condition was critical," his stepmom said and Meera immediately agreed and ended the call.

Hearing Meera's nervous filled voice, Vikranth automatically woke up from his sleep.

"What happened?" he sounded in fear.

"Vikranth your dad's condition is serious, we have to go now," Meera said.

Hearing that Vikranth's face turned sore and he remained like that till they reached the hospital. Meera can feel his fear but Vikranth, as usual, didn't show that on his face. He drove the car at a high speed and became very silent.

His dad is not a good person in his point of view, but still, Vikranth having a small affection on him in the deepest part of his heart, even he did a lot of mistakes Vikranth still addressing him as a dad and taking some good advice from him.

Meera can feel his woe even though he showed like that he's alright and inside she is praying God that nothing should happen to his dad.

Vikranth walked in a rush to the ICU where his dad getting treated by the doctors. His stepmom was crying standing before the ICU and her daughter (Vikranth's half-sister) is also there. Seeing them Vikranth legs slowed down and soon it stopped.

I looked him like what happened,

"Stay with them Meera, I will come here after seeing the doctor," he said and left the place and Meera walked carrying Siddharth.

"Oh Meera", his stepmom started to cry seeing her.

"Don't cry, Aunty," Meera said and patted her shoulders.

"Amma, don't cry," her daughter said too.

Meera first met them in Arjun's wedding. His stepmother was not an evil person, she's a kind and very good human, and his half-sister was living in Germany with her husband, she got married just four months before. She too was a good person like her mom.

Meera doesn't have any bad impression on them. When Siddharth was born, his stepmother came to see Meera while Vikranth was not in the home. She asked Meera to take care of her health and advised her to call whenever she needs any help.

She nodded but considering Vikranth's heart she refrained to talk with them when they are happened to meet on any occasions in these five years. But without Vikranth's knowledge, she will talk to her on the phone if she calls.

And Meera came to know she's still repenting for entering into lives and destroying their peace.

"Doctor said this time it is a severe heart attack and the chance of survival is very less," Vikranth's half-sister said after they are settled down in the resting area.

Meera consoled her and sat there blankly with Siddharth. She doesn't know what Vikranth is going to do in this situation.

When she was worried and nervous Vikranth came with doctors and went with them to the ICU. The place became even more tensed when they asked us to come.