I'll Love You Longer Than Forever

Chapter Thirty Four

"Paris?" Armaan echoed.

Dr. Shashank nodded.

"Hum dono ko?" Riddhima asked.

He nodded again.

"Kyu?" They asked in unison.

Dr. Shashank laughed at their shell shocked expressions before replying. "Wahaan par ek bohot badi medical conference hai, aur hum sabne milke decide kiya hai, ki hum chaahte hai tum dono wahaan Sanjeevani, India ko represent karo."

They both looked even more shocked, if that was possible, on hearing this.

"Hum... hum dono?" Armaan asked.

"Haan, Armaan, tum dono."

"Lekin, Papa, hum dono kaise wahaan jaa sakte hain?"

"Kyu nahi jaa sakte?"

"Woh Riddhima ke kehna ka matlab hai, ki India mein har Sanjeevani mein, humse bhi zyada experienced aur better doctors hain. Humaare apne branch mein bhi - aap, Dr. Keerti, Dr. Shubahnkar. Waise hi India ke doosre branches mein bhi humse behat doctors honge, toh aap hume kyu bhejna chaahte hain?"

Dr. Shashank looked at his two kids and smiled fondly. Always so down to Earth. He knew, that they knew, that they were better than most of the doctors at Sanjeevani, Mumbai, Hell, Sanjeevani, India. And together, they were a force to be reckoned. He couldn't remember the last time he had met 2 doctors who worked so well together. Their success rate as interns in their 3 years at Sanjeevani had been phenomenal. And later, as senior doctors, their tema had only gotten better.

Yet, here they were, genuinely shocked that out of all the doctors in the hospital, they had been chosen as representatives of Sanjeevani for India.

"Armaan, Riddhima, tumhe Dhruv yaad hai?" He asked them, referring to the patient they had tended to during their internship.

They nodded.

"Yaad hai, us din, Valentine's Day par, Dhruv ki haalat bohot zada bigad gayi thi?"

They nodded again.

"Us waqt humse koi bhi nahi jaan paaya ki usse kya hua hai. Na main, na Dr. Keerti, na ko aur. Lekin tum dono ko samajh aa gaya,"he said, remembering that none of them had even thought about the little boy having diabetes and hence, they hadn't bothered to wait for his stool tests to return. But, it was them who had figured out that it was actually that.

"Aur, Armaan, tumhe yaad hai jab woh police officer ko bullet lagi thi aur tum life mein atak gaye the," he started, referring to their early internship days.

Armaan nodded, knowing full well where this was going.

"Us waqt, tumhaare paas zyada practical experience nahi tha, lekin phir bhi, tumne us police officer ka operation successfully kiya tha," he said, beaming with pride.

"Aur, Riddhima," he said, looking at his daughter. "Tumhe yaad woh pregnant lady, jinhe brain tumor bhi tha," he asked, referring to that one lady to whom Riddhima had made promises without knowing baou the consequences.

"Itne saare problems hone ke baad bhi, tumne Dr. Keerti ko bohot hi achche tarah se us surgery mein assist kiya. Us Ma ko apni beti di," he told her, his voice laced with immense pride.