The Chronicles Of Subhadra Hegde √

Chronicle 6

Raksha Sinha pushed Subhadra Hegde while she prepared an injection.

Subhadra said nothing, just moved aside without a word.

Raksha took her place beside Kunal and started chirping. Subhadra knew, the next event would be Kunal Verma changing places to her side. Before any of such cliche acts took place, she walked off with the syringe.

A bunch of doctors were currently in the compound of a missionary, running a free camp for orphans.

Subhadra's eyes rolled everywhere, while she injected tetanus booster to a little boy.

The boy stared at her as if she was some angel. She realised and smiled back.
" What's your name sweetheart? "

" Rishabh. "

She took out a toy car from her pocket.

" Thank you! "

" How did your parents die? " , Subhadra asked. Unperturbed.

The boy lost his smile and kept staring.

" Don't worry. I can tell mine. If you wish to listen. "

The boy stirred.
" You too an orphan? "

" Of course, since twenty. "

" That's a lot of time.  I'm orphan since birth. "

" Good enough. What's in having parents? "

The boy smiled.
" I too don't know. What's so good in having parents? I'm happy in this missionary. Very happy. "

" There's nothing good. Specially selfish parents who love your sibling more. At a point of time you'll feel like murdering them.

Now go and send the next. "

The boy smiled wider and ran away.

Subhadra stood staring at the distant mountains.
Then murmured,
" At another point of time, you might murder them as well......

By the way, he didn't ask how I became an orphan. "

A tap on her back, and she found Kunal standing. He looked anxious.

" Subhadra, I will ask you something today. "

Subhadra stared shrinking her eyes.

" Where is Myra? "

Subhadra tilted her head and examined him from top to bottom.

" Why? "

" I asked first. You answer. "

" Somewhere, safe and fine. "

" She's here. Right? "

Subhadra now cringed her brows 

" Where? "

" In this very orphanage. I saw her. That's why you were so desperate to be in this camp. But I don't understand a thing. Why did you put her in an orphanage??? "

" Take me to where you saw her. "

Kunal stared at her. Trying to judge.

" Take me Kunal! "

Subhadra walked along with Kunal to another side of the camp where eye and ENT checkups were going on.

Kunal looked around.

Desperately trying to find someone.

" The girl was right here. I sat beside Raksha while she checked her. My god, she looked exactly like how Myra would look eight years to what I had seen her! "