He looked down at her as she suddenly stops moving to found her unconscious, carrying her in his arms he moves towards his car. Anjali looks at Khushi in concern before Arnav asks her to sit inside the car, he made Khushi to lie down in back seat and Anjali keeps he head on her lap. Arnav looked at Khushi one more time before sitting on his own seat and driving away to Shantivan.
________________________________
He called police to have Shyam arrested while driving towards Shantivan and looked at Anjali for her reaction who was trying hard to hide her pain and smiled at him, conveying she is ok with whatever he is doing. Arnav sighed, never in his worst dream he would have thought that this day will turn out like this. He was restless to meet Khushi, to see her, to let her know that he is by her side if she needs any help but here they are facing another betrayal.
His eyes moved to look at Khushi and a shiver ran down his spine, he don't want to think what could have happen to her if they have not reached there to meet her. His mind replayed the events of not long ago and the way Madhumati Gupta was cursing Khushi and threw her outside without thinking about the consequences. Yes, consequences, just thinking how she could be roaming around the streets right now or worse what if Shyam tried to use this situation and take her with him.
He snapped out of his straying thoughts and applied breaks of his car as they entered inside the huge gates of Shantivan. Coming out from his side, he opened the another door for Anjali to come out who looked at Khushi's head in her lap and very slowly shifted to come outside, keeping her head on the soft seat. Anjali moved aside as Arnav moves forward to carry Khushi in his arms, he looks at Anjali and they both started walking towards the main door.
As soon as Hari Prakash opened the door, Arnav started walking upstairs ignoring the questions of his surprised family but Anjali stops them and started explaining everything. She looked at everyone after she was done explaining the incidents and looking at their shocked face she struggled to reveal the truth about the man they all trust. Yes, she have told them everything except that the man with whom Khushi's family wanted her to get marries is none other than their loving son-in-law and her husband.
Anjali looked at the other side hearing HP's voice who was standing with a doctor, knowing very well that Arnav has called him for Khushi while they were coming here she told HP to take him upstairs. When the other family members also started following the doctor to meet Khushi, Anjali stops them again, she gulped one last time before telling them the complete truth and she revealed about the snake, they were feeding from a long time, everyone gasped in shock.
"Anjali Bitiya(daughter), aap (you)....." Nani started but was interrupted by Anjali "I am fine, Nani. I am more worried about Khushi ji, she has turned into no less than a lifeless doll." All the family members looked at each other and Anjali moves upstairs to see how Khushi is doing, when all she wants is to sit in a corner and cry out aloud, letting all her pain out but it has to wait. She knew right now Khushi and more than her, her brother needs her, she know that he is not showing but this all is affecting him, badly.
She entered inside the guest room near Arnav's room to see doctor explaining something to Arnav and then giving his a prescription, he started walking outside but Anjali stops him to know about Khushi's condition. "She is under shock. Excess of crying and tension has taken a toll over her body. She'll be conscious soon but how she'll react that we'll know later." Anjali nodded taking everything in, her eyes trained on her brother who was looking at Khushi, like if he looked away for a moment Khushi will be vanished.

YOU ARE READING
Heal Me
Hayran KurguA short story based on my OS: Heal Me. #32 in Short Story out of 80.7K 😱😱 #114 in Short Story out of 17.1K #144 in Short Story out of 16.5K #190 in Short Story out of 15.7K 😍 #282 in Short Story out of 15.7K ?😱 #19 in arhi Cover Credit @KoeliDal...