4 January 2017
City Hospital : A Few Hours Later
Ishita woke up with a start, looking around her in confusion. She was lying on a narrow hospital bed, dressed in a white gown, and Mihika was sitting by her side.
"Akka" Mihika said in concern, as Ishita bolted up, swinging her feet over the side of the bed. "Please...don't move. I'll call the doctor."
Ishita winced as blood rushed back into her limbs, clutching at Mihika as a wave of dizziness assailed her. "Where am I" she murmured, looking at her cousin in confusion. "What happened..."
She spotted her handbag close by, covered in soot. And that was when the fogs of confusion dissipated, the acrid stench of smoke re-entering her nostrils, taking her back to the nightmare at the airport. Everything came back to her - the terrorists, the gun pointed at Raman, the desperation in her husband's eyes as he pleaded with her to go, the mad dash in her car, the terrorist in the rear vision mirror, arm raised to throw a grenade, her husband wrestling with the terrorist, the car behind her exploding ,the smoke, the fire, the darkness. Her husband. Her babies.
"Raman" she screamed, terror returning to fill her heart, tears gushing through her eyes. "Ishaan. Raashi. Raman" Her screams turned into desperate cries as Mihika rushed to gather her into her arms.
"Sshh akka, it's ok, everything is ok, everyone is ok" she said comfortingly, tightening her arms around her sister, just as two nurses came rushing in. "Please akka, everyone is ok"
Ishita lifted her head, gazing at Mihika through her tears. "Raman? " she said questioningly. "My babies?"
"Raashi and Ishaan are both fine akka. Amma and Vandu akka are with them. Abhi laate hai yahan unko" (We will bring them both here soon)
"And Raman?" Ishita noticed her cousins evasion. "Raman kahan hai." (Where is Raman?)
"Akka, jeeju is out of surgery. He is still in ICU, but he is stable." Mihika knew her sister deserved nothing but the truth, but she also knew just how much her akka loved her jeeju, that she had had to be sedated at the airport after she had seen Raman getting injured. She knew that her akka would not be able to survive if anything happened to jeeju. And so Mihika told the truth, but at the same time tightened her arms around her akka, trying to reassure her , holding her close.
Ishita's face blanched as Mihika's words registered.
"Sur...surgery?" She whispered, tears cascading down her face. "Kyun? Kya hua unhe?" (Why? What is the matter with him?)
"Akka, he got injured by one of the grenade explosions. He has head injuries. But the surgery was done successfully and he is stable now. They just won't know the extent of his injuries until he wakes up" Mihika tried to soften the blow, but Ishita's tears confirmed her understanding that her husband had been gravely wounded. She tried to shake off Mihika's arms, trying to get off the bed, wanting to go to her husband, to hold him and to transfer her love and strength to him, so that he would wake up and come back to her.
"Leave me Miku" she said desperately. "Mujhe Raman ke paas jaana hai." (I need to go to Raman)
"Mein lekar chaloongi akka, lekin please, aap khud ko sambaliye. Aur Raashi aur Ishaan bahut ro rahe theh, pehle aap...." (I'll take you akka, but please, calm down. And a Raashi and Ishaan were crying a lot , first...)
Ishita wiped desperately at her tears, staring at her cousin in horror. "But you said they are fine Miku, kya..."
"They are fine akka, they were just scared and upset" Mihika said quickly as she helped Ishita down, one of the nurses bringing forward a wheelchair.
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