Safe haven [Yourstoryindia]

#Chapter 19 : Finally..... Safe haven

            Anusha was lying down on her new nursing care bed as usual. Nowadays, bed is the space she spent most of her time.  Her life was stuck in between hospital bed and wheel chair but it is better now that she is back to her home, her room. It has been seven weeks since  Anusha got into the accident and after a long hospital stay of six weeks, finally  doctors let her go home, last week. Her ribs were almost healed but her arm and leg were still in cast and braces that made her feel almost like a rag doll, she has no power of herself, she became dependent on others for her smallest needs. Akki had hired a full time help for her,a skilled person to give her the nursing care she needed and give her company whenever needed. Rashi wanted to take care of her all by herself, but with Ninnu who needed her full attention, it was difficult. Akki and Alvin had a hard time pursuing her to hire a caretaker for Anusha.  They had changed her room arrangements before she came home, now it almost looked like a hospital room, but it smelled home and Anusha was relieved by the fact at least she could stay in home and near to her friends and family.
Ansa had visited her in hospital and stayed with her for a week and her dad was coming soon too. It felt like a complete circle now. The years of painful relationship with her family was changing now and Anusha knew that dad never held her as a reason for her mom's death. It was a great relief for her, the burden and greif was finally up from her shoulder.

Sometimes, she wanted to complain and cry about the pain, about her difficulties but then she remember she should be thankful for being alive and being taken care so well by her friends and family. 'You are being loved by everyone around you..' she smiled at that thought.
Arlene visited her on weekends , sometimes Yasmine accompanied her and they will chat for hours and Arlene called her every day and updated her every tiny details of her day in office.
And then there was Alvin. Alvin...he had stayed with her all the time , she didn't know how grateful she felt towards him. The emotions she felt for him was so overwhelming that she didn't know how to express them. There wasn't any secrets between them, and she has stopped running away from him, so they were at ease and  she was happy about it.
He had extended his visa for one more month,so that he could stay with her but that extended time was coming to an end, and sooner or later he needs to go. Anusha was thinking about it for the past few days, she wanted to talk to him about it but the dread feeling held her back from saying anything.

'Hey... good morning Anusha. What  are you thinking so deeply? ' Alvin asked her snapping her out of her thought bubble.

'Nothing...just this and that. ' she smiled tilting her head towards him.

'Where is Rita?' he asked her looking around for her caretaker. Rita was in her late thirties and a healthy and confident and strong woman with a good knowledge in health care. Anusha really liked her caretaker.

'She went outside for something. She will be back soon. Sit..' she said while trying to sit comfortably.

'Rita is another OCD case.. I guess' he said scanning her room which was spotless as before and Anusha laughed.

'Yes she is. But she is so obsessed that she won't let me have a loose bun hair. See..'
she said trying to touch her neat bun with good arm, but she stopped herself thinking she might hurt herself. 

'Yeah... I can see that. You are perfectly dolled up as a patient' he replied and they both laughed.

'So you are enjoying being a patient?' he asked studying her.

'Kind of.... But I hate being dependent for everything.' She said ruefully.

'But I think there is another reason that is worrying you..' he asked looking at her closely.