May be forever

T E N

You can always say sorry, But the real apology is when you hear the sadness in their voice and see the look in their eyes. And you realize that they have hurt themselves just as much...
                            - Kid Cudi

           Some mornings doesn't bring a freshness feeling along with it. Some mornings are gloomy and dull even the sun rays won't shine your windows panes, it just cast a gloomy shade into your room just like this morning. It showed past seven on the digital clock on the wall outside the observation room and the grey morning made it look like a coloured portion of numbers in a black and white movie, they didn't match at all.

       Avi sat on a cold metallic chair near the observation room where they were still observing Vinny.
The events after he found Vinny crying in pain were blurred images in his memory but the horror he felt all the time still lingered in his heart. They had reached hospital within twenty minutes. Since it was early morning, there wasn't any traffic on the streets but still Avi was sure he had jumped on more than one red light on their way to hospital.

    The seriousness of the situation finally weighed him down after they took her inside and Avi was left behind with a mixture of emotions which kept him alert and scared for a long time.

Avi had never felt this much exhausted till this day. He was used to working for hours, but the emotional wreck that he was now , was something that was new to him altogether.

He was drained both physically and emotionally. All the travel and a sleepless night made him look rugged and the emotional state was something unexplainable.

How he was going to deal with Vinny , that bugged him.... there's no way he could go back in time and change what he had said to her. All he could wish was that Vinny would spare him a few minutes so that he could apologize , which was the only thing left to do and Avi wasn't sure that it's going to work and a mere apology would be enough for the heartache he had caused to Vinny. He was mulling over again when a nursing staff asked him to meet Dr. Sritha, Vinny's doctor on her cabin.

They didn't give him any information about Vinny and her baby except that they are stable and out of danger,  for the past two hours.
As he walked down to the corridor, he felt his heartbeat going wayward and an uneasy feeling settled in his stomach.
He was nervous and anxious like a kid summoned by his teacher to the office , without any prior knowledge what was happening.

Doctor smiled at him sensing the tension in his posture.

' Mr. Rao or can I call you Avinesh? Doctor Sritha asked him softly.

It's Okay ma'am, call me Avinesh. He nodded in agreement as he settled on his chair.

' Okay Avinesh, your baby and wife are safe.
Bleeding has stopped and Vinny is stable. If things are good you can take her home by today evening itself. '

Releif washed over him and he let out a  breath that he was holding unknowingly. At least they are safe , even when their  relationship was going through a rough patch, this news brought a little smile on his rugged and tired face.

' Thank you doctor. Is everything really okay with her? Is there anything else that I need to know?'
Avi wanted to make sure , he did not want to miss anything about Vinny's health. The scare from last night was still fresh in his mind, he wanted to make sure nothing is there to worry.

Doctor smiled affably despite of the subtle frown looming on her features.

' See... I told you about her low lying placenta and how you guys should be careful. It is still lying low and that's causing this bleeding. Since it's not heavy or uncontrollable bleeding, it's okay but you need to take care of your wife a bit more. Let her take more rest and make her eat healthy food..and if any symptoms like this happen again, come here immediately. That's all for now...' she said while thinking something else. After a little pause , doctor leaned on her chair , studying Avi closely.