You, Have My Heart (Season 2 not a sequel ) Completed

Chapter 56

Ashish

I'm lying, my body stretched on a hospital bed. I can heard the continuous bipping sound on my left, somewhere near. My arms attached to a needle, through which some medicine is passing inside my system. My eyes closed, tears flowing down my eyes.

I have been in ICU for almost 48 hours that is two days. This morning they have shifted me in general bed. Adi my son and Darcy my wife, they just now left me. I insisted them to go home and have some rest. Even my doctor suggested them to freshen up and come again. They have been in hospital all stressed, panicked since last 48 hours. Yes I have admitted in hospital in evening the night before the new year. I got a minor attack. Doctor said I have got some blockages in my heart. It happened due to my heavy unhealthy eating habit, I have been practicing since my younger age.

Yes I'm a big foody person, a fan of all those tasty food with lots of spices and oil. Since I got married to Neela she used to make my diet so strict that everytime we ended up fighting on the same topic.
Nonetheless, then I was young, we hardly get sick at that age so secretly I used to skip the diet most of the time.

But it says one day everything comes to an end. And so it happens with me as well. Doc has strictly cut down on all those my favourite food out of my diet and put some tasteless, kinda tasteless food in the list instead.

What remains for a person would want to live if he is not allowed to eat any of his favourite dishes?

However my grief isn't this. It is something else.
IT is about my bachha, my Avni my only daughter. What if I would have died not saying her aleast a sorry, or not seeing her, talking to her for the last moment before I die!

An hour before.

"Dad I think, now Avi should be informed.....it's been 48 hours have passed you are in ICU.
Why you forced me to make that  pointless, nonsensical promise to you, not to tell Avi that you got an attack" Adi rebuked me softly and Darcy left her seat stood beside Adi. She put her hand on her shoulder gesticulated him to keep tranquil while talking to me.

"Because I have already messed up our relationship, neglected her when she needed me the most. I have been always failed as a father.....I didn't want to blemish her happiness she has been going to have with Neil and his family in his hometown..." My voice shook, tedious for being ail. My facade turned to other side. A sob formed in my throat when I felt Adi hold my hand, sat on the stool beside my bed.

"But Dad she deserve it to know about you...about all this...." Adi coaxed touching my hand.

"Maa said how happy my bachha was talking to her, how Neil's Mom is taking care of her, loving her...how could I let you know her Adi about my health and spoil the day she has planned for!... That was the least I can think of doing to her..." The last few words I murmured through my tearful eyes, my lips trembled.

"But dad..." Adi suddenly stopped. And I got the cue to persist.

"I'm absolutely fine Son! It was a minor attack, not a major one...."

"You didn't even let me to inform Nonna!" Adi growled and my contrition grew. I wish I could have seen my Maa.

"She is much older now, far away from us...why trouble her informing her Son's troublesome health!" I reasoned out, turned my head, gazed at Adi calmly.

"Dad Nonna wouldn't..." Adi left his words incomplete stopped seeing me got dewy-eyed. He moved to wipe my eyes when I spoke.

I'm fine now...you leave son, take Mom along, get some rest both of you...