A Tale Of Schemes... #1,#2,#3

Chapter 38

*Anitha Pov*

"I said I am fine, Kanika. You can't continue to cancel your classes for my sake. Didn't you say that they will come to an end soon? So, just concentrate on them." I said turning away from the other patients.

"But you should have told me that you will be going early today..." I cut her off calling her name before taking a deep breath.

"Didn't you say that you will make me your model for your clothes? For that, you should learn everything properly and not miss those classes again. I will be fine." I assured her before cutting the call and turned back to sit properly on the chair.

Vikranth already talked to the doctor about my condition after Kanika talked to him but I asked him to keep it from her regarding my appointments as I don't want to disturb her anymore.

For the past few days, she is just taking care of me and even ignoring her classes which is not right as she already went through some troubles just to take these classes so many times.

The receptionist already recognized me and assured me to keep my matter a secret and will not even call my name out as per the instruction of the doctor.

There are many patients here but not everyone is acting like there are here just for some therapy but like it is wrong to be here the way they are not meeting anyone's eyes.

It will take time for everyone to be understanding that coming to a psychiatrist is a normal thing and that time will be longer mainly for the celebrities I guess otherwise there wouldn't be a need for others to worry right now for my sake like this.

I sighed turning towards the door and found the recent patient coming out of the room before glancing at the receptionist who nodded at me and I immediately stood up before walking towards the door and stepped inside.

After staring at the doctor's comforting smile for a second, I walked closer before sitting on the chair while hoping everything goes well.

"Hello! Do you want to drink anything?" she asked smiling and I shook my head politely.

"Shall we start?" I took a deep breath nodding.

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"Will you be fine?" she asked when I paused near the door with my hand on the door handle.

"Yes!" I replied politely before opening the door and stepped out without looking at anyone.

Right now I don't want to see anyone and just want to leave this place. I should have come with Manoj in the morning instead of taking a cab.

But I thought it will be like showing clearly who I am if I come here with him. I concentrated on the path before me while making sure to not bump into anyone but suddenly got startled when someone held my hand.

I turned to find Prathap staring at me and I stared back in surprise after coming over my shock. He smiled before holding my hand properly with a tight grip and started walking towards the elevator.

"What are you doing here?" I asked recovering from the shock.

"Shh!" he whispered when the doors opened and found two people stepping out.

After we both stepped in and the doors closed, he calmly mumbled, "Kanika called me and told me that you are all alone here. So, I am here as an escort."

Escort? I stared at him hearing that and immediately took my hand away from his hold while he frowned at me. I closed my eyes remembering the last time that word was used between us.