Romance The accident - by krish_999 (Completed)

[Ramesh_Rocky]

I started to walk, dismissing her presence completely.
She walked with me, a few steps behind me, until I reached the operation theatre.

The nurse came soon and I gave her the packet. It took half an hour for the doctor to come out. He seemed a junior doctor. He spoke to me directly while Deepika stood next to me.

"We're still trying to put the joints back... It's really tough. But not hopeless. And if it works, we can put it back, we'll then use the stabiliser. Otherwise we'll have to stick with surgery, but we don't know if it'll be same like it was earlier.."

I nodded my head for all and he went back. Deepika was still standing next to me.

"What happened?"

I asked her in a low voice.

"He slipped and fell on the staircase.."

"Oh.."

I saw her looking at the floor. She was going to cry again.

"Come on... It'll be okay. He'll be alright.."

I said, in a low voice again.
She looked up, and her eyes was wet.

An hour might have passed, a security officerman came and called my name.

"Krish."

I turned to him.

"Yes."

"You're with the accident case, aren't you?"

"Yes."

"Come with me."

I went with him. He sat me with him for the next one hour. Writing all the things about me as well as the accident. I wondered if the earlier report had gone missing.

I said I was there for a friend's marriage and would leave in two days. He recorded that as well. I thought he would say I cant go just like that, but he didn't. He didn't care much. He did his primary job and left me, asking me to be available until I leave. I said okay.

At first I thought I should go back to operation theatre. But then I decided to have lunch. It was 3 O'clock. I was very hungry. When I was crossing the medical stores I saw her again.
Deepika. She approached me.

"Sir.."

I stopped and looked at her. She had her child in one hand and once piece of paper in other hand.

"Sir.. I need to buy some medicine. But that ATM there isn't working. Both of them are not working. I don't know what..what to do. Please help me."

It was a genuine problem. Half of the ATM machines in our country stops working when it matters the most.
I took the paper from her hand and walked to the store. She silently followed me. As the pharmacist got busy searching the medicines I asked her about her husband.

"Doctor said they've done it. They put the joints back in position.."

"Oh really? That's really good news. You should speak with a smile now."

I smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Have you seen him?"

"Yes, but he's sleeping."

"They must have sedated him."

"Anastasia.."

"Yes. How long are they asking to keep him?"

"Two more hours."

"Oh."

The medicine was ready. I paid the bill and collected it.
I walked with her to the hospital, again.
A nurse collected the medicines from me and disappeared. Five minutes later she came back.