Romance The accident - by krish_999 (Completed)

[Ramesh_Rocky]

"He will be kept inside here only for next two hours. Then, after one more scanning, doctor will say what next. Mostly you can take him home."

This time Deepika's face really lit up.
The kid had waken up again. He straightaway started crying.
She walked away with him and I could guess where she was going. She sat on a lonely bench and draped the child with her saree flare to breast feed him. The child immediately stopped crying.

She came back after fifteen minutes. I asked her if she had had lunch. She shook her head no.

"Come on, let's go have some food. Even I'm hungry."

She nodded immediately. She was really hungry, I guess.
We walked outside again and found a hotel. I suggested I'll handle the kid if she needed to wash her face. She agreed and handed me the kid as well as her small shoulder bag. She thanked me after washing her face.
As we waited for food I asked her about her.

She was from Tamil Nadu. Her husband Karthik works in Gujarat. Seventy kilometres away from Vadodara. They both were in Vadodara for some shopping as they're planning to visit hometown next week.

The food had arrived by then. From the way she ate it just made me realise how hungry she was.
She noticed me watching her. She was embarrassed.

"I was very hungry..."

"Yeah that I can see.."

I smiled.

"Stop smiling.. You're not allowing me to eat.."

She complained.

"Okay... Okay. You eat."

"Thanks."

After the lunch I paid the bill. She said she will pay me all the amount once she get the access to a working ATM.
While walking back she asked me why I was there.
I told her the whole story about the accident.

"Oh so you're not helping only me..."

"Yeah.. actually my train is on day after tomorrow. So I have time to help..."

"So what are you going to do until then?"

"Mmm... No plans. I'll stay until I see any relatives of that lady. Then I'll leave."

"What if you don't get to see any of her relatives?"

"Why should we think so negatively? What if I hadn't spot you there?"

"Oh. That's true."

She turned her head to me and smiled. First time since our meeting I noticed her smile. It was beautiful.
Actually, she was beautiful. Very beautiful.

"If you hadn't spot me, oh God! I don't know. May be it's God who sent you to me."

"Yeah God sent me to you.. And for that he had to kill one person and injure another one..."

I said without thinking much.
She was taken aback at my response to her praise.

"Oh sorry, I didn't mean that."

We had reached the operation theatre. We stayed there only for the next two hours. We sat together and I held the child.

"What's his name?"

I asked.

"Vignesh. Vinnee."

"Vinnee is nice name. Vignesh is an old name."

I commented.

"It's his father's choice. I didn't like it either."

"What was your choice?"

"Mmm...Don't tease me okay?"

"What? I mean... Was it such a bad name?"

She laughed a little.

"I don't know that. But my choice was Krish."

I smiled.

"Really?"

"Mmm."

"No. You're saying this to please me, aren't you?"

"I told you, don't..."

"Oh.. Okay..I believe."

She nodded.

"So, have you informed anyone else from your family?"

"Yeah. I've informed. Karthik's uncle is in Mumbai. He'll come soon, means day after tomorrow."

"No one else is coming?"

"Aunty will also come."

"No, I mean no one's coming today?"

"We don't have anyone here."

"Oh, so I can leave only when your uncle arrives day after tomorrow.."

"No! You can leave as soon as he's discharged. I mean, you can go anytime if you want, but I want to give you the money first."

"You want to return the money. That's it? You don't need any help?"

"I need, honestly. But you've already done so much for me, I think it's not nice to ask more."

I smiled.

"Don't worry. I will stay with you. Today is already gone for me. I'll stay with you until he gets discharged and then I'll send you to your place, in a taxi."