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Chapter 24: The Reunion of Friends and Vikram’s line Mirnaa will Take Care.
Vikram watched her eyes and Mirnaa watched his eyes..
Now no words passed between them, just a shared look, a bond threading through the cold—love’s first bloom, pure and fragile, taking root in the silence.
A head nurse came in, footsteps soft on the dirt floor. She checked Vikram’s chart, then glanced at Mirna sleeping looking at him…
Nurse shocked him what are you looking at
Mirna stirred, she came back to sense .. “He opened his eyes,” she said quietly.
The head nurse nodded. “Good. Stay with him. I’ll get the doctor.”
Mirnaa said, “Wait here. I will be back.”
She stood, smoothed her salwar, and walked straight to the nun’s tent.
The nun was folding linens, calm as always. Mirna stopped in the doorway.
“I’m not leaving,” she said.
The nun looked up, gentle but firm. “What happens to you, child?”
Mirna took a breath. “Sister, hear me.”
She told the entire story she knew — the constable’s words, the framing, the betrayals, the mansion, the job, the second woman, the beating. She spoke of Vikram — orphan like her, brilliant, punished by others’ selfishness, a gold person who had taken pain for others again and again.
The nun listened, eyes softening. She took a breath, knowing how gold Vikram was.
Mirna said.. He has no one sister… I will stay with him. He is a good man...
“I have no control,” the nun said. “The lead organizer needs to give his approval. Vikram needed to be shifted to a different hospital — we can’t take him to the next camp we are setting up, 60 km away.”
Mirna said i'm not asking to take him to our next camp.. I will stay with him until he recovers
Nun said: Okay, lets assume i'm allowing you to stay with him.. Will the new hospital permit you a new nurse to nurse him at the place
Mirnaa said: I will stay with him as a friend a guardian not as nurse
Nun Laughed…
Mirna pleaded. “Please.”
Nun said Kid kid.. You seemed grown now..
Nun: “You are young, unmarried… I worry for your reputation. But I see your heart. And he has no one. If Swathi guarantees expenses and you promise daily updates… I will allow it. But only until he is immovable or unstable.”
Mirna said he got his consciousness back..
What he opened his eyes.. Okay regarding your stay with him... “I will speak to organizer… not for you, for that soul.”
She went.
Just 1 day to go. If no approval from the lead, she had to leave him.
Mirna returned to the cot. Vikram was awake now, eyes half-open, watching her. She sat beside him, hand near his.
She called Swathi’s number. And went out to speak with her…
Swathi answered on the first ring. “What?”
Mirna explained the issue — camp ending, no approval yet, need to shift to private hospital.
Swathi didn’t hesitate. “I’ll arrange a private hospital for him to move. Give me an hour.”
While she was speaking, Mohan arrived — with Ramesh and Suresh.
They stepped into the tent. Vikram was stunned to see them.
Ramesh asked, voice thick, “Why didn't you call us when they beat you at the station or when they took you?”
Vikram smiled but saw Vikram and was about to say sorry to him..
Suresh closed Vikram’s mouth gently. “Don’t say anything.”
Suresh continued.. I realised the betrayal…. To cut short: Kaushik divorced his wife and Malavika is his new wife. Things happened after you left the mansion in 4 months. They had already planned it. They were just finding some reason for Malavika to break up with me.. And they framed you… I only realised when they got married.
Suresh: “I had no strength to face you… that is when we heard you got a better place with Sekaran, so we didn’t disturb you.”
The friends finally hugged — careful, mindful of Vikram’s wounds.
Ramesh said, “I had shifted to Coimbatore. New family and job. But when Mohan said on the phone, we came here.”
Suresh continued in the same mansion.. Lost faith in marriages.. Earning good but the hurt still there. He said all..
Vikram signed not to worry…
Vikram was happy — eyes shining despite the bruises.
Mohan asked, voice low, “Sorry we left you with no one…”
Sekaran is in trouble, so we are assembling a new team…
Vikram grabbed strength to ask “What?”
Mohan said, “Don’t panic. All good. Once you come back, Sekaran will meet you. He asked to pass you a message.”
Mohan added, “We will stay with you.”
Vikram said smilingly, face swollen yet showing a shy look, “No, don’t stay. I have someone else to look after me.”
The trio looked at each other. Mohan smilingly asked, “Who is that?”
Vikram said, “Mirnaa.”
Minutes later Mirna came to the bed. She said, “Swathi arranged a private hospital for you. Tomorrow they will take you there.
Vikram face went small , he was worried that tomorrow he wont be able to see her?
Then she looked at the three new people. They got introduced to each other… but hid what Vikram said — Mirnaa will take care.
The nun came to the room and said, “Mirnaa, lead said okay for you to stay here and look after him only if he had a person taken in charge of his expenses at private places. Also he wants all the details of his identity, a local guardian of him.. Someone who can give guarantees for him.. And I tried "We can't take him to the new camp.”
Mirna said, no problem, his sister Swathi arranged a hospital. As she is away .. I will stay with him.”
Nun asked you said he is orphan how come a sister..
Mirna said.. Not blood or relation to some wellwisher.. I assumed her relation could be sister-brother with Vikram. Nun was really worried about Mirna's change..
Then Nun took Mirnaa aside and said
As i said earlier.. i cant permit you when he got his stability back.. Once he got his strength back i need you to comeback.. and for the no of days.. i would permit you another 10 days not more... Even if he didn't get back you need to comeback to camp in 10 days
Nun still could not leave her alone with Vikram.. but she decided to leave her here after hearing the story of Vikram…
Vikram didn’t realize what was happening but he knew Mirnaa was already on her way to become more than a friend. he is just have no idea how to take it forward.
Vikram watched her eyes and Mirnaa watched his eyes..
Now no words passed between them, just a shared look, a bond threading through the cold—love’s first bloom, pure and fragile, taking root in the silence.
A head nurse came in, footsteps soft on the dirt floor. She checked Vikram’s chart, then glanced at Mirna sleeping looking at him…
Nurse shocked him what are you looking at
Mirna stirred, she came back to sense .. “He opened his eyes,” she said quietly.
The head nurse nodded. “Good. Stay with him. I’ll get the doctor.”
Mirnaa said, “Wait here. I will be back.”
She stood, smoothed her salwar, and walked straight to the nun’s tent.
The nun was folding linens, calm as always. Mirna stopped in the doorway.
“I’m not leaving,” she said.
The nun looked up, gentle but firm. “What happens to you, child?”
Mirna took a breath. “Sister, hear me.”
She told the entire story she knew — the constable’s words, the framing, the betrayals, the mansion, the job, the second woman, the beating. She spoke of Vikram — orphan like her, brilliant, punished by others’ selfishness, a gold person who had taken pain for others again and again.
The nun listened, eyes softening. She took a breath, knowing how gold Vikram was.
Mirna said.. He has no one sister… I will stay with him. He is a good man...
“I have no control,” the nun said. “The lead organizer needs to give his approval. Vikram needed to be shifted to a different hospital — we can’t take him to the next camp we are setting up, 60 km away.”
Mirna said i'm not asking to take him to our next camp.. I will stay with him until he recovers
Nun said: Okay, lets assume i'm allowing you to stay with him.. Will the new hospital permit you a new nurse to nurse him at the place
Mirnaa said: I will stay with him as a friend a guardian not as nurse
Nun Laughed…
Mirna pleaded. “Please.”
Nun said Kid kid.. You seemed grown now..
Nun: “You are young, unmarried… I worry for your reputation. But I see your heart. And he has no one. If Swathi guarantees expenses and you promise daily updates… I will allow it. But only until he is immovable or unstable.”
Mirna said he got his consciousness back..
What he opened his eyes.. Okay regarding your stay with him... “I will speak to organizer… not for you, for that soul.”
She went.
Just 1 day to go. If no approval from the lead, she had to leave him.
Mirna returned to the cot. Vikram was awake now, eyes half-open, watching her. She sat beside him, hand near his.
She called Swathi’s number. And went out to speak with her…
Swathi answered on the first ring. “What?”
Mirna explained the issue — camp ending, no approval yet, need to shift to private hospital.
Swathi didn’t hesitate. “I’ll arrange a private hospital for him to move. Give me an hour.”
While she was speaking, Mohan arrived — with Ramesh and Suresh.
They stepped into the tent. Vikram was stunned to see them.
Ramesh asked, voice thick, “Why didn't you call us when they beat you at the station or when they took you?”
Vikram smiled but saw Vikram and was about to say sorry to him..
Suresh closed Vikram’s mouth gently. “Don’t say anything.”
Suresh continued.. I realised the betrayal…. To cut short: Kaushik divorced his wife and Malavika is his new wife. Things happened after you left the mansion in 4 months. They had already planned it. They were just finding some reason for Malavika to break up with me.. And they framed you… I only realised when they got married.
Suresh: “I had no strength to face you… that is when we heard you got a better place with Sekaran, so we didn’t disturb you.”
The friends finally hugged — careful, mindful of Vikram’s wounds.
Ramesh said, “I had shifted to Coimbatore. New family and job. But when Mohan said on the phone, we came here.”
Suresh continued in the same mansion.. Lost faith in marriages.. Earning good but the hurt still there. He said all..
Vikram signed not to worry…
Vikram was happy — eyes shining despite the bruises.
Mohan asked, voice low, “Sorry we left you with no one…”
Sekaran is in trouble, so we are assembling a new team…
Vikram grabbed strength to ask “What?”
Mohan said, “Don’t panic. All good. Once you come back, Sekaran will meet you. He asked to pass you a message.”
Mohan added, “We will stay with you.”
Vikram said smilingly, face swollen yet showing a shy look, “No, don’t stay. I have someone else to look after me.”
The trio looked at each other. Mohan smilingly asked, “Who is that?”
Vikram said, “Mirnaa.”
Minutes later Mirna came to the bed. She said, “Swathi arranged a private hospital for you. Tomorrow they will take you there.
Vikram face went small , he was worried that tomorrow he wont be able to see her?
Then she looked at the three new people. They got introduced to each other… but hid what Vikram said — Mirnaa will take care.
The nun came to the room and said, “Mirnaa, lead said okay for you to stay here and look after him only if he had a person taken in charge of his expenses at private places. Also he wants all the details of his identity, a local guardian of him.. Someone who can give guarantees for him.. And I tried "We can't take him to the new camp.”
Mirna said, no problem, his sister Swathi arranged a hospital. As she is away .. I will stay with him.”
Nun asked you said he is orphan how come a sister..
Mirna said.. Not blood or relation to some wellwisher.. I assumed her relation could be sister-brother with Vikram. Nun was really worried about Mirna's change..
Then Nun took Mirnaa aside and said
As i said earlier.. i cant permit you when he got his stability back.. Once he got his strength back i need you to comeback.. and for the no of days.. i would permit you another 10 days not more... Even if he didn't get back you need to comeback to camp in 10 days
Nun still could not leave her alone with Vikram.. but she decided to leave her here after hearing the story of Vikram…
Vikram didn’t realize what was happening but he knew Mirnaa was already on her way to become more than a friend. he is just have no idea how to take it forward.
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