The hope -part -4

Ram was worried about her. It had been days he hadn’t met or talked to her. “Is she in trouble again? Did her family object her meeting me?” he wondered. Suddenly his cell rang and by luck it was her.

“Thank god! You are alive!! I was shit scared about you. I was about to call the police” he said. He could hear her crying badly. “What happened, Meenu? “Is everything fine? Are you alright? Please stop crying. I am there for you. You know that. “, he consoled her. She waited for some time until her tears stopped and with deep breath she said, “Amit… He knows about us and he doesn’t want meet you. (Sniff) He thinks we are..having an affair.” “How dare he? I will talk to him.” he said with controlled anger. “ No! He won’t listen to anyone. God forbid, he may do something if he meets you.It’s better we don’t meet.” she said. “If you say so, we will not meet. But I am worried for you. Please call me if anything goes wrong.”she said.

He didn’t understand why he was heartbroken after hearing that he would never meet her. Did he love her? No!  It can’t be. He had not got over his previous relationship. He was scared that he would loose her the same way he had lost Sunita to gruesome death. He decided to keep the feelings to himself.

Though she never met him, she made it a point to call him daily. He was not happy with the way her family treated her. He wished badly that he could take her away from all these miseries. He felt she had dealt with it enough. He almost planned to take her with him. But he had not got enough courage to materialize his plan.

One fine day, he asked her to meet him and didn’t divulge into the purpose of their meet. He simply said, “ I want to meet you. There is something I want to confess.”

He met her at same spot when they first met. He was bit taken away by her pale body. She looked thin and miserable. “I can’t see you suffering anymore. I am taking you with me. He’ s done too much damage to you. I should have taken you that time itself when you proposed me. I thought matter will cool down. Get your daughter with you. We file a divorce case and custody of your daughter.”he said. She couldn’t bear her ears on what she heard and hugged him tight. She was ready to free her daughter and herself from this hell.

She had already made her plans of her future during the journey. Unfortunately when she reached her house, she was aghast to hear her husband had met with an accident. She wasn’t sure whether to feel  happy or sad with the news. She rushed to meet Amit in the hospital. As she reached , she was called by the doctor.

“I am sorry to say your husband is paralyzed from the lower part of his body. He will not be able to walk. But there is a good news- we have a cure to make him walk again provided he gets full support from you.” the doctor said. She was shocked. Her dreams were falling down. She was doomed again. Her hopes for brighter future had disappeared in thin air. Was her life going to be like this forever? When will she see the bright light again? She sat on bench next to the patient’s room. Her head bent down and tears bursting nonstop from her eyes.

(To be continued)