last 3 day of 6 month

DAY 3

BLOOD !

The house keeper screams at top of her lungs. She runs to the main lobby and grabs the manager. She screams "Its Mr Raizada. He is unconscious on the ground. He is bleeding. I tried going into the room to clean, but it was locked from inside and there was a 'Do not Disturb' sign on the door. I waited for an hour and then went again.

The woman in the next room came out, hearing my knocking and said that, there was a loud noise last night and heard glasses shatter at late hours. So I went in just to check upon Mr Raizada. He is not responding. He is drenched in blood and is on the floor. I haven't touched him. Oh what will happen? "

The manager panics. (Mr Raizada is one of his best clients and have a very good reputation.)"Call an ambulance ASAP, shouts the manager and runs to Arnav's room.

" Mr Raizada, wake up , are you ok? Can you hear me?" He tries to wake Arnav up.

But the body remains cold and drenched in blood.

Mr. Mehta and Mr. Cooper talks among themselves, both are tensed and feeling helpless.

Mr Cooper says: " How could this happen? Mr Raizada is on the top business man in the Asian community and he is very well rounded. What can push a brick like man , like Mr Raizada to take such a drastic step? I think it was an accident."

Mr. Mehta was about to say something about Mrs Raizada, but then he stops himself and starts to connect the dots.

(Doctor is coming out of the surgery room……)

" Doctor: is he ok? Will he be alright? How much damage has he suffered?" asks Mr. Mehta.

Doctor assures that is under control. Due to extreme sleep deprivation and stress he had a seizure. He hasn't been on meds for a few days and sugar went very low to an alarming stage. He lost a lot of blood and the vein on his arm had to be stitched. He will be ok soon. But he will need to be under strict supervision and take rest.

" If you visit him, be very careful about what you say, he is not mentally coherent. He is experiencing hallucination: it's the side effect of the seizure and hyperglycemia." The doctor adds.

Also

"I will need to talk to his family as soon as possible." The doctor adds. "There is something I need to tell to his family ONLY, it's a patient/doctor privacy issue and as Mr.Raizada is not in state of taking any decisions this point of time, I will need to talk to family immediately."

Mr Mehta and Mr. Cooper feel somewhat relieved that Arnav is stable now. Mr Mehta calls Akash in New York and explains his briefly of last night's incident and hands the phone over to the Doctor.

And then calls India to notify the family of Arnav's state.ANJALI:

" What? Wounded? How? When? Is Chote, I mean Arnav ok? Oh God !

I cannot fly now, but I am sending Akash as soon as possible to attend him. Oh ok. But…..Oh Alright, Are you sure? Are you posititve?

I am still contacting Akash to go to Arnav at once. I do not think we will take a chance. How did this happen ? Are you sure? OK. I want to speak to him as soon as he in feeling better."

Anjali is tear eyes, sobbing. She runs to naniji, she tells her what happened.

"Chote will be ok, the cut wasn't deep. He will be released soon. They do not know exactly what happened. He didn't take his medicines, sugar level got down in an alarming stage and he went to hyperglycemia.

Nani, I am telling you again, we should have forced Khushi ji to go with him to Sydney. At least she would have given him the medication at time.

Uff Chote, how can he be so irresponsible…. ( Anjali sobs and keep on blabbering)…. I do not understand Chote and now also I do not understand Khushi ji, what work did she have that she had to leave Raizada house when Arnav is not at home? She could go to her parents in Lakhnow later right? She did not even tell me or you in person.

Khushi ji, left without saying anything and only send a text later on to inform of her arrival at her mom's. Let me call her and talk to her in person. She has some responsibilities towards Chote right? "

I will also ask Akash to cancel his Honey moon and fly to Chote immediately."

Naniji, looks at Anjali and tells her to calm down.

NANIJI:

"Let us wait till Chote calls and explains. Do not call and tell Akash right now, they are in their honeymoon and it has been only 3 or 4 days since they reached New York.

Akash and Payal agreed to go after lot of persuasion. They did not want to go, leaving Khushi alone and while Arnav was going to Sydney by himself. Let us find out what happened first. Ok?

Also wait before you call Khushi, she seemed very upset when she left the house. She tried to avoid us. So do not make her tensed telling about Chote at this moment".

Anjali's room:

Anjali cries some more with a heavy heart and a heavy soul. She wonders what is going on.

Arnav is acting very weird and the whole thing with Lavanya, was that only his way of showing anger and recklessness or were there something more important locked behind? Was it all pretence?

Khushi and Arnav never seem to act like regular couples do. Whenever they are forced or are in front of others, they smile and talk. But in other times they keep their distance. Did Shyam tell me the right thing? Are they really not happy?

I better call Shyam ji and tell him whats going on and about Chotey's accident. He should know soon, cause is like an elder brother to Arnav and wishes the best for him.

If he is free, I can also send him to Sydney to look after Chote. I have to request him to do this for me.

"I think I will send him and Khushi ji together to Australia. YES !!! this will be the best IDEA."

It's a long flight of almost 19 hours or more. And sometime there is over night halt in the transit. Khushi ji haven't flied anywhere before. And it will be nerve wracking for her to be alone on the flight and during transit, thinking of Chotey's accident and being by her. So she will feel much better if Shyam ji accompanies her. He can take care of her during the long flight.

I will call him and ask him to stop by at Lukhnow at Khushi's mother' and tell him to pick her and bring her back to Delhi.

Anjali gets on the phone with Shyam.

" Hello ! Hello Shyam ji! You there?"…………………………………………

DAY 3

( LATE NIGHT)

Right, left, a little to the right, ok now more to the left, but 0.5 centimeter left.

And a left curve……

A straight line, a little curve line, a straight line to another 0.5 centimeter

…..no..no …where is the tissue paper. Ok now that is a straight line.

WHY? a curvy circle?

NO NO NO………………this is too much. I do not like the curvy circler. Why cant it be just a circle?

Pass me the safety pin and the cotton bud.

Where is the water? Ok. Good.

NO NO NO..not again……

Pass me the scissors. DAMN it…

You just keep straight. Why do you move so much?

I need to tie you down on the chair and make you straight. Or give you a pill to make you sleep and then do it.

Staright line……staright line,

Curvy line , circle, a square…………...

I like making squares………….

And why are you moving again? Cant you seat straight?

I will give you 1000 rupees to seat still for 5 minutes…..OK?

She walks away smiling……….

ARNAV pouts his sweet face, the lips curl up slightly at the corner and the eyes catch a bit of the sunshine…….a tiny bit of sadness lingers in his beautiful brown eyes , as he watches her distance……. A single strand of hair falls on his forehead.

He looks away and covers his face with a sigh !

Khushi laughs out hard and is almost falling apart.

" OH……really? Now why are you so sad? Come, let me give you a big hug ………and kiss your grumpy face back to the way I want…"

Khushi winks with her left eye. And grins some more.

She pulls him close, his head rests against her ………..he smells her perfume…..she puts her right hand on his shoulder and presses her left hand on his face and tils it a bit to her side. Lowers her gaze and look him deep into the eyes. She softly bites her lower lip and then pulls him close…….

Arnav stares at her with wonder: each morsel of his being finds a new meaning.

His whole existence finds a new definition.

How can a person be so innocent and yet so devilishly decadent?

How can a person have so much influence on another human being?

She is a miracle of nature, a divine being : only created for me……

Location: THE RAIZADA POOL SIDE

Time: UNKNOWN

Surroundings:

1. A Pool ( 3 feet deep: non drown able)

2. Recliners ( permanent ones)

3. A small table

4. A taped up laptop that does not work ( the whole lid is covered with scotch tape and patches) on top is a star sticker in sparkles and written: * KHUSHI's property. Do not touch*

5. two cups of tea

6. A tea pot

7. A table fan

9. and A big table

On the big table, in front of Arnav there lies in orderly fashion:

3 scissors

10 safety pins

4 tissue box of all sizes, small, large, square ones and wet wipes

a board

a mirror

a pencil

a tape measurement

a magnifying glass

a huge box of cotton balls

water bowl

cotton buds

small basket for wastes

towel

and A laptop that works.

Arnav proudly looks at his work and looks at Khushi to see her expression.

"Don't you think this is amazing?"

"IT IS A MASTER PIECE."

"Your hand is a master piece ………."

Khushi looks at her hand in wonder and smiles back at him.

"YES, JAAN ! …………IT IS A MASTER PIECE."

Her left right hand is in Arnav's hold.

ARNAV is sitting on the recliner, holding Khushi's hand and thinking that he is one of the luckiest GUY in the planet to have such a wonderful GIRL as his wife.

( IN HIS HANDS, HE IS HOLDING A TUBE OF "HENNA")

(On the big table, there is another 5 more open tubes of henna, just in case this one clogs up……..)

ARNAV breathes heavily and tries to open his eyes to see her once more…………….but he cannot move his feet……….seems to be very heavy and plastered to the bed.

ARNAV opens his eyes and hopes to see the much loved face smiling at him. He looks around the unknown environment and closes his eyes again…..

Khushi ? Khushi?...are you there?

Come to me……………

Khushi?

He drifts away……...

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

The beautiful hand of the " Deity" is soft as clay but cold as slate. The entire floor is draped with tiny spectrums of blood. ARNAV smiles.

He touches the blood and beams. He feels happy and content. He keeps on stabbing the hand, till the blood stops flowing

I have done it.

I have destroyed her.

She needs to be in pain. She needs to suffer ………

ARNAV stabs her face and shoves her down …..

She is frozen and mute. Eyes shut and heart locked…….

She chokes and gags……………..Her hearth flutters like a butterfly.

ARNAV holds her steady with his firm grip. His muscles strain with grieve…………………..

………………………………………..

" STOP THIS !!!! KHUSHI!!!!! ARE YOU OK????"

Khushi runs away in a black saree. Her eyes are white and blue with grief and her lips are trembling with fear. She hits the wall, but does not stop….she runs away…..inch by inch she phases out of his sight…..

ARNAV calls out " KHUSHI !" " KHUSHI!" she replies with laughter…..her bangles makes saintly music ……she phases out. …………………

ARNAV calls again: " KHUSHI !"

" KHUSHI !"….stop …..Do Not do this to me…..stop please I beg you….do not go !!

PLEASE FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE !!! stop…..please my love,

I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU A LOT…I LOVE YOU SINCE THE DAY I HAVE SEEN YOU …..

I WAS WRONG IN MISTAKING WITH YOU…I SHOULD HAVE PAUSED AND BELIEVED YOU.

I NEVER MEANT TO HURT YOU OR MAKE YOU WEEP…..…….

" KHUSHI !" PLEASE FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE !!! stop…..

I…..L…O..V…E…….Y…O…U

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"Mr. Raizada!!! Arnav !!!

ASR !!!

Wake up !!! Try to gain control……….you are hallucinating……WAKE up !! It's just a dream !"

The doctor and nurse frantically try to sooth him down.

Arnav jumps up on the bed, his head spinning around. The nurse and doctor hovering on top of him. They try to hold him back and balance him on the bed.

"Mr Raizada, you are having seizure and I think you just had a nightmare.

"Please Mr Raizada try to relax a bit. This stress is deadly at this point. I do not want your pressure to surge up, let me inject you the medication. You will settle down. You experienced a traumatized stage of hypoglycemia last night.

They brought you in, early morning.

We had to operate you in 2 places. But do not worry, those were minor surgeries. You fell on a glass table and slit your wrist. You were filled with glass pieces and got cuts all over your upper body, lost a lot of blood. The maid found you in your room while cleaning.

You are in good hands and hopefully will recover very soon. You can also leave the hospital in 2 days. But you need to rest now. Please."