Chapter 81

It was an unexpected call from Chari, requesting her to join them for dinner and when she showed up everything seemed fine and the dinner went well. When she got an opportunity to talk to Pryag alone she encouraged him to talk to his parents about it, and about ten at night, Pryag broke the news to his parents and she could see the shock in their faces. When Chari’s wife broke into tears, Diya explained to her that it is not cancerous and he has a very high chance of completely getting back to normal which seemed to bring the situation under control and the discussions and questions continued until everyone felt exhausted and it was already two the next day.

She wanted to drive back home, but she was too tired and exhausted so stayed in the guest bedroom at their house and she felt sorry for them, having to go through this, the agony and pain. She heard some noise and tried to ignore it and the more she tried the louder it was. She felt as if someone was hitting her on the head, a pounding feeling, desperately trying to escape from it and all of a sudden it changed into a gentle stroke on her head and she saw someone, somebody, in bright light. Her senses kicked in and she jumped from her bed not knowing where she was, sending the cup of coffee to the roof and scaring Chari’s wife.

When she got a grip, she realized that it was six in the morning remembered last night’s discussions. She quickly apologized to Chari’s wife and rushed to her aid in cleaning up the mess, then rushed to the bathroom freshened herself up and was ready to leave. She knew she had to be somewhere at nine and wondered hoped she could make it on time. She got into the car and switched on the radio and the music started playing, it was about rain and tears, and the song was not too great but her mind went back to the time, and remembered the rain and the ride she had in his car, even the thought of calling him crossed her mind, picked up her cell phone, call in “Akshar” and her cell phone dialed for her, but the call didn’t go through.