Chapter 368

Three days have gone by but Diya didn't get a chance to call Akshar. It had been just crazy both at work and at home. Chari had chest pains and she and Pryag had rushed to the hospital. Diya had volunteered to stay at the hospital as Pryag had to take his mom home as she fell sick with worry and refused to eat anything. Chari had a mild heart attack was in the hospital for a couple of day for observation. In the meantime Diya had to drive to the airport to drop off her brother and Kathy for their last minute trip. She had been working off of her laptop from the hospital and had stayed up at night to catch up on things. She was suffering from lack of sleep and stress. She had been surviving on coffee mostly and the caffeine had helped her get through the past two days. Calling Akshar was no were on her mind even though she had wanted to actually meet him in person. One thing that she didn't worry much about was work as things were moving smoothly even though she had things to do to keep them that way. She had missed many calls and had been screening them when she was at the hospital and had returned only the ones that were relevant. To top it at at some points she didn't have a signal and it made things more difficult. Before she knew it was already mid week and she had hardly been home. When everything was settled at Pryag's and she was finally able to get to work and with the help of caffeine get through another day, coming back home and kicking her shoes off and sinking on the couch felt like heaven. She was so tired and dozed off within minutes while she was still in her work cloths. Diya did not hear her phone ring both her cell and her land line, nor did she hear her voice messages. Someone had been at the door bell and Diya was so exhausted and sound asleep it didn't disturb her at all.

When she opened her eyes it was 8.30 AM next morning and she was famished. She had skipped her dinner last night as she was exhausted and her body gave up on the couch. She felt fresh and energized finally but there was still a slight residue from sleeping for so long. She guessed that she must have fallen asleep probably last evening around 5.30 or so. She remembered checking the clock when she had filled gas at a gas station nearby. She had stopped to pick up some milk after that and had gone straight home. That was at 5.10 PM. She fixed herself her usual egg and bread. As it was already late, she called in to let her assistant know that she will be in a little late that day. A nice warm shower and a delicious breakfast did the trick. She then saw the lights blinking both on her land line and her cell phone. There were a couple of calls from her brother informing her about his return flight, one on the cell and one on the land line. Pryag had done the same but had indicated that nothing was important and that his dad was doing fine and also thanked her for helping them out. There was one more message and before she could listen to it a call came in from her office and Diya took that call right away. It was a brief call and she realized that she had a meeting at 10.30 that day and it was already 9.40 in the morning. She knew it wouldn't take long at this hour and if she left the house in about five minutes she will be able to get there a bit earlier and be prepared. She started to collect her thoughts for the day's meeting and the missed voice message completely skipped her mind. As expected everything went well and Diya had a smooth day at and she eased in perfectly into her routine. She noticed the icon on her cell indicating that there was a voice message. She picked up her phone and scrolled through the missed call list, she accidentally dialed Akshar's number.