"Mrs. Davis is out of danger now but Mr. Davis..." Standing outside the room where Sanaya was admitted, Aiden let out a sigh. Behind him, Kyle and Mona also joined him. Some days passed like a cold wind breezing in the whole city and sipping it in one go.
"Doctor said she will wake up today. Later when she will wake up, she will be very sad." Mona let out a sigh of animosity.
These past days, everybody prayed for the good but yet, things were not meant to be like that...
Seeing Mona shed tears Kyle wandered to her and tried soothing her, "Don't worry, everything will be ok. When she wakes up, we..."
"Mrs. Davis is moving," Aiden screamed out loudly and trotted inside the room, everybody followed him behind.
It felt like a long journey. Sanaya slowly opened her eyes, the lights in the room felt too radiant for her eyes. She turned her head to her left to ignore the bright lights.
"Mrs. Davis, you finally woke up." Mona couldn't be cheerfuller. She immediately hugged her and shed tears. Aiden turned the lights off in the room and Kyle opened the curtains of the windows.
Sanaya was still in a dilemma. She somehow managed to keep her eyes open. It was indeed a dangerous battle. Doctors managed to save her, the bullet passed too close to her heart that she could have died.
Looking at Aiden she looked around. She could see Mona whimper, Kyle standing near the curtains sad, and the nurses behind Aiden.
"Mrs. Davis, you finally woke up. We were so scared." Kyle's voice tone chimed sadder than ever.
As far as her eyes could see around, she searched for only one person. But wherever she looked, she did not see him.
Trying to get up Sanaya shrieked and Mona quickly ran to her to hold her. "Sis, slow."
"Where is he?"
As she asked so, the trio glared at each other. Sanaya couldn't get up but kept laying on the bed as she was not in the posture to get up. She saw her assistant stay quiet. Worried she held Mona's hand and asked her again, "Where is he? Why don't I see him here? Where is Nick?"
"Sis, Mrs. Davis is actually..." Mona flinched. She did not what to say.
Seeing her hesitate Sanaya looked at Aiden and then looked at Kyle. "Say something, where is my husband?"
"Mr. Davis..." Kyle also strumbled.
Strange!!!
Seeing them hesitating as if they were tryna hide something she started feeling uneasy. If everything was ok then he would be the one she would see once opening her eyes, he would never be absent in such time, she knew him.
"Where is he? Tell me, why you guys are silent?" Sanaya sounded fragile but desperate.
As Aiden saw she was trying to get up, he immediately gestured at Mona and blurted out, "Mr. Davis... He is... He is doing fine. Don't worry, Mrs. Davis. He is..."
"You are bad at lying." Sanaya's words stopped Aiden from completing his words. Those melancholy eyes of his couldn't escape her eyes. She could see not only Aiden but also, Kyle and Mona were so sad that their face could say it all.
"I..." Aiden couldn't help but turn around to not show his tears. His heart wrenched, he couldn't keep lying.
"Sis, you are not healed yet. You can't get up." Seeing Sanaya get up Mona tried stopping her but it did not work. Sanaya took off all the channels in her hand and stood on her legs but almost lost her balance. Mona quickly gave her a hand and Sanaya ordered, "Take me where he is."
The trio was walking her towards a room. The more they were getting closer to the room, the more her heart was plummeting deep in the resentment. Suddenly they stopped walking and Aiden blurted out in a sad tone. "Mrs. Davis is inside..."
"But this is a patient's room..." Sanaya loosened her hand from Mona and as she saw the trio stay quiet, she looked at the glass of the door. She walked towards the room slowly on her legs though she was out of energy and was hurting inside. Standing outside the room, she could see Nick sleeping on the bed, bandaged and hurt. Anybody could tell that he was so in pain.
Tears started crumpling her beautiful eyes. No, how could he be there? Lying on the hospital bed? Since the last time all she could remember was that she saw him crying for her and him telling her to stay awake, he would take her to the hospital soon. Then her world blackened.
"How could it be?" Her fists were lessening, she covered her mouth with both her hands.
"He was coming to the hospital but on his way... His car blasted, he merely survived but..." Kyle looked away looking down, he couldn't continue talking and Aiden continued, "If he would get the treatment right away, he would be better but he... He... Mr. Davis is so strong, I can't believe he has a limited time... The doctor said they can't guarantee how long... how long he will be alive... No, it's all a lie. I still can't believe it..."
"Mr. Davis is strong-willed. He will surely survive and get recovered soon. Believe in God." Mona stroked Kyle's shoulder.
All the words could get into her ears but she did not say something. She opened the door slightly and sauntered into the room. From the distance, she looked at him. His head was bandaged, he was wearing a patient's clothes, and he looked like a sick being. The way to reach the bed she felt so weak to walk toward him.
Sleeping on the bed, the man who was her husband whom she loved so much was now fighting with death. Sanaya couldn't stop her tears as she was walking toward the bed. "This is a lie, isn't it? You are talking with me, right?... How come things turned out this way?... Why..."
Sanaya extended her hand to touch his face but her hand stopped for a moment. With her shaky fingers, she put her hand on the bed and mumbled, "It must be a dream, right? I know it is a dream. Nick, you can't be like this. I know once I wake up, I will see you laying next to me and safe and sound, I will right?" Sanaya with her tearful eyes closed her eyes and smiled, thinking she would see it as really a dream but as she opened her eyes she saw the same, nothing changed. He was still sleeping on the bed just like she saw, nothing was a dream but the truth.
Sanaya put her hand on his hand, looking at him. Tears streaming down her eyes and she caressed his hand.
"I don't believe the doctor, I believe in God. I want to see you wake up... You... You haven't told me that you love me yet, nothing can happen to you. Nick..." She cried out. She caressed his face, moving a strand of his hair over his forehead.
"Nick, can you hear me? I know, you can... I want you to wake up, we didn't yet meet my parents. I know Maa, Baba will like you very much. Once you wake up, we will go to meet them. If... If they don't accept our marriage then we will work hard to make them accept us ok?... Nick... I... I didn't give you kids yet. You cannot think of leaving me alone here, you heard me?" Caressing his hand she closed her eyes. Her heart was in so much agony.
Seeing him not do anything she took his hand between hers and blinked helplessly. "After my parents, you are the person who gave me all the happiness. You have my love and all I could ever dream of getting. You have sacrificed for me I know, like a silly I have wasted time and misunderstood you. I promise I will never do that again. Please prove the doctor is wrong... Please wake up." She wailed...
Some times passed like that and she did not know when did she come back to her room, who took her here. As she opened her eyes she found herself lying on the bed. Sanaya felt like doing nothing, even seeing the food she did not feel hungry. Nick's condition took all her appetite away.
As she was about to close her eyes again suddenly she got a message. Taking her phone as she looked at the screen her blood started boiling.
In no time, she got a call from the same person. Sanaya's blood steamed as she heard the man from the other side of the call to say hello, she clenched her fists in rage.