A deal

Chp 11

Manik after warming the food sat on the dining table and started eating his dinner....he was in mid when he observed nandini's absence.....he waited for her for another 2 3 minutes bcz it was their usual routine.....although they weren't talking but still nandini used to accompany him in dinner and that day nandini wasn't there...he felt strange and decided to check on her....he ate his food quickly and proceeded towards her room.....he twisted the knob of door and entered the room but found her bed empty...he checked her bathroom but she wasn't there too...his worries were increasing by the passing moment.....he shouted her name but in return he heard nothing else but a faint helpless cry.....he rushed towards the source....his heart beating fast and as soon as he reached there he saw her on floor....face smudged with tears and she was supporting her right hand with her left hand......manik immediately sat besides her in order to check her.....he touched her elbow but she immediately pulled it back.....nearby her was a stool lying inverted and he immediately came to conclusion that she slipped from it.....he forwarded his hand for her.....she took it whimpering a little but as soon as she tried to get up....she felt sharp pain in her thigh and she bit her lip to control herself from shrieking......she left his hand and sat on the same position shooking her head in no......it hurted manik to see her like this......he took her in his arms and proceeded towards the bed....he placed her on bed ever gently and sat on floor to examine her leg......as soon as he touched her thigh she pushed his hand saying

N: it's hurting

Ma: why didn't u call me.... kab hua ye sab......

N: about 10 minutes back.....And we were not talking so......(her face was depicting the pain she was facing)

Ma: can u plzz stop acting dumb sometimes..... (he shouted, his face was depicting the anger)..... we were not talking...damn...(he quoted her words)..u fell 10 minutes back and there was no one else than me in this house but u didn't tell me  bcz we r not on talking terms.......u r not able to move on ur own but that's okay....what matters is that I shouldn't be bothered about anything ( the intensity of pain and manik's scolding brought tears in her eyes but she turned her head away from manik so that he couldn't guess it.......while on the other hand manik was busy in talking to a doctor telling him about nandini's condition.....he turned his head towards nandini and found her blinking her eyes continuously to avoid tears from spilling out........he sighed and mentally scolded himself for shouting at her in that state too.... )

After cutting the call he went towards her taking baby steps......he sat in front of her and said

Ma: zayda dard horha hai (softly To which she nodded while biting her lip to control her cries)

Ma: doctor is cming 5 minutes only (he said patting her cheek while caressing her hair to calm her down)

After few minutes doctor and started examining nandini......

Dr: how it happened

Ma: she fell from stool Dr

Dr: ohhh that's why.......(he turned his head towards manik and said) Mr malhotra she needs complete bed rest....she broke her arm and due to over extension of her leg it resulted in ligament tear (both tensed listening to doctors words and doctor sensed it so he continued) it's nothing to worry just make sure that she takes proper rest otherwise it can worsen the situation (manik nodded listening to him and making notes of everything in his mind......he then accompanied Dr till door and then returned back to her room....he tucked two pillows under nandini's fractured arm to give it a support.......nandini smiled at his cute gesture....