The two couple reached and found Gayatri, with a slightly showing 4 months baby bump due to her 2nd pregnancy, sitting on one of the benches and crying uncontrolably.
Tia rushed to her side and she immediately hugged her. Arjun knelt in front of them and clasped Gayatri's hands together. Priya sat on the other side of Gayatri and patted on her back.
"Doctor ne kya kaha?" Arjun asked slowly.
"Doc... Doctor..." Gayatri tried to speak but her voice was cracking.
"Pehle pani peeo, Gayu," Praneet handed her a open bottle of water while Priya helped her to drink.
"Doctor an...dar hain. Abhi...tak kuch...pata nehi," Gayatri tried to control but her tears flowed again.
"Shhhh," Tia tried to calm her with eyes stuck on the cabin door.
The cabin door of the cabin opened and Tia beat Arjun and Praneet to rush to the doctor.
"Doctor, vo...andar...."
"Pehle bataiye ki aap unnke lagte kya hain," asked the doctor.
"Hum unnke rishtedaar hain," Arjun came forward. "Hua kya hain?"
"Leukemia. Jald se jald operate karna parega. Otherwise..."
"Ye kaise hosakta hain? Vo toh bilkul thik the!" Praneet
"Yeh aisi bimaari hain jo dhire dhire asar karta hain. Ek jhat mein kisiko Leukemia nehi hosakta. Zarur pehle thore thore symptoms dikhe honge. Agar pehle diagnosed hojata toh aur bhi aasaani se cure hosakta tha. Par untreated rehne ke wajah se ab condition bohot critical hochuka hain."
Tia walked past the doctor like a zombie and stared at Jai through the little round window of the cabin door. He was lying unconscious with several machines attached to his body.
"Apko jo bhi operation karwana pare karwaiye, hume koi problem nehi hain," Arjun assured the doctor.
"Baat vo nehi hain. Aap mein se patient ke blood relative koi hain?"
"Behen hain ek. Lekin cousin," Praneet answered.
"Cousin... Thik hain. Jo bhi blood relative hain, unnhe jaldi bulaiye. Humare paas waqt nehi hain."
"Doctor, baat kya hain?" Arjun was losing his patience.
"He is almost in the last stage. Ab sirf Bone Marrow transplant hi elaj hain. Aur aise cases mein sabse pehle blood relatives ke saath match karke dekha jata hain. Waise humne donors bhi dhundna shuru kardia hain. Par agar blood relative ho, toh zyada match hone ke chances hain. Aap unnke cousin ko bulaiye. We can't wait!"
With a nod to the doctor, Arjun pulled out his phone. But the moment he was about to swipe to call, a hand stopped him.
"Rani-sa, this is not the time to argue. Hume Tejaswini ko call karna hain, Jai ke jaan ka sawal hain," Arjun told Tia.
Silent tears flowed from her eyes as she stared at the shiny tiled floor emotionlessly.
"Usski zaroorat nehi paregi..." Her voice was low.
"Kaise zaroorat nehi? Jai ki ek lauti blood relative hain Tejaswini aur..."
"Aur vo...main hoon."
It seemed as if the world had come to a halt. Everyone, even Gayatri looked up to stare at Tia in shock. It felt as if someone had cast a spell on them to be frozen.
Arjun recovered from the shock earlier than the others and tried too say something but no sound came out.
"Na ye mazak karne ka waqt hain aur na hi ye baat mazak mein bolne wali. Aap Tia hain. Humari Rani-sa, right?"
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Romance• FEATURED on @WattpadChickLitIN • • ranked #69 in chicklit • ranked #480 in friendship • ⓐrjun Goenka, the Crown Prince of Jaipur. He was once betrayed and heartbroken in love. But as a rightful future King, he decided to marry and give the est...
