Unexpected

PART 33

Here's the brand new chapter of this story..
Enjoy..
Happy Reading..

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"Ms. Shah.." Hemal heard a familiar female voice and looked over her shoulder..
"Nurse Suzie, hey, come inside.." she stood up and greeted her warmly..
"Dhruv, she's nurse Suzie, she works here in peds floor (paediatric ward including NICU and PICU) .. And he's Dhruvika's father, Dhruv Narang.." she introduced them..
"Nice meeting you, Mr. Narang.." she greeted formally..
"You know, she's really good at handling kids and especial handling Angel.. She's her favourite nurse.." Hemal muttered..
"Wow! that's great.. Thank you for taking care of my baby.." he chipped greatfully..
"Don't thank me.. It's my job.. And these tiny humans are adorable creature.. I just do everything I can to make them feel better and send them home all safe and sound as soon as possible..
Anyways, the other nurse told me she was asking for me earlier today.. Actually wasn't here this afternoon, I'm on night shift.." she said..
"She just wanted to say hi to you, that's why she was asking about you.."
"Oh, that's so sweet of her.. By the way I read her charts.. Her vitals are strong, she's stable now.. But we need to start IV drips if she doesn't eat anything.." Suzie informed..
"But she ate this afternoon.." Dhruv prompted..
"Yeah, she did, but only once a day.. And that's not enough for her.. Her body needs more.." she tried to make them understand..
"It's only eight o'clock now.. How about we wake her up and feed her the dinner, do you still need to start the drip then..??" he asked..
"If she eats normally, then I'm fine with it.. But she has to finish everything of her plate.." she said strictly..
"Deal.. I promise you, I'll feed her everything.." Dhruv muttered with confidence..
"Okay then, I'm sending her dinner in ten minutes.. And I, myself will come to check if she eats everything or not.."
"No problem.." he smiled sweetly at her and she left shaking her head..
"Dhruv, you know right, you can't save her from all these painful medical stuffs.. She needs them for her betterment.." Hemal mouthed seriously once Suzie left the room..
"I know.. But at least I can try to keep those stuff away from her until she really needs them..
I'm not a kid, Hemal, if we can't make her eat anything then I won't ask them not to start drips on her..
But for now, we can try to feed her.. It's the least thing we can do for her.." he made his point..
"Yeah, you're right.. Come on, let's wake her up and feed her the dinner..

"Hey, wake up, baby.." Hemal called Dhruvika softly, patting her cheeks..
"It's dinner time, sweetheart, come on, get up.." she chipped again..
"Um..!! Lemme sleep.. I'm not hungry.." Dhruvika mumbled in a sleepy voice..
"You haven't eaten anything since afternoon, baby.. Get up and eat something and then sleep as much as you want.. I promise nobody will disturb you after you have your dinner and even mommy has a surprise for you..
So get up fast if you wanna see the surprise.." she picked her up in her half sleep and made her sit on her bed leaning her back on the headrest..
"What surprise..??" Dhruvika rubbed her eyes like a kitten and yawned..
"Surprise trick never fails.." Hemal whispered in Dhruv's ear..
"Yeah, but do you have a surprise for her?? If not then you shouldn't have waken her up by giving her false hope.. She would feel bad afterwards.." he conveyed his concern..
"But I have a surprise for her, Dhruv.. Don't worry.." she smiled..
"Mommy, what's the surprise.." she was fully awake then and looking at her parents with big hopeful eyes..
"Ah..!! Finally you're up.. I missed your voice all day.." he muttered and caged her lovingly near his chest..
"I missed you too, Dhruv.. I wanted to play with you, but you were busy.." he could feel her pouting on his chest..
"Oh baby, I'm so sorry.. But I'm here now and I'll play with you whenever you want, okay.." he kissed her chubby cheeks and she giggled..
"Okay.. But what's the surprise..?? I want my surprise.." she chipped curiously..
"You already have your surprise, baby.. Dhruv is your surprise.. He's your dadda.. You wanted him to be your dadda, and see, you got your dadda.." Hemal muttered smoothing Dhruvik'a hair..
Hemal's sudden declaration caught Dhruv off guard.. He had no idea that Hemal was going to disclose his relation with Dhruvika like that..
"Really?? Dhruv is my dadda??" she asked with exciting glint in her big eyes..
"Yes, Angel.. Dhruv is your dadda.. He always has been your dadda.." she answered her..
"You knew he was my dadda, then why didn't you told me before.. And why he didn't stay with us before..??" Hemal didn't know how to satisfy her innocent queries.. She just closed her mouth and tried to think something.. And that was when Dhruv came for her rescue..
"Actually, baby, she planned to give you this surprise on your 5th birthday.. She knew how happy you would be when you would get your dadda..
But my baby is a good girl, actually she's the best, that's why she got her birthday gift earlier this year.."
"Wow..!! Awesome..!! I got my birthday gift earlier.." she clapped in excitement and they took a sigh of relief and Hemal thanked Dhruv through her eyes..
"I love you, mommy.. You're the best.." she hugged her remaining in Dhruv's arm..
"I love you too, baby.." she kissed her head..
"And I love you both.." Dhruv hugged those two precious women of his life and promised himself to keep them safe at any cost..