Chapter-58 |•|

He always loved Sitaara

Author's POV

As they were talking how to keep Abhi and Sitaara and their kid safe, Arjun and Riaan came back. Riaan assured Chowdary's that Disha is safe. Abhi's condition is not known yet. It's been hours, he met with accident or to be precise a murder attempt on him. Vikram is now where seen as he went to his grandfather who don't seem well. Sitaara is still under sedation. Everyone's tears dried up as the depth of pain increased with each passing second.

Vikram came there and started consoling others with fake tears making youngsters fist their fingers.

Suddenly, ICU rooms burst open and doctors came out with not so pleased faces. Everyone rushed to doctors.

"He slipped in coma, his right leg is broken and his ribs broke badly. It's only 2% percent chance for his survival. Even if he comes out of the coma there is no guarantee that he will be ever able to walk" said doctor. Sakshi fell on her knees crying while everyone stood there rooted. Riaan was the first one to react.

"Doctor, we will contact even top doctors if it is needed. Please save him, his wife is pregnant. He needs to survive" cried Riaan.

"Daddy" they heard Sitaara's voice. Everyone turned to her crying.

"Mani...Mani..I can't lose him, daddy. I.. can't lose... another person daddy. I love Mani. He... can't leave me and his baby. Save..him..daddy. please" cried Sitaara running to Dev.

"Sitamma, slowly. You are hurting your baby, Sitamma" said Dev and hugged her while she is crying.

"He is fine, Sitaara. He will be fine. Minor injuries, that's it. Nothing is there to worry about, Sitaara" cried Dev. She pushed him suddenly

"You are lying, daddy. You don't call me Sitaara untill it is a serious issue. Please don't lie to me. For mysake and baby's sake. Please" she cried.

"He slipped into coma. He is injured badly and there is no guarantee he could walk again in his life even if he could come back from coma" said Aman crying.

"Your son is strong. He will come back, for me and for his baby. He will" she whispered wiping her tears and turned to doctors.

"You! Am warning you, Doctor. If anything happens to my husband, I don't hesitate to sue your whole career. I will make you taste the evil side" shouted Sitaara keeping her hand on her belly as she felt something.

"Mam we are trying our level best-"

"I don't care your trials. I want him fit and fine" she said cutting off him.

"Riaan, call Kabir Bhaiyya. I want him as soon as possible" she ordered wiping her tears.

"He is in London, Situ" mumbled Riaan. She slapped him.

"I don't care what you do. Make our jets ready. Till then connect him virtually, contact Viraj's doctor friends, ask them to come here. Pay them in fortunes. Just do everything you can and save my husband" said Sitaara gritting her teeth and winced in pain holding her stomach.

"Sitaara" shouted Akash and held her.

"Anna, am fine. Please, make sure my baby's father is fine. I can't live without him" she cried in his chest. Akash lifted her in his arms and took her inside the ward.

Sisira's friend sonali checked on her and turned to family members who were looking all tensed.

"Nothing happened for now! If you don't want her to have a miscarriage, just keep her away from stressing topics. She is stressing herself so much and it will surely affect her baby. Already after going through an horrible accident, survival of baby is really a miracle. Now don't let that possibility of miscarriage happen to her" said Sonali emotionlessly.

"We will take of her doctor" said Mridula. Sonali nodded and went away.

10 hours later,

Kabir came running inside and saw Riaan, Arjun, Aarya crying. His eyes turned red when his eyes fell on Vikram. Riaan saw him and ran to him and hugged him tightly crying.

"Vikram... Vikram did this. No one knew about it. Sitaara will go through same again and now it's her baby is in risk. Please save him orelse our plans to keep her safe will be ruined" cried Riaan in whisper. Kabir looked at Vikram and he smirked.

"I will save him" he whispered and went inside wearing his OT dress after sanitising himself thoroughly.

"He..he is Kabir...top neurologist in Asia. Best doctor hailed from AIIMS Delhi. He is the one who recommended me for the conference happened in Mumbai. How do you guys know him?" Asked Sisira shocked.

"He is Sitaara's lover Viraj's bestfriend and he is very close to Sitaara" said Aarya. Sisira gasped placing her hands on her mouth.

"Now, I understood. It was all a trap, isn't it? He made me come to Mumbai for surgery though there are many top doctors and he, himself called me for conference. So it was his plan to set up Sitaara to Abhimanyu...right?" Asked Sisira. Arjun and Aarya looked at eachother cluelessly while everyone were listening to her attentively.

"Yes! It was all a trap. I and Kabir Bhaiyya planned it. Abhi anna always had crush on Sitaara, he used to follow her everywhere to keep her safe, he never saw her but fell in love with her but couldn't admit it and we found him as best for Sitaara. Sorry" said Riaan coming forward making every one gasp in shock. She slapped him.

"You knew me since childhood and took advantage of my dedication and love for my profession and planned such a sick game, Rio. Shame on you, idiot" she shouted.

"If he married to you, he would never feel for you Sisira akka. He always loved Sitaara but couldn't admit his feelings because he love her so much that he don't want her to pull in his darkness. You would have faced pain of rejection every second. You want that? He would die in pain and carve for love, you want that? Sitaara would have died if Abhi anna didn't come into her life, you want that? Yes, we played a sick game but it was to benefit to three lives" shouted Riaan.

"You know what? If you married Abhi anna, you would never fill place of Sitaara. No one could that, if it was possible, his love story with his ex-girlfriend would be successful, he wouldn't be as bachelor, not a man who don't even spare a glance at girl. Sitaara was, is and will be his woman, his life. Now, don't bother it. Everything is over" said Riaan calmly.

Sitaara sat infront of the ward doors emotionless. She was looking into space without any emotions with her hand on her flat belly. Doctors warned her not to stress herself. Sid sat beside her and pulled her to him. She rested her head on his shoulder.

"I shouldn't have asked him to go away right? I shouldn't have pushed him away. He loves me and he would never do that to me, he told me he had reasons to keep me far away from him but I behaved as typical girl not understanding his heart. Now, he is fighting for Life. Because of me, only because of me. You told not to drag baby in this but I did. Now, even my baby will be sad knowing her father's condition" she mumbled numb to emotions.

"You are not reason for it. There is much more behind his accident. Don't blame yourself. Stay strong. Think about your baby. You can't put his or her life in danger" whispered Sid squeezing her hand.

"Am there for you. You have your brother to protect you from everything" he whispered.

"Sitaara drink this. You didn't eat or drink anything" said Vikram holding juice. Sid looked at him gulping his anger.

"I don't want to drink, Vikram" she whispered.

"If not for you, drink for your baby, Sitaara" said Vikram which caught the youngsters attention.

"I don't want it. Don't compel me" she said sternly.

"Situ, my son is strong. He met many accidents like this but he came back safely for his loved ones. Now also he will be back safely, for his baby and wife who are his lifelines. He wouldn't appreciate if you don't eat anything. You know right, he hate it when you keep starving? Drink this Situ" said Sakshi taking glass from Vikram and put it near Sitaara's mouth. Sid looked at Riaan who made his eyes wide angrily. He nodded and looked at Vikranth.

Sitaara remembered how her Mani used to make her drink without fail and if she don't drink, how he used to make ruckus. She smiled and nodded her head. She was about to take a sip, Sid pushed it. Sitaara turned to him shocked.

"There is a dead housefly in it, Situ. You should be careful. Stop being a dumb and open your eyes properly observing your surroundings, Situ" scolded Sid.

"It's okay, Sitaara. I will get another one" said Vikram.

"You don't need to take risk, Vikram anna. Her brothers are there to protect her and take care of her. You don't worry" said Riddhanth with a sweet smile.

"And...here is the juice. Come on, you glutton, drink juice and eat this fruit salad" said Vikranth. Sitaara nodded and drank juice and ate salad.

She stood up and walked to door. She saw Kabir doing something which she can't understand. A tear rolled down her cheek realising how her fate always snatched away her people from her.

"Don't make me and your baby orphans, Mani" she whispered looking at him who was fully covered bandages. She walked to washroom and did her business. She was coming back to seats, she heard few nurse voices.

"Don't know how he is breathing. It is really a miracle to survive even after such an accident. If it was any other person, they would die at that instant. Ravi sir replaced a bone with rode in his leg and from now he can't even walk properly" said a nurse. A tear rolled down her cheeks.

Replacing the broken bone with a rod is called Nailing and plating. That is what happened with Abhi's leg.

"Their whole family is like a miracle, his wife and baby survived even after rolling down the stairs and now, he survived even after horrible accident. But, it's better they loose hopes. There is no inch his body isn't bruised and his bones aren't broken" said the other.

Sitaara immediately left from there crying and sat on seats. She saw Kyathi sitting on one of the chairs holding her 5 months baby bump squirming at her seat uncomfortably as she sat there from past 20 hours refusing to leave Sitaara. She looked at Ved who was least bothered about his wife as all his concentration was on his sister's pain.

"Ved anna" she called. He looked at her and came running to her.

"What is it, Situ? You feel any pain? Shall we go to doctor? You need anything to eat? Juice? Tell me, Situ" he said in single breath.

"Did you ask all this to your wife? She is sitting there ignoring her back pain. She didn't even drink water, didn't take medicines, enduring pain for your sister and you just ignored like that? Am not in mood to argue, take her home along with Daksh, Vanya and Ishitha, they are kids, hospital environment is not at all good for them. Take both our and Mani's grandparents to home. Akhira and Adhira akka will also come. Go now" she said. He looked at her with tears for her caring nature even when she is in immense pain.

"Bava(bil) is inside, how can I go?" He whispered. She slapped him.

"Your wife and your baby are important now. If you stay here looking at door, nothing gonna happen, you aren't saving him, if you atleast take care of your wife and kid you would see them healthy. You can't risk two lives forsake of one. Go, take kids, elders and Vadhina (sil) home" she said gritting her teeth. He nodded and went away with them.

Kabir came out after sometime and looked at Sitaara.

"Bhaiyya" she cried running to him and hugged him tightly.

"Shh..stop crying chote. It will affect your baby" said Kabir caressing her hair.

"How is my husband?" Asked Sitaara pulling back still crying.

"Someone led the treatment in wrong way. The doctor treated him gave him a unwanted treatment which made him fall into pain more. I want to talk to them and for now, am gonna do surgery but we don't have any chances if he could make out after that or not, it's only 14-40% of chances for his life. And....chote, I can't guarantee if he will be same again, he may loose his memory, may not come back from coma, he attack with seizures. If you give your consent we will operate him. It's really needed, Sitaara. This is the last option we have now. His nerves in brain are injured and it's bleeding, in science language it's subdural hematoma. He is having a stroke again and again which is much more dangerous" said Kabir. Sitaara turned to Sid emotionlessly which was unexpected.

"I want those bastard doctors to see behind the bars. Use all your influence atleast this time. Atleast for your brother in law" said Sitaara and turned back to Kabir when Sid nodded.

"Get everything ready for operation. I don't want to loose even a single percent to save my husband. Before you guys start operation, I want to talk to him, can I?" She asked. Kabir hesitated and looked at Riaan who nodded his head.

"Please, bhaiyya" she pleaded whispering.

"You can" said Kabir. Sitaara smiled. She walked to door and twisted the knob with a heavy heart. When she entered she let out a huge painful gasp as if someone chocked her neck, looking at Abhi who was fully covered by bandages, many wires were attached to his body, oxygen mask was placed on his mouth. With shivering legs she walked to his bed. She sat on his bed at the end beside him.

She took his hand him and made his fingers caress her face and chuckled.

"You remember, Love? You used to say 'So soft, just like cotton balls. I want to bite them' '' she imitated him as a tear rolled down her cheek. She brought his hand to her hair and ran his fingers over it.

"Today, I braided my hair but you like it when I let it flow right? Everytime I braid my hair, you used to pull it off freeing it. I used to scowl at you and you, being yourself shrug your shoulders saying 'I love your thick, jet black butt length hair. It always adds beauty to my sweetheart' " she repeated his words with a painful sob and chuckled again like a mad woman.

"Look at you Mani, you look like baldie, they shaved your head" she said and went near him, to his ear and whispered. "Except at the time of our making out and when you want to feel relax, you never let me ever touched your sexy hair locks but now they shaved your head and you look like a grumpy old grand pa."

"You promised me to never let my smile drop and never let me shed even a single tear but you are making me cry now. You broke the promise just like Raj did. You did the same. Don't punish me like this, Mani. Please" she cried and made his finger tips trace her lips.

" 'I like your smile, Taara but I love it when it's widen looking at me, am sure it's from your heart and it's my favorite addiction to look at your smiling face' " she remembered his lines and told them out.

"After Raj left me snatching away my smile and life in me, you came again, brought the genuine smile on my lips and life in me. After giving me another life and planting another life in me, you can't leave me like this, Mani" she whispered smiling with tears and brought his palm placing it in her stomach.

"I dreamt to tell you about my pregnancy in many ways, but in anger I just said very mean words to you, Mani. Am sorry. Am telling you now, you are gonna become father, we are gonna become parents. You promised to come back and take care our kid. Don't break it. Don't make him carve for father's love all his life. You have two people as yours, two lives are dependent on you, don't make us orphans" she cried placing her head on his chest sideways listening to his heartbeat.

"It was two of us but one heart and one soul till now, Mani. From the time we became parents, we became three, one heart and one soul. Now that one heart is yours, as it's music stops, the other two dies. Now, that one soul is yours, once it leave your body, the other meaningless souls too leave theirs. I love you, our baby loves you and you are gonna make this surgery sucessful, if you love us" she said sternly.

Door opened and Kabir along with other doctors came inside.

"It's time for him to take to O.T. chote, sign in those papers" said Kabir pointing at the papers one of the nurse forwarded her. She looked at him confused.

"That's consent papers and no objection papers. It states that doctors and this hospital has no hand in it if the patient is dead even after proper treatment" said Kabir. Sitaara cupped her mouth to suppress the painful sob that escaped her mouth. Naman side hugged her.

"Do it Vadhina(sil). It's just a formality. Anna will make it. He survived such a terrifying accident, then he will do this too. He will come back healthy for his wife and his kid, do it" said Naman.

"He will?" She asked.

"You trust him? His love for you and your baby?" Asked Naman. She nodded crying.

"Then, do it" said Naman. Sitaara nodded and looked at Abhi.

"Exactly 5 months ago, I signed another papers(marraige papers) which was to make my life bound to you, I was afraid to do it then and today, am again compelled to sign another papers, am afraid even now. That time I was reluctant to live my life with you and today, am reluctant to live my life without you" she whispered to Abhi crying and signed the papers. She gave them to nurse and turned to Abhi.

"You will do it. For me. For our kid. For us" she whispered and kissed his forehead over his bandage.

"Love you. Alot" she whispered again and pecked his lips which was covered with oxygen mask. Giving him a last glance, she went out of the room along with Naman.

After exactly 5 minutes, they brought Abhi on strecher and pull it to O.T. Sitaara hid her face in Sakshi's neck crying.

"Love you Mani" she whispered.

As soon as they reached the O.T. door, a tear escaped from Abhi's eye. Kabir smiled with tears and turned to Sitaara giving a thumbs up and went inside.

5 and half hours later,

It's been nearly 6 hours, doctors took Abhi inside the O.T. it was complete silence just like the silence before storm. Everyone tears dried up. Both grandparents of Abhi and Sitaara were performing 'n' number of Pooja's as the priest's words about Abhi's life threat. Everyone were praying constantly while Sitaara sat there numb to emotions.

The O.T. doors burst open and Kabir came out with a painful smile. His gaze first fell on Sitaara who was looking at him hopefully.

"We could stop his bleeding completely which means operation is successful but he is in coma and for that we don't have any chances. Recovery rate and survival rate is very less as it's not only his head was injured but most of his body parts. Other than waiting for him to come out of the coma or his death, we can't do anything" said Kabir. Sitaara glared at him.

"Let's hope for best chote. Am not saying he will die, it's just a probability. He can make it out too, but all we have to do is wait, even if it takes weeks, months or years" said Kabir. She palmed her face and nodded.

"When I can see my husband?" Asked Sitaara. Emotionlessly.

"He will be shifted to another ward and you can see them then" said Kabir. She nodded.

"Mamayya(fil)" she called Aman. He turned to her.

"I want to take CEO position temporarily till Mani is able to take his position again" said Sitaara making everyone shock.

"What are you speaking, Sitaara? In all this chaos, you care about the company instead of your husband and your baby?" Shouted Mridula at her daughter's stupidity.

"It is in this position because of Mani and in his absence it is my responsibility to look after it. And...and...I want distraction from this pain, mummy. How can I see him like that? It is the most crucial time of mine and my baby's. I don't want to brood myself in pain anymore. I have to look after my baby all alone, for that I want to live in my Mani's place in everything from being a father to my baby to father of that multinational company" she said.

"We will have a board meeting and decide over it, Sitaara" said Aman. She nodded.

"Once the doctors give permission to take him home, let's shift there completely. Arrange the stay for the doctor too" said Sitaara. They nodded.

"Dada and mumma loves you baby. Dada will come back soon" she whispered to her belly.

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Hmmm...so, finally Sisira understood she is trapped!

Abhi is in coma.

Sitaara is in pain again!

Will Abhi come back from Coma?

Surya.