chapter 30

Neha's POVPast"Come let us go ...." Akhil dragged me to the exit and gestured a taxi to stop and said me to get in, after that he gave my home address to taxi driver and instruct him for my safe journey. I glanced him like small kid who was eager waiting for its mother 's love, yet his face was emotionless. Taxi drove off his face  slowly away from my vision.PresentLightning crashes overhead as I raced back into the my home, dripping wet.  I was just returning back from the park with heavy heart. The storm was unexpected, even the forecasters had never expected it, Likewise storm in my life being unexpected. Akhil sent me home safely yet with overflowing emotions.  The rain pitter pattered against the pavement softly, creating a lulling sound. I changed my wet dress and fallen in the bed. Sheela  Aunty dried my wetting hair by towel and she scolded me for getting wet.  Akhil's word "we travel in parallel lines yet It doesn't meet. So I never show my face on your way......"  were encircling my mind repeatedly, I tried to engulf my tear behalf of Sheela Aunty's presence, ' how can i live without facing him, I have no courage that much, amma I know I done a blunder, For that his punishment making me beyond worse level', I lost my sanity while I mumbled myself silently." Oh! Neha papu it's Anandhi's gold chain what's magic happened today you wore it, how many times i persuaded you to wear this chain....."Sheela Aunty took the chain's pendant which was in heart shape and imprinted my Amma and Appa name's first letter. My mind rewound the moment when Akhil put the chain in my neck, thus a tiny miny smile appeared in my lips. " Aunty Today I released our beloved one wishes or gifts are not in any box it's on our hands...."Sheela Aunty left pendant with joyous grin and got downstairs to her kitchen cabinet.Minutes became hour's but my worries were simply laying down as worries, Eventhough I conveyed what was the reason for Akhil's relationship invitation for me to Karan and Kamini yet it didn't get any solace to me, meanwhile it's formed a huge worries coz of their taunting word's for my prejudging act. Karan and kamini are always my besties hence they opposed my amateur thought and revealed me to do good things.  According to my amateur thought I had lost my life 'Akhil' Now how I would get him back. 'Enough is enough Neha, be a strong girl' , I couraged myself to stop my endless tears. ' what happened now', Akhil said  that he didn't show his face to me ' so today onwards I will show my face to him  and made myself as medicine for his wounds as meantime making him to believe in love and marriage.'I showed Akhil to parallel lines of track carried the running train successful similarly parallel character of us running and making our life successful'.  Sheela Aunty came to my room along with lunch yet I refusing the lunch, " why are refusing the lunch, what happened to you, you're looking dull papu...." Simultaneously sheela Aunty placed her palm in my forehead to check my body temperature, "OMG! Neha papu you have  high fever while your eyes are reddish, let I call the doctor...." She got neverous and worried about my health, " Aunty nothing to worry it just a seasonal fever. I will get well soon by rest and home made medicine. For this Normal fever no need to  afraid and don't made Appa and Ragavi in horror state..... "####################Weather of past three days  were stormy ,flood flowed  overall  space of diamond city. Three days passed away silently for me with high fever and Sheela Aunty's love and care thus I was fastly recovered from high fever. Today, the pitter patter raindrops stopped it's fallen while along thundering heavy cloud's were became weightless. and people went back to their normal routine. I was getting ready for garment without bothering Appa and Sheela Aunty objection. Sheela Aunty forced me to take the breakfast while I eating some morsel of food. My phone rung up, thus I attended the call, it was Ragavi. She questioned about my health after that I enquired about her baby's development and hospital routine checkup, then I asked about Aadhi." Aadhi is sleeping akka,  Last two days he was stayed with his brother in Dumas beach house behalf of Akhilesh bhai's fever , quite his staying be worthless, Akka. From the childhood Akhilesh bhai had mood swings during his fever time, he usually allow his mother nearer to him during sickness. After Aunty's demise he himself isolated from others during sick. Two days before Stephen informed about Akhilesh bhai health thus Aadhi rushed to beach house even in heavy storm. Yet bhai didn't allow him in his room , yesterday bhai became unconscious according to his high fever thus doctor injected Iv, now he got conscious and didn't allow anyone nearer him. Yesterday, Dada had come back from Tamilnadu hence Aadthi back to home dadhu was staying with Akhilesh bhai, even bhai didn't allow dadhu also......." Ragavi narrated the whole two days story to me yet I couldn't know how to react, I was speechless, 'Akhil  also had fever for last three days, coz Sheela Aunty's care and Appa 's affection I easily crossed the fever yet he isolated himself and made his condition pathetic'.Ragavi voice on the next side made me to relieve from trance while I passed the phone to Appa and Sheela Aunty. After they spoke to Ragavi, I bid bye to her and ended up the call. My mind was  struggling and stubborn to see Akhil right now, but how it's possible. Stephen bhai and Dada were along with him then how could I see him. If I went there what they thought about me, 'OMG I am preplexing ' I didn't bother about anyone or anything, I would want to see my Akhil right now, thus I lied Appa and Aunty, they thought I went for garment yet I hired a Cab for Dumas beach house of Akhil.Akhilesh's POVMy mind struck on my women face whose imposed with innocence and alluring nature. In park, After I stated my dark side to my cute angel, her face and eyes expressed remorse yet I couldn't reveal any solace. I adored her and without her my life was vain at the same time I didn't rephrase my relationship idea while there's no place for love and marriage between us,hence I uttered "we travel in parallel lines yet It don't meet. So I never show my face on your way......"  I knew those words were hateful to Neha 'but bitter medicine cures disease'. I dragged her to the way of exit, Neha's speaking eyes disturbed me a lot while I deliberately avoided it. And I arranged a cab for her home as meantime I followed the cab after conforming safe journey of her , Then I redirected my car to Dumas beach house for some soothing.Strong stormy cloud's persistent rain would affect many areas of surat city, driver rushed car in stormy weather. I reached my beach house and removed my overcoat , loose my shirt button and fallen on the bed with wetting dress. Worries were chasing me thus held my hand with my best companion 'Loneliness' and switched off my electronic device. My eyes were heavier, slowly I was drifted into sleeping mode.The next day afternoon, i opened my eyes were getting blurred vision while I searched my environment, oh! now I realised 'I am in my beach house, my whole body is aching,even I couldn't move my little finger, OMG! My body is shivering I have fever ' after that I changed my clothes and refresh myself. I imprisoned myself in my room, From my childhood day I had weird behaivour, whenever I got sick, my mind started to behave weird, I don't want anybody near to me except my mom and if someone came inside my room, I said hurtful words or kicked them out of my room. After my mom's demise I imprisoned myself in my room when I got sick. Stephen was getting inside the room, he  placed his palm on my forehead ' I think he already knows I have fever thus he checked it' my mind controlled me yet my tongue rolled hurtful words involuntary hence he got outside with shrunken face. 'I need my mom's lap, it's an impossible one but 'my woman Neha'. Ya! I needs her proximity, I needs her lap and I needs her care and affectionting words. My mind and body longing for her presence.  Neha didn't know, I had fever at a same time why she came here for my desirous. She had lot of lovable person's around her but what about me? My self- pity killed myself. I closed my burning eyes by high fever, after that I heard many voice  yet I didn't open my heavy eyes.Day or night, even I didn't know how days were passed but I felt little better now. I noticed my room by rotating my eyes it changed as mini hospital,Aadhi Stephen, Doctor  and Neha were eagerly sitting  beside in the couch, after I opened my eyes they marched towards me happily. My eyes got sticky on  Neha 'Oh ! My angel, my woman came for me ' my mind bounced happily like calf seeing it's lactating mother cow.   "Are you fine  Now Mr. Akhilesh......"  Doctor's words hit the reality to my brain she was not here it's my illusion thus my mind aroused vigorously while I scolded everyone and removed the injection. Then kicked out everyone even my brother also. After many hours dadu entered into my room,place some medicine on the table and persuaded me to intake it. I said yes to him and sent him out without hurtful words. My mind getting irritated when I saw some other face without MY WOMANI    Need  You   Neha......."Immature love says:  'I love you because I need you.'Mature love says :  'I need you because I love you.' "                                                                     -       Erich Fromm