Incomplete Love

Beep Beep……

Nisha, with her eyes almost closed in the winter lazy morning, tried to find out her phone in the bed. Finally, she discovered her phone wrapped up in the quilt. Message was from Sidharth, her boyfriend. As soon as she read the message, she jumped out of the bed in a hurry and rushed to washroom. In a quick 30 minute, she left home in her Scooty to reach CCD in Cannaught Place.

As soon as she met Sid, she threw as many questions as she could have. Sid, however, was calm and compose. Both rushed to the cafe and ordered hot coffee. Sid was still in the same gesture with smile on his face and was staring at Nisha. Nisha’s patience was almost lost as she desperately wanted to know why Sid called her urgently.

“Sid, will you please tell why you called me so urgently ? Is everything okay at your end ? Sid, please reveal the suspense. I am sinking, Sid.” Nisha said all this in one go.

“Nisha, don’t you remember, what is special about this date ?” Sid asked with the same gesture on his face with childish smile. Nisha nodded her head in a hurry as she didn’t want to deep dive into her thoughts to recall anything.

“Nisha, our dream has come true. I have finally cracked the IAS exam and have secured third rank in All India Ranking.” Sid’s voice was full of emotions with tears in his eyes. After all, he achieved this success after preparation of 4 years. As soon as Nisha heard this, tears trickled down the eyes to her cheeks. She stood up from her place and hugged and kissed Sid. Her eyes were filled with mixed emotions. “So now we can get married with my dad’s consent.” Nisha declared. Nisha, a Delhite, belonged to a traditional family. Her father is a gazetted officer in Government Department and always wished to have son-in-law to be in Government service. After all, Nisha was the single daughter in the family. Nisha was working as a Relationship Manager in CitiBank.

Sidharth hailed from a small town of Bihar and was residing in Delhi since 10 years. Both Nisha and Sidharth graduated from same college and since then they were in relationship with each other. Sid was working with TCS BPO to sustain his livelihood in Delhi and was also preparing for IAS exams which he finally cleared through. Nisha and Sid went for movie and then had an awesome dinner in Barbeque Nation which obviously was a part of treat which Sid offered on his achievement.

It was 5.45 in the evening when Sid and Nisha arrived at latter’s home. “Papa, Sid has cleared the exam. Now, he will have a reputed Government job.” Nisha was excited. “Namaste Uncle”. Sid offered the sweet packet to Nisha’s father. Nisha’s family was also very happy and they promised Sid to convert their friendship into relationship. Sid departed from Nisha’s house. At 9 pm, Nisha got a call from Sid’s number. Nisha took the phone. “Hey Sid,what happened ? Are you missing me?” “Hello, this is Patrick. Is that Nisha Ma’m?” Nisha heard an unknown voice from other side. “Yes, Nisha this side. How do you know me and how come Sid’s phone is with you?”

“Ma’m, I am calling from Apollo Hospital. Your’s was the last dialed number from this mobile so I am calling you. Sid has been heavily injured in an accident and has been admitted in the hospital. Please come soon and inform his parents also.” Patrick said.

Nisha could not believe on what she heard and confirmed once again but got the same answer.

Nisha with her parents rushed to Apollo Hospital.

"Where is Sid admitted? Who is Patrick here?" Nisha’s father asked at the Hospital’s reception counter. "Sir, I am Patrick. Come with me. Hurry up." Patrick appeared in front of them. "Sir, Sid is badly injured in the accident. He is in Emergency ward. Are you Sid’s parents?"

Patrick asked with the formality papers in his hand.

“No, my daughter and Sid are good friends. We have informed Sid’s parents but since they are in Bihar so by any means, they can reach by tomorrow only. Give me the papers. I will complete the admission formalities.” Nisha’s father took papers from Patrick and completed the formalities.

“How is Sid now? Can we meet him?” Nisha was almost crying .

“Sorry Ma’m, as per Doctor’s instructions, no one can meet Sid now. But let me take you to the concerned Doctor.” Patrick asked Nisha and her family to follow him.

They reached the cabin of Dr. Avinash Agarwal.

“Doctor, how is Sid now? Can we take him to our home? How much time will he take to recover?” Nisha asked as she entered Doctor’s room.

“Please have a seat.” Dr. Avinash pointed to the chairs in his cabin.

“Look, Sid’s condition is very critical. He has been hit by truck and was unattended for almost 30 minutes after the accident. There is a severe blood loss from his body. We are trying our best but there are only 5% chances that we can save him.” Dr. Avinash concluded.

Suddenly, a “dhamm” sound attracted all’s attention. Nisha fainted and fell to the ground.

Dr. Avinash quickly ordered his staffs to admit Nisha as her pulse was very low.

After 30 minutes under observations, it was clear that Nisha is getting panic attacks.

It was 3 am in the night when Nisha’s parents came to know that Doctors could not save Sidharth. However, they didn’t tell Nisha as she was still fighting with her attacks.

Early morning, at 7 am Sid’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. Mathur reached the hospital and came to know they have lost their only son.

“Sorry, we could not save your son, Mr. & Mrs. Mathur. He was badly injured in a road accident last night and had lost his senses on the spot with severe blood loss. We tried our best but it was unfortunate of us that we could not save him.” Dr. Avinash’s voice was very low.

“How is Nisha, Verma Jee ?” Mr. Mathur asked to Nisha’s father.

“Right now she is fine but we will have to keep her under doctor’s observation for at least 48 hours to avoid any more miss-happening.”

“Please take care of Nisha and allow us to leave.” Mr. Mathur walked down to the room where Sid counted his last breathe.