BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

HE BLAMES HIMSELF

{PLEASE IGNORE THE SPELLING AND THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES}

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"Main jaanta hoon, main chahta toh aapki behan ko bacha sakta tha, sir. Par sach maniye main bahut darr gaya tha. Preet aur Sujeet ne ek baar poore college ke saamne meri ragging ki thi. Mujhe mentally harrass bhi kiya tha. Mere mein bahut darr baith gaya tha. Iss liye main kuch nahi kar paaya aapki behan ko bachane ke liye. Main bahut sharminda hoon, bhai" Naveen said bowing his head down in front of her Anubhav, Neil, Karishma, and Pushpa ji. 

Pushpa ji couldn't say anything and fell on a chair there. Karishma's tears increased. Neil too was having tears in his eyes while Anubhav stood like a statue. His eyes were showing no emotions. 

After a few seconds, the doctor came outside the room of Santu. Neil looked at him and hurriedly asked, "Doctor, kaisi hain humari behan? Unki haalat thik toh hain naa?"

The doctor was Mr.Gupta. He looked at everyone and said sadly, "Dekhiye, unhe bahut saara drugs diya gaya hain. Aur shayad mentally bhi unhe torture kiya gaya hain. So, abhi philhaal hum kuch nahi keh sakte hain. Ganimat bas itni si hain ki humne unki jaan bacha li. Par unke hosh mein aane ke baad mein hi kuch thik tarah se kaha jaa sakta hain."

The doctor left. Everyone was silent. Naveen gathered some courage and said, "Main jaanta hoon ki abhi mera kuch bhi kehna thik nahi hoga. Par iss par police case toh hoga hi. Main bas itna kehna chahta hoon ki main... main... main iss case mein witness dene ke liye taiyyar hoon. Shayad aisa karne se mera guilt aur darr dono thoda kam ho jaaye..."

Naveen left with a heavy heart. Everyone was tense. But Anubhav's was in something unknown seriousness. A few minutes passed. A nurse went to Dr. Gupta and called him saying that the patient was getting consciousness. Everyone looked at him with a little hope. 

As Dr. Gupta stepped inside the room, all others followed him. Dr. Gupta was examining Santosh while everyone stood maintaining a little distance. Santosh was slowly opening her eyes. Everyone got some relief. 

Dr. Gupta asked her with a small smile, "Ab tum kaisi ho? Kaisa lag raha hain?" 

Santu looked at him innocently and replied, "Main... Main... toh thik hoon... Mujhe kya hona hain?"

Finally, a little smile appeared on everyone's face. Dr. Gupta was going to ask her something when a box of medicine fell from the nurse's hand. It made a little noise. Santu's attention went there. The medicine was like a white-colored powder. Santu's eyes got widened. She started to shiver. Her heartbeat increased. 

Dr. Gupta looked at her and asked him calmly, "Kya hua? tum thik to ho?"

"W...Woh... Mu...Mujhe... Door...Door karo isse... Pl...Please... Chhodo... D...Dr...Dru...Drug...Drugs... Aaaaa..." She screamed while sweating, making everyone shocked. 

"Aap sab please bahar jaayiye," Dr. Gupta said to everyone but nobody was ready to go. They were asking him what happened but the nurse made them go out of the room and closed the room. The tension had raised in everyone's mind. Each and every passing second was making their blood pressure high. 

After some time, Dr. Gupta came outside. Everyone came near him. Before anyone could ask him, he spoke, "Dekhiye, I know aap sab logon ke deemag mein kya jaa chal raha hain. Ek doctor hoke main jhuth nahi bol sakta. Aur sachchaai thodi si kathor hain. Santosh ke saath jo haadsa hua hain uska bahut bada aur gehra sadma laga hain Santosh ko. Achchhi baat sirf itni hain ki woh coma mein nahi gayi. Par woh hosh mein hoke bhi behoshi ke haalat mein jaisi hain."