His First And Only Love (Rikara)

Chapter 20: Mishap

Gauri waited impatiently in the living room pacing back and forth, her eyes repeatedly stealing glances at the door.

Omkara had promised to come home early so they could go somewhere outside. A date that he had set as a way to make up to her for the other day. But he was an hour late and on top of it he wasn't even picking up her calls. And to make matters worse, her sixth sense told her something was terribly wrong.

"Bhabhi, he didn't show up yet?" Priyanka asked curiously as she came to the living room. When Gauri worriedly shook her head in no, Priyanka tried to assure her everything was fine, "He must be stuck in traffic, you know Mumbai traffic right?"

"Prinku..." Gauri started worriedly, "I'm getting a bad feeling..."

"Nothing bad will happen bhabhi," Priyanka tried to assure but something about her sister like sister in law's state made her worried too.

Suddenly the house telephone rang and both the girls exchanged quick glances and Gauri immediately reached for the phone.

"Oberoi house?" The speaker on the other end asked. When Gauri replied positively, the woman continued, "I'm sorry to inform you but Mr. Omkara Singh Oberoi has been admitted to the city hospital since he had an accident. Can I know who I'm speaking to?"

It felt like Gauri's whole world came crashing down. The phone fell from her hand only to be caught in time by a worried Priyanka who could sense the tension in the air.

After she was done with the phone, Priyanka fell onto the couch in shock and disbelief. Gauri was still standing frozen unable to take in the news. No one spoke for a minute.

"I'm going." Gauri said frantically to no one in particular but Jhanvi came in right then.

"Where?" Her mother in law asked in confusion. But one look at the girls face and she knew something bad had happened. "What happened?" She asked almost immediately.

"Bhaiya.." Priyanka started and with great effort informed Jhanvi of the accident. By now Bhavya too had come and was trying to console a panicked Jhanvi.

"Mom, I have to go." Gauri said meeting Jhanvi's eyes and almost immediately ran out. Before anyone could follow her, she had left in one of the cars. Although her heart knew he would be safe, the worry she felt couldn't be put away.

Bhavya immediately called up Rudra and Tej and found that they weren't aware of the accident as they were still in the office.

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"He's out of danger now and would be gaining consciousness in a few hours." The doctor informed Gauri. "But until he doesn't wake up, we can't confirm whether he's entirely alright."

"What do you mean doctor?" Gauri asked worried.

"We can't make sure if the accident has caused any damage in his memories until he wakes up, Mrs Oberoi." The doctor replied casually. "Physically he is fine, mentally we can know only when he wakes up."

All those daily soaps she watched over the years played in her head as the words of the doctor sunk in. The hero loosing his memories of the heroine, misunderstandings between them, the separation track.....And then leap!

She stood there in dread as she hoped against hope that nothing of that sort happens. She couldn't bear to loose him, in her whole life, no one had loved her or made her feel as important as he did. Not even her parents, God couldn't snatch away everything from her now that she began to love her life, or could he?

Watching serials was a terrible idea. She thought as she waited for the doctor to finish checking on him. Despite trying her best to think positively, her mind couldn't help but think of different scenarios that would happen once he woke up.