"What do I do? I want both of them to be safe!" Aditya cries. Shlok stands up to hug him, but I can't. I'm frozen in my place.
This is all too familiar. All these hospital scenes, the crying, the helplessness, the insecurity, the fear about losing your loved one, it's all very familiar.
I can't stay here. I want to get out of here. No, I need to get out of here. So, I stand.
"Aditya. Everything will be okay, alright? Don't worry. But I can't stay here." I shake my head. " No. . . I can't stay."
"We understand Jai." Aditya consoles.
And that's my cue. That's my cue to run away from the ugliest and the most depressing places on Earth. The place where my life changed for the worst. I want to run away from the haunted reality. Of what happened years ago, but is still clear as day in my mind. The moment that changed my entire life.
They say you must not run away from reality. You will have to accept it one day. But chuck what people say! I'll keep running from the truth, the bitter, bitter truth for as long as I can, because I will be happier this way.
I sprint out of the hospital, not stopping until I feel my lungs give out on me. I fall on my knees and cry. I cry because what happened wasn't fair in any way. I cry, because maybe, the reality has finally hit me square on the face.
It has hit me so hard, I'll probably end up with a permanently broken heart.
I'm Jai Khurrana, and this is my story.
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