CHAPTER 69
Prakram has been continuously observing Avishka, who has been unconscious for hours. The doctor has informed Prakram that Avishka will remain unconscious for hours due to the effects of the medication, which will not only heal her but also alleviate her pain. Prakram will immediately want to look into Avishka's eyes. On the other hand, he wants to see her sleeping peacefully like this. He is feeling a great sense of relief, but he is aware that she is not actually sleeping, but rather unconscious due to the effects of the medicines.
Sleep is far from his eyes; all he knows is that whenever the medicine's effect wears off and Avishka opens her eyes, he wants to be in front of her, smiling, so that she will smile just by looking at him. He hears Aashi crying and immediately goes towards the door. Digvijay is walking towards his room, carrying her in his lap. As soon as Aashi catches sight of Prakram, she immediately extends her arms towards him. After crying for a long time, Aashi has started experiencing hiccups, which she tells Prakram about while hiccupping.
“Papa, I definitely promise that I will not trouble you or Mumma at all. I have to stay with Mumma and see her. Today, Aashi has not seen Mumma even once. I am missing Mumma a lot. Please take me to Mumma just once.”
Prakram immediately cradles her in his arms, but he hesitates to take her to Avishka due to the numerous injuries on her body. He is well aware that Aashi will undoubtedly cry upon seeing her injuries. However, at this point, he is left with no choice but to bring her into the room. Digvijay also knows that Aashi cannot see her mother like this, so she will definitely come back to him. Aashi comes into the room and starts looking at Avishka, who is lying on the bed in front of her with her eyes closed. She has bandages tied to both her hands, and there are a lot of bruises on her face. Prakram places her on the bed and observes Avishka's condition. As soon as she notices Avishka's condition, she bursts into tears, her fear of even touching Avishka causing her to avoid any close contact. She quickly climbs back into her father's lap and tells him about the condition.
“That dirty uncle beat my mother; you also beat them very well... Everyone was very bad; he also hit the driver's uncle; he was bleeding; please beat all of them very well... Mumma…. Mumma.”
Prakram simply nods his head and begins to pat her close to his chest, knowing that she will continue to cause Digvijay considerable trouble even after she departs for his room. Sandhya was so upset with the whole thing that her BP was very high. Because of this, he had to be forcefully given medicine and force her to sleep, and in such a situation, no one wants to disturb her. Prakram begins putting Aashi to sleep as he roams around, but Aashi's eyes keep straying towards Avishka. As a result, he takes her out of the room and closes the door to prevent her from peeking in. He starts roaming in the corridor and starts putting her to sleep lovingly. Aashi gets very scared about this situation. Everyone is very worried because she is sleeping again and again and waking up after some time. She is extremely tired, and her health is gradually deteriorating as a result of her prolonged crying. Digvijay is also silently looking at his son, who is not saying a single word to him. He knows what situation he is going through, which is why he considers it necessary to remain silent at this time.
Aashi is in a safe environment at home, spending time with her father. She is exhausted from everything, so she immediately hugs her father and falls asleep. Prakram is constantly patting her, and he kisses her forehead lovingly and stands in front of Digvijay. Digvijay carefully removes Aashi from his lap to prevent her from waking up. Since Sandhya has already fallen asleep, he chooses to sleep with Aashi in a different room downstairs to avoid any potential trouble. He leaves immediately, and Prakram merely observes them as they depart. As soon as Prakram turns and enters the room, Avishka is not on the bed.
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Avishka finds herself in a very beautiful garden. Here she is, sitting and smiling. She looks towards the front, where she sees her parents sitting, who are smiling and talking to each other. Avishka starts running towards them quickly with a big smile, but Aashi's voice is heard loudly from behind.
"Mumma….
Avishka stops at that moment; she turns to face Aashi, who is sitting on Prakram's lap. With her arms outstretched, she gestures for her to approach her. Then, she turns to face her parents, who are silently staring at her and slowly moving away. They are also looking very far away, but both of them are smiling and keep looking at her. She turns and looks towards Prakram, who has come very close to her while walking. She again turns her eyes towards her parents, and realizing that she can see them even further away, she immediately runs towards both of them.
"Please, where are you going? .... Why are you going?”
Her father stops when he sees her coming towards him. She runs to her father, hugs him, and starts crying loudly. Her father gives her a kiss on her forehead and conveys his message.
"Why were you so scared? I am with you all the time."
"Papa, I am feeling very scared; I don't want to stay here... Please take me with you."
"No… You have a lot of courage, and you will always face everything with courage."
"I don't want to stay here anymore; I'm so tired."
"Mumma…. Mumma"
Aashi's voice begins to resonate loudly in her ears, and she begins to experience a strange sensation, as if Aashi is crying heavily.
"Mumma… mumma…"
Hearing Aashi's crying voice, Avishka feels as if she has suddenly woken up from a deep sleep, but she does not want to open her eyes at all because, from the sound of Prakram's footsteps, she has realized that he is in the room. She doesn't want to face him. She is constantly hearing the voices of Aashi and Prakram, who are probably present in the room with her. Both of their voices are very whisper-like; perhaps they do not want to disturb her, which is why they are talking in whispers. After some time, Prakram's footsteps signal her to go out, and at the same time, she also hears the door closing because he does not want to disturb her. Avishka opens her eyes and looks toward the door; they are not near her. She looks around the room and confirms that she is absolutely safe in her room.
She tries to sit with great difficulty because her whole body is hurting; she just wants to get up immediately and look at herself. She is able to walk with great difficulty, but it is as if she has to walk and look at herself in the mirror. Even though she is quite far away, as soon as she finds the mirror in front of her, Aavishka looks at herself. She is still wearing one of Prakram's shirts. She can see her legs, neck, and face very well. There are bandages on both her hands; there are many scratch marks on her face; and there are black and blue bruises and scratch marks all over her legs. Seeing all this makes her cry.
She suddenly opens her shirt and starts looking at her chest. After seeing the marks, she also starts to imagine the feeling when so many people were touching her breasts just to play with her. Simply recalling everything that has transpired has caused her to shed many tears, but she remains silent, with not the least bit of voice emanating from her mouth. Her legs start moving somewhere on their own. She is not in a position to think or understand anything. Tears are flowing from her eyes. She is feeling a lot of burning sensation on the scratch marks, but this burning sensation is nothing compared to the burning sensation that is burning in her body like invisible fire, and that too is due to the touch of some mean person who just considers her a piece of meat.
She comes towards the balcony, and then she also hears the door of the room opening. She starts moving towards the balcony with fast steps, which is very difficult because she is injured. After feeling their dirty touch again and again, she is feeling herself only in the dirt. She comes to the wall and looks down, but suddenly he takes her in his arms from behind and holds her tight.
If you decide to leave me and Aashi, it will be very difficult for us to live without you. Therefore, if you decide to go, please take us with you. We will all stay together, whether here or elsewhere, but it is true that we will never be apart from each other again."
As soon as she hears about Prakram, Avishka starts crying even more loudly. When her cry echoes in this quiet environment of the night, every guard standing in the mansion has heard her cry. All of them are well-trained and very strict individuals. Even they are unable to hear the woman's pitiful cry, and everyone's eyes are wet. Prakram simply turns her over and hides her in his chest so that no one can see her. Avishka also just wants to hide herself in him, due to which she is trying to hold him tightly, but due to pain in her body, she is not able to force herself to hold him properly.
Prakram immediately picks her up in his arms and brings her to the room, and while sitting on the bed, holding her carefully, he just quietly sits beside her. He has kept Avishka's head on his chest so that she does not hear anything apart from his heartbeats. Avishka can hear his heartbeats very well; all kinds of sounds have stopped around her; she can only hear Prakram's heartbeat, which is very soothing; she is silently crying and hugging him; he didn't say anything because he knows tears are our best companion to let go of their sorrow sometimes; he just hugged her whole night.
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Avishka has bandages on both her hands, and Prakram is sitting behind her in the tab and very gently shampooing her hair, and he is concentrating very well on the fact that there is no trace of any scratch or injury due to him. He is so gentle that there should not be any kind of pain in her delicate body. Since last night, Avishka has not said a single word to him; she is just silently lying close to him. That's enough for him to know that she's close to him. He takes some shower gel and puts it on his palm because he doesn't want to harm her in any way, so he doesn't trust anything but trusts his hands more. He gently massages her body, creating foam with his hands, ensuring she doesn't experience any problems. At the same time, he is fully aware of how refreshed Avishka feels after bathing. That's why he listens to her demands; she wants to bathe alone, but he won't allow her at any cost.
After bathing her very carefully, Prakram is also wiping her body very carefully without rubbing a towel on her body; he is just dubbing the towel softly on her skin to wipe the extra water from her body. Avishka's eyes are only on Prakram, and he is feeling her eyes very well and is not only smiling and looking at her from time to time but is rather kissing her every time he looks at her. She tries to find some hate in his eyes, but it is nowhere. Prakram takes out a kaftan for Avishka because he knows very well that Aashi will definitely try to meet her mother again after waking up, and Sandhya and Digvijay can also come to the room anytime, so he will not keep her in his shirt the whole day. Yesterday, he ordered two to three kaftans for Aavishka so that she would not face any problems wearing them.
He first brings her in a towel from the closet and makes her lie down on the bed, then takes the ointment and starts applying it to her injury. Avishka is watching Prakram very carefully, who is applying the medicine to her body with the utmost care. And all this is going to give her a lot of pain; this pain is not happening to her physically but in her heart. Whenever Prakram is applying ointment to her, he feels a vibration in her body, due to which he looks up and tries to look into her eyes. Avishka immediately turns her face away because there are tears in her eyes. Prakram comes close to her, touches her face very gently, and turns her towards his side.
"What happened, Jaan?"
Avishka looks into his eyes very well, and he also tries his best to let her find whatever she wants to find. Avishka struggles to control her tears as she asks him a question.
"Don't you feel disgusted when you touch me? I don't know how many people have touched me. They are..."
Prakram tightens his jaw because what Avishka has said is making him very angry, but he wants to completely end this conflict going on in her heart. Taking her hand in his, he gently kisses her palm before looking into her eyes and telling her the truth.
"I am proud of myself because I have not only touched your body but also your heart. Anyone can touch your body, but no one has the courage to touch your heart because it is mine."
Avishka starts looking at him very deeply, and suddenly tears start flowing from her eyes. Prakram approaches her with a smile, kisses her forehead, and speaks these words while gazing into her eyes.
"The world is full of hungry wolves who want to tear apart the bodies of women and eat them, but no one has the courage to rule over the heart of a pure girl like you by writing his name on it... That's why I'm proud of myself because your heart gives a place to rule your heart."
Prakram continues to gaze at her, placing his hand on her heart before kissing her forehead once more and uttering his words.
"This heart beats only for me, only for your Ram."
He gently holds Avishka's hand, places it on his heart, gazes into her eyes, and speaks.
"And your Ram's heart beats only for you, so don't embarrass our love by asking any kind of stupid question. Our love is not dependent on these things. When you need me, you must express it, and when I need your help and support, I must ask for it. I don't want to be alone, Avishka... I love you very much, and this love is not going to diminish under any circumstances."
As Avishka lies down, tears begin to flow from her eyes, further wetting her already wet hair. Prakram does not want to see tears in her eyes at all, but she is crying again and again, which he is not able to stop at all. But he tells her, smiling lightly.
"If you keep crying like this, your daughter may throw me out of the house... Because she definitely thinks that I am making you cry."
Avishka starts laughing lightly after listening to him, but due to the injury marks on her face, she also starts groaning as she bears the pain. Prakram immediately caresses her cheek, kisses her very slowly, and then applies ointment to her entire body. After making her wear the kaftan, he makes her lie down again and informs her.
"You rest till breakfast comes; I will come back to you after I inquire about Aashi. When she came last night, she was scared to see you because you were badly hurt."
Avishka gets very nervous after hearing this and immediately tries to say something to him, but he tells her not to.
"Don't be afraid; she is a very strong daughter of a strong mother. She has been scared once, but she will not be scared the next time. She threatens even the best of people, and if you also refuse to let her come near you, then you do not know her anger."
Avishka smiles very lightly. Prakram does not want to go out of the room at all; hence, he is trying to find out everything on the intercom, but again and again, his eyes are looking back to Avishka. She knows very well that Prakram cannot leave her alone so easily, and seeing this protective side of his, she is feeling very proud of herself that Prakram loves her very much.
After some time, there is breakfast, and Aashi comes running there. Sandhya and Digvijay follow her, accompanied by a helper who brings breakfast for everyone. With a wide smile on their faces, they notice that Avishka has started to sit. Prakram then assists her in finding a comfortable position. As soon as Sandhya sat down and began kissing her forehead, Aashi, who had climbed onto the bed and was merely staring at her mother, hesitated to approach her, fearing that Sandhya might injure her. However, as soon as Aashi noticed that Sandhya was attempting to kiss Avishka, potentially harming her, she placed her small palm on Sandhya's lips.
"There will be pain from your kiss to my mom's injury."
Everyone smiles after listening to her, and Sandhya listens to her and starts saying sorry to her by holding her ears. Avishka also smiles at seeing Aashi and signals for her to come, then shakes her head and says no, but while standing there, giving her a flying kiss, she says it smilingly.
"You will be in a lot of pain. First, you will get well, and then we will give you lots of hugs and kisses."
Everyone is smiling after hearing her innocent words. Prakram quickly takes the breakfast and moves towards Avishka. Avishka, seeing Digvijay and Sandhya, tries to take the plate of breakfast from him, but he shows her his eyes, signals her to sit quietly, and starts smiling while feeding her himself. Digvijay, who had seen all this, immediately took the plate from Sandhya's hands, sat in front of her, and told her.
"It's been a long time since I haven't fed you with my hands, so today I will feed you with my hands. Come on, love, give me a chance to pamper you."
Sandhya starts looking at Avishka with a smile, and it doesn't take long for her to understand that she was getting a little uncomfortable while having breakfast in front of them by Prakram's hands, due to which she would just sit with Aashi in her lap. Digvijay then begins feeding food to both Aashi and Sandhya.