"She will wake up after half an hour," the Nurse said to Sanskar after giving Swara an injection. Sanskar nodded, staring at Swara's expression which had changed from painful to calm.

"Nurse!..." Sanskar called her when she was about to leave the room.

"Yes sir!..."

"Can you please do the dressing of her wounds, "Sanskar asked in a polite tone while staring at Swara's feet with lines on his forehead. The nurse looked at her bruised feet.

"Sure, "

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"No...don't...please No..."

Sanskar moved his gaze from a book to Swara who started murmuring in her sleep, shaking her head. Sanskar closed his book, stood up,  and walked toward her.

"Nooo! " She let out a small scream and jerked up on the bed, panting heavily. She looked around in panic and her sight fell on Sanskar who was offering her a glass of water.

"Drink water...it will help you calm down," Sanskar said in a composed tone.

Swara inhaled a breath and took the glass from him and drank a few sips, put it down on her lap, closed her eyes, and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"If You want to die then next time don't commit suicide in front of me, " Sanskar said, making her look at him.

"I can't see people die, " He said, taking glass from her hand, and putting it on the side table.

"Next time if you see me dying, close your eyes, pretend you didn't see, and leave, " Swara said in a quiet tone.

"I will keep this in mind for next time but for now how are you going to settle the amount? " sanskar nodded his head once then look at her with quizzical eyes.

"I don't have money... " Swara said sighing a little.

"You got free from police custody...how? " He asked with narrowed eyes. Swara remembered the incident a few hours before and moved her gaze away from him.
"Fine, I can ask the inspector, " Sanskar said, taking out his mobile from the inside of his coat.

"How much do i owe you? " Swara asked and looked at his small mid-hand-size mobile buttoned mobile with a blink.

"40,000 including this time, "

"I will pay you back...no need to involve the police, "

"How are you going to do that? " Sanskar asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"That's my problem, "

"How can I trust you? " Sanskar asked with narrowed eyes

"Don't...call the police. I will be free from everything in an hour, " Swara murmured the last sentence in her mouth. Sanskar scratched his right eyebrow with his index finger, a small habit that he does when he is deeply annoyed.

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"Coming or not? " Sanskar asked after starting his motorbike with a kick then looked at Swara who was staring at his bike with a look "Does this even work?"

Swara came back to her senses and silently sit behind him and held the back-stand tightly with both hands.

Sanskar drove off and after 20 mins quiet drive he stopped in front of a medium size house. Both stepped down and walked toward the house.

"I am waiting from so... "
A girl in her 16s was waiting in front of the main gate with two folded plates.

"You don't need to wait for me," Sanskar said in a normal tone, opening the lock of two lids wooden door. The girl didn't say anything, she was just staring at Swara without a blink.

"Stay here..." Sanskar said, stopping Swara as it was dark inside. Sanskar turned on the switch but nothing worked. He looked at the time on his mobile, sighed turned on the flashlight of his mobile, and went to bring candles.

"Who are you? " The girl asked from Swara in Delima. She was still staring at her.

"Who are you? " Swara asked, instead of answering.

"I am Kavita...are you his girlfriend? " She said the asked controlling her mini heart attack.

"Excuse me? " Swara said.

"Aaaa!...." Kavita cried loudly, stomp her foot, ran from there, and vanished inside the adjacent house. Swara blinked rapidly, not getting what just happened.

"Where did she go? " Sanskar asked, coming back after Lightning's house with a few candles. Swara silently pointed at the house.

"Come inside...that's Your room, " He said, pointing at a corner room. She nodded her head and went inside. A candle was burning on the side table. She sat on the bed, folding her legs near chest and attached her head to the bed, starring at the burning candle.

To Be Continued.