At midnight stroke Dhriti sneaked out of the guest house.

"Take me to KVM hospital" Dhriti asked the auto driver.

She wore a beautiful anarkali that Mayank gifted her in place of her blood stained basketball jersey.

"I need to see Manky" Dhriti thought to herself.

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"Satish! Police is after me bro. They raided my house.Help me please" Krish pleaded Satish on a phone call.

"Oh...your rich fiancé to be didn't help you. Ask her to give you few more crore and you'll be very powerful" Satish spoke sarcastically before disconnecting the call.

"I need to find a place to hide somewhere should I go now? Till dawn I need to hide somewhere then I will lodge a complaint against that Shweta" Krish looked here and there on the road.

Krish spotted a place across the road,the name board showed KVM Hospital glinting with white Arial font against blue background.

"Ahh!" Dhriti exclaimed in horror as Krish jumped in front of her auto.

"Are you insane!" Dhriti rushed towards Krish.

"Please take me to the hospital,I broke my leg I guess" Krish cried out in pain.

"Mister who are? Superman or Spider-Man! Get up" Dhriti spoke out angrily.

"How can I walk?" Krish asked making a puppy face.

"Don't act smart, I am calling help from hospital" Dhriti spoke out with irritation.

"Injection why!" Krish panicked.

"It's tetanus Injection,you have to take it" the nurse spoke out hiding her laughter.

"I am fine" Krish replied.

"No,you are not Manky" Dhriti blurted out.

"What?" Krish asked confused.

"Uhmm..nothing,here is the fee treat thus crazy man and tell me where is Mayank?" Dhriti spoke out blankly.

Dhriti saw Mayank's family members snoring in the corridor, she sneaked inside the room. She saw Mayank plugged to the machines which beeped rhythmically, his face swallowen and not recognizable.

Dhriti sat next to him teary-eyed,she touched the pipe which passed through his nostrils. She took his left palm in her kissed it lovingly.

"I love you so much,heal quickly before I break into peices" Dhriti whispered to Mayank who seemed sleeping deep.

She laid next to him,putting her head on his chest, holding his palm in her hand. She closed her eyes as sleep took over.

"Ma'am you can't sleep here" the nurse woke up Dhriti.

She placed a warm kiss on Mayank's forehead before going out.

"Shweta and I didn't see the face of victim nor the girl who accompanied him. If I knew about their identity, I could have made a negotiation with them" Krish thought to himself.

Dhriti sat in the canteen of the hospital feeling sad.

"Salty tea is not good is it?" Someone spoke out noticing crying with tears drizzling down her face.

"Huh..." Dhriti looked up wiping her eyes.

"First learn to respect your own life then preach me about salty tea is" Dhriti snapped at Krish.

"Crying is not solution..." Krish started speaking.

"These are my eyes,my tears I shall do whatever I want from this" Dhriti spoke irritated.

"Cool down Miss" Krish replied sitting to the opposite chair to Dhirti.

"Miss?I am Mrs Oh...mummy snatched away my mangal sutra and vermilion that's he is thinking me as unmarried " Dhriti thought to herself.

Krish recited "Let's pray that life, our beloved,

may pour tomorrow's honey in today's poison;

let's pray their nights and days

may turn smooth, who find them tough;

let's pray their dark nights

may lit up bright, who cannot see the dawn's face;

let's pray that they

may find their ways who have none"

"Poetry Dua by Faiz Ahmad Faiz"  Dhriti identified the poetry immediately.

"Oh so you do read poetry" Krish spoke amused.

"History ,poetry and bask.." Dhriti stopped herself from speaking further.

"And?" Krish asked curiously.

"Mister stop poking nose and leave" Dhriti spoke irritated.

"You meant basketball..hmm yes look atheletic" Krish spoke scanning Dhriti's tall stature.

"Yes,I am a basketball player now what!" Dhriti crossed her arms with a scoff.

"Too pretty to be an athelete" Krish spoke out noticing sharp features of Dhriti's face.

"Too strong to break your bones" Dhriti added.

"Someone close to you is admitted here?" Krish changed the subject of conversation.

"Mind your bussiness" Dhriti got up.

"It's written on your face you are terrified to lose someone" Krish spoke out with his experience of face reading of his lawyer profession.

"Shut up!Nothing will happen" Dhriti's eyes gleamed with tears.

"I am so sorry,didn't meant to you" Krish spoke out.

"Just leave me alone" Dhriti  shouted.

Dhriti walked to the bus stop to catch an auto.

"There place is desserted now it's not safe for you to stand here all alone,I will drop you" Krish spoke concerned.

"Oh then tell me what is better for me? To go with a stranger at this odd hour,what's the gurantee that you are not a criminal?" Dhriti shot back.

"I am not a criminal" Krish stated.

"You are criminal ! You hit a man and left him to die" Krish's conscience shrieked at him.

"Listen,I will walk back.Don't worry it's a city not a forest" Dhriti started walking.

A few holigans on bikes passed by and whistled and hooted looking Dhriti making her scared.

"Humans are worse than animals,come I will drop you safely. I swear on my mother,I won't harm you" Krish spoke out to assure Dhriti.

Krish and Dhriti walked Silently,they saw a few girls standing at the roadside.
Wearing short blouses and and mini skirts and long skirts winking at every vehicle that passed from the road.

"Hey what's your price?" Few drunkyards started harressing the girls,one of them tried to uncloth a girl who cried for help.

" Motherfuckers don't touch them!" Krish exclaimed pelting stones at drunk men.

The drunk men ran away.

"Why do you such a job?It's not a good thing to be" Krish spoke out giving his jacket to the girl.

"A prostitute" The girl spoke not with a ounce of shame or guilt.

"It's your fault,you chose this dirty profession" Krish spoke with a hint of furry.

"What do you do for earning?" The girl asked calmly.

"What?...I am a lawyer but now I work in a Cyber Cafe" Krish replied.

"That means you don't like your current profession.You too are just like me giving out your respect and choice in order to have a living. In this sense, in world everyone is dancing just like me at the tip of other's fingers" The girl replied leaving a stunned Krish behind.

"Not everyone has liberty to chose doing what they love, you better stop judging people" Dhriti spoke out to Krish.

The sun rose as Dhriti reached the guest house," Thank you...uhm" Dhriti spoke out.

"Krish...nice to meet you...Miss?" Krish asked.

"My name is Dhriti, Krish you are a gentleman" Dhriti replied with a crease of smile and got inside the building.