Saurabh parked his car in parking space of the hospital. This place is sufficient to give him chills. His heartbeat escalate and palms were sweating. He wore black shades to hide wetness of his eyes. Its not easy to visit this place. He refrain himself from visiting hospitals till now. He prefer to call physician at his place or visit them on their place but hospital... Its not possible. Memory of taking, four dead bodies of his family members , from this place is unforgettable.Memories fade away with time but some scars are everlasting.

He move forward to meet Surbhi's doctor. He wanted to make sure that he is comfortable with the place before taking her here. She is vulnerable,he can't risk her like that. His insecurity ,fear and her illness is explosive combination which he doesn't want to happen. He took elevator to reach fifth floor and this floor is more quiet than others .

He knocked on the door, having name plate of Dr. Arjun Kirloskar.

"Come in."a hoarse voice came and he opened the door. A young man, which looked like assistant of Dr. Arjun, approached him. He handed him a file and guide him towards his senior.

"Please have a seat Mr. Rathod "said the doctor who is busy in analysing something. Saurabh sat on the seat across the doctor. This place has awkward silence. He can listen tic toc of wall clock, flipping of the pages by assistant and foot steps outside the cabin. He looked the man infront of him .He is in his mid fifties, experience is dripping from the certificate behind the man. It showed Dr. Kirloskar is graduated from AIIMS , which is pioneer institute of medical sciences in India,in 1987. There is another certificate..

"Yes"the doctor said.

"I am Saurabh Rathod.I have sent my wife Surbhi Patel's file to your office for analysis."

"So how is she?"

"What you want me to reply? Her file is here for some reason" Saurabh replied harshly.

"This attitude neither work with me nor her. Your wife has a long history of illness which I think, I need to explain first. Initially patient is suffering from anxiety and depression. Later she had miscarriage and went in comma. After recovering from coma, there is no record for a year. Her last report claimed that, she is eating from dog bowl, attacking strangers, unable to form proper sentences , scared from human touch ,stairs,noise. She was on sedatives to control her violent behaviour and relax her. "He completed.

Saurabh never read her full history. News of miscarriage and coma is devastated him. He didn't have courage to complete the file so he contacted team of doctors for finding remedies. He is numb. His heart sinks in sadness. He thought break up is worst thing happened to anyone but he is not like everyone else. His story is written with pen of regret and ink of tears. He shouldn't approached her to become part of his unfortunate tale. She was a happy go lucky girl, attachment with him leads her to destruction. He felt a hand is wiping his tears. He didn't realised when his eyes welled up. He looked above,Dr Arjun is standing there with a sympathetic look.

"Its going to be alright young man."he kept his hand on his shoulder. He handed a glass of water.

"She had a panic attack two days ago."Saurabh said in low voice. Arjun nodded in understanding and note down in file.

"Bring her here than I'll decide her treatment route."He said in assuring voice and Saurabh left the place.

Driver opened the gate of his car immediately, sensing his dampening mood.

"Sir,where?"

"To the bar."he can't think anything which calmed his aching heart except alcohol. Pain is too much to handle for him and often people take the route of alcohol and drug to subside pain,he is no different.

"Which one?"

"One where Arman parties."he said and there is pin drop silence for rest of the journey. He knew its not the place where he belongs but still he is here.Standing across the bar counter.

"Vodka shots"he said to bartender and turned around. Saurabh took his drink and move towards a booth.

"Coward like you can't stand besides me."someone shouted from behind and he turned .Romil is sitting on bar stool , drinking whiskey. He is satisfied with his words as a smile is playing on his lips.

"Fuck off" Saurabh is in no mood to fight this man right now.

"She had used same words for you."

"Don't bring ,Surbhi in this ,Romil."he is controlling his anger. He can't tolerate it.

"I'll bring her in every conversation. Not just today but tomorrow and day after tomorrow."

"You don't have any right. She is my wife."

"And love of my life."

"We had this conversation Romil.Your feelings are one sided. I am the one whom she had choose."

"Bullshit ,you had manipulated her feelings. You used every opportunity to get close with her.You never gave a fair chance to decide rationally."

"Am I supposed to let her go?"Saurabh laughed at his accusion." Fools wait for their chance,wise people make opportunity for them."

"She is not opportunity ,you moron "Romil hold his shirt furiously.

"Exactly young boy,she is not opportunity,she is my woman who is warming my bed."he whispered in his ear and Romil's grip loosen. He can't believe ears ,Saurabh never used vulgar language before but...

"Don't you dare to come near my woman because I don't like intruder in my territory."Saurabh said in low voice but his words has underlying threat.

Saurabh left with extremely high temper. His animalistic side take control when there is threat of snatching Surbhi.

"Oh my God "he murmured to himself. He asked her to have dinner early and retire to bed today. Although he left after she slept but sometimes she wakes up in the middle of night. She might panic if she didn't find him.

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"Aaj Mai upar ...(I am on cloud nine)."Arman was humming this lyrics all the way towards Rathod Mansion. He honked at the entry gate and guard opened the doors after checking the number of car. Arman parked the car and press the button to 5th floor. The house is quiet as usual. Its 11 in the night and his brother usually work in his home office at this time.He opened the door of home office and there is no one to greet him. He went to top floor and opened the door of Saurabh's room. A figure is sleeping on the bed. He jumped on the bed and hug him from behind.

" Bhai(brother) I am so happy today."he said but unlike his expectations his brother is struggling to free himself. "Bhai why are you acting strange today.Today is best day of my life."he tried to reason with him but his brother push him away and he came face to face with the person he least expected.

"Bhabhi (sister in law)?" He came to surprise his brother but his brother surprised him. The sight infront of him is can't be described in words.

"I knew it,I knew it."he jumped with joy and hugged her tightly."I knew it, one day Bhai will bring you back. No matter how much he tried,he can't stay away from you. No woman compete with you for his affection. His heart won't allow it. Finally you came back."he blabber in one breath but response is weird. Her eyes were filled with tears

"Husband?" She shouted from top of her lungs and run away from there .She is running in the corridor,she doesn't know.

"Bhabhi " Arman shouted while running behind her.He is making her more nervous. She reached near staircase and it makes her tremble in fear. She ran from there . Her eyes caught the escape from this stranger. Saurabh is coming out from the elevator and she hugged him tightly. He stumbled back from this sudden encounter.

"Sweetheart" he said to comfort her. He rubbed her back and looked ahead, puzzled Arman standing there with thousands of questions. His looks clearlly saying "you need to explain this".