Part 7 – Her Heart Therapist

“How is my princess?”, Mahesh asked Samiksha caressing her hairs.
“Good dad. I missed you”, Samiksha hugged her father and Madhu was all teary eyed in the emotional meet of the father daughter duo.
The chat was intervened by Karan after some time.
“Dad meet Karan . I mean Dr. Jaiswal. He is a very very good doctor. Not only that he goes out of the way to help his patients. He is just of around 30, but look at the achievements he has made. Its not only on professional basis. The love and regard his patients have for him is just too deep, touching and exceptional.”

Her speech was interrupted by

Mahesh, Madhu and Karan, who were staring at her.
“Did I say something overboard? I mean, my intention was to introduce my doctor to you dad.”
“Of course yes. And I do agree to what you said. He has certain charm for sure. He made me speechless just few minutes ago. Right doctor?”
“If I crossed my limits I apologise sir. I was trying to figure out the shortcomings of my hospital. And what made you think to shift her from here.”

Samiksha was stunned at his words.
“Dad ? Is this true?”
“Relax. He was woried for his daughter’s well being. Thats all. As a father he would expect his princess to be in the best hands. His is concern is justified. I hope you are convinced now Mr. Mahesh?”
“Yes he is”, Samiksha answered for Mahesh.
“I definitely am. Baby,take rest now. Will go home and freshen up. Can Madhu accompany me? Or you need her?”

“No dad. Take mum with you. Let her sleep peacefully today. I will be fine. As Jolly is going to come, you both go home, relax.”
“Alright. Bye sweetheart. Bye Doctor.”
Samiksha hugged her father and Karan was seeing her cute gesture with a smile at the corner of his lips.
As Mahesh was about to leave he turned back and said,
“Why is the fire flickering today? Surprisingly, I can see a brand new softer version of my kid. Madhu, do you agree with me?”
Smiling Madhu replied,
“I cannot agree more on anything else. We do get influenced by the behaviour of people around us. Right Sami?”
Samiksha was smiling, with a list of questions in her head.
Have I really mellowed down? Did I change? If yes, Why?

“Hmm.

Flickering of fire and all ha. What was this about?”
“Dad was the best person to ask this. Now he has already left.”
Shrugging her shoulders, Samiksha answered to Karan.

It was the fifth day after the surgery. Madhu had left for home and Jolly was lying down in the bed next to Samiksha’s.
Around 12 at night, Samiksha suddenly felt an excruciating pain in the plastered foot. She turned for calling Jolly to find her fast asleep. The exhaustion Jolly was facing while handling her studies along with being a caretaker for Samiksha, had taken a toll on her health. She was exhausted. Samiksha did not feel like waking her up and looked around for the alarm switch. After she hit it, after around 2 minutes Dr. Karan stepped in.

As he entered,

Samiksha gestured him to be quiet, pointing at Jolly, who was sleeping.
“What happened?”, Karan whispered to her.
“My foot is hurting. Its troubling me at one point. I can’t move.”
“Relax. Let me see. Don’t worry.”
Karan checked the operated foot and tried to figure out the reason.He asked her some questions and concluded,
“Don’t worry. Likewise, a certain move might have caused strain on the foot and hence the pain. I am giving you medicine. It will help you.”

He gave her the tablet and Samiksha requested,
“Can you sit here for some time?”
“Yes sure,” Karan replied after pondering over his schedule. “Tell me.”
“Who else is there in your family?”
“Hmm. My mother, grandmother. That is all. We are a trio bonded by love, affection.”
“That is so sweet. I would like to meet them some day.”

“Sure.

We will work it out.”
“And, mind if I ask if you are in a relationship?”
“Oh yes, I am.”
Samiksha’s heartbeat skipped for a second and turned normal after he said,
“With my profession”, saying this Karan giggled and Samiksha realised she was in love with this sweet giggles.
“Oh I see. So your is heart free?”
“No its is costly. Very costly.”
“What?” and they both giggled catching the humour in the line.

“I don’t intend to

fall in love you know. I don’t have time for it.”
“You never fall in love with an intention. It just happens. How can you have a say in it?”
“I know. Consciously I will never. It comes with lot of baggage. Expectations, heart breaks, claims, blames. Don’t want to fall in that trap.”
Samiksha was displeased by the confession he just made, unaware of the cause of it.
“What about you? Boys must be after you in the college, a fabulous footballer that you are. The raw, innocent beauty you own, the pure soul you possess, I won’t be surprised to know if you have a bf.”

“Of course I do have. Very caring and matured. Um. Helpful, kind, tall, handsome.”
“Enough. Control. Furthermore, its cruel to praise a guy in front of another. Not done.”
“Because ?”
“Because what? You should not do it. That is it.”

Samiksha sensed a discrete pang of jealousy in Karan’s tone and she was proud that she hit the right spot.
YEAH!, screamed Samiksha aloud in her mind.

“Well,

its late and you should rest now. Good night and sweet dreams.”

Before leaving the room, he stopped at once.
“What is your boyfriend’s name by the way? And how come he did’t turn up after you met an accident? Doesn’t he care for you?”

Samiksha gave him a board grin and replied with a newly acquired calm,
“He does care Karan. With whom do you think I chat whole day on my mobile? Of course with him.”
And she was successful in driving an invisible sharp knife of envy in his heart. It was visible on his face, crystal clear though.
“Alright. As your doctor my suggestion is to use your mobile phone only on an emergency basis.”
“Or else?”
“I will take it and keep it in my custody. You understand?”
“Very well doctor. Until then I want to chat with my soulmate. May I?”

Karan gave her one cold look before he finally left. Samiksha had a broad grin on her lips for discovering a new, hidden side of Karan Jaiswal. If jealousy had a face, it would be Karan’s, at the moment.

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