A few days pass by and Kalpana starts feeling
weak and keeps vomiting. Raghav feels concerned about her her health.
"You need to take rest Kalpana. You're in
your third month and instead of going for shopping everyday and spending time
with friends, you can call them over to your house and instead do online
shopping. Eating food from outside as well can be bad for your health."
"Gosh Raghav. How many restriction are you
going to put on me? If I remain all the time in this house, I'll feel as if I
am in a prison. I also need to enjoy my life and do what I want to do. Already
because of this baby, my health is getting affected. I cannot be expected to
lose my freedom as well."
"You got me wrong love. I'm just saying
that..." Kalpana cuts him and says "I don't want to hear anything
Raghav. Please don't stop me from doing what I like to do. I need my
space." Raghav doesn't say anything thinking that since she is pregnant,
she is going through mood swings.
A week passes by...
Kalpana goes to meet her friends in a restaurant
and they all order for beer. Kalpana tries to avoid drinking the beer but her
friends force her without knowing that pregnant women cannot consume alcohol.
Kalpana has a glass of beer and stops them from
serving her more. While leaving the restaurant, Kalpana starts feeling dizzy
due to the pregnancy symtoms and she slips a step due to which she falls down
the stairs and starts bleeding profusely.
Kalpana's friends admit her in the hospital and
the doctor tries her best to save the child but fails to do so.
Raghav gets to know about Kalpana's accident and
breaks down on hearing that her miscarriage. The doctor also informs Raghav
that Kalpana had consumed alcohol before the accident which makes him angry
thinking that they lost their baby due to her carelessness.
Raghav enters Kalpana's room and notices Kalpana
feeling low and sad. She wipes her tears and tries to get up and hug Raghav but
she slips and Raghav holds her in his arms. "Don't...You need rest."
Kalpana looks into Raghav's eyes and feels guilty as due to her carelessness,
they lost their first child. "I'm sorry" The words slip from her
mouth. Raghav ignores her words and makes her rest on the bed and begins to
leave when she holds his hand "I said I'm sorry. Please don't go."
"I'll just come back." Raghav releases her grip and closes the door.
He rests his head on the door and starts crying thinking about his child.
Two weeks...
"Raghav...Ever since I've been discharged,
you aren't even spending a moment with me. Whenever I try to talk to you and
have dinner with you, you just ignore me and go. Why? Why are you hurting me
this way Raghav? I know I've done a mistake..." Raghav cuts her words and
says "Mistake...Kalpi...Do you think this all was just a mistake? You were
drunk and..." He closes his fist in anger and gets up from the bed.
"I know I shouldn't have had drinks that
day...It's all my carelessness...But don't punish me for this Raghav? I dint
want to lose our child. It was mine too."
"Really? You wanted this child to be born? I
don't think so Kalpi...You were just worried about yourself and you kept
cursing it everyday. That's the reason God took away our child from us."
Raghav wipes his tears and Kalpana holds his hand saying "Don't...Please
Raghav. I am feeling guilty about this and I can never forgive myself for
this...I need you now....Please don't leave me like this."
"I'm sorry Kalpi...I need some time and
space now. Please let me go. I need to attend a meeting in Delhi. I'll be back
after a week."
As days kept passing by, Kalpana's insecurities
kept increasing as Raghav kept ignoring her calls and sending her messages that
he was busy in meetings and conferences. She started feeling obsessed that he
is going away from her and this made her feel restless staying at home. She
kept thinking that because of the miscarriage, Raghav would leave her and this
create a lot of negative vibes in her daily life.
Kalpana keeps waiting for Raghav to return from
Delhi but he doesn't return inspite of the flight landing 3 hours ago. Kalpana
tries his number several times but she isn't able to connect to him. She starts
getting tensed and starts panicking.
After 1 hour, Raghav stops the car and Kalpana
rushes towards the entrance of the gate. She smiles as she sees Raghav there
and rushes to hug him. He gives a weak smile and caresses her face.
"How are you Raghav? Where were you all this
while? It has been three hours since your flight landed. What took you so long
to reach here? Any problem?"
"Nothing Kalpana. I'm fine but..."
Raghav stops and looks at the other side of the car and a girl gets down from
the car which makes Kalpana stunned.
"Priya?" Kalpana's eyes widen with
shock and she turns to watch Raghav who stands silently before her.
Disclaimer: The character names in the story are fictional characters and owned by the creators of the show "Ek Mutthi Asmaan" on ZEE TV.
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