Why I still love you

Chapter 43

Many a summer the grass has grown green,
Blossomed and faded, I can still see your face in between
You playing round the garden trees, without any worry
Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain,
When I think of that day , I close my eyes and hold onto you for forever.

Akansha was walking in the garden full of roses whose scent was both enchanting and giving her soul a sense of tranquillity when she heard a giggling sound coming from behind amaltas tree.

She walked up to tree to find a little boy. When his eye met with hers, she understood that his and her soul were intertwined  and he was her baby , her son. 

She knelt in front of him  and brought both her hands on his cheeks. Not able to control herself more , she hugged him with her tears flowing continuously.

She held him to her heart content and then pulled away herself to again look at his face which was brimming with only innocence.

"I would give my life to have you back"- said Akansha

"I know you would mumma"-said her son.

"I have cried each night for you"- said akansha.

"And I catch all of your tears"-answered her son wiping the tears from Akansha face.

"I pray for the day when I can see you again "- said akansha in her broken voice.

"Close your eyes and you can see me"- replied her son.
"you are the first person who loved me and you and dad will be the first person in this world I will love."
"I am here for you now mumma in your heart and in your soul"- her son continued pointing his little fingers to her heart.

"I didn't take your heart with me instead I left mine with you so you could heal yourself from the separation of dad".

"Very soon , you can hold my hands and kiss me but until then my beautiful mumma when you want to see just close your eyes"-  Her son said and she once again hugged him and closed her eyes............................

"Akansha said not to give her the entonox. It would harm the baby.  Her heart is set upon this child, doctor"-The nurse said in a low tone.

The doctor collected herself with an effort. After all she was experienced. "The medicine won't do any harm"- she said kindly. "They will be alright".

The doctor glanced at the clock. It was showing half past three in the morning. She started her work on Akansha. 35 minutes passed. The  procedure was a long and harsh struggle due to Akansha previous medical history. She was having cesarean section and it was a planned one.

After a lot of tugging in and out , the doctor cut the umbilical cord and passed the baby to the nurses who began to clean up.

"It's a baby boy"-  the nurse said to the doctor in a low voice and again focused on cleaning the little baby mouth and nose.

The doctor came outside to see the expectating eyes of  Akansha family members  who were desperately waiting for any news related to Akansha and the baby.

Veer was running here and there outside the delivery room unable to contain the anxiety and fear that was crawling in his heart.

Veer parents and Akansha parents  along with her brother Arpit was also present there. Rest of the family members were at Shergill house.

Akansha mother was standing in a corner and repeating prayers in her mind for her daughter and grandchild safety. She remembered how her daughter longed for her child.  she hadn't still forgotten how when she conveyed the miscarriage news to her daughter , she only shed a lone tear but she could see in her eyes that it was more than 100 painful deaths.