" How severe is her condition?"

Siddharth asked weakly. He need to know everything about her even though he wouldn't be able to bear the bitter truth.

" As I said it depends on the bleeding. But you know she was actually lucky." Doctor said and three heads snapped towards him.

" What do you mean?" Siddharth asked with a glint of hope.

" You know when we first diagnosed her condition....that's probably more than a year back, we gave her a maximum of 6 months of time." He said sadly.

" Time for what?" Neha asked her voice cracking.

" That she had only 6 months left to live." Doctor said and Siddharth shut his eyes painfully clenching his jaw and fists.

He could not bear the thought that when she broke up with him at that time she had only 6 months time but she didn't show any sign of it and he thought she betrayed him. This pain with guilt and regret is becoming unbearable for him.

Neha and Raj also were shocked to know that she had very less time and how she never showed any sadness or pain knowing that she would die in 6 months.

" But she is lucky you know, because she was still alright and nothing had happened to her. The medication and her will power to live had worked and she could live a little longer." Doctor said to him.

Three of them smiled a little at what doctor said.

" So she will be okay now?" Siddharth asked hopefully.

" We can't say that because the swelling may occur at anytime and we should be happy that it's taking long time in her case." Doctor said and Siddharth face fell.

" What do you mean?" Raj asked and doctor sighed sadly.

" The medication and treatment is just helping her to control the swelling, pain, headaches and weakness. They will not help her to cure the illness permanently. " Doctor paused and continued to say seeing their crest fallen faces.

" Along with the treatment she had to take extra care not to do anything that causes headaches, cold, fever, dizziness and weakness. So I strictly prohibited her not to take any cold beverages, icecreams, cold drinks, alcohol..... etc. Even drenching in rain or cold water is also danger for her as it results in cold, headache and fever. She is claustrophobic and so need to take extra care of her health as any stress or pain is not good for her health."

Neha and Raj knows about all this as Anu told them that she is sick and they both took care that she wouldn't do any of the above things. They both looked at Siddharth who sat there clenching his fists tightly to control his pain.

Siddharth on the other side is in whole lot of emotional turmoil. He was shocked to hear all this and instantly guilt consumed him thinking how he made her to run up and down the stairs for many times that day and how she fainted in the store room due to phobia. He internally cursed himself for doing that to her.

" Doctor, Is there any chance to save her?" Neha asked him scared.

" The only chance to save her is to control internal bleeding in her brain when the blood vessels ruptures. Normally, we can control it but in her case it is severe. The rupture should have happened 6 months back itself but it didn't and so her case is not normal. Anything can happen anytime as it was already delayed." Doctor said sadly looking down.

A tear rolled down from Siddharth's eye and he bit his lip to stop himself from breaking down in front of them.

" How much c.chance is there for her..... s.survival? " Siddharth stuttered.

" According to her case, I am afraid to say that there is very less chance. Normally, at the rate of her complications people will die. And even if they survive also they may go to coma." Doctor said and they gulped in fear.

" C.Coma..... For how long?" Raj asked.

" It may be for days, for weeks, for years and sometimes even for lifetime also. It depends upon how patient's brain responds to the medication and treatment we are giving to her."

" We will take her to foreign countries and show her to the world's top most doctors. I will bear how much ever it costs, we will give her world's best treatment so that we can save her." Siddharth ranted in panic.

" Mr. Khurana I know how you are feeling but In such cases no one can do anything. I have already consulted some top doctors about it but they also said that it will depend upon the severity of internal bleeding." Doctor tried to make him understand.

" So there is nothing we can do to save her? " Siddharth whispered disheartened.

Doctor felt bad looking at him so broken. He understood that he loves her and wants to do anything to save her but no one can fight fate.

" There is only 10% chance in such cases for the survival of the patient." Doctor sighed sadly.

" What?" Siddharth yelled and doctor looked startled along with Raj and Neha.

" There is 10% chance of her survival?" Siddharth exclaimed happily.

" Yeah..... As I said it depends on the severity and how her brain will respond. In that 10%, as I said earlier 4% chances are of patient going to Coma." Doctor explained to him.

" And other 6%?" Siddharth asked hopefully.

" The patient may survive but may not be like before." Doctor said in grimace.

" What does it mean? " Neha voiced out.

" It means that patient may be disabled. Disabilities occur according to which part of brain is effected by the disease. Mostly the patient may be paralyzed. It depends on which part of brain is damaged. I mean the patient may become blind and deaf or cannot walk or there might be memory loss." Doctor explained and sighed loudly.

There was so much silence in the room that they can hear their own heart beats.

" But she will be alive right? In front of me alive and breathing." Siddharth broke out the silence.

Doctor, Raj and Neha looked surprised at him.

" I don't want to lose that 6% chance of her survival. I want her to be with me alive and breathing. I don't want to lose her and I will not leave any chance to save her. Please do call experts and specialists and find out how to save her even if she has only 1% chance also to survive. " Siddharth said to the doctor who just nodded his head at him.

" But to save her, first we should find out where is she." Neha said to him worried.

" Doctor when was the last time she visited you for her check up? " Raj asked him frowning.

" Last week."

" Can you please say what happened that day?" Siddharth asked desperately.

" She came for her usual check up and we did some tests on her to check the variations. She asked me how much time is left for her." Doctor stopped saying.

" And what did you say doctor? " Siddharth asked panicked.

" First I said that she is fine and will do better but she didn't believe me. So I said that there is no much time left for her but taking treatment properly may increase her lifetime. But she looked like she had already lost hope and accepted her death. She said that she is ready to face whatever fate decides for her and left." Doctor said to them who looked distraught.

Siddharth face paled hearing that she accepted her death and lost hope. He cried holding his head in his hands. He couldn't hold it anymore and  broke down in front of them. Raj and Neha were also silently crying along with him. Doctor also had tears in his eyes looking at them especially Siddharth who looked so broken and vulnerable.

More tears flowed when he realized why she left. She doesn't have much time and she doesn't want anyone to know about her condition, that's why she left.

" When is her next appointment?" Neha asked teary eyed.

" It's next week. She told me that she will come." Doctor said.

" Oh! Doctor please inform us if she comes here, because she had left everything and gone far away from us. We couldn't find her and so please tell us when she comes to you." Raj said to doctor who nodded his head.

" I will." He smiled at them.

" When she comes here, please don't tell her that we visited you and we know about her illness." Siddharth said standing up from his seat.

"Ok." Doctors nodded.

Three of them came out of the doctor's room gloomily with different thoughts running in their minds. The receptionist and other staff were shocked to see the person so broken and in tears who was so arrogant and authorative a while back.

He is walking like a dead corpse with his shoulders slumped in defeat, red puffy eyes and scared face. His demeanor was total opposite of what they witnessed earlier. The arrogance, the powerful aura, the coldness were replaced by sadness, tears, pain and vulnerability.

His chest was heavy, there was a lump in his throat, his eyes were stinging with tears and his heart is throbbing with pain like someone is stabbing it continously.

He couldn't walk properly also. He stumbled in his steps but Raj and Neha supported him by holding him. They stood at the parking lot silently don't know what to do.

" Nothing will happen to her Siddharth. She is a good person and nothing bad can happen to such a pure and innocent soul." Raj assured him patting his back.

" Yeah and don't worry we will definitely find her. God will show us some way." Neha said smiling looking up at the sky.

Siddharth looked at both of them and cried hugging them both.

" I am scared." He sobbed.

Listening to his sobs, they both also cried along with him holding him tightly. Three of them cried holding each other for their dearest person's life.

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