When love finds its way

Chapter 2: Real Pain

After about an hour, a nurse came in. I could see a sigh of relief in her eyes when she saw me awake. She spoke in her sweet comforting voice "I am happy that you are awake." I gave her a smile and she reciprocated with hers'. I didn't waste a second and asked her "How are my parents? Where are they?" 

She began searching for the words to answer my question. I understood what she was trying to say, and the little hope that was left in my heart vanished. Tears started rolling down my eyes. She figured out what was going in my head. I was not looking for any reassurance, no words could make me feel better. I had lost my parents, my family was gone, I was an orphan. I had nobody whom I could call mine. Thinking of all this I started crying fanatically.

The nurse understood I needed to be left alone, so she left the room giving me the space I needed. I cried and cried. I couldn't see anything, I couldn't think of anyone. I forgot about revenge. I couldn't feel the pain my body was experiencing. I forgot about everything. Only thing running in my mind was that my parents were no more.

After few hours of crying, I fell asleep and was waken by the nurse when doctor had come to check me. He was a gentleman. He was calm and carefully examined every wound of mine. He tried to reassure me by saying "Don't worry, you will be fine in few days." I knew I would never be fine again. The scars the incident left on my soul were deeper than the wounds on my body.

He asked me the details of any of my extended family members, so I assumed he was aware about my parents. I didn't know whom to inform. The only person who I could think of was my childhood best friend Priya. Our grandfathers had come to London together and had shared a room in their difficult days. Our fathers grew up together and so did we.

Also with no cellphone, the only contact number I remembered was of Priya's. I gave her contact number to him, and he said he will tell the responsible person to inform her. I wanted to see her as soon as possible. I wanted to hug her tight and cry. I kept staring at the door waiting for Priya to come. Everytime the door opened, I hoped to see her and was disappointed. This continued for a couple of hours, and I fell asleep.