‘There are four stiches on the back of Major Shekhar’s head’, the doctor had said solemnly. ‘But don’t worry, they’ll heal and with a little care, Major Shekhar will be as good as ever within a few days. He is young and strong,’ the doctor added.
‘Thank you so very much, Dr. Puri’, Nihaal said with clear relief on his face and a redness from the profusion of thankfulness for the old doctor. ‘And once again, thank you for coming at this hour’, Nihaal had added.
‘Oh don’t worry, Mr. Choudhary, I am a doctor, it is my job. If there’s a patient I don’t care what time it is – though the missus might beg to differ’, he added with a chuckle. Nihaal could only manage a smile, ‘let me show you out, doctor’, he said and took the briefcase from the hands of the old doctor. Nihaal cautiously o
