As mentioned in the previous part, Priyanshi’s father had already asked me many questions—about my family, my education, and what I do. I was calmly answering each of his questions. Then he smiled at me and asked something different.
He said—
“Son, can I know your full name?”
From here, the story continues…
Priyanshi’s father smiled and said—
“Son, you have won my heart. I am very impressed with you because you teach the value of humanity. What you said is absolutely right. Love should not be based on caste or religion, but on a person’s nature and behavior.
People in society often criticize such things, but we will not. We will marry our daughter to you.”
I said—
“Uncle, no person is bad, only people’s thinking is different. Just like a movie—if it only shows bad things and no love, what will people learn from it and how will they be influenced?”
Hearing this, tears came into Priyanshi’s eyes, and her grandmother started clapping.
Grandmother said—
“I already knew that you are different from others, from the very first day when you brought the cat to our house.”
Then jokingly she added—
“Son, you even lie very sweetly.”
She smiled again and said—
“And even your lies win hearts.”
I said—
“No grandma, it’s nothing like that. I only lie to protect someone.”
Then I said—
“Alright uncle and grandma, I should leave now. I have to go back to Katni. My father called and said that my mother is ill, so I need to go. My sister Ankita will also go with me.”
Just then, I received a call from Ankita. After hearing her, I got nervous and rushed out without saying anything.
Priyanshi followed me from behind. Seeing this, her grandmother got worried and said to her—
“Go and find out what happened. We will also come.”
When I reached my room, my younger sister Ankita was hurriedly packing bags.
I said—
“Ankita, tell me why you called me so urgently?”
Ankita said—
“Brother, we have to go home quickly. Mom is very sick. She needs blood. Her blood group is O+, so we need to arrange it as soon as possible.”
Priyanshi was standing at the door listening. She stepped forward and said—
“Don’t worry. I will donate my blood. My blood group is also O+. I can give blood.”
I said—
“No Priyanshi, your family might misunderstand me. They may think I’m using you. You leave it, I will arrange it from somewhere else.”
Ankita also said—
“Yes brother, that’s right. Sister-in-law, please listen to him, otherwise your family may misunderstand us.”
Priyanshi’s grandmother was listening to all this. She spoke—
“Why would we think wrong, son? If my granddaughter can help your mother recover, what is wrong in that? We will not misunderstand anything. Take her with you.”
Priyanshi said—
“No, you have to listen to me. I will donate blood to your mother. If you don’t let me help, I swear on me.”
I said—
“Don’t swear like that. I don’t like it.”
Priyanshi said—
“What’s wrong in this? I’m doing it for humanity. You yourself say that humanity is the greatest gift and we should help each other.”
I said—
“Alright, then get ready quickly. Otherwise, we’ll miss the train. It’s already 1 PM and the train is at 2:30. Hurry up.”
Priyanshi said—
“Wait for five minutes, I’ll get ready.”
She went to her room and came back ready in a short time.
Then the three of us left to catch the train.
The railway station was about 10 kilometers away, so we waited near the bus stand. After some time, a bus arrived, and we got in.
But on the way, our luck turned bad—the bus suddenly got a puncture.
Only 40 minutes were left for the train.
We looked at each other, worried about what to do.
Priyanshi said—
“If we stay here, we’ll miss the train. We have to go on foot.”
I said—
“Yes, you’re right. We can’t waste time. We must reach the station somehow.”
Ankita said nervously—
“Yes brother, we have to leave now. If we don’t reach today, mom won’t get blood on time. The doctor said she needs it within six hours.”
Hearing this, we immediately started walking fast towards the railway station.
While walking, there was a small nail on the road and it pierced my foot. Blood started coming out, but I didn’t tell anyone.
However, Priyanshi noticed it.
She scolded me—
“You got hurt and still didn’t tell me?”
Immediately, she tore a piece of her dupatta and asked me to sit.
With tears in her eyes, she tied it around my wound.
After that, we slowly continued walking.
After some time, we finally reached the railway station.
There, she made me sit on a chair.