HWGA Chapter 6: Rollercoaster

The purple bits are meant to be Hindi. My Hindi is terrible so I'm not going to attempt it and confuse you poor people. Italics are thoughts.

Chapter 6: Rollercoaster

3 and a half weeks later

Lawson’s Limited

It had been 3 and a half weeks since Khushi had gotten into the accident and had shown little signs of coming out of her induced coma. Amba had taken off 2 weeks off her work until her father came back from America to take care of her mother and then she had thrown herself into work. The past 3 and half weeks had been an emotional rollercoaster for everyone and they were all exhausted and praying for Khushi to wake up soon.

Amba was working on her pitch when she heard a knock at the door. When she looked up to see who it was she was shocked. Arnav Singh Raizada. She sighed. She really didn’t have the patience today to deal with him but she plastered a smile onto her face and motioned him to come inside.

“I hope I’m not disturbing you.” He said politely. She stared at him like he had grown 5 heads and was eating the furniture. He smiled at her expression before continuing. “I’m sorry about my behaviour last time we met; I was having a bad day.”

She gawked at him but them composed herself. “It’s ok.”

“It’s just my schedule was mixed up and then I didn’t meet with Logan Lawson and so I got angry. I hope you can forgive me.”

She gave him a strange look. “Of course sir, it’s not your fault the person who was supposed to schedule you and the person you were meeting with was in the hospital in the same day. You’re forgiven.”

“Thank you.” There was a pause and Arnav began to stare at her again. She gave him a questioning look and he realised what he was doing. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to stare but you look really familiar.”

“Perhaps you’ve seen me on T.V.?” She suggested.

“No, I’m sure it’s nothing. Oh well, I’ll leave you to get on with it.” He turned to leave but paused at the door. “I hope your mother’s fine.”

She frowned. “How did you know about my mother?”

“Well last time you rushed out of here you said mum to Logan and I assumed…”

She smiled. “Mum is a word we use for emergencies.”

“So it wasn’t your mother?”

“It was.” He waited for her to continue but when she didn’t say anything more he left her office. Amba smiled a small smile at what had just happened.

He’s not as bad as I thought he was.

Just then her boss knocked on her door. She stood up from her desk and motioned for him to come in.

“What brings you down here sir?”

“Oh stop with the formalities Amba, I’ve known you since you were a baby. Call me Logan like you normally do.” Scolded Logan Lawson Sr before pulling her into a hug.

Amba smiled. “Since we’re at work and you are my boss I’m going to call you sir. How are you doing now?”

“You are no fun now that you’ve grown up. I’m absolutely fine now.”

Amba laughed. “Hey that’s not fair I’m just being professional. Are you sure?”

He smiled. “Yes yes. How’s my favourite assistant and chief marketing manager doing?”

Amba immediately looked old and exhausted again. “There’s still no-”

Before she could complete her sentence the phone rang. He motioned for her to pick it up and as soon as she did her eyes widened.

“Mum?” He asked.

“Mum.” She confirmed.

“Go.” He ordered.

“Wanna come?”

“I have a meeting now but as soon as I finish I’ll be on my way, this is unavoidable. And don’t tell Logan you’re going, he’s in a meeting and he’s handling it very well. Call me as soon as you know the facts.”

“Ok, bye sir.” She grabbed her things and rushed out.

St Claire’s Hospital

Amba parked her car and made her way to the private room that her mother was in. As she approached she saw her father waiting outside the room looking just as dishevelled as 3 and half weeks ago.

“So?” She asked him.

“I haven’t gone in yet. The doctor’s called me to say she was awake but I didn’t have the courage to go in by myself.” He confessed.

She could see just how jittery he was so she held his hand and said, “Let’s do this together.”

When they pushed the door open Khushi was sitting up in her bed watching tv, she didn’t notice them come in so Karan cleared his throat. Khushi finally acknowledged that there were people in the room and looked up to see who it was.

“Arey Karan? What are you doing here?” She said in perfect Hindi whilst sporting a big confused smile.

Both Karan and Amba stared at her in shock and surprise. Khushi hardly ever spoke Hindi now a days. But then their brains caught up with what she had just said-What are you doing here?