Savior Of Her Heart novel Chapter 28

Anupama's POV:-

Sometimes such incidents happen in life which we cannot even imagine in our dreams even with a person whom I always thought to be very strong. But now seeing her in such a vulnerable state, I can't keep my tears from falling.

Looking through the small glass of the examination room, I can tell that the doctors are trying their best to cure her but still, it doesn't make me feel any better knowing that what has happened to her won't be easy to forget. I just hope whoever is behind the cruel act will get punished for the nasty things they have done to my cousin.

"Don't worry, I am sure Miss Ganguly will be okay." Alessandro assures me but he also knows that no amount of encouraging words can stop me from worrying about Riya. Yes, it's Riya I am talking about.

The call I have gotten earlier is from a female nurse who informs me that she has found a lady unconscious on the side of the road and when looking through the belongings of the lady, she has noticed a mobile phone where she finds my number on top of the dial call list and that's how she has contacted me for which I am always going to be grateful to her.

Currently, Alessandro and I are waiting for the doctors to complete their check-ups so that we can get to know about Riya's condition. Suddenly I hear rapid footsteps coming towards us so I look at it that way and find Dadabhai along with Baba are rushing where we are standing. Just as Dadabhai gets near me I hug him while crying helplessly.

"what's wrong, Anu? Why are you crying like this?" Dadabhai asks worriedly.

"Why did you ask us to come here, Mr. Bianchi?" Baba asks in which Alessandro who looks at me in which I nod my head because I am not in a state to answer any of their questions.

"Please don't panic after hearing what I have to say. Miss Ganguly is inside the examination room and the doctors are doing a full body checkup of her." Alessandro explains.

"Riya is inside? But why? She was alright when she went out with her friends last night." Baba lets out looking confused.

"Anu, hasn't she come back in the morning?" Dadabhai asks after pulling away from the hug looking at me sternly. I gulp knowing I have done wrong by saying that Riya has come back in the morning because I don't want her to get scolding from Dadabhai for staying out of the house for so long.

When I don't answer, Dadabhai understands what I have done. This is not the first time I have lied to him about Riya. However, now I think this time I shouldn't have lied to him, and that way Riya wouldn't be here. I feel a hand wrap around my waist and I know exactly who it is.

"Mr. Ganguly I think we should wait for the doctors to come out of the examination room and tell us what exactly happened with Miss Ganguly," Alessandro says tightening his hold on me.

Just then two female senior doctors come out of the room making us eager to know about Riya's whereabouts. They look hesitant for some reason which doesn't sit well with me. So I clutch onto Alessandro in fear because I don't want anything bad to happen to Riya.

"Is everything alright with my niece?" Baba asks.

"We are not going to feed you lie saying that the patient is alright because she is not. We have found a large amount of Cannabis which is commonly known as Weed in her blood which is an illegal drug. Not only that, she has been taking very hard medicines for stress which we have found in her blood cells." One of the doctors explains making me look at her in disbelief.

"Is that why she fainted?" Alessandro asks still holding me in his arms because if he doesn't then I will surely collapse on the floor.

"Yes. this is one of the reasons for her being unconscious but the real reason is something else. She has severe injured marks all over her body which can only happen if someone tries to harm her physically and that's why we have run a rape kit test on her." Another doctor answers making me gasps aloud. No, no please God don't let it be true.

"Thankfully the patient is not raped but yeah, she has been assaulted sexually by not one but two or three persons. She also has two broken ribs on the left side of her chest which is making it hard for her to breathe by herself. But with proper medication, she will get better for sure. Her right leg is also fractured so she won't be able to walk for three weeks as she needs proper bed rest." Loud sobs break through my mouth so I turn my face towards Alessandro's chest to quiet down my loud crying sounds not wanting anyone to hear that.

"Can we meet her?" Dadabhai asks trying to appear alright but I can hear the pain in his voice.

"Not now because we have put her in a medically induced coma for 48 hours as her body needs a lot of rest. She will be in the ICU till then." By saying this, the doctors leave from there.

No one speaks after the doctor leaves because everyone is busy blaming themselves. But I think I am the worst out of them, I shouldn't have lied to Dadabhai about Riya not coming home last night. I never thought that my quietness could cause something so drastic.

After some time, the police arrive in the hospital and Alessandro is the one who answers to their queries. While he talks with the officers I get near Dadabhai who is sitting emotionlessly on one of the chairs in front of the ICU. I take a seat beside him and lean my head on his shoulder. For a second I think he will berate me for lying to him but he wraps his hand around my shoulder and kiss me on the top of my head.

"Riya is a fighter and I know that she will get better very soon." He lets out confidently.

"Yes, our Riya is very strong and nothing can stop her from winning this battle." I reply wiping my tears.

"I am sorry for lying." I tell him.