Chapter 98: chapter 98

THE SILENT LOVE ...Chapter 97 :Swetha was frightened to see her father slapping Sreekar but couldn’t control herself when he was almost stepping on his chest. She rushed to him, fell on her knees and held his leg while looking at her father with pleading eyes.“No father. Please don’t humiliate him when he is not at fault. He doesn’t know anything. I am the one who raised feelings for him. He is unaware of my love towards him. We neither spoke to each other nor confessed our feelings. I don’t know when he invaded my heart but became a part of my soul. My soul, my body and my life, everything belongs to him and only him. I can’t allow any other person into my life when my heart is occupied by him. I neither want to be against you nor allow any other person into my life. I never expected him to come here and I don’t know what to do. Everything is my fault. Don’t  mortify him and let him go for the sake of me”, pleaded Swetha with teary eyes while holding his feet.Balaramaiah retreated his feet and took a step back looking at his daughter unbelievably. Ajith neared him and held his arm, not to  burst at Swetha.Sreekar slowly got up on his knees,  moved near to Swetha, held her shoulder with one hand and with the other he held her chin turning it towards him.“Do you love me? Did I really occupy your heart? Does your heart belong to me? Tell me one more time”, begged Sreekar.Swetha tilted her head to one side, glanced at him with longing eyes as if she was capturing each and every feature of his face in her brain and spoke,“I didn’t expect you to come here. I …”, slowly her eyes started to droop and a red liquid came out from the corner of her mouth.“SWE ...THA ...”,shrieked Sreekar his lungs out reverberating his voice in the hall and held her in his arms.Swetha tried to keep her eyes open and gave him a faint smile while speaking,“I am sorry. I shouldn’t have made the hasty decision. I should keep trust in you. Please forgive me”.“No Swetha. What have you done? What did you take?”, yelled Sreekar while hugging her tightly, recollecting her earlier words after seeing him. She was continuously saying that she didn’t expect him here but he was mistaken for her astonishment by his presence but never thought that she would dare to take her life for him.Balaramaiah and Ajith fell on their knees beside her and held her shoulder while calling her. The remaining people also surrounded them, astounded by the sudden incident.“Swetha! What happened to you? What did you do?”, queried Balaramaiah while shedding tears for his daughter.Swetha slowly opened her eyes and gave a faint smile to her father and replied,“Father! I respect you from the bottom of my heart. I never wished to go against you but my heart is totally occupied by Sreekar. I couldn’t betray my heart by going according to your wish and welcome some other man into my life when my heart and soul belongs to only one person. I am not sure whether he loves me or not, but I couldn't discard him from my heart even if I go according to your decision which means betraying that person and also my heart. Other than taking my life, I don’t have any other choice to stop this engagement. I am sorry for disappointing you”.“Swetha ...!”Everyone yelled her name.Sreekar was totally devastated by seeing her at the edge of her death and was totally broken with fear of losing her. He immediately raised his head and screamed for Deepak.“Deepak ...”, shrieked Sreekar.Deepak, who was observing everything, went out to check for any vehicle. He saw Robert and Steven who were waiting outside the house and ordered them to keep the car ready to head towards the hospital. He ran back into the house and by hearing Sreekar calling out for him, rushed towards him.“Boss! Our car has arrived. Let us take her to the hospital”, suggested Deepak.Sreekar immediately took Swetha into his arms and rose to his feet while pacifying her,“Swetha! My love! Nothing will happen to you. I will not let you go away from me. Keep holding for some time for my sake”, rushed towards the car followed by Deepak and Gautham.Arjun ushered Balaramaiah’ family along with his family in their car whereas Krishna Kumar family and Chandra Mohan’s family went in Neeraja’s car. The remaining friends followed them in their vehicles. Kamal, who was dumbfounded with the total scenario, couldn’t stop himself and ushered his family members in their vehicle.Sreekar held her in his arms in the back seat accompanied by Gautham while Deepak took the passenger seat. Robert took the driving seat and concentrated on the way heading towards the hospital to reach at the earliest. Gautham spun his head towards Sreekar and Swetha, kept watching them in a daze.“Swetha! Please don’t close your eyes. Hold on for a few minutes. We are almost near. Hold on for the sake of my love”, pleaded Sreekar while caressing her cheek with the back of his palm.Swetha placed her palm on his  and pacified him,“Don’t panic. I couldn’t see you in agony. Don’t drown yourself in the dark if I couldn’t make it. I want to see you happy and cheerful exuding your usual dominating aura. I want to see a smile on your lips forever. Will you  fulfill my wish”.Sreekar hugged her tightly and cried in the crook of her neck unable to go through the disaster of losing her.“Swetha! My love! Don’s say nonsense. Nothing will happen to you. I will not let you go away from me. If you try to leave me, I will follow you even if the way leads to hell. I love you, I love you for eternity”, cried Sreekar.Swetha gazed at him longingly and her eyes started to droop making it difficult for her to be conscious. Gautham was feeling devastated to see his sister at the edge of death and his heart was throbbing to see his friend Sreekar in agony of losing her. He wishes to see Sreekar meet a perfect woman who can change his mind and make him fall for her but never imagined him to fall for Swetha who is a very innocent girl and out of his society. He didn’t dare to move or utter any word to pacify Sreekar by seeing his restlessness.After like an eternity, they reached the hospital and Sreekar jumped out of the car carrying Swetha in his arms. The staff was ready with all the equipment and stretcher along with the nurses and doctors as Deepak arranged everything on their way to hospital.The doctors guided Sreekar to place Swetha on the stretcher and ushered towards the emergency room followed by Sreekar, Gautham and Deepak. Sreekar held her hand tightly moving along with the stretcher trying to bring her into consciousness by tapping on her cheek with the other hand. Deepak explained everything to the doctor about her situation.When they reached the emergency room door, with the continuous tap of Sreekar, Swetha slowly half opened her eyes and glanced at Sreekar.“Swetha! Remember that I will be here waiting for your safe return. Don’t dare to give up your battle and fight against death to come back to me. Remember that I love you  and I will follow you leaving my life if you can't make it”, cried Sreekar while hugging her tightly and kissing on her forehead.“Mr. Sreekar! We need to make it immediately. The pulse is deteriorating. Let her go”, warned the doctor.Sreekar unwillingly let her hand go and stood still while they ushered Swetha inside and closed the doors. Sreekar leaned on the door with his shoulder and slowly started caressing the door as if he was feeling her presence.Gautham and Deepak wished to usher him to the chair but seeing him engrossed in his own world, they didn’t dare to step near him. Everyone reached the place and enquired about Swetha for which Deepak and Gautham explained everything and asked them not to make any noise offering them the chairs to sit.Once they got seated, everyone’s attention swifted towards Sreekar who was standing at the door still caressing the door. Chandra Mohan’s family was stupefied  to see Sreekar in such a condition and couldn’t believe that he is in love with Sreekar. No one dare to reach him to pacify him fearing that their words will break him more.Sreekar slowly slumped to the floor while sliding across down the door and kept his face on the door while caressing it , mumbling some words under his breath which were not audible for them but could sense the lip movements as if he was speaking to himself.