Ruhani’s pov:

“Papa , I am leaving for the hospital," said ruhani . Okay bacha said her father. Ruhàni looked towards her step-mother who looked at her with an unpleasant look.

“Dad can you please drop me off to college”, said Shanaya ruhani’s step sister.

“Beta ab mai tuje chordun ya isse”, Rajat said .

(Child now should I drop you or her).

“Obviously dad me I am getting late for college”, Shanaya said making a disgusted look.

“It's alright dad , i can go by myself” , I said and left the house before anyone could say anything.

I went near the crossroad and took a rickshaw for the hospital.

“Bhaiya city hospital le chaliye please”, I said. And he started driving .

I reached the hospital and went Avinash sir’s cabin. Avinash sir is my senior and the senior physiotherapist.

“Good morning sir”, I said. “Good morning Dr. Ruhani”, he replied to me .

I was arranging some things and an old lady entered in followed by man .

He looked almost 30, green eyes , sharp jawline, muscular body , height of almost 6’4 . He looked like a prince who just stepped out his kingdom. His aura seemed dark , authoritative but there was something off about him he didn't smile at all . He bore a very stern look on his face .

“Good morning rana sa”, said Avinash sir .

“Rana sa? Is he the king of udaipur?”, I said in my mind. “Yes I am the king of udaipur”, he said looking in my eyes.

“Fuck, how did he hear my thoughts”, i said in my mind.

“Dadi sa aap yahan par baithiye aaram se muje ek call attend karna hai mai vo karke aata hun”, he said and left from there .

(Dadi sa you sit here comfortably I have to attend a call , I'll be back in a moment.)

Avinash sir started checking in her legs it seemed she was physiotherapy.

Avinash sir was checking her leg .

After a while I noticed that dadi ji very quietly took out a bottle from her purse and then putted it on her leg and started screaming. “Avi putar , avi putar dekh isne teri dadi sa ko maar diya , dekh ise moda ghutna ki khoon aanai lag gaya”.

(Avi son , avi son look he has killed your dadi sa, he twisted my foot in such a way that blood started coming out of it)

Upon hearing her voice he stepped in he started comforting dadi ji . He saw Avinash sir with a death glare.

“Rana sa trust me i didn't do anything I was just massaging her feet”, said Avinash. “Ohk so now you are telling me that this all has happened because of massaging right”, he said with a stern look.

“Mr. Raghuvanshi , listen nothing has happened, dadi ji is lying”, i said interrupting. “So you are saying my dadi sa is lying and who do you think you are , and what do you think yourself that you are telling me who is lying or not”, he said in an angry tone.

“I saw her putting fake blood on her leg, Rana sa she has bottle hidden behind ,you can check if you want”, I said.

He looked at his dadi sa in shock.

“Dadi sa what is she saying?”, he asked her .

“Avi putar juth bolri ye ladki esa kuc ni hua hai”, she said.

(Avi , son she is lying there is nothing like this).

“Dadi ji juth bolna humare sanskaro mai nahi”, i said cause ofcourse my mom never taught me to lie.

(Grandma lying is not in my upbringing).

I heard him sighing somewhere he knew from my determination that i wasn't wrong.

“I am sorry doctor Avinash”, he said.

“It's alright Rana sa you don't need to apologise the only reason she is acting childish is because she doesn't want to get her physiotherapy session done”, said Avinash sir.

Dadi ji left from there . “Is there anything else we can do”, Rana sa asked.

“Rana sa , this is Dr. Ruhani Nigam she has been my intern for a very long time and trust me she is really good at her work, and she can handle your dadi sa better than me we all saw that”, Avinash sir said. “Will she come to the rajmahal then”, he asked with seriousness in his tone.

Avinash sir looked at me and I simple nodded .

“She'll come at your place from tomorrow”, Avinash sir said. “Okay”, he said and left.

“Sir how are you so sure that I'll be able to handle her”, I asked.

“You will trust me and yourself”, he said assuring me .

We attended a few more patients and then i left the place .

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At the dining table,

“Ruhani how was your day today”, dad asked.

“Um it was nice I got appointed as a personal physiotherapist to one of Avinash sir’s patient”, I replied.

“Who?” , dad asked.

“Nityani Raghuvanshi”, I replied.

“What?”, my stepmother rohini asked.

I remained quite. “Dad your elder daughter had started living in delusions now”, said Shanaya. “It is a really nice thing to do if you want to escape reality like this”,i said gritting my teeth. “RUHANI , HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE THAT”, said my stepmother. “WHY DON'T YOU TELL YOUR DAUGHTER TO SHUT HER MOUTH , SHE IS YOUNGER AND SHOULD BEHAVE LIKE ONE”, I said in the same pitch.

I left the dining table and went to my room.

While I was climbing the stairs i could hear the fake crocodile tears of both mother-daughter duo.

I closed the door and cried my heart out.

“Mumma , why did you leave me here all by myself. Your sister is a very bad person”, I said to her photo.

It has been 20 years since mumma left us and not even a single day I felt love from this woman. She is only my dad's wife and mother of her daughter. When I was young she use to scold me for the smallest of things and always beat me . I got know she was in love with my father and after my mother died she took her place …

I was crying and crying , I don't know when I felt into deep slumber.

I woke up in the morning I saw the time was 10:00 a.m. .

“Oh shit , I am late i quickly got ready and left for Raj Mahal”.

As I reached the Raj Mahal . It was so huge like a dream mansion.

I reached the gate and the guard stopped me .

“Aap andar nahi jaa sakti”, he said.

(You can't go inside)

“Mr. Raghuvanshi ko jaakar boliye ki Dr. Ruhani aayi hai”,I said.

(Tell Mr. Raghuvanshi that doctor ruhani has come )

One of them went inside . After a while he return back and opened the gates.

I walked inside and as beautiful as it is from the outside its magnificent from the inside. I entered the hall which was huge and workers were doing different jobs there. And I saw dadi ji sitting on the chair having her breakfast . She saw me and stood up in anger.

“Ye ladki yahan kya kari hai avi isko yahan se jaanai kai liyai bol”, she said in anger.

(What is this girl doing here, avi tell her to leave immediately).

I saw him descending down the stairs. His aura dark and authoritative.

“Ms. Nigam you’re quite late”, he said his cold tone.

“I am sorry , this won't happen again”, I said .

“It shouldn't because my time is quite precious”, he said.

“Dadi sa, she will treat you from now on , she is quite good at her job and trust me it won't pain let her take atleast one physiotherapy session and if you don't like it we'll change”, he said.

“Ok”, she said and sat down in her seat.

Aviraaj's pov:-

“I don't know what the hell is happening with me , since the time I woke up only one thought is coming to my mind that when will she come”, I thought.

“Come on aviraaj why will she come at 5’o clock”, I said to myself and went inside the washroom to take shower.

I took almost 1 hour shower to cool myself down.

“I came outside and saw the time , it's still 6”, I went to my study.

I started working . After a while I looked up and saw it was 9:45 .

“She should be arriving at any moment”, I thought and went down but she didn't came . I spent around half and hour there and then i went back.

“Where the hell is she , she should be here by 10 weren't my words clear enough. Doesn't she know that I have my own work to do”, I said out in anger.

12’o clock.

One of the guards knocked my door. He entered and said “Rana sa , there is a girl she said to tell you that Dr. Ruhani has come”. “Let her come”, i said in a cold tone. When I went downstairs I saw dadi sa she was telling me to tell her to leave .

I came to her and I don't know why I talked that way but my time is really important I said to her.

I saw her face which was pale indicating she has cried a lot when I observed closely i could tears dried in her eyes.

“Was she crying”, I thought to myself.

She said sorry for being late and the sad part was that she didn't explain herself she only said sorry and that this will never happen again.

I told dadi sa that let her give you a session and if it doesn't work out then we will find someone else.

She sat down on the sofa by the time everyone was completing there breakfast .

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Then she went away with dadi sa to her room and i also left from the Mahal and ekam and Nikhil accompanied me.

Author's pov:

“Ae ladki kal toh tune badi hoshiyaari se muje expose kardiya tha par ab muje koi drama nahi chahiye tu apnai ghar jaa muje koi massage ni karani”, said nityani.

(You girl yesterday you exposed me with your cunningness but I don't want any drama now , i don't have a wish toh get any massage from you so please leave).

“Dadi ji, you know I have been a doctor for a while but nobody appoints inexperienced doctors and one day I met Avinash sir. I treated someone who had gotten into a serious accident that's when he appointed me . He not only taught me so many things

but changed my life . You know dadi ji after I lost my mother all I wanted to do was fulfill her dream she wanted me to become a doctor and i just wanted that nothing else. Let me please do your physiotherapy and if you don't like it I'll leave”, ruhani said with a smile. The old lady was somehow affected by what ruhani had said . Ruhani handed her a stress ball and said “dadi ji keep squeezing it , it will relief your stress”.

Ruhani carefully started massaging her feet and it felt good . Never in so many years nityani had experienced this type of peaceful therapy. After about almost 2 hours ruhani was done. She looked at dadi ji who was smiling seeing her.

“You do it really well it didn't pain at all”, she said giving her a genuine smile. “I am glad you don't need to pull out any tricks”, ruhani said. “Dadi ji don't put pressure on your legs okay, now I'll leave” , she said and stood up. “Ruk tera naam kya hai putar apna naam to batati Jaa”,the old lady said .(Wait child atleast tell me your name).

“It's ruhani”, i said. “Bada hi pyaara naam hai”, old lady said.(It's a lovely name).

“Chaliye ab mai chalti hun”, ruhani said and left.(I should take my leave now).

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Ruhani reached home but it was too late she couldn't find any auto or cab so she had to walk 5 kilometres. As soon as she reached home she saw her step mother fuming in anger.

“Ab kahan mu maarne gayi thi tu”, she said gritting her teeth.

(Now where did you go to whore around)

“I had my job it just got late”, i said.

“Oh so now you have started replying back also huh”, her step mother shouted and a hard slap landed on her cheek. She went sideways. But they were interrupted by someone .

“Excuse me Dr. Ruhani”, said a man dressed in suit . Ruhani quickly wiped her tears and saw in the direction only to find man standing in a suit. “I am sorry do I know you”, ruhani said confused.

“I am Mr. Raghuvanshi’s right hand , um sorry to disturb you actually Mr. Raghuvanshi has sent this file . It contains all the medical history of Badi Rani sa”, he said and ruhani simply nodded.

He left after handing over the file. He reached back to the palace and straightway went to his boss.

“Excuse me sir”, he said. “Oh, Virat did you give the file to dr . Ruhani”, he asked.

“Yes sir I handed her the file but the situation in her house doesn't seem nice”, he said. “What do you mean”, aviraaj asked. Virat narrated him the whole incident of what he heard and what he saw. I also had this feeling that something might be wrong . “Okay um let's do one thing you send a driver to

her house to pick her up and drop her”, aviraaj said and Virat nodded and left.

“Dr. Ruhani you don't seem what you show”......