Krithi's pov: (PAST)

"I want some briyani!" Grace whined like a kid. The clock struck 1 am and all I want is to curl in my bed back at my apartment. But we can't we are on the call tonight.

"Just 3 hours before we had a heavy dinner. Really you hungry again?" I asked.

"Not really I need some task to distract me from thinking about sleep" Grace said.

"If so, then I need some caffeine in my system too to keep me awake" I said and she smiled at me. I got up from the uncomfortable chair and picked up my wallet.

"Head's up. Incoming traumas CFD called with a plan 1" The head nurse shouted across the hallway.

"Later?" I asked Grace and started to wear the blue gloves throwing wallet away. Grace nodded as she did the same.

"Multi-victim car crash. Be prepared." The head nurse Maya said as soon I reached the entrance.

Dr. Gautham our chief surgeon in the ER rushed to us as the ambulances arrived.

"What do we got here?" Dr Gautham rushed to the patient incoming in the stretcher. The guy accompanying the patient made my breath pause a minute. It was Him. The prince of Sunshine hospitals.

"Female mid-30s. GCS 3. Struck the dashboard and starred the windshield" The paramedic said. What is he doing here? I mean he looked delicious even in an normal black shirt, black ripped jeans and a jacket over it.

"Dr.Aakrithi you are with me" The chief said and I really tried to drag my eyes from the fine specimen but it was hard to even remember her name when he looked that good. I can come later and ogle at him. I said to myself and rushed behind the patient.

"Bp?" Dr. Gautham questioned as we reached the ER5.

"90 over 50. Tachy 140. Stats 100%" I immediately got into my A game.

"Pressure dressing on her head but she's seeping through" The paramedic said

"Let's move her on my count. 1.2.3." Chief said and we transferred her to the bed.

"My kids? Where are my kids? Joseph and Kataya?" The patient panicked.

"Mam I need you not to panic" I said.

"Any detail on that?" Chief asked the nurse.

"They are both in the ER" The nurse replied.

"My kids... kids look on them..will you?" She grabbed my hand suddenly. "I will check on them" I said when the monitor starts beeping indicating the pressure is falling.

"She is in V-tach" The chief said.

"70 over 30. She is crashing. I can't get a pulse"I said.

"Start compressions. Give me the paddles now" The chief said to the nurse.

"We are losing her" A nurse said.

"Charge 200. Clear" The chief said and tried to restore the heart to its normal rhythm with the defibrillator.

"No pulse" I said . " A milligram of epi. Clear?" The chief said.

"Again no pulse." I continued on the chest comressions.

"Clear?" The chief asked.

"The pulse is back" I said and left a big breath out.

"Get a CBC, CMP .."

The chief started to instruct a list of scans to be done for the patient as I quickly exited the room.

I walked out and tried to calm myself. That was so close. God she has two kids.

"You did good back there" I turned to see the chief. HE was smiling at me.

"Thanks doctor" I said.

"You will get used to it. Don't worry" Chief said and walked away.

I walked to the cafeteria. Grace was already seated there with a hot drink in hand. I ordered myself a cup of coffee and sat beside her.

"Did you treat the kids?" I asked knowing she assisted the other senior resident.

"Yes the girl got herself right arm and leg fracture. The boy got few of his ribs broken"

Grace said and sipped her drink.

"Did you hear- the prince is here?" The junior nurse joined our conversation.

"Yes I did he came in the ambulance accompanying the mother" I said and my coffee arrived.

"Looks like he is the one who hit them." The nurse and I looked at her wide eyed.

"What the hell?" I said.

"The rumour is that he was in a party with his friends got drunk and hit them"

"No way he looked worried about the patient when he arrived and why would he hit them and not escape but accompany the patient to the hospital?" I asked.

"Girl that guy is born millionaire. What would expect? The prince to go to jail? No way. All this is an act just to look like a innocent. I am sure he will even volunteer to pay for the surgeries and treatment just to erase his guilt and be called a patriarch"

The nurse said.

"Can you both stop?" Grace sounded irritated. "Aatharva is not like that" Grace said.

"You say like you know him? Any affair I don't know about?" The nurse asked.

"Mercy stop it already!" I hissed coming to rescue my best friend. When our beeper vibrated indicating we are needed back at the OR.

"You guys go ahead guys my cousin just volunteered to done blood for the little girl Kataya" Grace said and went in the opposite direction.

"Code blue treatment 2... code blue treatment 2" The alarm was on when we arrived at the ER.

Both the chief and the senior resident were already in the room when I and mercy arrived. They were trying restore the little boy Joseph's pulse back. Looked like he had a sudden cardiac arrest. The situation was tense and it had been 9 minutes already. Disappointment was already visible on both doctor's faces. It was clear that we lost the boy already.

"Time of death 3.26 am" The chief said and walked out of the room. I just can't believe the boy is no more. His sister is currently waiting for a surgery and his mother is next to his room fighting for her life.

I wiped the tears rushing out of my eyes. I want to be alone. Why is god so cruel?

Maya rushed to me with a smile on her face." You heard kid? Aatharva Vardan came forward to pay the whole medical fees for the family met with the accident. That boy is a gem. We can now prepare for both mother and daughter's surgery." She said and my face paled.

So it is true. He f*cking volunteered to pay such a huge amount.

I need to let it out. Let it all out. Walking with overflowing emotions I slammed straight into a solid body.

"I am so sorry" I said and forced myself to look at the person's face. My breath was sucked out of my lungs when I notice it was him.

"Are you ok?" The wrongdoer Aatharva Vardan he was walking out of the conference room with a water bottle in hand and he reeked of ALCOHOL. I looked behind him and saw 2 police officers seated inside for the investigation.

"Why did you do it?"

I asked solid but keeping my voice low. I want answers. I want justice for the kid who just died.

"Am sorry what?"

He asked sincere looking at my eyes direct.

"You hit the woman and her children with your car." I said and his eyes widened. He looked back into the conference room and grabbed my arm. Pushed me a few steps forward so we would be out of audio range to the officers.

"Who are you? And you don't know a f*cking thing about me!" He said. My anger had no boundaries at this point.

"You drove f*cking drunk and hit her vehicle" I said this time quite loud and firm.

"You have no idea what happened miss" He said defensively.

"How can you do this? How can you act so good? You just hit them with your f*cking car and they are battling for their life's in those rooms" I said pointing the ER.

"And here you are acting like a good Samaritan, sitting outside the kid's room like you even care and even volunteer to pay their f*cking mountain high bills. Do you think if you threw some money for their medical expense, it will erase your actions? WOW!"

I said and a crowd already formed. All their attention were on us.

"Don't feel guilty? Just a bit even? That 7year little boy is dead because of you and I hope it haunts you till you die!"

I said. Others faces paled seeing my open calling out at their owner's son.

"Dr.Aakrithi end your stupid accusations that's an f*cking order!" Suresh our hospital CFO rushed before us.

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Later Aatharva Vardan was called to the police station for the primary investigation. To say half of the people in the hospital were pissed at me would be an understatement.

"What you just did! Girl that needs some damn GUTS!" Mercy was rambling a around how courageous was I.

I walked out of the ER around 7am completing all the reports and handling them to the next shift doctor.

"Bye Maya will see you in 2 days" I said to the head nurse and she didn't look up at me.

Looks like people are going to hate me for rest of their life's for pointing hands at their prince. Talk about Nepotism.

People were whispering around when I passed through hallway.

"Looks like you become hot sensation in matter of 4 hours" Mercy said and looped her arms with me. But for the first time I felt something nagging at me.

I saw Grace walking outside Geetha's mam room. I rushed to her.

"Grace where were you? I tried calling you few times." She turned glaring at me.

"Do you feel like a superhero? Did you enjoy all the attention?" She threw words at me like poison.

"Grace... what are you saying?"

"Aatharva was the one who donated AB negative type blood for the little girl Kataya"

"You mean he is your cousin?!" I asked surprised at the fact she hid that fact from me for 3 years.

"I am sorry Grace but I had to do what I did.." I tried to explain.

"You still didn't get it did you?" She asked in her high pitch voice.

"FOOL DRUNK PEOPLE CAN'T DONATE BLOOD" She hissed and my blood drained.

Holy Shit. I misconceived  about Aatharva and the whole situation.

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