Neither good nor bad

PARI'S POV:

"Hello! Francis?"

"Hello! Yeah mam, anything serious?"

"Yeah! Something serious, arrange some security for Karthick. He is again admitted in the hospital; I feel something fishy!" I asked him to arrange security.

"Yeah, okay mam. But how is Karthick sir?" He asked concernedly.

" Not bad neither good! He is out of danger!" I said.

"Oh! Don't worry mam, he will return as he was!" He tried sowing some confidence which I now gained a bit.

"Thank you, Francis! And sorry for disturbing you in this night" I really felt guilty in ruining his night.

" It's okay mam! It's my duty and after all, you treat us as your family so won't I do this for my sister? Don't worry mam everything will be alright!" He gave me some confidence.

"See ya later Francis!" I ended the call.

"You will do it, Pari! You will do it!"

I said to myself and entered the doctor's room where earlier I met today.

"Hello! Doctor, you called me for?" I asked.

"Hey! There is something serious." He said with a serious face, which emitted how he serious was.

"Yes!"

"We found the drug. And it is the cause of his illness," He said, looking at me.

"Drug? Now? How is it possible? He was good in the morning?"

"BRADY 3T SLOTH "

"What is that?" I frowned at the name.

"It is one of the rarest and dangerous drugs in the world, the one who is intoxicated will never know they were intoxicated. But, in Karthick's case, it was his luck as he met with an accident and also he was intoxicated through smoke; so, he realized he was intoxicated if he were intoxicated through food or drink, he would have felt a slight dizzy that's all." He said, with a frown creased on his forehead.

"What are the impacts?" I asked, that was the main thought I had, I can deal the case later but his health?

" In a word, I can say dangerous! It affects the Central Nervous System directly so at first, it causes seizures and in this stage, the person may die. There is a high chance of death in this stage, we can say 60%; once the person crosses this stage then there are only fewer chances of death but the person might get some nervous disorders. So we can confirm anything only when he gets conscious we will take a scan!" He said I was worried like hell, but one thing was continuously ringing in my head.

"But Doctor, he was drugged yesterday, right? Then it should have reacted yesterday or at least morning but now? After more than 20 hours?" I asked my doubt.

" Yeah! That's why it is named BRADY which means slow and SLOTH which is very slow to move. This reacts very slowly from a minimum of 15 hours to a maximum of 48 hours. The more time it takes the huge drawback we have. And again Karthick is lucky here. So let's wait and see what happens. Maybe he is luckier!" He said and gave a small smile at last.

"Okay! We can't maintain this as a secret anymore we have to inform NCB (Narcotic Control Bureau) about the drug abuse. I will speak with my higher officials till then make sure everything is confidential!" I gave him a warning.

"Sure! It will be confidential until you open up yourself!" He gave an assuring nod.

"Thank you, Doc! When can I get these test results? I mean hard copy! I need to submit them in the head office!" I asked him for a hard copy.

"It will reach you by tomorrow morning! You will be here right?" He asked me.

"Hmm! Yeah, I think I will be here if not keep it with yourself. I will buy it after I come" I said and stood up to leave.

"Thank you, Doctor!" I said and moved out of the cubicle.

Dangerous drug?

Psycho stalker?

What is the connection between them? How did he get such a dangerous drug?

Is this really a threat to me or are they just diverting me?

If so, why did he want to follow for the last two months?

I was confused like hell!

With that confusion, I reached the emergency ward where Karthick was admitted. Everyone was sitting tiredly in the chairs that were in front of the room. All looked very exhausted and tired.

As I went near them everyone's head shot up.

"What did the doctor say?" Dad asked me.

"Nothing good, he is out of danger that's all he said!" I slumped in the seat near Deepthi.

"Deepu, did you inform Zara?" I asked.

"Nope! I didn't!" She said. I leaned on her shoulder, Yuvi was seated opposite to me she was gazing at me. Our eyes connected for a moment.

"Pari! Pari!" Deepthi shook me.

"Haa! Yeah?"

"I am asking you something for the last five minutes!" She heaved a sigh.

"Yeah! I was exhausted just zoned out. Now, ask what you wanted to" I heaved a sigh and asked her.

"Should I inform Zara?" She asked.

"Hmm!" I just hummed to tell her that I heard.

After a minute of thinking,

"Don't tell them now but, in the morning you can call them and inform them!" I said closing my eyes.

I don't know when I drifted into slumber.

"Pari!" Deepthi again shook me.

I jerked up.

"What happened?" I got frightened.

"Uh! See someone is here for you" I sat straight to see who it was.

Oh! Shit, I totally forgot this.

"Good morning mam!" He saluted.

"Morning!?" More than greetings it was a question.

"Well! It's 12:30 Pari" Deepthi said.

"Ahh!"

I stood up and distanced myself from others with Francis.

" Francis, how many guards did you put?" I asked.

"2 in front of his room, one at the floor reception, one at the gate all weaponed, and Two off-duty officers roaming all around the hospital and getting changed two hours once!" He said wow! that was a brilliant idea.

"Good! Secured right?" I asked to assure once gain.

"All set mam!" He reassured me, I went back to my family only after patting him.

"Except one or two, everyone can leave. I have arranged the security for him so,?"

"Okay! But who is staying?" Yuvi's dad asked.

"Mee?"

"No, you go. Myself and Deepthi will be here!" Sid said and stood up.

" Are you okay with this?" He asked with Deepthi.

"Yeah!" She mumbled something under her breath.

"You okay with this right?" I asked Deepthi.

"Yeah! I am okay with this. You look so pale you didn't sleep last night too, go take rest for some time" She patted my cheeks.

I hugged her, " Be careful both of you!" I said and released her.

"Don't worry we will be and he will be too!" Sid said standing next to Deepthi, he gave a small smile.

I returned the smile and turned to leave, I was really exhausted. I couldn't digest everything at a time.

Before leaving I turned towards them and mouthed a "Careful"

The whole ride was silent, dad and mom went in the car in which they came by earlier.

As we entered our home, everyone stood in the living.

Mom came towards me and patted my cheeks.

"Everything will be alright Pari, don't worry. You too, be careful" She said and kissed my forehead.

That's when I noticed a swirl of nostalgia in her eyes that I failed to notice these many days.

Did I fail? Or Did they mask it perfectly? Maybe I didn't spend much time with them!

I convinced myself all went to their rooms after giving me a pat.

" Would you like to have coffee?" Yuvi asked.

"Yeah! I would love to!" I smiled.

"Go up and refresh, I will come with our coffees," He said and patted me to go up.

I smiled again and walked up the stairs.

*Ring~Ring*

It was SP sir, Amit Singh.

I answered the call as I entered the room.

"Hello! Sir"

"My Lil girl!" He called not as my superior but as the one who adores me as his daughter.

" Uncle!" I lost myself, I can control my emotions when I deal professionally but it doesn't apply to my personal life.

I am an emotional idiot!

Tears started to flow, he already would have known that I am crying.

"Lil girl are you crying?" He asked.

"No!" I lied.

"Oh! Okay, I know you are not crying!" He mocked me.

"Uncle!" I whined.

"How is Karthick? I just now came to know through Francis"

He inquired.

"What should I say? He is neither in a good nor bad state! He is out of danger but he says that there might be some neuro problems" I said in a low voice.

"Maybe or might be?" He asked.

"Might be!"

"Maybe would have felt better but still it is a strong doubt! Don't worry he will get well without any problems" He gave me some confidence.

"Hoping the same!"

" Hope it strong! Hopes are never destroyed!"

"Hoping it but, sometimes hopes are destroyed"

"Don't be pessimistic, note your words ' sometimes' not every time"

" I believe he will return as himself like he was before!"

I know he will, he is a strong man!

"Good! Have a good sleep and meet me with the file tomorrow"

"Okay! Sir" I said and hung up.

I kept my pistol in the cupboard and sat on the bed waiting for yuvi.

Suddenly lights went off.

What the fuck?!