The Unseen Bond

Dr. Adrian Evans, Ethan's good friend patted him on his shoulder. Startled, Dr. Ethan looked at him.

Dr. Adrian was a good-looking guy, height at 5'8" and with a whitish-fair complexion. He had slightly wavy brown hair and had highlights done. His eyes were the key to his charm. He had light blue eyes, and his eyes shone with delight with a smile on his face always. He was quite a look-oriented guy, and always had one or other love affair going on.

'Whoa! You look like a zombie, Ethan! What happened to your hair? I have never seen you so disoriented in my life.' exclaimed Adrian.

'I can't stop thinking about the poor girl lying helpless there, Adrian. I don't understand why has not anyone come looking for her?'

'You know why, Ishaan. But I know you are so tired that it may not have clicked you! We haven't yet passed on this information to anyone. How do you think will the word spread?' said Adrian mocking a small smile on his face and raising an eyebrow. Ethan was acting weird, he thought. He should have been the one to say this to Adrian, not the other way around! He needs to talk to Ethan soon, Adrian thought.

'Oh damn it! How can I turn so stupid? Adrian, do me a favor dude. Call the concerned department and ask them to post about this girl. Someone somewhere might be worried about her. I want to go and see the girl in her ward. I want to see if I can do anything.'

Of course, you can. You are the best neurosurgeon the country has, after all...!

Ethan got up and walked towards the ward where the girl was. He tentatively walked towards her bed, where she was lying, face covered in a mask and hands all covered in needles. His heart stung at this sight, and he closed his eyes immediately. He was used to this situation in his everyday life, looking at patients who live and die every day, weak and broken, but this seemed more difficult.

He opened his eyes back and observed the girl this time. Beneath all the masks and needles lay a beautiful face. She could not be more than 23 years old, he thought. She had a pale color to her face, but he knew this was because of the blood that she had lost recently. He thought she would be fair if her cheeks had more blood. Her hair was tangled, but he could see it was a long and silky, warm brown color. Her eyelashes were so long it almost seemed artificial. Her lips were full and had turned purple-blue because of this accident. Her body was very fragile, and she was quite slim, but this is what they call 'A Perfect Figure: He wondered what she may look like when she was not in this hospital bed.

'Why is this getting so difficult to look at her in this condition? Why is this getting so difficult to take this girl out of my mind? I am not falling for her, am I? No, I can't do that, I barely know her!' Ethan thought furiously.

Maybe because he rescued her, he had a bond with that person, now lying still and who once breathed in his arms. He remembered the way she looked at him, but not exactly at him the night before, and he thought who might have done this to her?

He came closer and sat beside her. She had wounds almost everywhere, and he prayed she would heal soon. The monitor was beeping rhythmically and constantly, a proof of her existence. And then he looked at her face. Though tired, she seemed beautiful. Ethan tried to imagine how she would look when she smiled.

Unable to see the girl in this condition, Ethan diverted his mind by taking the case report from the bedside table. He studied the notes and decided that he was getting the best doctor for her the next morning.

Dr. Ethan got up and turned to walk away. He saw the girl and prayed again for her. He felt light and determined. He will have her identity and she will smile soon. She has to; he will make her smile no matter what, with that though he walked out of her room with a smile on his face.

The news was soon rolled out in the local newspapers about an unidentified girl who met with an accident on the National Highway. The pictures and car details of the girl were shared in the news and internet, and Dr. Ethandecided to give his contact number as he was personally looking into this case.

Hoping to get a lead soon, the entire medical staff of Lifeline Hospital prayed for the girl. It had been a week now, and the girl already had built a place in everyone's heart and formed a part of everyone's prayers. The staff were hoping for a miracle to happen soon, and they couldn't see the girl in more despair.

On the following day, Ethan visited the girl again in her room. She was provided an individual room and Ethan made sure she was provided the best of the hospital's services. Not that she needed it, but Ethan somehow felt he wanted to do all he could for the girl lying in a coma in the bed in front of him.

He looked at her, her body very fragile, like she would break at the slightest of the touch. Her face was very pale but shone under the ceiling lamp. She looked like an angel from the sky, which is resting. Only if he could remove all her masks and needles, she would look no less than a sleeping beauty.