Entrenous : FIRE : Part 4

It was their third wedding anniversary. Time had flown like magic. The same morning, she had found out that she was pregnant. Krishna had gone for work the day before and hadn't returned. It always happened before the visit of the leadership. She hated it. She had fixed an appointment at Frontier for later that evening. She was practising various combinations on how to tell Krishna the happy news. As she was cooking lunch, her mobile rang. "Is this Mrs. Deepthi Krishna?" "Hm" "we are calling from Frontier can you come over right now?" Before she could clarify her appointment was slated for the evening the man had hung up. It sounded like an emergency she thought. She switched off the stove and immediately left. She went straight to the reception and announced "I'm Deepthi Krishna, I got a call...". One of the attendants immediately rose from her seat. "Mam could you please follow me?". Deepthi walked behind her trying to keep up the pace, a slight fear began to creep in. Her fear increased multifold as the attendant walked into 'casualty'.
"Mrs. Deepthi Krishna? There has been an accident. Your husband has suffered a head injury and we are not able to save him. I'm sorry" said the doctor. She didnt know which emotion was stronger - sorrow or anger. Unable to stop the tears from coming she said "Take me to him". She immediately took his hand in hers. A faint pulse. His eyes were closed. She rested his head on her right arm like cradling a baby. She wanted to tell him a million things. Everything else could wait. She lifted his right arm and brought his palm slowly to touch her stomach. As his palm was half way in the air, krishna breathed last. She held him close to her feeling the last warmth of him. She cuddled him weeping like a child, thinking her heart beat would give him life.
Her thoughts raced back to how they had fallen in love, how spontaneous it was and their wedding. Three golden years of happy memories. "Mrs. Krishna ?" "Yes Doctor" "Im sorry for the loss. I pray to God to give you strength. At this moment I have to ask you something. Mr. Krishna had pledged his eyes with us. We have a baby needing it right now. Can we?" His eyes. How they always seemed to know what she wanted. "Yes Doctor, please go ahead". His eyes would live on. Strong the woman she was, she wiped her tears and engulfed the reality ahead of her. She informed his parents and they were to take the next flight. She could not bring herself to referring to him as 'the body'. Krishna would be home for the last time.
She made all the arrangements by herself. Her father in law would do the cremation. She insisted she would go with them. As he set Krishna ablaze, she had second thoughts of jumping into the pyre. And then she realized she was not alone. Her little krishna was living inside her.