Love In Mountains chapter 3

A young woman wearing a crisp white blazer over her half-sleeved blue scrubs entered while her brown hair tied back in a ponytail..

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

despite the chaos, there was a calm intensity in her gaze...

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

Staff, my duty is off, here's the list–

Faiz Malik (ML's frnd)

Oh thank God, finally a Desi..!! (eyes lit up with relief)

He blurted, as a hope flickered across his face like the New Year's lights outside...

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

What did you just say? (arched eyebrow)

Faiz Malik (ML's frnd)

Are you—

nurse

Page the on-call surgeon..!! The patient's going into hypovolemic shock..!! (voice shrill with emergency)

Faiz was about to speak, but was immediately cut off as a nurse bolted out from the emergency room...

Faiz Malik (ML's frnd)

(stormed back toward the A&E)

A&E= accident & emergency

Nurse/Dr.

(hurriedly dialing a number on the landline)

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

what's going on? (turned toward the nurse at the desk)

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

No, tell me, what's the case?

Her tone shifted from confusion to clinical sharpness in seconds...

Nurse/Dr.

Firearm injury. Male, late 20s, brought in by a friend. Vitals crashing—

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

(dashed towards A&E)

Parishay didn't wait for more. She had come to hand over her shift, her duty was over for the night, but something about the chaos pulled her in...

Her instinct, her training, her sheer sense of responsibility didn't allow her to walk away...

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

(entered the A&E)

Her eyes landed on him...

A towering man, blood staining his shoulder and coat, while his face was ghost-pale but still carved in sheer arrogance...

Mir Zaroon Khan(ML)

(laying unconscious on stretcher)

His jaw was clenched even in unconsciousness. Something about him struck like a punch...

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

Get me a 16-gauge IV..! Check his BP..! Push warm fluids—fast..! And elevate his legs..!!

Her voice rang clearly in the ER commanding the nurses around...

Faiz Malik (ML's frnd)

Is— is he going to be alright? (panicking)

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

(turned sharply towards him) Sir, please wait outside...

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

(turned to a nurse) Shift him to OT. And call Dr. Sheikh–immediately...!!

OT=Operation Theatre

Nurse/Dr.

Yes, Doc...

Faiz Malik (ML's frnd)

My friend–

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

PLEASE..!! WAIT OUTSIDE, SIR...! (eyes scanning the vitals on the monitor)

Faiz Malik (ML's frnd)

O..Okay.. (spared a gaze at Zaroon)

then Faiz left, and Parishay took out her mobile..

and dialed the number saved as "Sheikh"..

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

Come on, Man... Pick up the call...

He picked up after a few rings, his voice tense, clearly in the middle of something...

Dr. Kabir Sheikh(FL's frnd)

📱 Pari? Please tell me this isn't another collapsed lung or bleeding trauma—

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

📱 Afraid it's worse. GSW to the shoulder. Male, late twenties, signs of hypovolemic shock. BP's dropping. Where are you?

GSW= gunshot wound

Dr. Kabir Sheikh(FL's frnd)

📱 Still closing up the sigmoid colectomy. This guy's intestines are practically a puzzle. I need another twenty minutes at least...

Kabir was stitching while a nurse was holding his mobile, and its speaker was on...

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

📱 We don't have twenty minutes, Man. He's already tachycardic, and the exit wound's ugly. I'll stabilize him and prep for OT...

Dr. Kabir Sheikh(FL's frnd)

📱 You're supposed to be off-duty, Doctor... (sigh of relief)

nurse

(pushing Zaroon's stretcher towards OT)

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

📱 And you're supposed to answer your pages faster, Dr. Kabir...

Dr. Kabir Sheikh(FL's frnd)

📱 Still bossy, huh?

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

📱 Still slow, huh? (running behind the stretcher)

Dr. Kabir Sheikh(FL's frnd)

📱 Fine, fine. Hold the fort. I'll scrub out as soon as I'm done..

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

📱 I'll keep him alive till then. Just don't make me do the stitching.. he's got that "bite-your-head-off" look... (entered OT)

Dr. Kabir Sheikh(FL's frnd)

📱Come on, You always did love a challenge...

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

📱 Kabir... he's different. And dangerous, I think... (looked at Zaroon's face)

nurse

(shifting Zaroon on OT bed)

Dr. Kabir Sheikh(FL's frnd)

📱 Aren't they all, Pari? Just don't let him charm you mid-surgery.. (chuckled)

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

📱 Sheikh k bachay...!! Birru, Jaldi pohanch..!! (Raju, You little brat..!! Get here fast)

Dr. Kabir Sheikh(FL's frnd)

📱 Larki, Tum– (Girl, you–)

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

(ended call)

She ended the call with a small shake of her head, already turning back to the patient, and two nurses were attaching the monitor wires and fluids to him..

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

let's save this hulk... (adjusting gloves)

Parishay Zaman Shah (FL)

Kabir was more than a colleague.. he was her class fellow from medical school. Her friend... He'd trust her to handle this until he could take over...

Pari's duty may have ended on the clock, but in that moment, her oath kicked in.. and so did fate...

To be continued