The Typewriter-5

"What happened to him ?" asked the nurse at the hospital.

"I don't know, it was quite a sudden fainting," replied Charles to the asked question.

Just then the doctor appears there, examines Howard thoroughly and looks at Charles "No need to panic, he fainted from weakness, I give them injections and splints, a little while."

I will regain consciousness, discharge by evening", the doctor tells Charles.

"Okay then, I'll come by evening to pick him up," Charles tells the doctor and takes the delivery money out of Howard's pocket and deposits it at the hospital.

After telling the nurse Howard comes to his senses, he also arranges for him to be fed chicken soup from the hospital canteen.

Then takes Howard's van and goes to his workplace.

But he was worried that why suddenly Howard's health had deteriorated, until morning it was fine, then what suddenly happened.

At the end of the day's work, Charles headed to the hospital, taking Howard's van.

Even while going to the hospital, the same thing was going on in Charles' mind that there must be something in that Woods Villa, only then Howard has become in such a condition.

Woods Villa is keeping many secrets hidden inside itself, now Howard could reveal the secret of what had happened to him, Charles was very curious to know, this was the reason why he was on the streets of London, at full speed he ran the van and reached the hospital.

As soon as he entered the hospital, the nurse blocked his way.

"Your friend grabbed my waist as soon as he regained consciousness and started kissing tightly, I had to call the ward boy for help, he was repeatedly saying don't leave me... don't leave me, then for a while after he became normal, has this poor man left his sweetheart or has been deceived in love", the nurse told Charles the story of Howard again after telling the whole situation of the day.

"No, nothing like that... before that he didn't have any relationship with any girl, being his closest friend I can say that he's still a virgin, I'll go and talk to him", Charles told the nurse everything and headed towards Howard's room.

"Ah, you've come, my friend, you've been so supportive of me, how am I going to repay this favor to you?" said Howard, looking at Charles as he entered the hospital room.

"What is the point of favor in this, I have done the duty of being a good friend, you would have done the same", said Charles, holding Howard's hand and sitting on the bed.

"No, I mean I was talking about the hospital bill you paid," Howard said, looking at Charles.

"What, the hospital bill, oh brother, I paid that too with the delivery money from your own pocket", Charles cleared Howard's misunderstanding and confronted him with reality.

Whose slight blow is felt by Howard, because after so much trouble, the money earned so easily goes away to anyone, yet Howard manages himself in some way.

"This hospital nurse was telling that you were kissing her by holding her waist and saying something upright, after all, what is the affair, so much so that you do not get deluded every Saturday even after drinking alcohol", Charles continued and asked Howard the reason for his action.

"I don't know man, I don't remember anything very well but when I went out of Woods Villa to call the gate keeper for help, there was a strong wind after that someone called me from behind, I turned back and saw some one in that Woods Villa and she was a beautiful girl, I remember she was in fact she... She invited me over to her but I may have fainted", Howard explained the whole thing to Charles.

"So you say there was another unknown person in Woods Villa that we didn't even know about", said Charles, doubting Howard's words.

"I'm telling the truth, there was that girl, young, beautiful and alive, otherwise what's the point of seeing me that too early in the morning", Howard said to Charles, sticking to his words.

"Maybe there is a girl there but she should have seen me too and when you were brought by the gate keeper there was no one with him, if there was a girl you saw, she was inside the villa when you fainted should have come, because there was a strong storm outside, where would that girl disappear", said Charles, looking at him, disagreeing with Howard's words.

"Trust me there was a girl alive, whom I saw, my eyes can't deceive, now I can't tell what happened after I fainted, well remember maybe that girl doesn't want to come in front of you", Howard still stuck to his words said to Charles, but now his words forced Charles to think too.

Charles too was now beginning to think that if there was another person present, why would he want to hide from him.

"Well that can be debated later, it's time to get out of here", said Charles to Howard.

"Yeah you're probably right, let's get ready to walk, there's still some weakness in walking, go see the doctor", Howard said to Charles.

In this, the doctor himself appeared once again there, "There is no need to go anywhere, I have come here myself, I have prescribed some medicines, take them before leaving, the patient will get strength and three day later come for a checkup, you'll know how much recovery has been done, now you can take him", said the doctor, extending a letter to Charles.

Charles took the prescription letter and took medicines from the hospital's medical store and took Howard to his house.

"I'll stay with you tonight to take care of you, by tomorrow you'll be a little better," said Charles to Howard driving the van.

"Yeah, that'll be fine, I might not be able to take care of myself alone, it would be a great relief to be with you", said Howard, agreeing with Charles.

Charles was driving the van straight in the direction of Howard's house because Howard was worried about him too.

He was going through difficult times, he could see things that Charles could not see and this was a matter of concern for Charles too.

To be continued...

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