Page 120 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

Isha is about to settle in the passenger seat when Avyan suddenly remembers that his brother ordered Bhairav to burn his car if ever Isha sits in it...

"Bhabhi sa... woh... (that...)", Avyan started and Isha understood what was going on in her brother-in-law's mind, her husband's warnings are not that easy to forget, they send chills to anyone...

"Avyan, I'll take care of it, for now let's go...", Isha said settling in, she no longer had patience, she is very worried for Amruta...

"Bhabhi sa...", Avyan sighed before settling in the driver seat... "this is my favourite car, I bought it with 3 years of savings, please don't let anything happen to it", Avyan requested wearing his seat belt and driving off...

"Avyan... seriously ?? Now tell me what happened to ma", she asked, Avyan took a deep breath before starting with the story...

"Ma woke up late in the morning as she had a slight headache, she was rushing downstairs to prepare lunch for bhai sa to send him when she slipped and fell off the stairs, her ankle and knees are badly hurt, luckily the injury wasn't life-threatening as her head was safe from the hit, but her knees need an operation...", Avyan completed, and Isha's eyes teared up and soon she started sobbing blaming herself for the mishap, if she was there, her mother-in-law wouldn't have rushed things...

"Bhabhi sa, please control yourself... she is fine, please just convince her to get the operation done... the doctors gave her the basic treatment but they need the patient's consent as well as the family's for the surgery which she isn't willing to give...", Avyan said

"Did you inform your bhai sa ??", Isha asked after wiping her tears, still her heart ached a lot for her mother-in-law... Avyan's face turned bitter hearing her...

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"Bhai sa, please come here... Ma slipped from the stairs, I rushed her to the hospital... she is fine now but doctors said she needs knee surgery", Avyan informed his brother over the phone...

"Okay... go to the office and take care of the work there...", Abhyansh said shocking Avyan...

"Bhai sa... Ma needs surgery and I...", Avyan started but Abhyansh cut him off...

"Are you going to perform the surgery?? Just get back to work Avyan", Abhyansh said hanging up...

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How could he be so heartless?? After those cruel words, Avyan didn't have the courage to inform him of his mother's demand, he went back to convince her but she is very stubborn, that's when he rushed to his Bhabhi sa for help...

"Did you or did you not Avyan ??", Isha asked

"I did Bhabhi sa..", Avyan said taking a deep sigh...

"Then ?? What did he say ??", Isha asked, she knew her husband's hatred for her mother-in-law but he at least would have asked about her condition right ??

"He asked me to get back to the office as she is not dying now", Avyan said, clearly frustrated with the way his brother responded... Isha is taken aback by Avyan's words...

"What ??", she asked in disbelief, her husband can't be so ruthless to his own mother right ??

Avyan took a deep breath before detailing his conversation with his brother... Isha fumed in anger listening to it, they reached the hospital and she rushed to her mother-in-law's ward...

"Ma... ", Isha said looking at her mother-in-law laying on the bed in a hospital gown, her left hand attached to an IV drip, bandages around her elbows...

Amruta slowly opened her eyes hearing her daughter-in-law...

"Isha... meri bachi... (My daughter)", Amruta meekly called with a strained smile on her face...

"Ma... why are you so negligent... you must be in so much pain...", Isha said, tears slipping her eyes looking at her mother-in-law...

"I am fine... don't worry", Amruta assured though she was far from it

"Please get the surgery done... I'll ask Avyan to inform the doctors", Isha pleaded but looks like this time her mother-in-law is too stubborn to give in to Isha's pleas...

"Not until my elder son comes here and calls me ma... I'm scared Isha... what if I die without hearing 'ma' from him again ?? I don't want to die like this Isha, Abhyansh is my eldest son, I know I hurt him a lot but I regret it... I want my son back... only you can do it... he will listen to you, please get him here, I want to see him... I beg you", Amruta was a sobbing mess by the end of it, and tears made their way into Isha's eyes looking at her mother-in-law so vulnerable for the first time...

"Ma.... please... don't do this to yourself, please agree to the surgery, I promise, I will bring your son here for sure, please agree to the surgery", Isha pleaded, Amruta shook her head still sobbing...

"I want to see my son first and hear him call me 'ma', until then, I won't go to the operation theatre", Amruta was being adamant, Isha sighed before nodding her head...

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