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And again, she was lost in his words. The last thing she had expected was

to see a doctor like him buckle down and spill out skeletons from his past.
The first rule is not ‘not to be emotional’, it’s to ‘move on’. From one
patient to another, from one disease to another, from one set of grieving

moms and crying dads to another.
‘I don’t think you can blame yourself for that woman. Or for Pihu.

You’re doing your best and that’s what we are supposed to do.’
‘I know that, Zarah. I just feel … sorry for her.’

‘We all do,’ she answered.
‘I just hope it works,’ he said and dug his face into his palms.

‘Same here.’ She patted his back.
‘How’s Dushyant doing?’
She felt strange because of all the patients that she attended to, he always

asked only about Dushyant.
‘He is fine. Let’s see. He is under observation and I hope he pulls

through,’ she said.
‘Don’t make the mistake I did,’ he croaked and closed his eyes.

Zarah switched off the light and left the room knowing she had already
made the mistake.