"Does it hurt too much?"

Rhetorical question. Keerthi would get scolded either way,she knew it.

"Um."

"Go to sleep. Maybe it'll be better in the morning."

"Yeah.Ouch", Keerthi cried when she put some pressure on her hips.

Vikram swallowed,"I think we should go to the hospital."

Keerthi's side throbbed in pain,tears welling her eyes. Did she really break something?

"It's fine", Keerthi said hesitantly. She wasn't sure anymore. A simple bruise didn't hurt that much,surely.

"Come on",Vikram picked his wife in his arms.

Keerthi smiled when her husband took her hand in his, kissing the back of it and released it,as he shifted the gear.

"There was really no need",Keerthi...