But suddenly her body paused hearing his thunderous tone.

"You shall do no harm to her. You will not dare to think about doing anything to her."

His voice soared through the church, reverberating against the dilapidated walls.

"You can think of ruining my life and I can't think of even putting a finger on her?"

"You will not dare to do any such thing because I still have a copy of your video and I will submit it to the 'Federation of State Medical Boards' and you know what will happen after that."

Her confidence took a hit and he could see that in her eyes.

He pulled his handkerchief and wrapped it around his bleeding right hand and said,

"There... the thing that you are feeling right now is fear. And I want you to remember that because the board will not only cancel your medical permit but will also put you behind the bars immediately. So think twice before laying a finger on her. You will rot behind the bars where no one would be listening to your yelps."

She looked at him all murderously and said,

"Then I better do the deed right now."

Saying that she tuned back but he stopped her.

"Wait."

"You do not have to stoop so low Oshana. You do not have to do all this. This is not who you are."

"No you are right, this is not who I am. But a glimpse of who I will be if you try to double-cross me."

Saying that she left the premises.

Dr. Nelson stood there all baffled for a moment, trying hard to grasp what had just happened. 

He was a normal man, with a normal secluded routine life, after his wife had passed away. So all this was like some action-packed movie that doesn't happen in real life. So it was hard for him to digest all the sequence of events which had happened in the last couple of days.

Taking a deep breath, he walked towards his car. 

Even though the cut wasn't deep, it was long and had caused considerable bleeding. 

But his concern right now was Akira. So he immediately picked up his phone and called her up.

"Hello"

"Hello Akira"

"Hello, Dr. Nelson. Everything ok?"

She asked as she could hear him panting heavily.

"Everything fine with me. But just stay safe. Dr. Oshana might try to physically harm you."

"What are you talking about?"

"She had called me to meet her alone, at this place and then she gave a threatening that..."

But before he could even complete his sentence, a passerby who was worried seeing his bleeding hand asked him,

"Sir, you need any help? Shall I take you to the hospital nearby?"

"No.. no..It's all fine. Thank you."

Dr. Nelson replied all politely.

"But the bleeding is ..."

"I am a doctor, I will handle."

Dr. Nelson spoke all softly to the random stranger, blocking the phone so that Akira didn't hear the conversation, but unfortunately, she did hear it all and when he went back to the call, she was almost hysterical,

"What did she do? What happened? Are you all right? Tell me where you are, I will send an ambulance."

Saying that she picked up her car keys and walked towards the lift.

"Hold on Akira. do not panic. It's just a cut. Nothing serious."

"Did she do this to you. Did it happen because of me?"

She asked all apologetically.

Taking a deep breath he said,

"It's just a minor cut. I injured myself while lifting an old table at this church. Didn't know it had a nail underneath. That's all. I am totally fine. I am going back to my hospital. You do not have to worry about anything. Just stay safe and don't wander off alone. She will not dare to do anything to you in a crowded place."

"Ok, I will. Please take care."

She said and disconnected the call, but instead of going back, she went down and started her car and went straight to his hospital.

The receptionist was about to block her from entering Dr. Nelson's room, but Stella stopped her from doing so. Looking at a worried Akira, she said,

'What happened?"

"I need to see him urgently. Please."

"You can go-ahead !"

She knew that one of the doctors was doing the stitches on Dr. Nelson's hands and normally she wouldn't have allowed anyone to go, but since she had heard everything about Akira from Nelson, she let her in.

As Akira entered the room, she saw Dr. Nelson's hand placed over a sterilized pad, and another doctor had just finished giving him stitches. Suddenly she felt like she had a lump in her throat.

That cut was no not from a nail like he had mentioned. 

He was startled to see her there in the room and said,

"I told you not to go wander off alone."