A Blank Cheque

The next morning, Dharna opened her eyes with difficulty when the blazing light of the sun penetrated her eyelids. She put the hand in front of her eyes to save herself from the increasing headache.

She then sat up with difficulty as she was feeling pain all over her body as a truck had run over her. She felt a soft mattress beneath her. She felt puzzled as she tried to recall what had happened before she fell unconscious.

She looked around and found that she was in an unfamiliar room. she then remembered that she had an accident and she saw a pair of long legs and black leather shoes which stopped near her.

She looked at her clothes, which were intact. She heaved a sigh of relief as she was in an unfamiliar place and did not know the person who brought her here.

She was about to get up when the door of the room opened and a man walked in. he stopped in his tracks when he saw Dharna had woken up and staring at her intently.

He was in a grey T-shirt and black sweatpants. His hair was dishevelled which made him more alluring and charming. His t-shirt, face, and biceps were full of sweat, and had a water bottle in his hand, showing that he just did the exercise.

Dharna had never seen such a handsome man.

“You are awake?” he spoke.

She nodded her head before speaking. “What happened to me and where am I?”

“You are at my boss’s house”. The man answered.

Dharna frowned. “Your boss? Who is it?” she asked.

“Last night, my boss accidentally hit you with his car and You fell unconscious after that and he brought you here”. he explained.

“Why brought me here but not in the hospital?” she murmured which she thought he did not hear.

“By the way, my name is Rohan. What is yours?” he asked while extending his hand towards her to shake.

“Dharna”. She shook hands with him. then she took the purse which was at the side table near the bed and spoke. “I would like to go now”.

Rohan nodded and put his hand in his sweatpants pocket and took out a cheque.

“This is for you as compensation from my boss. It is a blank cheque and you can add whatever amount you want”. Dharna took the cheque from his hand and looked at it. It was a really blank cheque. She looked at Rohan with wide eyes and asked.

“Whatever amount I want?”

He nodded his head in response.

She then added again. “How much amount can I fill?” Rohan looked at her, thinking of her as the same as some gold-digging girl.

He sighed and spoke. “You can fill one million, two million, or fifty million, whatever amount you want”. He spoke rudely. He thought that she must be different from other girls with whom he had encountered earlier, looking at his face. But appearance does deceive people.

But then he heard her murmur to herself. “I had twenty thousand dollars in savings and I need fifty thousand dollars”. She started to make some calculations.

After some time, she looked at him and asked.  “Can I… Can I fill forty thousand dollars? I need only this much amount. Don’t worry I will pay you back after I have enough money. I swear!!!”. She spoke excitedly as her heart beat against her ribcage.

She finally got money and saved her sister. She had already borrowed money from the blank for her treatment and also asked around but to no avail.

Therefore, when Rohan offered her a blank cheque she accepted it without any hesitation.

However, Rohan looked at her in confusion. “You only need forty thousand dollars and you will also pay it back when you got yourself money?” he asked to confirm as he was suspecting that his ears were playing a prank on him.

Then he stepped forward, intimidating her. “What are you playing at little wolf?”