9 floors, he has to walk entire 9 floors, with her on his back. Ah!! It would be mercy from heaven, if he still could walk perfectly, afterwards.
He thought, she would leave him alone. But naah, after reaching the 10th floor, both sit at the staircase, one on the wall side, another on the handle side.
After almost one or two hours later, did they get up and went in front of Ashoka's room, whose condition was still critical, and who was still in emergency room, being dealt by doctors.
After another wait of two hours, finally the lights of the emergency room were turned off, indiating one thing, operation is done.
Soon, the doctor emerged out of the room, in their still surgical clothes, she didn't even move from her place, the nearby chair stand, to ask whether the person inside is dead or alive.