Anjali sighed and got to her feet. In the last checkup that Vikram had companied her to, the doctors had declared that she had successfully beat her cancer. She was still on medication but the cancerous cells were totally flushed out of her system and so far there was no recurrence. A month had passed since her last checkup. Even though she had her worries eating her alive often, Vikram was there to bring her out of her fears and insecurities. "I am not letting you die.." That's what he would often say to her and those words felt like the light in her darkness. She looked over herself in the mirror. She had visibly gained some extra pounds after her treatment which was a result of all the love and affection she was receiving from Vikram and others in her family. "Akka, you look beau