"There an Antique shop owner bought me, and I spent the next decade in that shop. The shopkeeper was a gentleman, though he didn"t grant me any freedom I was never abused or maltreated.Escaping wasn"t an option either, the slaves were implanted with an electronic chip. If the slave moves 100 meters from the tags, we will be electrocuted to death.
Nearly after a decade, the old man died, and his heir granted me freedom.
By then, I was already 15 years away from my home.
With great struggle, I returned to our country; I traveled all the way to Chennai from Thailand to my family.
Unfortunately, everything was too late by then. My family had totally erased my existence, my little boy didn"t recognize me anymore; my lovely daughter seemed to have forgotten me.
Lastly, my wife totally ignored me; not a word was spoken, but you know at times silence can be a lot sharper them words. Just their eyes, it pierced through my heart; their anger and hatred shattered my heart into pieces.
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From then on, I would visit the house every Sunday and stand outside till dusk, pleading for their forgiveness. It took me 3 years to reach the lawn from the gate."
Rishi ended with a great sense of achievement; though Hari couldn"t really understand his feeling, he could sympathize with a fellow man in deep sorrow.
"Why don"t you just tell them the truth; you did what you did in the best of intentions?"
Hari thoughtlessly suggested.
"huh..if only life was so simple. It"s irrefutable that my actions were well-meant, but you can"t escape the consequences just because you"re well-meant.
Everything said and done, I"m a failure as a father and a husband. My kids grew without a father while my wife went through a lot of difficulties to raise our children single-handedly."
Rishi paused a bit and downed another cup of wine; his eyes were filled with grief.
"I indeed need their forgiveness, but it shouldn"t be forced or out of pity."
Rishi was very firm in his stance; Hari, he could never talk him into telling the truth.
Hari quietly pondered a few minutes silently and looked at the men drinking sorrow.
Rakesh also has a tragic past, the only difference in his case is that his wife separated from him. Actually, after having a baby, Rakesh"s wife pleaded to him quit from the army. Rakesh turned a deaf ear to her pleading, he just completely ignored it.
In the accident two years ago, not Hari lost three of his brothers; she also lost her elder brother. One of them was Rakesh"s Brother-in-law or his wife"s elder brother.
His demise struck hard on her; after a quarrel, she left Rakesh with their baby.
Though he later quit from the army, Rakesh"s wife still refused to return. Her mindset had totally changed by then; she would instead raise their son as a fatherless child than have a father who dies in their childhood.
Her brother"s death broke hit too hard on their family; she didn"t want her child to go through the same sufferings and pain as her niece.
Even after retiring, Rakesh couldn"t leave everything behind him; if there was an emergency situation, he might be called back. Though he wasn"t obliged to return, it was almost given that Rakesh wouldn"t turn his back to his mother nation.
A couple of years, Hari was too busy wallowing in self-pity to notice his brother"s family breaking into shambles.
Till the party ended, Hari gave the two men a silent company. Neither Rishi nor Rakesh spoke a word; they silently downed two bottles of wine.
2 hours later, Early morning at 3 AM….
Hari walked to their office upstairs; all his brothers followed him with serious faces.
"Hari, what happened? Why did you suddenly take off? Where have you been for the past 2 days?"
Kiya asked in an uncertain tone while her eyes were filled with concern. Everyone in the room keenly looked at Hari, they all knew Hari wasn"t a reckless person.
"Kiya pull out the CCTV footage; we had company from Ori Realm."
Immediately all their faces changed; Kiya didn"t make any delay. In a matter of seconds, the footage was presented on the computer.
Hari pointed at the screen, and Kiya marked nine guests, excluding Shreya.
"Kiya pull out their information; they are our targets."
Hari directed, and Kiya immediately sprang into action. In just ten minutes, all their data was gathered.
"Hari, all of them, has a clean background, in fact, they are just too ordinary, and nothing about them seems suspicious.
As most of the guests, most of these guys are also businessmen, to be precise with numbers 5 businessmen, a high profile doctor, and two famous lawyers and one scientist.
In the background software is trying to establish any relation between them, it might take a few minutes, but it"ll be a thorough check. Here these are the information I have gathered on these 9 individuals."
Kiya pa.s.sed on a bunch of papers to Hari without turning her head, she was totally focused on the computer. There were just too many things happening on the computer that none of them could follow anything.
Hari carefully went through the data, Kiya was always exhaustive with details. It took him a quarter an hour to read through all the information.
"Adam L. Gekas, the Textile merchant, make a note of this name he"ll be our target; this guy had a tinge of bloodl.u.s.t, though it was concealed."
After careful consideration, Hari chose that man.
"Sushani, we need the merchant. This guy will most likely be a handful, an exiled teen was as strong as you guys.
Kiya, you run a Third Degree investigation on Gekas and Second Degree examination on others; also keep Sushani. Guys exercise utmost caution; we can"t afford mistakes."
"Anil, you will be in charge of the office, and Priya, you"ll have to learn about the family living in the address that I"ll forward shortly. Try collecting as much information as possible, the focus should be on their character umm.. take Rakesh with you."
Anil was more or less adapted to Hari"s aggressive leadership, and he"s also gotten used to being ordered around.
Everyone in the room understood the seriousness attached to their task, so all of them were fired up. Deep within, everyone was curious to dig the secrets of Ori Realm; there were just too many mysteries swirling around it.
Sushani equipping her a.s.sa.s.sin suit, a unique camouflage. Kiya was busy gathering information about Gekas. Priya and Rakesh were seriously discussing their strategy.
Anil and Riya helping them, Riya was getting data on family residing in the address given to Priya while Anil pa.s.sing on all the information gathered by Kiya to Sushani.
Hari was pacing up and down in confusion with a cigarette between his fingers. His strange behavior went totally unnoticed under the eyes of his brothers, who were too involved.
Just as everyone was about to start, Hari abruptly stopped their tracks.
"Wait, minute, guys."
After some internal struggle, he opened his mouth; all his brothers were slightly surprised to their brother being so indecisive.
"A couple of months ago, I met a guy; I even mentioned him to teacher."