Hari went to change his drenched dress without locking the door; while he was slipping into his pyjamas the door slowly moved; instantly alerting Hari"s sharp senses.He abruptly wore his shirt and turned around; in fact, both happened in the same instant. Such quick actions were impossible for normal humans.
*phew*
"That"s a close call. Just false alarm; it"s the breeze, luckily no one"s around."
Hari was determined to keep his army life hidden, if anyone happened to see those scars of his, then hiding his past would be nothing but pipedream.
Only after seeing Shreya in the kitchen did he really relax; after all his encounter with her few minutes ago proved her uncommon background.
Few minutes later, they started their first post marriage dining. Needless to say the atmosphere was awkward and very uncomfortable for either of them.
*Cough*
Hari broke the silence with a mild cough.
"Everyone has their secrets, the only reason I agreed to this marriage was to safeguard mine. Like you guessed, I have a disturbing history and the past filled with mysteries.
I believe the Contract reserves my right over my privacy as much as it safeguards yours. So don"t go nosing around my past, it isn"t a pleasant story and you wouldn"t have a pleasant ending either."
Hari finished his piece in a single breath and waited for an agreement from the other party. Hari"s was threatening her indifferent cold voice; though she didn"t seem intimidated.
Shreya nodded in response after a small hesitation; after all, she wasn"t silly enough to break the contract herself. Seconds later the tension and awkwardness slowly vanished.
Both of them started having a normal conversation just about everything while having the dinner; they carefully avoiding sensitive topics involving their real background or occupation.
"So what really happened? Shemo"s too familiar around you, awfully accustomed for someone he just met?"
Shreya casually enquired.
"Ahh.. Shemo is it this fella"s name?" Hari asked with hesitation.
"Yes, it"s this fella. I found by a remote shed in the city; he was nearly flooded. Someone has been treating his wounds but the unexpected downpour nearly ruined him."
Shreya exaggerated the facts a little bit to probe him. Hari was utterly lost.
"I"ve been treating the little guy for a week now, but I never named but this woman just found him this evening and has already named him, that too Shemo..
What is "Shemo"? Why "Shemo"?"
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Hari could only mentally cry in bewilderment and then he patiently narrated the accident one week ago. Through which that stupid driver earned round of rebuke from Shreya.
Slowly both of them started having a lot more casual conversation before they retired to their rooms.
As for as the new member of the house, Shemo; he went to his cozy new bedding with Shreya completely ignoring Hari.
"Dogs are supposed to be loyal."
Again Hari could only mentally complain of injustice.
*****
11:00 AM, 25th July 2018, Wednesday, Chennai.
Hari slowly awoke, yesterday was simply a roller-costar ride, he was completely beaten. Thus he slept 12 hours straight to revitalize the energy he expended.
In the Hall, he found a small note on the refrigerator.
"Hari, I"ve a meeting this morning. So please arrange your own breakfast. Also I"ll be taking Shemo with me so don"t worry."
He just shook his head seeing the clock, he was a bit too late for breakfast. Hari tried calling Anil a couple of times but the opposite party"s line was engaged.
Since he was too bored, he sat before the television and picked a Zombie horror movie. Actually Hari would rarely spend time on the television but today the time seemed to moving very slowing, each minute seemed like an hour; maybe, he was just too excited to meet his brother after two years.
When the clock struck 8:00 pm Hari left the house in his trusty motorbike. He reached the park half-an-hour later thanks to the traffic.
The Velx Banyan Park, Chennai.
Humongous Banyan trees blanketing the entire park, hiding the park from moon; creates a beautiful scenery in the middle of the city.
Hari was rushing through the crowded park without admiring the breath taking scenery before his eyes, while his eagle eyes scanned the crowd for his friends.
The phone was dead, he could only curse his carelessness and grit his teeth look around for them.
After ten minutes, he finally found his brothers. They were sitting under the tree and happily chatting; from a distance Hari noticed this group of misfits.
A giant fatty, towering over six-and-half feet and slightly wider than the banyan"s trunk. A sickly thin transwoman stood shoulder to shoulder with the fatty.
Behind them three women, each of them had seductress hourgla.s.s figure igniting the belly fire even to the smallest man out there.
He swiftly ran to the group of five under the large Banyan tree. Suddenly, out of nowhere the two guys jumped up and dashed to Hari.
Hari spread his arms for a huge bear hug; unfortunately, all be received was a good round of thrashing.
The six and half foot monstrous fatty rammed into him, sending him flying. Then build man overtook Hari and cruelly pulled down.
Hari was ruthlessly crushed on to gra.s.s fields, even a couple of gra.s.s went through his mouth nearly choking him; three more joined trashing. Hari turned to a human punching until everyone vented all their frustration.
Resistance"s futile, fighting them is akin to crushing a rock with an egg or even worse. They were elite soldiers, while Hari"s a retired military man and crippled one nonetheless.
Hari was expecting a drama but not a one-sided thrashing, though it didn"t leave any permanent injuries his mobility would be severely dampened for a couple of days.
Actually he was to blame, after all they were left them hanging for good 2 years.
Hari just laid on the ground like dead meat, blankly staring into the starry sky; his teammates stood around in complete silence.
"So What happen during these two years.?" Hari casually asked without turning his head.
"Nothing much, once you left we all were reallocated to different squads. Then we all got…."
The fatso started to narrate the two years tale but Hari interrupted.
"Got into fights and again reallocated again and again till you voluntarily retired."
Hari looked at fatty for confirmation.
"Yeah, we.."
All the five of them hung their heads down while the fatty admitted him heavy guilt.