Saksham was walking in the corridor with a slow pace, so Arjun was easily able to catch up to him. When he caught up to him, Arjun pulled Saksham"s shoulder and made him turn back. When Saksham turned, Arjun was about to give him a slap for his stupidity and the things he had done in the ward. But before he could even raise his hand, his entire body trembled as he saw Saksham"s red and wet eyes. His mind stopped working for a second.At that time, Saksham"s mouth quivered as a hoa.r.s.e sound escaped from his mouth, "Dad…There is no one in this whole world who can threaten you or mom. No…one!"
Hearing this, Arjun immediately understood the reason for Saksham"s wet eyes. It was him. It was the love of a son for his father. No one could see their parents being bullied, threatened, and pushed around by others. The gun which was pointed at Arjun made Saksham say all this in anger. Understanding all this, Arjun"s heart was filled with warmth and pain. He was very moved to see the love his son has for him. He looked at Saksham for a second and then ruffled his hair.
"You have grown up son. You are the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. Just as much as you can"t live without me, I too won"t be able to live without you. You are my own blood. And I am your dad and the husband of your mother. So, I will do anything in my power to protect you or your mother. I am willing to be pushed around and face the threat of the whole world just to keep you both safe. So, you don"t have to worry about this small stuff. As long as you are safe, I"ll be very satisfied with my efforts."
"You also have to understand this one thing son. We, middle-cla.s.s people, have no power and so we face the things that happened to us today. When you have enough power to shut up these people"s mouth without even saying a thing, then you can live a safe and easy life. But before you have such life, trying to face these powerful people head on is almost equal to courting death. Neither your mom and nor I would want to see such a thing happening to you. So, let"s go back and apologize to those people before they do anything to you." Arjun said very seriously.
Saksham wanted to say something but he stopped. He looked at his father for a while and nodded slowly. They went back to the ward. As soon as they entered the ward, Arjun"s brothers and sisters were about to leave with the money the men in black had out on the table. When they entered, the brutish looking man looked at them and laughed disdainfully, "Why? What happened? Back so early? Have something to say?"
Arjun bent on his knees and also pulled Saksham alongside himself, "Sir, please forgive my stupid son. He is a teenage child with hot blood. He said all that in the heat of the moment. Please have the magnanimity of forgiving this stupid son of mine. Please, sir. I apologize to you in his stead."
Saksham didn"t say anything all the time and just kept his head down. The brutish looking man looked at Saksham playfully and said, "Alright I accept your apology. But to see your sincerity, how about giving yourselves some slaps in the face? The harder the slaps, the more sincerity I would feel. How about it?"
Suddenly Saksham looked up with widened eyes. At the same moment, he heard a loud sound of a slap from his bedside. When he turned his head, he once again heard the loud sound. It was the sound of Arjun slapping himself on his face. With just two slaps, his whole face had become red. Anyone could see that the 2 slaps had been very hard from the degree of redness.
Saksham eyes became dull and he went in a daze as soon as he saw this. Until he came out of his absent-minded state, Arjun had already slapped himself quite a lot of time with his face swelling quite a lot.
Even the people standing behind the brutish looking man found the man to be very pitiful. They wanted to stop this but the authority and power of that brutish-looking man stopped them from interfering.
At this time, the brutish looking man said, "Stop! This is enough. It is getting boring. Just get the h.e.l.l out of here now. I won"t do anything to you son seeing your sincerity. But tell him that next time try to be a little cool minded."
Arjun stopped and stood up quickly. He thanked that brutish looking man again and again and then pulled Saksham out of the ward. But before Saksham went out of the room, he looked up at the brutish looking man...with the happiest smile on his face. He silently said something before he went out.
The brutish looking man shuddered instantly and his entire back was wet when he saw the smile. And when he thought about the words Saksham said before going out, a chill went down his spine. What Saksham said was…."You are dead now." Now, he suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart. He couldn"t understand where this feeling came from but he was feeling very uncomfortable. He shook his head and comforted himself by thinking that a little boy could not make him scared like this. It was some other reason. Yes, some other reasons.
So, he coughed a little and then turned back. He said, "Our job here is done and we"ll be heading back. No one is going to report what happened here otherwise you all know the consequences."
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"Yes, sir." Everyone said in unison.
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11:10 A.M
Saksham"s home
Saksham was now lying on his bed and Arjun was right now in his bedroom with Savitri, trying to calm her down. When she saw the swollen face of Arjun, she was almost close to tears in worry. When she heard the reason for that, he slapped Saksham twice before Arjun stopped her. But Savitri"s anger knew no bound. She still shouted at Saksham for his stupid deeds and how this could"ve gotten him killed. Even if he"s safe now, but Arjun had suffered in his stead.
Arjun had to pull Savitri to the bedroom to calm her down and told Saksham to go back to his room. Saksham dragged his body back to his room and straight fell onto the bed. Feeling the heat and pain from his cheeks, Saksham thought about all the things that happened today in the ward and felt a wave of blood rushing to his brain. Anger, unwillingness, hate, and some other emotions welled up in his chest. After a while, he calmed down and took out the notebook he had been recording down his thoughts and things done by his powers.
He read it whole and then closed his eyes for a moment and reopened them. He concentrated and said, "Charge!"
He felt the same familiar heat rising from his mouth and then spreading to all the parts of the body.