A scream escaped my lips as the Inspector’s hand tightened around my Dad’s neck. I flung myself upon him and tried to pry his hands off. It mildly registered in my head that my Dad wasn’t fighting back. I could hear him trying to say something as the Inspector punched and hit him.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6l20qGkuCa
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“Sir! What in the world are you doing?” Someone pushed me away roughly and pulled the Inspector away from my Dad. My mind was so confused that it took me a while to recognize the person who intervened. It was Uncle Sunder. He was assisting the Inspector in the investigation. He was also a dear friend of my Dad.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSBCcgBInP
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“What happened?” He asked Dad.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gv7zKQOtz
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“The Inspector attacked him out of the blue.” I exclaimed. “He…He…He was trying to strangle…”760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xt2f2GHXk
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The Inspector did not look any less angry. But he seemed to realize the gravity of what he had done. He mumbled something like an apology to Dad and walked away.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBxT0z0lXG
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“Sunder…Do not report this incident.”760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwKFGsmEBc
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“What! Not report…Dad…he…”760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn57KZwKyT
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“It was thoughtless of him.” Dad said. He stroked his neck. I could see the angry red marks of the Inspector’s fingers. Why? Why was he letting it go? Why didn’t he want the Inspector punished?760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdytbw08U2g
Uncle Sunder, on the other hand, was not at all surprised by Dad’s decision.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMdUqCEmZT
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“If you say so.” He nodded curtly and said.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHUt8KgxTJ
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The voice, calm and cool, spoke in my head. “Poor Ram…”760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaXo2NBZbJ
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Uncle Sunder left soon after. The spectators left too as the show was over. As Dad lead me to my class, deaf to the million questions that I threw at him, the rational part of my brain rushed to an unpleasant conclusion.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgwmaxQ4p2
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Everything that the Inspector said was true. If it was so…Could I blame him for attacking Dad? I felt numb, helpless…Unable to even think about the things I heard.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZXWvU2nf3
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“They’re all true, aren’t they? The things that the Inspector said…” I asked him, as we reached the class. “Is that why you are not answering my questions?”760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfYBk7FfXi
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I hoped…I desperately hoped he would shout at me…say that not a word of those dreadful accusations was true. But…He…He just went away. Without a word…Without a single word.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56zVJaycpk
I walked mechanically into the classroom. By the time I sat down on my bench, I was sobbing uncontrollably.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TqKbZ55bH
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To be continued...760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzECFZbA5V
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