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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfa2PlJ10MA
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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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7w7o0rncY
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“What happened?” He asked Dad.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfAU5QDkFR
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“The Inspector attacked him out of the blue.” I exclaimed. “He…He…He was trying to strangle…”846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB2j9Epa7V
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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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzkXQrc4e3
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“Sunder…Do not report this incident.”846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNJloDJ1Sf
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“What! Not report…Dad…he…”846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcsJT1zHDP
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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?846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yWl6bFdD1
Uncle Sunder, on the other hand, was not at all surprised by Dad’s decision.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknYjKHmPAp
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“If you say so.” He nodded curtly and said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaL53airxZ
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The voice, calm and cool, spoke in my head. “Poor Ram…”846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOWlmah8Bx
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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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpgCgJ8lHf
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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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozxV1zSvDm
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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?”846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGJ0sjoqJJ
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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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJH9siZl7s3
I walked mechanically into the classroom. By the time I sat down on my bench, I was sobbing uncontrollably.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQChYdpDJZr
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To be continued...846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkj86GY3hM
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