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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg4orsi9TA
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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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEKuFTAaf5
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“What happened?” He asked Dad.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEbBA3CcmA
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“The Inspector attacked him out of the blue.” I exclaimed. “He…He…He was trying to strangle…”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzwtMCnzhG
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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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvEwj7ko0Y
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“Sunder…Do not report this incident.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45j7cRB7wC
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“What! Not report…Dad…he…”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYahgiolyv
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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?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOFcq69BRz
Uncle Sunder, on the other hand, was not at all surprised by Dad’s decision.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1ZFnHBtB0
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“If you say so.” He nodded curtly and said.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbuZBN7UBC
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The voice, calm and cool, spoke in my head. “Poor Ram…”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlOuLbdhqG
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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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXvNfi6zhV
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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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqGi78WZP3
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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?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetI6ABiuz9
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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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiemzhC4ll
I walked mechanically into the classroom. By the time I sat down on my bench, I was sobbing uncontrollably.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJWWJh7vWD
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To be continued...757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5q5hwITRu
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