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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHV7hv1AbFu
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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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjqAIeUASi
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“What happened?” He asked Dad.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxJfJw0BkN
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“The Inspector attacked him out of the blue.” I exclaimed. “He…He…He was trying to strangle…”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSquqmivPx
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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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbi1EhJXLv
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“Sunder…Do not report this incident.”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzyT6v2DJr
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“What! Not report…Dad…he…”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCkyWhq3Fa
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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?840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0exZyyd6IP
Uncle Sunder, on the other hand, was not at all surprised by Dad’s decision.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDqdMEeoB7
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“If you say so.” He nodded curtly and said.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK0ad4VkG1
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The voice, calm and cool, spoke in my head. “Poor Ram…”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQo0UsaCpb6
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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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2n3O32PegV
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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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRaScQrOYQ
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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?”840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBcsq5kG2P
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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.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVphYs2jMK
I walked mechanically into the classroom. By the time I sat down on my bench, I was sobbing uncontrollably.840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMN7ShaqYE
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To be continued...840Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIJi3a8I1d
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