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.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaBfK16Cr0
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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.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuqg0JBsI1
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“What happened?” He asked Dad.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZwZiCF27x
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“The Inspector attacked him out of the blue.” I exclaimed. “He…He…He was trying to strangle…”701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKfzLV4jAY
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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.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsp00d1Oso
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“Sunder…Do not report this incident.”701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgrGRNjxCp
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“What! Not report…Dad…he…”701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6nkBf4Dov
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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?701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTo8obn6Ws
Uncle Sunder, on the other hand, was not at all surprised by Dad’s decision.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjTMwxh2ZR
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“If you say so.” He nodded curtly and said.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmShdt7RgZ
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The voice, calm and cool, spoke in my head. “Poor Ram…”701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa16UTeCEsw
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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.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnOmx9TaYN
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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.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlULkuNjhM
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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?”701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1tEWnMCt5
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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.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV18KaeoSg
I walked mechanically into the classroom. By the time I sat down on my bench, I was sobbing uncontrollably.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLy6JSVW88
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To be continued...701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7Rj9RfIrx
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