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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCYEIVAct7
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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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasd38ra2SU
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“What happened?” He asked Dad.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUgCv6wSr4
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“The Inspector attacked him out of the blue.” I exclaimed. “He…He…He was trying to strangle…”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOrQREtHrm
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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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1rjkgyWMt
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“Sunder…Do not report this incident.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEenqpsMwhy
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“What! Not report…Dad…he…”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3JpZSokqr
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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?876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dnLCW4dnq
Uncle Sunder, on the other hand, was not at all surprised by Dad’s decision.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2GGYvZSr7
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“If you say so.” He nodded curtly and said.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNP1EgO8Kk
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The voice, calm and cool, spoke in my head. “Poor Ram…”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5IHvcoGaa
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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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgiHYh8Lew
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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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwwujyH9bn
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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?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLFEyq0EHg
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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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlqBoD0CVy
I walked mechanically into the classroom. By the time I sat down on my bench, I was sobbing uncontrollably.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZIyfiezAV
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To be continued...876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcpVX87023
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