It was a long weekend indeed, and the day had been incredibly sluggish, and was just not passing by, until I heard someone knock the door, and he was Ronnie who was one of my best school friends, who came to our place along with his parents. His parents was in close acquaintance with mine, and were quite familiar with each other. I was indeed exicited about the fact that, they might have an overnight stay at our place, since they lived in a far-off neighborhood. They came to our house after a long time indeed, which in turn was easy enough to convince them for weekend stay. Ronnie's parents were a bit hesitant before, but they were later convinced by my parents and in turn they gained an agreement. My boredom vanished at the pace of light, and the moments were joyous to an extent, wherin we wanted to preserve this weekend till eternity, since Ronnie was one of my best pals. My father checked with them quite often, and always wanted them to feel at home, though his father knew my family really well. Eventually they were settling down at our place and were indeed feeling comfortable. We had a sumptuous dinner, which was prepared by my mother, and it indeed had to special, since we had this beautiful family staying with us over the weekend. We were done with our dinner, and were all set to be spectators of this profound TV show, which was supposed to be aired at eleven. We were witnessing a terrific time along with Ronnie's family, until we heard someone continuously ringing the door bell. My father attended the door, and found the city police showing Ronnie's photograph, and in turn they narrated stating that "Ronnie is not to be found anywhere, and he is missing since last week, as reported by the respective social worker, and he was indeed abandoned by his foster father as well. The social worker stated, his foster father wanted them to conceal his identity and physical appearance in front of Ronnie, till he manages to get him home.
Bernard, who was the county police officer, stated that he has been kidnapped by a family, rather than being legally adopted and sent to a foster home. In the meanwhile, Ronnie's father came near the door exit, along with all other members of the family.
My father told the officer, that he himself was Ronnie's foster father, who relentlessly attempted to adopt him, and indeed provide quality life and education to the young man, but somehow, his wife was not in agreeable terms of me adopting a child, since she was happy with one. He stated that, he tried persuading her a lot, nevertheless, she condemned it to the core. He further illustrated that his wife's heart incredibly melts down, when a kidnapped victim is saved and thereby sheltered, and in turn she tries her best to nuture that life, despite its her biological child or not. Henceforth, he wanted to intentionally organise a kidnap with one of his family friends, who indeed came to our house for the night stay, in order to get this activity executed, so that he can seamlessly adopt Ronnie, and since he was kidnapped, his wife would lend her heart at her soul's behest, and at the same time, she would be in agreement for the same, and in turn be happy for the rest of our lives, and he also said that he was the one who called the police. Bernard had a grin on his face, and stated" I do see, where you come from, but that's indeed not the way to do things, however I grant a benefit of doubt in this case, since the objective was incredibly noble".
My mother gave a tight hug to my father, and she was grateful to the family, who came over, and took Ronnie in her lap, and have him a motherly kiss, and indeed stated " Ronnie, you belong to us, and your school still remains the same, the only difference would be , you would go to school from our residence, rather than a social work establishment, and you both are more than friends indeed!


© Shirsendu Mukherjee!