FATHERHOOD…
‘October 23rd, Tuesday evening 6PM’
Martin was forced into a room. He sat on a chair and the bright lights over there flashed hard at his eyes. He was really irritated. He tried leaving the room.
“so Mr. James Bond!”, Priyanka entered the room.
“hey, who the…”
“Martin! This is not your office where all your slaves would get money from you and they will be working for foreign people. This is something which not in you control. Have some respect during enquiry, right?
For now, you are just a suspect. If it is to be confirmed our treatment would be much different. Do you get me?”
“wait mam! Please.. why am I here now? Are you suspecting me regarding my daughter’s murder case?”
“well done! Nice acting dude. Nothing is gonna’ win here. Shut down all your tricks. You are under our trap and you have to accept it”, she forced.
“what? How come… just shut up. Are you incharge of this case? Oh, that young man? Pulling me into this case? my servant! Do you have a warrant?”, he yelled.
Akhil got terrified. He entered the room with a blast at the door. He took out his gun and pointed it into his throat.
“one more word… you’ll join your daughter. It is very clear that you’ve killed her. All your activities are recorded here. You can never escape. What a father are you? Sadist!”, he yelled hitting his chair.
Martin fell down sobbing. After a lot of years, he felt the nauseating smell of dirty floor. He cried hard…
“she is my daughter! How will I kill her? She’s my princess. Of course, I was angry on her but I was no so rude to kill my own blood. She is my baby. I did not kill her. Believe me…”, he started confessing with tears.
“I was 18. I was just in my schooling. Suddenly a day my father called me saying that am gonna’ be married. I was really happy by that time. I didn’t know what family is… I married her and we had misunderstanding from day 1. I was least bothered about her and I started making out money. I know where she was born and what was our situation. I convinced myself to live prosperously atleast for her sake. She was my world…
I had two addictions. One is making money and another one is my daughter. I wanted everything best for my daughter. I held her in my hands and on that day I decided to make a better life for my daughter. I raised with lots of love like an orthodox Christian does…I love religion but am not of that type, forcing people towards our wish. Of course, am not BJP!
She would hold my fingers and she never left. I named her Sarah! The princess of the world! She was brilliant kid. She grew up so fast making out her choices and I never restricted her at any cause. I tried to be more supportive and I made her with al her wishes available. I was quite good at my job too. Of course, she was my lucky charm.
Everyday I would be very tired but that tiny smile in her rosy lips will push be more and more everytime. Initially I earned for a living and later I started earning to comfort her. I had never been tired of working and I knew that every penny would make darling happy more and more.
I lived my entire life for her pulling her up close to me. I let my other end loose. Everything was smooth. One day, her mother blasted with something new. He stopped to be ignorant and she applied for a divorce. We didn’t have any fight and of course, we had no love. She wanted to go to her home at that age and I offered thinking that atleast now she could be happy.
We have this fucking practice in our society that whenever a divorce case is filed, a child’s heart would be broken taking her one side. Here I was broken completely because my daughter stood by her side. Yeah! All my love disappeared in a second. After all she’s a girl! Though she had immense love on me she had to make it. I did not mistake her but I expected that she would turn up atleast to see me. I don’t know what had happened. She abandoned me completely.
I was alone for months and nothing changed. All of this happened because I failed my journey with my love. Actually I was bored being with her, most of the men do! Before I could realize all this everthing was over. All my entertainments and enjoyments did not last so long. I wanted them back, I missed them. All those days I thought that everything I needed was money but then I realized all that I needed and that which made me going on was my family…family!
I would go stand there but nothing will change. Of course, am not a romantic hero to sweep her off after these many years. After a certain point I let them and got along with lonliness. I would see my daughter in her college from a distance. Whenever she sees me I...