Rohit's Mom
Rohit was sitting alone on his bench. He was doing in homework. In recess time normally other boys went out but Rohit never went out. He preferred to do his homework. Subhash who sat beside him came inside. He was full of dirt. " Rohit will you pass bottle of water?" " My God you are so dirty. Madam will get angry when she saw you this way on lecture." " I know. I was playing and slipped. I am not good boy like you." Rohit felt little ashamed. He took such admiration as taunt but he never argued on them. Rohit just smiled and pass on water bottle. Rohit " I hope you clean your shirt. I don't want teacher to blame you." " And set you as example before all." Subhash started laughing loudly remembering last time. " I can't forget it. Last time when she told you to stood you were literally blushing!!" Now this was truth. It was worst. She said before all " Look at this boy!! He never act in senseless way. He studies every day and get good marks." He was so embarrassed before all. He never wanted to be appreciated. "Don't remind me of that incidence. I wanted to do something bad just to avoid that image." His friend Subhash started laughing. Rohit started laughing too. Everything was perfect for Rohit. He knew that he was not good at sports. He never wanted to join it. Soon other boys started coming inside. They all looked at him with strange sympathy. He didn't understand why they kept doing that. He was happy. He hated it when they did that. It kept reminding him of death of his mother. After his mother's death his house was not welcoming sight. But he was getting over it. Subhash was only one who didn't show him sympathy since Subhash didn't know it. In fact Subhash never cared about it. Truthfully Subhash never cared about anything. He liked it. He didn't want anyone's sympathy. Subhash sat beside her. He began joking. " You are not cool at all. You are scared of everything." He nodded. He was scared of everything but he liked his privacy. He didn't want to become famous. " I am happy in my life." Subhash clearly looked upset." You can't live life like this. You need to understand that you need to become brave. You can't survive like that.." He was something nervous. He didn't like the way he was suggesting that he was not acting right. " I need to complete this mathematics problem." Subhash nodded and went away. Once again all boys started talking and arguing. He didn't like the way Subhash acted with him. He was so confused. Somewhere in his soul he wanted to play but he was too slow. He knew other kids wouldn't like it. Then he suddenly sensed another boy Piyush came near him. He was holding ball. " Do you want to play with me?" He was confused. He wanted to say " Yes" but he knew that it was going to irritate him. " You know how slow I play?" " It's okay. Let's play." He smiled. Then he started playing with Piyush and it was wonderful. He started to feel that he was becoming wind. He started to sense wonderful touch. He began to feel so pleasant. He was so happy. Finally he was feeling as if he was something great. Piyush said " You are doing great. You are little slow but practice can always improve you!!" He smiled but somewhere in his heart he knew already that it was not possible. He could never become that good. He was not physically strong that much. But he started to dream that he got good friend who would keep playing with him. He started playing then bell rang they had to go inside. Piyush said " We must play few times." He nodded. Then they went in class. Piyush asked " Will you give me mathematics book for one day? Actually I was absent for few days." " No problem." Rohit's every book was always perfect. He never did half work. Then Rohit started searching it. Subhash came near bench to sit. He gave one forced smile to him. Piyush was clearly nervous. Piyush " I just want that notebook for one day then I will return." Rohit smiled and said " No problem." Subhash " No there is problem. You need to show homework to teacher tomorrow!!" " But I have completed it." Subhash was shocked. He turned to Piyush " Now keep one thing in mind don't forget his notebook." Piyush nodded and ran back to his bench. Subhash " You are shocking. You gave him your notebook with completed homework?!! Now he have to just copy your homework." " He will not do that." " Why?!! Just because he played once football with you? Stop it Rohit!! He is using you." Rohit started to feel so frustrated. He wanted to insult and taunt Subhash too regarding his attitudes. Like he once even gave his golden fingerring to Tarun since he admired his singing skills which were not existed. But he didn't wanted to argue. He just went back to his books and started creating notes for chemistry. He needed them for next class. Soon Subhash lost his interest as he always did and he returned to his work. Rohit was glad about it. But he felt so upset when he understood that Piyush wouldn't play with him again. He was hoping for their friendship. He decided that Subhash was jealous regarding his new friendship. He felt that Piyush would surely play with him tomorrow. Then he started to feel unsure again. Finally he decided to wait until tomorrow.
When Rohit returned home, he felt so sad. Every day his Mom used to open door but now she was not there for him. He worked hard with keys. He had to struggle hard and finally door was opened. When he went inside house, he felt strange shiver. It was too cold. Soon he sensed that his Dad forgot to stop AC. It was such a horrible mistake. They were going to pay large price for it. He knew that they wasted large amount of electricity. His Dad was always careless about everything. His Mom used to take care of all. He began to imagine large electricity bill. He knew that sometimes when he didn't go to school, they use AC for entire day and Dad would give same excuse to him. But he knew that it was totally wrong. It was needful on that time. It was destruction of money and environment. He went inside and closed AC. He sat in that cold room feeling so frustrated. He knew that maid would come soon. It was arranged with maid that she should come when he returned. It was so irritating. He had to do all. When his Mom was there, she used to do all and he just used to do his homework. Then he used to run away to play. His every move was used to get admired since he didn't have bad habit of spreading his books and toys around house. His Mom used to be his angel. She never let anyone taunt him. Now even that maid used to taunt him. As soon as she entered in house, she began to criticize him. When his Mom was alive, she didn't dare to say a word. Yesterday she was screaming on him regarding dust on his clothes. He tried his best to keep them clean. Today his uniform was dirty so he decided to keep it aside to give it in laundry. He sat for few minutes before eating lunch. He was feeling so sick in stomach. After his Mom's illness that sickness had entered. He knew that his Mom was ill but she was so sick. He couldn't complaint. He always kept hoping that one day all would be over but sadly that day never came. He never managed to see his mother well again. His luck was worst. Since when his Mom died, he was gone to his picnic. He was not even happy on that picnic. Entire time he kept complaining about his health. His teacher suggested one tablet and it worked. But entire time he kept feeling sick. This sickness was killing him. It was strange. That first time he was sick and Doctor's medicine was not working on him. Until that time he used to get well after one dose from Doctor but this time his sickness kept coming. When his Mom was sick, he couldn't able to help her since he was sick too. He wanted to be healthy but he couldn't help it. He was so upset. Then on his Mom's last moment he wanted to meet her but his stomach started to pain so much. He had to visit Doctor. When she was taking her last breath, he went to meet her while holding his stomach. She kept asking about his health only. She told his father that they must do entire body check up. They did it but he was perfect. He participated in every ritual. After that ritual his entire life became worst. He lost his every hope. He began to feel that he killed his Mom with his own hand. He knew that she was already dead but still he kept feeling hurt. His Dad was not ready to make changes in anything. He kept saying that he supposed to do all since finally he was not burning the body. He didn't want to do anything at all but his father was not ready for it. His father told him to do at least few things. Every relative started insisting. His Auntie " If you don't do that then your Mother's soul would keep wondering. You have to do it for her peace." " But I feel scared." His Uncle " Come on!! You are brave boy don't act like coward." Then every one forced him to see body. When he saw it, he shivered. He couldn't forget her face. It was so strange. He was seeing person who was dead. She was no longer his Mom. He didn't want to see her. He was thinking about it when suddenly his door bell rang. He was so upset. He knew that it was his maid. He went and opened door. She immediately started screaming on him. " Did you sleeping? Why it took you so long to open door?" He was frustrated. She was acting as if he was her servant. Things were not moving as per his wishes. Every day she entered and started screaming on her. He always tried to behave his best. He didn't say anything. When she went inside, she saw that he had not eaten his lunch. She began to scream more loudly. Now she was even abusing him. She was so busy in screaming on him that she didn't notice his change. He was so angry on that day. He knew that his Mom was not there. But he began to feel that she might return. He started to think again about entire incidence. He saw his Mom's body but it was not like body at all. He started thinking and understood all. He knew that there were argument between his Mom and Dad so he began to feel that his Dad might be lying. He knew that it was impossible but then he started to feel confused. Then his mobile rang. It was his Mom's number. His Mom was talking to him. He was so happy. Finally he knew that his Dad lied to him. He smiled happily. His Mom " I called you to tell you that I am alive." He tried to talk but she quickly added " Don't talk I don't want that Kashibai to know about me. She is your father spy. I faked my death because I want to escape from your father and then I am planning to live with you alone. Just give me sometime. You know it's hard to settle financial. But until then let me help you." He couldn't believe his ears but it was truly happening so he nodded.
Kashibai was so confused when Rohit gave her angry look. She always felt that after his Mom's death she could rule that house. She was confused by this change. She didn't understand how could she act on this. She was confused. Then she took deep breath. She started asking him " When are you planning to eat lunch tomorrow?!!" He suddenly began to feel strange energy. "You can't talk like that with me!! I am your Boss!!" She was so angry. She threw away pots. " Fine I am leaving. Make my payment. " He nodded and paid salary. Then she went away. He could clearly sense his Mom. He felt so happy due to it. He started doing everything. His Mom taught him all when she was sick. They had same maid but she was different. She used to give so much respect to Mom. But still Mom kept teaching him every thing. One day when his Mom was sitting on chair and teaching him to cook Kashibai came. She looked shocked. Kashibai " Why are you teaching cooking to boy?!! It is for girls not for boys." His Mom gave her angry look. Mom asked in her tired voice. She argued even when she was sick. " Why? He need to cook one day too!!. I don't expect his wife to cook entire life for him. I want my son to be smart enough to cook by himself." Kashibai laughed. " Madam it is like girl. If he keep cooking he will never get wife." His Mom was so angry. She screamed " Don't feed this nonsense in my son's head. Many successful people already managed to learn cooking." Kashibai was upset. She wanted to answer back. But she felt scared. She asked " Are you alright?" after seeing Mom's face. Mom was so angry. When Kashibai came near her, she pushed her away. Mom " I don't need your help. I have my son to help me." Then Rohit finished his cooking. Mom didn't go in bedroom. She kept sitting. When Kashibai came near her again, she said angrily " Don't come near me and remember one thing never harass my son. Otherwise I will not leave you. I will take revenge." Kashibai looked scared after that she never argued until her death. But after her death Rohit was always her easy target until today. Rohit rebelled today since he knew that his Mom was with him. He smiled to himself. He felt as if he was in some movie. He felt strange thrill in it. His Mom was talking with him and he supposed to pretend that she was dead. Then suddenly his mobile rang. He hoped that it was Mom. He was about say " Hello Mom" when his Dad talked. " What's wrong with you ? What did you want to do? We need Kashibai?!! ROHIT!! You need to understand your Mom is no more and we can't do all work. We need maid." " I can do it. " His Dad screamed " Stop it. I have requested Kashibai to come back. You have to apologize. I don't want to hear any argument from you. If you want to stay with me then it will be on my terms. " Rohit screamed " But I want to stay with my Mom." Soon he sensed his mistake and kept quiet. He suddenly sensed that his father was controlling tears. " I know you love Mom. But we all know she is dead." He wanted to tell him that she was not dead. But he remembered her line. He didn't say anything and his father assumed it as agreement to his decision. He continued " Kashibai is coming. Try to act nicely with her." " No. I will keep keys in neighbor's house tell her to use them and come." His Dad sounded clearly upset. " Why you are making things difficult for me this way?!!" " Because you trust that maid more than me." Rohit went out of house without thought. He just kept keys in flat near his house. He went out without anything. He kept wandering senselessly for many hours. He didn't feel any direction. He just kept walking. Rohit's Dad was so tense. He didn't understand how did he supposed to handle Rohit. Kashibai called him and told him that Rohit threw her out of house. It was shocking. He knew that Kashibai was not that much nice lady. Many times he thought himself to throw her out when his wife was alive. But now situation was changed. He didn't like the way those changes were creating effect on Rohit. He began to feel that Rohit needed to go somewhere else. He tried his best to handle his situation. But now he began to think that he might need to take advice given by his parents. He must sent Rohit to stay with them. He needed to handle Kashibai. He called his Mom and told her everything. Rohit's Grandma " I was suggesting you again and again. He could stay with us. He needed change. He couldn't forget his Mom if he kept staying there. He wanted to stay there and go in school. Fine. Sent him just for week." " But Mom.. I don't want to be alone." " Stop acting selfish. Sent him." " Okay." Rohit's Dad Pratap started to call him. But his mobile kept ringing. Pratap started to feeling upset. When Kashibai called Pratap, he said " We have given you salary. You go now." "Fine. I will not take it easily. I will see that no one work in your house." " Go to hell. After my wife's death I have suffered, I am not scared of anything. I am in worst situation. No one can harm me more." He disconnected her call. He started crying. He was tense for Rohit now.
Amit was shocked when he saw Pratap's son Rohit on road. Amit clearly sensed that something was wrong with this young man. Last time when he saw him, he was looking smart boy of promising future. He felt that this time he was totally disoriented and shocked. He was looking on some horizon which was meaningless. Amit was Pratap's school friend. He was not close friend still they were attached with each other. Amit had special affection towards Pratap since he helped him by giving school notes when he had dengue fever and he missed lectures. It was nothing in Pratap's eyes but it was fully important in Amit's eyes. He was literally begging for notes. When he saw Rohit in this way, he decided that he should chat with Rohit. He shivered. He didn't understand why but he felt so scared. He was so confused. He kept feeling so nervous. He felt that Rohit was not normal. He called him but Rohit didn't turn behind. Finally he hold Rohit's hand. After it for first time Rohit came to his senses. He didn't understand where he was. Before he could control himself he asked Amit " Where am I?" Amit was shocked but he still smiled and said " Did you lost your route?" Rohit nodded. Amit needed to reach office but he couldn't let Rohit walk like this on road. He decided that he could take him in his office and call Pratap. He didn't feel that letting a boy alone on such condition was wise. He asked Rohit " Will you come office with me?" " No. I need to go to school. I will play with Piyush." Amit was confused. He looked in watch. It was almost evening. School must be over by now. In fact normally even his office would be over by this time. But today he was forced to do overtime. It was so strange. " But your school must be over by now. Are you planning to play after school?" "Yes..yes." " But where you study?" He gave name of his school. Amit was shocked. He looked at Rohit's legs. He started to sense that Rohit walked for many kilometres in just shoes. He must had stuck by rocks on ground many times. His legs were hurt on many times. His legs were hurt. His face was very pale. Amit sensed one thing that something was not right. He didn't dare to ignore Rohit. He began to sense it was so strange matter. He was so tense. He was so confused. He didn't want to do something wrong. " Rohit you are hurt?" Rohit suddenly sensed his pain and he began to lost his balance. Amit took hold of Rohit. He didn't let him to fall on road. He started calling for help. People gathered. Amit told them that he needed Auto since he didn't have vehicle. He was traveling bus. People caught Auto. Amit called his family Doctor and admitted Rohit to hospital on his suggestion. Amit was so confused. He needed to find number of Pratap but it was in pouch which was locked in cupboard. He felt that it was safe to keep card there and forgot to feed mobile. He had to decide all by his decision since his wife was not in home and she would come in an hour. But he couldn't wait so he admitted Rohit to hospital suggested by his Doctor. When he came in, nurses and ward boys came running, they took Rohit inside on stretcher. Doctor started checking Rohit. Doctor asked " What didn't he eat from morning?" " Really?!! Actual I don't know." " What? You are his relative?!!" "No..no I saw him on road. He is son of my friend." Then Doctor asked angrily " Then where is his father?" Amit was confused. He started regretting his decision to interfer. Until now he was sure that Rohit was son of Pratap but now he started to doubt it in his soul. After all he had seen Pratap's son Rohit just once. But he couldn't say it on face of Doctor. Then he looked at Rohit's face and felt that he did good thing. He could call Police if he was not son of his friend. He felt helping fellow citizens was never wrong. Then finally his wife called back to him. She told her all. His wife " But what about your overtime in office?" " I will call Boss." " Are you out of your mind? Your Boss will be upset!!" " So what options I have? Let that boy die on road?!!" His wife didn't say anything for sometime. It was clear that she was upset too. " I will come there. Just tell your Boss that you will be late." " Don't worry. I will start sending message from here. Just hurry up." Amit was so happy to get wife like Revathi. She was always so understanding. He kept waiting. By that time Pratap already managed to reach home. He was searching for Rohit in desperation when Amit's wife called him. He thanked her and immediately took out his car and started driving car to hospital. He started to shiver with fear. He knew that worst was waiting for him in hospital.
When Amit saw Pratap took breath of relief since Doctor was looking at him with anger by then. Doctor " We need medicine and explanations." When Pratap came running, he said " Sorry Doctor I am late. Actually I don't understand how could he walk so much? I kept searching for him near by. " Amit " I am going." Pratap thanked him from heart. Then he went to Doctor. He told all to Doctor. Doctor heard all. Doctor " He was walking sort of trance. He didn't understand pains. " Pratap nodded. "He was acting so strange. I don't understand it intensity at beginning. I thought ..at first thought..it will reduce." " Sir relax. First clam yourself. Your excitement will turn situation in worst way. You have to stay peaceful in your mind. You need to tell yourself that you need to handle your son first." Pratap started to take deep breath to calm himself. " It was so wrong. First God took away my wife and now my son.." He started crying. Doctor was about to talk with him. But suddenly Nurse came to call him about emergency. He had to leave but he turned to Pratap and said with determination " Don't worry. You will not lose your son. I can promise you that much. " Then he went away. Pratap dried his tears with his hands when in room where Rohit was sleeping. Rohit's legs were bandaged. Pratap felt so sad. He began to sit in chair. That chair started to make noise. Rohit suddenly woke up with startled expression. Rohit " Where am I?" Pratap came near him. He patted on his hand to calm down his heart. But Rohit pushed away his hand. " Enough!! I know how did you harass my Mom?" Now Pratap was shocked. He couldn't imagine such complaint. He always kept good relations with his wife. They had argument like normal people. Nothing big. It was horrible to sense that her son was actually considering him such horrible human being. He always loved his wife. His wife always reciprocated his feelings."Why did I harass your Mom? I love her." Rohit suddenly began to give him strange look. " You like her?" Pratap couldn't say what was it but it was darkest haterd towards him. Pratap screamed " Yes I love her." " Really then why you are planning to divorce?" " Divorce? What divorce? You know very well I love your Mom and she died due to cancer." "No she didn't. She created entire drama to fool you." Pratap was so angry now. It was too much. " She is dead. For God sake I have burnt her body with these hands." Pratap spread his hands before Rohit. Rohit pushed him away. " She fooled you since she wanted to escape from you." Pratap was so scared now. He started to get hysteric slowly. " I can show you her death certificate. It have cause cancer. Her medical reports are there. I can prove. She had cancer." Rohit started screaming " Stop it...stop it. You are lying. You are having affair with that Kashibai!!" Now this was too much Pratap couldn't control himself and slapped his son. Nurse and ward boy came running inside. They took hold of Pratap's shoulder. They told him to go out off that room. He knew that he had already lost his son. He nodded and went out. He kept sitting on bench outside that room. After sometime a Doctor sat near him. She asked " Are you Rohit's Dad" He nodded. " Hello I am Rohit's psychiatrist." He looked at her in shocked way. " Of course I am assuming you will permit it." said this and smiled. Pratap " I will surely permit it. " She smiled " Well your son is suffering from Post Traumatic systems. And it reached to such extreme point that he began to hallucinate. He started imagining call from his Mom. He took idea from some story and imagine you as Villian because he wanted his Mom alive." " Is it my mistake that she is dead?" Pratap asked in tired voice. " No. But Rohit needed some time to understand it. You can just keep him here for some days." Pratap nodded. " And what about your problem?" Pratap was confused. " My problem!! Ohh I slapped Rohit so you feel I have problem. No..no it was because he said.." Psychiatrist said peacefully " No. I can it in your eyes." Pratap shivered with fear and agreed immediately. He didn't want to reach to Rohit's situation he wanted out of it. " So from when we start." Psychiatrist gave him appointment. Pratap was so scared. He knew that he was trying to recover from his loss and he couldn't handle it. He needed help. It was help of counseling not of maid like Kashibai who hurt their family in many ways.
The End
Rohit was sitting alone on his bench. He was doing in homework. In recess time normally other boys went out but Rohit never went out. He preferred to do his homework. Subhash who sat beside him came inside. He was full of dirt. " Rohit will you pass bottle of water?" " My God you are so dirty. Madam will get angry when she saw you this way on lecture." " I know. I was playing and slipped. I am not good boy like you." Rohit felt little ashamed. He took such admiration as taunt but he never argued on them. Rohit just smiled and pass on water bottle. Rohit " I hope you clean your shirt. I don't want teacher to blame you." " And set you as example before all." Subhash started laughing loudly remembering last time. " I can't forget it. Last time when she told you to stood you were literally blushing!!" Now this was truth. It was worst. She said before all " Look at this boy!! He never act in senseless way. He studies every day and get good marks." He was so embarrassed before all. He never wanted to be appreciated. "Don't remind me of that incidence. I wanted to do something bad just to avoid that image." His friend Subhash started laughing. Rohit started laughing too. Everything was perfect for Rohit. He knew that he was not good at sports. He never wanted to join it. Soon other boys started coming inside. They all looked at him with strange sympathy. He didn't understand why they kept doing that. He was happy. He hated it when they did that. It kept reminding him of death of his mother. After his mother's death his house was not welcoming sight. But he was getting over it. Subhash was only one who didn't show him sympathy since Subhash didn't know it. In fact Subhash never cared about it. Truthfully Subhash never cared about anything. He liked it. He didn't want anyone's sympathy. Subhash sat beside her. He began joking. " You are not cool at all. You are scared of everything." He nodded. He was scared of everything but he liked his privacy. He didn't want to become famous. " I am happy in my life." Subhash clearly looked upset." You can't live life like this. You need to understand that you need to become brave. You can't survive like that.." He was something nervous. He didn't like the way he was suggesting that he was not acting right. " I need to complete this mathematics problem." Subhash nodded and went away. Once again all boys started talking and arguing. He didn't like the way Subhash acted with him. He was so confused. Somewhere in his soul he wanted to play but he was too slow. He knew other kids wouldn't like it. Then he suddenly sensed another boy Piyush came near him. He was holding ball. " Do you want to play with me?" He was confused. He wanted to say " Yes" but he knew that it was going to irritate him. " You know how slow I play?" " It's okay. Let's play." He smiled. Then he started playing with Piyush and it was wonderful. He started to feel that he was becoming wind. He started to sense wonderful touch. He began to feel so pleasant. He was so happy. Finally he was feeling as if he was something great. Piyush said " You are doing great. You are little slow but practice can always improve you!!" He smiled but somewhere in his heart he knew already that it was not possible. He could never become that good. He was not physically strong that much. But he started to dream that he got good friend who would keep playing with him. He started playing then bell rang they had to go inside. Piyush said " We must play few times." He nodded. Then they went in class. Piyush asked " Will you give me mathematics book for one day? Actually I was absent for few days." " No problem." Rohit's every book was always perfect. He never did half work. Then Rohit started searching it. Subhash came near bench to sit. He gave one forced smile to him. Piyush was clearly nervous. Piyush " I just want that notebook for one day then I will return." Rohit smiled and said " No problem." Subhash " No there is problem. You need to show homework to teacher tomorrow!!" " But I have completed it." Subhash was shocked. He turned to Piyush " Now keep one thing in mind don't forget his notebook." Piyush nodded and ran back to his bench. Subhash " You are shocking. You gave him your notebook with completed homework?!! Now he have to just copy your homework." " He will not do that." " Why?!! Just because he played once football with you? Stop it Rohit!! He is using you." Rohit started to feel so frustrated. He wanted to insult and taunt Subhash too regarding his attitudes. Like he once even gave his golden fingerring to Tarun since he admired his singing skills which were not existed. But he didn't wanted to argue. He just went back to his books and started creating notes for chemistry. He needed them for next class. Soon Subhash lost his interest as he always did and he returned to his work. Rohit was glad about it. But he felt so upset when he understood that Piyush wouldn't play with him again. He was hoping for their friendship. He decided that Subhash was jealous regarding his new friendship. He felt that Piyush would surely play with him tomorrow. Then he started to feel unsure again. Finally he decided to wait until tomorrow.
When Rohit returned home, he felt so sad. Every day his Mom used to open door but now she was not there for him. He worked hard with keys. He had to struggle hard and finally door was opened. When he went inside house, he felt strange shiver. It was too cold. Soon he sensed that his Dad forgot to stop AC. It was such a horrible mistake. They were going to pay large price for it. He knew that they wasted large amount of electricity. His Dad was always careless about everything. His Mom used to take care of all. He began to imagine large electricity bill. He knew that sometimes when he didn't go to school, they use AC for entire day and Dad would give same excuse to him. But he knew that it was totally wrong. It was needful on that time. It was destruction of money and environment. He went inside and closed AC. He sat in that cold room feeling so frustrated. He knew that maid would come soon. It was arranged with maid that she should come when he returned. It was so irritating. He had to do all. When his Mom was there, she used to do all and he just used to do his homework. Then he used to run away to play. His every move was used to get admired since he didn't have bad habit of spreading his books and toys around house. His Mom used to be his angel. She never let anyone taunt him. Now even that maid used to taunt him. As soon as she entered in house, she began to criticize him. When his Mom was alive, she didn't dare to say a word. Yesterday she was screaming on him regarding dust on his clothes. He tried his best to keep them clean. Today his uniform was dirty so he decided to keep it aside to give it in laundry. He sat for few minutes before eating lunch. He was feeling so sick in stomach. After his Mom's illness that sickness had entered. He knew that his Mom was ill but she was so sick. He couldn't complaint. He always kept hoping that one day all would be over but sadly that day never came. He never managed to see his mother well again. His luck was worst. Since when his Mom died, he was gone to his picnic. He was not even happy on that picnic. Entire time he kept complaining about his health. His teacher suggested one tablet and it worked. But entire time he kept feeling sick. This sickness was killing him. It was strange. That first time he was sick and Doctor's medicine was not working on him. Until that time he used to get well after one dose from Doctor but this time his sickness kept coming. When his Mom was sick, he couldn't able to help her since he was sick too. He wanted to be healthy but he couldn't help it. He was so upset. Then on his Mom's last moment he wanted to meet her but his stomach started to pain so much. He had to visit Doctor. When she was taking her last breath, he went to meet her while holding his stomach. She kept asking about his health only. She told his father that they must do entire body check up. They did it but he was perfect. He participated in every ritual. After that ritual his entire life became worst. He lost his every hope. He began to feel that he killed his Mom with his own hand. He knew that she was already dead but still he kept feeling hurt. His Dad was not ready to make changes in anything. He kept saying that he supposed to do all since finally he was not burning the body. He didn't want to do anything at all but his father was not ready for it. His father told him to do at least few things. Every relative started insisting. His Auntie " If you don't do that then your Mother's soul would keep wondering. You have to do it for her peace." " But I feel scared." His Uncle " Come on!! You are brave boy don't act like coward." Then every one forced him to see body. When he saw it, he shivered. He couldn't forget her face. It was so strange. He was seeing person who was dead. She was no longer his Mom. He didn't want to see her. He was thinking about it when suddenly his door bell rang. He was so upset. He knew that it was his maid. He went and opened door. She immediately started screaming on him. " Did you sleeping? Why it took you so long to open door?" He was frustrated. She was acting as if he was her servant. Things were not moving as per his wishes. Every day she entered and started screaming on her. He always tried to behave his best. He didn't say anything. When she went inside, she saw that he had not eaten his lunch. She began to scream more loudly. Now she was even abusing him. She was so busy in screaming on him that she didn't notice his change. He was so angry on that day. He knew that his Mom was not there. But he began to feel that she might return. He started to think again about entire incidence. He saw his Mom's body but it was not like body at all. He started thinking and understood all. He knew that there were argument between his Mom and Dad so he began to feel that his Dad might be lying. He knew that it was impossible but then he started to feel confused. Then his mobile rang. It was his Mom's number. His Mom was talking to him. He was so happy. Finally he knew that his Dad lied to him. He smiled happily. His Mom " I called you to tell you that I am alive." He tried to talk but she quickly added " Don't talk I don't want that Kashibai to know about me. She is your father spy. I faked my death because I want to escape from your father and then I am planning to live with you alone. Just give me sometime. You know it's hard to settle financial. But until then let me help you." He couldn't believe his ears but it was truly happening so he nodded.
Kashibai was so confused when Rohit gave her angry look. She always felt that after his Mom's death she could rule that house. She was confused by this change. She didn't understand how could she act on this. She was confused. Then she took deep breath. She started asking him " When are you planning to eat lunch tomorrow?!!" He suddenly began to feel strange energy. "You can't talk like that with me!! I am your Boss!!" She was so angry. She threw away pots. " Fine I am leaving. Make my payment. " He nodded and paid salary. Then she went away. He could clearly sense his Mom. He felt so happy due to it. He started doing everything. His Mom taught him all when she was sick. They had same maid but she was different. She used to give so much respect to Mom. But still Mom kept teaching him every thing. One day when his Mom was sitting on chair and teaching him to cook Kashibai came. She looked shocked. Kashibai " Why are you teaching cooking to boy?!! It is for girls not for boys." His Mom gave her angry look. Mom asked in her tired voice. She argued even when she was sick. " Why? He need to cook one day too!!. I don't expect his wife to cook entire life for him. I want my son to be smart enough to cook by himself." Kashibai laughed. " Madam it is like girl. If he keep cooking he will never get wife." His Mom was so angry. She screamed " Don't feed this nonsense in my son's head. Many successful people already managed to learn cooking." Kashibai was upset. She wanted to answer back. But she felt scared. She asked " Are you alright?" after seeing Mom's face. Mom was so angry. When Kashibai came near her, she pushed her away. Mom " I don't need your help. I have my son to help me." Then Rohit finished his cooking. Mom didn't go in bedroom. She kept sitting. When Kashibai came near her again, she said angrily " Don't come near me and remember one thing never harass my son. Otherwise I will not leave you. I will take revenge." Kashibai looked scared after that she never argued until her death. But after her death Rohit was always her easy target until today. Rohit rebelled today since he knew that his Mom was with him. He smiled to himself. He felt as if he was in some movie. He felt strange thrill in it. His Mom was talking with him and he supposed to pretend that she was dead. Then suddenly his mobile rang. He hoped that it was Mom. He was about say " Hello Mom" when his Dad talked. " What's wrong with you ? What did you want to do? We need Kashibai?!! ROHIT!! You need to understand your Mom is no more and we can't do all work. We need maid." " I can do it. " His Dad screamed " Stop it. I have requested Kashibai to come back. You have to apologize. I don't want to hear any argument from you. If you want to stay with me then it will be on my terms. " Rohit screamed " But I want to stay with my Mom." Soon he sensed his mistake and kept quiet. He suddenly sensed that his father was controlling tears. " I know you love Mom. But we all know she is dead." He wanted to tell him that she was not dead. But he remembered her line. He didn't say anything and his father assumed it as agreement to his decision. He continued " Kashibai is coming. Try to act nicely with her." " No. I will keep keys in neighbor's house tell her to use them and come." His Dad sounded clearly upset. " Why you are making things difficult for me this way?!!" " Because you trust that maid more than me." Rohit went out of house without thought. He just kept keys in flat near his house. He went out without anything. He kept wandering senselessly for many hours. He didn't feel any direction. He just kept walking. Rohit's Dad was so tense. He didn't understand how did he supposed to handle Rohit. Kashibai called him and told him that Rohit threw her out of house. It was shocking. He knew that Kashibai was not that much nice lady. Many times he thought himself to throw her out when his wife was alive. But now situation was changed. He didn't like the way those changes were creating effect on Rohit. He began to feel that Rohit needed to go somewhere else. He tried his best to handle his situation. But now he began to think that he might need to take advice given by his parents. He must sent Rohit to stay with them. He needed to handle Kashibai. He called his Mom and told her everything. Rohit's Grandma " I was suggesting you again and again. He could stay with us. He needed change. He couldn't forget his Mom if he kept staying there. He wanted to stay there and go in school. Fine. Sent him just for week." " But Mom.. I don't want to be alone." " Stop acting selfish. Sent him." " Okay." Rohit's Dad Pratap started to call him. But his mobile kept ringing. Pratap started to feeling upset. When Kashibai called Pratap, he said " We have given you salary. You go now." "Fine. I will not take it easily. I will see that no one work in your house." " Go to hell. After my wife's death I have suffered, I am not scared of anything. I am in worst situation. No one can harm me more." He disconnected her call. He started crying. He was tense for Rohit now.
Amit was shocked when he saw Pratap's son Rohit on road. Amit clearly sensed that something was wrong with this young man. Last time when he saw him, he was looking smart boy of promising future. He felt that this time he was totally disoriented and shocked. He was looking on some horizon which was meaningless. Amit was Pratap's school friend. He was not close friend still they were attached with each other. Amit had special affection towards Pratap since he helped him by giving school notes when he had dengue fever and he missed lectures. It was nothing in Pratap's eyes but it was fully important in Amit's eyes. He was literally begging for notes. When he saw Rohit in this way, he decided that he should chat with Rohit. He shivered. He didn't understand why but he felt so scared. He was so confused. He kept feeling so nervous. He felt that Rohit was not normal. He called him but Rohit didn't turn behind. Finally he hold Rohit's hand. After it for first time Rohit came to his senses. He didn't understand where he was. Before he could control himself he asked Amit " Where am I?" Amit was shocked but he still smiled and said " Did you lost your route?" Rohit nodded. Amit needed to reach office but he couldn't let Rohit walk like this on road. He decided that he could take him in his office and call Pratap. He didn't feel that letting a boy alone on such condition was wise. He asked Rohit " Will you come office with me?" " No. I need to go to school. I will play with Piyush." Amit was confused. He looked in watch. It was almost evening. School must be over by now. In fact normally even his office would be over by this time. But today he was forced to do overtime. It was so strange. " But your school must be over by now. Are you planning to play after school?" "Yes..yes." " But where you study?" He gave name of his school. Amit was shocked. He looked at Rohit's legs. He started to sense that Rohit walked for many kilometres in just shoes. He must had stuck by rocks on ground many times. His legs were hurt on many times. His legs were hurt. His face was very pale. Amit sensed one thing that something was not right. He didn't dare to ignore Rohit. He began to sense it was so strange matter. He was so tense. He was so confused. He didn't want to do something wrong. " Rohit you are hurt?" Rohit suddenly sensed his pain and he began to lost his balance. Amit took hold of Rohit. He didn't let him to fall on road. He started calling for help. People gathered. Amit told them that he needed Auto since he didn't have vehicle. He was traveling bus. People caught Auto. Amit called his family Doctor and admitted Rohit to hospital on his suggestion. Amit was so confused. He needed to find number of Pratap but it was in pouch which was locked in cupboard. He felt that it was safe to keep card there and forgot to feed mobile. He had to decide all by his decision since his wife was not in home and she would come in an hour. But he couldn't wait so he admitted Rohit to hospital suggested by his Doctor. When he came in, nurses and ward boys came running, they took Rohit inside on stretcher. Doctor started checking Rohit. Doctor asked " What didn't he eat from morning?" " Really?!! Actual I don't know." " What? You are his relative?!!" "No..no I saw him on road. He is son of my friend." Then Doctor asked angrily " Then where is his father?" Amit was confused. He started regretting his decision to interfer. Until now he was sure that Rohit was son of Pratap but now he started to doubt it in his soul. After all he had seen Pratap's son Rohit just once. But he couldn't say it on face of Doctor. Then he looked at Rohit's face and felt that he did good thing. He could call Police if he was not son of his friend. He felt helping fellow citizens was never wrong. Then finally his wife called back to him. She told her all. His wife " But what about your overtime in office?" " I will call Boss." " Are you out of your mind? Your Boss will be upset!!" " So what options I have? Let that boy die on road?!!" His wife didn't say anything for sometime. It was clear that she was upset too. " I will come there. Just tell your Boss that you will be late." " Don't worry. I will start sending message from here. Just hurry up." Amit was so happy to get wife like Revathi. She was always so understanding. He kept waiting. By that time Pratap already managed to reach home. He was searching for Rohit in desperation when Amit's wife called him. He thanked her and immediately took out his car and started driving car to hospital. He started to shiver with fear. He knew that worst was waiting for him in hospital.
When Amit saw Pratap took breath of relief since Doctor was looking at him with anger by then. Doctor " We need medicine and explanations." When Pratap came running, he said " Sorry Doctor I am late. Actually I don't understand how could he walk so much? I kept searching for him near by. " Amit " I am going." Pratap thanked him from heart. Then he went to Doctor. He told all to Doctor. Doctor heard all. Doctor " He was walking sort of trance. He didn't understand pains. " Pratap nodded. "He was acting so strange. I don't understand it intensity at beginning. I thought ..at first thought..it will reduce." " Sir relax. First clam yourself. Your excitement will turn situation in worst way. You have to stay peaceful in your mind. You need to tell yourself that you need to handle your son first." Pratap started to take deep breath to calm himself. " It was so wrong. First God took away my wife and now my son.." He started crying. Doctor was about to talk with him. But suddenly Nurse came to call him about emergency. He had to leave but he turned to Pratap and said with determination " Don't worry. You will not lose your son. I can promise you that much. " Then he went away. Pratap dried his tears with his hands when in room where Rohit was sleeping. Rohit's legs were bandaged. Pratap felt so sad. He began to sit in chair. That chair started to make noise. Rohit suddenly woke up with startled expression. Rohit " Where am I?" Pratap came near him. He patted on his hand to calm down his heart. But Rohit pushed away his hand. " Enough!! I know how did you harass my Mom?" Now Pratap was shocked. He couldn't imagine such complaint. He always kept good relations with his wife. They had argument like normal people. Nothing big. It was horrible to sense that her son was actually considering him such horrible human being. He always loved his wife. His wife always reciprocated his feelings."Why did I harass your Mom? I love her." Rohit suddenly began to give him strange look. " You like her?" Pratap couldn't say what was it but it was darkest haterd towards him. Pratap screamed " Yes I love her." " Really then why you are planning to divorce?" " Divorce? What divorce? You know very well I love your Mom and she died due to cancer." "No she didn't. She created entire drama to fool you." Pratap was so angry now. It was too much. " She is dead. For God sake I have burnt her body with these hands." Pratap spread his hands before Rohit. Rohit pushed him away. " She fooled you since she wanted to escape from you." Pratap was so scared now. He started to get hysteric slowly. " I can show you her death certificate. It have cause cancer. Her medical reports are there. I can prove. She had cancer." Rohit started screaming " Stop it...stop it. You are lying. You are having affair with that Kashibai!!" Now this was too much Pratap couldn't control himself and slapped his son. Nurse and ward boy came running inside. They took hold of Pratap's shoulder. They told him to go out off that room. He knew that he had already lost his son. He nodded and went out. He kept sitting on bench outside that room. After sometime a Doctor sat near him. She asked " Are you Rohit's Dad" He nodded. " Hello I am Rohit's psychiatrist." He looked at her in shocked way. " Of course I am assuming you will permit it." said this and smiled. Pratap " I will surely permit it. " She smiled " Well your son is suffering from Post Traumatic systems. And it reached to such extreme point that he began to hallucinate. He started imagining call from his Mom. He took idea from some story and imagine you as Villian because he wanted his Mom alive." " Is it my mistake that she is dead?" Pratap asked in tired voice. " No. But Rohit needed some time to understand it. You can just keep him here for some days." Pratap nodded. " And what about your problem?" Pratap was confused. " My problem!! Ohh I slapped Rohit so you feel I have problem. No..no it was because he said.." Psychiatrist said peacefully " No. I can it in your eyes." Pratap shivered with fear and agreed immediately. He didn't want to reach to Rohit's situation he wanted out of it. " So from when we start." Psychiatrist gave him appointment. Pratap was so scared. He knew that he was trying to recover from his loss and he couldn't handle it. He needed help. It was help of counseling not of maid like Kashibai who hurt their family in many ways.
The End
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