Sheetal’s son Rishi
Sheetal felt so happy when sunlight fall on her face. She felt that her life was going to be wonderful. She was so sure that everything would be perfect. She never did anything bad in her life so her life needed to be perfect. She woke up & watched towards clock. It was telling her that she needed to hurry up. Her husband Mohit needed breakfast & her son Rishi was going to sleep for one more extra hour but after that she needed to force him to woke up too. It was so upsetting. Her day was always busy & her life was perfect. She knew that it was going to remain same way. She never did anything unusual so nothing wrong could happen to her. It was her motto. She was so happy. She woke up Mohit. Mohit started complaining then he soon sensed that he was too late so he literally ran in bathroom to get ready. She was laughing. It was so funny to see elderly man running like that. While her son Rishi woke up on time, he went in bathroom did his brushing of teeth. Her son was so mature. She loved him so much. He was gift of God for her. She always thanked God for giving her such a wonderful child. But sometimes she felt that Rishi was not talking to her that much. She began to observe Rishi. Rishi was looking out of window. Rishi was observing sky. She didn’t understand what was so interesting in sky. She went behind him. She began to observe. She saw nothing but normal clouds. She thought that he might be imagining something out of them. She looked towards him again. He was not happy. He was sad. She was so confused. Sheetal asked “ What happened Rishi?” He just smiled & said “Nothing!” She was feeling so sad. She needed to work so hard to get everything in right way. Her childhood was not happy one. Her father died when she was small. Her Mom married to another man. That man was not evil soul but she was not daughter to him. She was always burden to him. He tried to do best for her. It was so upsetting. She knew that he was pretending affection when he didn’t sense it. She began to feel so restless when he began to push that she should go in hostel. She didn’t like that idea. She wanted to stay with Mom. But soon she sensed that she couldn’t say no to her stepfather. She went away to hostel. She couldn’t able to make friends there. She always missed her Mom. But she knew that her Mom didn’t miss her. Her Mom wanted to pursue her career & her stepfather permitted it. They never wanted child so she was only child. Money was never issue. They wasted all on her but she didn’t get their time or affection. But when she met Mohit everything was changed. Mohit’s family was so nice & decent. His house was full of people who cared for him. He introduced her to all. They showered affection on her. When she suggested marriage, her parents found their background which was great & soon their marriage was fixed. Her life was perfect. She had just one sorrow. Her father’s death! But frankly she didn’t even remember it. She didn’t miss him. He died when she was baby. To world her childhood was perfect but in her heart she hated it. But she never confessed that to anyone. She didn’t want to blame her stepfather. He was really nice man. But he didn’t have that nature which could make him affectionate father. He didn’t feel that way. Even her Mom was not affectionate towards her. They always paid attention & fulfilled her demands but they never understood what affection she wanted. She was so upset due to it. But in her house she gave perfect attention to Rishi. Mohit was affectionate. Mohit loved his son. Out of busy schedule Mohit always managed to find time for him. It was so stressful to see Rishi like that. She was feeling so upset. She wanted to insist but Rishi gave her angry look & said “ Don’t look at me that way! I am not small baby.” She felt hurt. Rishi was always so sweet & nice. She never saw him like that. She didn’t let him see that she was hurt. She just gave sweet smile & asked “ What did you like for breakfast?” He didn’t say anything. Finally she gave breakfast which she felt suitable. She said “ Eat.” He started eating peacefully. She began to look out of window. She didn’t see anything interesting except one dog. It was street dog. It was too dirty & ugly in her eyes. She couldn’t imagine what great her son was seeing in it. She suddenly began to feel scared. She thought that Rishi might wanted to pet him. She didn’t want that dirty dog in her house. In fact she didn’t want any dog on her house. She didn’t have enough stamina to pet a dog. She knew that Mohit would immediately agree but he wouldn’t help. She said slowly “ Honey we can’t pet a dog!” Rishi said slowly “ Yes you already have one!” She looked confused. She didn’t have any dog. She never had Dog. She began to feel that she heard it wrong. She decided that she needed to ignore it. “ Okay. Eat your breakfast.” Rishi gave sad smile & ate his breakfast. There was sadness in his face. She wanted to discuss. But she didn’t understand how. Then suddenly Mohit began to scream for breakfast. She needed to turn her attention to him. She began to help Mohit to get ready for office. By that time Rishi managed all. She soon sensed that Rishi was going away. She screamed “ Honey you are going too early. Rishi just nodded & went away. She didn’t like the way Rishi was acting but Mohit began to discuss about budget of house & she turned her attention to it. She needed to purchase nice microwave for cooking. She needed to save money. She began to discuss it. She knew that everything would be fine. She never did anything wrong so wrong thing would never happen to her or her family. She began to discuss in normal way her budget. Mohit was trying to increase amount he wanted to waste on himself but she objected. She just kept that amount which was needed. Then she began to plan all. She wanted perfect future & life for her family. She was planning to cook many dishes for many parties in her microwave oven. She had so many plans. She saw birthdays of other kids & she was planning a big birthday for her son Rishi. She needed a perfect cake for it. She didn’t trust bakery to do it. She decided to cook it herself. She smiled happily at that thought.
Rishi was no longer interested in planning anything on Sunday. Mohit didn’t understand cause. His little boy was always enthusiastic about everything. But today everything seemed to changed. Rishi was sitting quietly whole time. Mohit tried to talk with him but it didn’t help. It was very frustrating. Mohit came out to go to office. Rishi was gone by then. Mohit “ What is wrong with our son?” Sheetal shivered with fear. She didn’t want to accept that Rishi had problems. She wanted to think that her son was perfect. Rishi was happy & normal child. “ He is okay. Kids get moody sometimes.” “ But I don’t like his dark moods. Let’s talk to Doctor.” She was so shocked. Her son was perfect & Mohit was suggesting to send him for treatment. She gave him angry look. “ My son is perfect.” He looked nervous. Mohit “ I mean he might be getting little bit weak. He kept reducing his vegetables & eating junk food.” She smiled. She sensed that Mohit was just talking about physical check up. She didn’t want her son to be treated as mentally problematic. She didn’t like it at all. Mohit just ate breakfast & went away. Rishi once again came back home. Rishi kept looking out of window. Sheetal wanted him to act normal at any cost. Sheetal went near him & started talking about planning birthday party. She wanted him to invite all his friends. He needed to look normal before all. She wanted to present him as normal before Mohit. She started discussing party. He suddenly began to look pale. He said “ I don’t want to invite anyone from school!” “ Why? Before you use to invite friends! For long time none of your friend came.” He looked so pale & nervous. “ I don’t want to invite. No one do that.” Sheetal didn’t like this. Long list of friends was important when person needed to appear normal. Sheetal smiled. “ Now invite just few. One or two friends will be enough.” He nodded. She smiled. Then she started telling him what she was doing for party. He just nodded to all. She was so upset. She didn’t understand why he was not taking interest. She was so angry. She needed to prove that he was normal. She decided that she could say few angry words. She said angrily “ You must invite few school friends. You need to make friends otherwise people will not consider you normal.” She saw tears in his eyes. She immediately regretted her words. “ I mean it will not look normal. We can’t just invite adults on birthday party of child.” He didn’t say anything. She pushed pictures of return gifts before him. “ What did you want as return gift?” She was so confused. He didn’t seem to say anything. Then he asked for lunch. He peacefully ate lunch. He didn’t say anything. She couldn’t say if he was upset. But he didn’t say anything & his face was expressionless. She kept talking. Then he went in his room. She wanted happy childhood for Rishi. She was trying so hard. He went in his room. Now he was in his own world she couldn’t enter in it. She wanted her son to be normal. She tried so hard to talk what was wrong. But Rishi was not telling anything. She began to get tense. She wanted suggestions but she didn’t understand who could be best. She thought about her siblings. But she knew that they couldn’t help her. They didn’t show any interest in her life. They always remained stuck in their life. She decided to talk with her parents. She called. Her Mom took call. She slowly explained all. Her parents didn’t say anything on mobile. They decided to visit her. They came for lunch next day. Rishi was in home since it was Sunday. When she told Mohit about this visit, Mohit sounded happy. Mohit “ I feel we need to do something to make Rishi happy again.” She nodded. Then next day her parents came. They talked with Rishi. Rishi appeared perfectly normal before them. At end when they decided to go back, they told Sheetal that she was getting paranoid. Sheetal didn’t understand what was true. She was happy that her son was normal. She kept noticing that Rishi was not normal. But still he was normal. This kept going on for long time. She didn’t understand what was wrong. Finally she received one call from Cops. They were telling her that her son had one accident. She didn’t understand why & how. She just took address of hospital. She was feeling as if she was living in movie. She didn’t accept that this was true. They showed her a horrible body. She didn’t understand anything. She kept saying this was not her son. Then she started to check things. It belonged to her son. She started to confirm body marks. It was her son. She saw it. But she couldn’t accept it. She kept asking everyone that why did her son went in that market. He was nice boy. He didn’t bunk school. Mohit came running too. Then they started doing procedures. Mohit told her to go home. She didn’t understand anything. She went back home. Then she understood all. Someone was harassing her son Rishi. That person forced him to visit market & then killed him or Rishi killed himself. She wanted justice. She kept calling Cops. But Cops didn’t see anything fishy. They said Rishi was enjoying holiday when it was not permitted so he got scared of someone might be some one who might recognised him. In procedure to hide himself he came under car. Sheetal didn’t believe it. She knew Rishi was upset. Someone from school did something. She called school principal. She kept going to school. Soon she found that there were some bullies. She wanted punishment for them. She told Cops. Cops agreed to do inquiries. Then Cops told her that they were bullying many kids. Rishi was upset by it. But Rishi killed himself was far fetched in their eyes. But she knew that this was what happened. Those kids were somewhere in school kids. She was so angry. She kept watching those kids. She saw one kid hitting another & she knew that this was kid who killed her Rishi by harassing. She felt so upset. She managed to click photo. Then she started to show photo to Cops. But Cops didn’t took interest. She started to follow that kid.
One day Sheetal went after that kid. She waited then when that kid was alone. She stopped that kid. She took hold of his hand & began to scream on him. That kid kept telling that he didn’t know Rishi but she didn’t believe. Finally some one who was walking on road interfered. That fellow asked “ What’s wrong with you? You are hurting that kid. I am going to call Cops.” She knew that she could go to jail but she didn’t care. She just wanted to punish that kid. Soon Cops were called. That kid was crying loudly but she knew that he was just pretending. This was his drama. She kept telling. Finally Cops arrested her. Mohit was shocked when he received this call. He felt so upset. He wanted to adjust but Sheetal was not getting over it. He knew that Rishi had mental disorder. He was even planning visit to psychiatrist but it was too late. He knew that it was painful but still he needed to do it. She was not doing it properly. She kept searching for bullies. He knew that those kids were responsible but he also knew that it was impossible to legally prove it & he didn’t want to make his life more painful by discussing it. She was making everything worst for them. If she kept doing this, soon people would start to treat her in wrong way. Many would call her mad. He knew that he needed to help her. He told to Cops on phone. He came to Police station. He apologised to parents. When they heard their story, that small kid also agreed to forgive. But he could see trauma in eyes of that kid. He said “ I am taking appointment of psychiatrist..” Cop said “ I will arrange one for today afternoon. We don’t want this lady walking around hurting kids.” Mohit was so shocked. That Cop was right. His wife who was trying to give justice to their son was becoming cause of injustice for other kids. It was really stressful. He agreed immediately. Then they went to hospital in Police van. It was so strange. Sheetal was keeping telling that she was innocent. Then they finally went there. Psychiatrist immediately took them inside then psychiatrist discussed. Sheetal told him “ How did Rishi was suffering but she couldn’t able to help him. She said “ I told him that he needed to bring friends on birthday. I forced him. He told me that he didn’t have friends but I said normal people have them. Now many people don’t have if they are shy.” Psychiatrist nodded. “ Rishi was too scared to tell you about ragging but you sense it. You want to punish those who were ragging but do you sense that you are becoming bully yourself.” She was so shocked. Then psychiatrist slowly explained her that she needed treatment. She began to agree. Mohit admitted her in hospital. She cried slowly & said good bye. She promised him that she would come back & cooperate to treatment. Mohit said slowly “ I lost Rishi now I don’t want to lose you.” She took hold of his hand & said “ I will come back. I will just same as before.” He nodded & went away with hope. He knew that this time he had started treatment perfectly on time for her.
The End
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