Perfect pet owner
Pradip was sleeping peacefully when he heard sudden crash. He started looking around. He saw that it was his dog. He smiled happily. His dog Tommy was his best friend since childhood. He still remembered that day when he found him on road. He was so happy. He took him inside his house and from that day he began to take best care of him. Tommy was most precious thing for him. He used to want everything best for Tommy. He started moving his hand on Tommy's hair. His hair were so wonderful. Tommy was perfectly pampered dog. Long ago his parents gave up efforts to argue with him regarding his spending money on Tommy. He hugged Tommy. Slowly Tommy started licking his face. He knew that it was not hygienic in eyes of his parents but he always did it. He started playing with him slowly. When he suddenly sensed that he was touched by something soft. It started crying loudly. He was so scared. Then he opened his eyes. It was his baby. He punched it in face. It might be bleeding. He started to scream for help,when suddenly he heard loud voice which was telling him to wake up. He looked around. He looked at his side. His wife Rita "It was cushion?baby is screaming from crib." She went near crib and took baby in hand. She looked so confused. " What happened? " " I just had one nightmare about my dog." " About dog? Which dog?" " Tommy." " What about Tommy?" " I felt he was moving around in bed." " Ohh strange!! Any way I don't want you to scream like that again. I mean if you keep waking up baby like that baby will not let us sleep even for moment." " May I should sleep outside?" Rita looked confused. Rita " I wanted you to sleep here!!" "I know but baby needs to sleep aside you and I feel so scared that I might move on baby in sleep." Rita started laughing. " Come on. You can't do that." He started to protesting but Rita stopped him. Rita " Fine. I got one idea. Let you just sleep on floor." Pradip started laughing. " What is so funny about this?" " Don't you think this is funny? We got such big double bed and crib. Still we are sleeping on floor." " I will spread mattress here. I don't want you to sleep outside and I don't want you to have nightmares too so this is best option." Pradip nodded. He slept peacefully on bed. When he suddenly began to feel some movement again. He decided that this time he might open his eyes. He was so shocked when he saw that his dog was standing before him. He started looking carefully at his dog. It was his dog. He knew that this dog couldn't be there. He looked around. Rita was sleeping peacefully with baby. He didn't make noise but then suddenly Rita woke up. She also started screaming. Rita "Dog..dog" Pradip came to his senses. He tried to take hold of dog. Rita took baby in her arms and kept it away from dog. Rita was so shocked. That dog just vanished from house without waiting for moment. Pradip was so confused. He didn't understand how did Tommy appeared suddenly. Pradip " I can't believe. It was my dead dog." " Stop this nonsense. It was not dead dog. It is alive. It just entered from that window. Did you kept that dog secretly? " Rita started looking at him accusation. " I don't kept any dog. Keeping a dog is not joke." Then Rita went towards window. Rita started looking outside. Pradip " Did you saw any sign of owner?" Then Rita nodded negatively. Rita " He must had gone away with dog. That dog just ran so fast. Let's keep this window close. I just don't want that dog to enter again." Pradip nodded. He was so scared. He went to his daughter. He slowly took her in his hand. She was so small and tiny. At same time she was so beautiful. She was perfect combination of her parents. She took different features from them. He was sure that she would look just beautiful like her Mom. Rita was most beautiful woman in his life until now. But now he knew that his daughter was going to be her competitor. Rita " Don't look at her like that. She is going to become spoiled child if you keep admiring her and spoiling her." " Come on." Then they both started laughing but their daughter kept crying since she didn't seem to understand their joke. They locked that window and went to sleep again.
Next morning when Pradip woke up, Rita was already cooking breakfast. Rita " Your Dad seemed so tired today. I don't think he slept last night." Pradip was so shocked " Are you sure?" " Yes." " But this is third night in row." " I know. This is happening again and again. I feel we might consult Doctor." " But you know him very well. He hated Doctors." " But now your Mom is not there to convince him. We need to do it. I just wished only if I could call her on her picnic. But she needed to enjoy at least few days with her friends. We told her that we will take care of Dad so we must handle it now." " But when she went away, Dad was sleeping properly. This is something new." " Just go and talk to him." " But I am getting late for office. I will talk to him when I will return from office." "Okay but don't forget." " Yes Madam." " Stop joking this is not funny. Just take a look at his face. He seemed so tired." Then suddenly Pradip's Dad entered in kitchen. Dad " Rita will you prepare tea for me?" Pradip saw his Dad was looking truly very tired. " What happened Dad? Didn't you sleep properly last night?" " No Pradip I slept properly. I didn't even had any dream. It was perfect sleep still I am feeling so tired as if I never slept last night." Rita looked shocked. Rita " Dad may be you need more sleep due to your age? Why are you drinking tea? Go to sleep now. It will make you feel better." " Dad Rita is right go to sleep." Dad nodded and went to sleep. Rita started cooking breakfast again when their daughter started crying again. Rita " Will you go and take care of her?" " Sure and I feel she need a name." " Choose any thing you like. I know I will love it. You always choose great." "What about Janvi?" " Great so go and take care of Janvi. Your daughter..No..no..Janvi is getting naughty day by day." " Really!! So she is going to be just like her Mom." Rita pretended that she was throwing spoon on him while Pradip ran away while pretending shading himself from imaginary spoon. He felt that everything was normal and perfect. But still as soon as he entered in his room, he remembered that dog who looked like Tommy. He checked lock of window. It was perfect. Then he decided that he must exchange his bedroom with his parents. That dog was not risky but he was not safe for small baby like Janvi. After all he was not trained dog. He didn't want to see him near his family. But then he felt that it was not right even for his parents to sleep in bedroom where this dog kept entering. He decided that they might just keep this window closed. He remembered one man closing window with nails in horror. He decided that he might call carpenter. He was thinking when Rita screamed " Do you want to be late for office?" " I am going." He ran away with his files outside. He needed to put them in bag and caught bus on time. He started running for bus when he saw carpenter. He knew that he might get late but still he decided that his daughter must come first in life. He called him." Raja." Raja came to him. " What happened Bhaiya?" " Actually I want to shut down my bedroom window with nails." Raja started laughing. " I am not joking. Go to home Bhabhi will explain you all." " Okay. How is your Dad?" " He is okay. Bye I am going to office." Raja nodded. He started going to Pradip's home. He was so confused. But he decided that he might go and ask Bhabhi regarding work. It must be emergency. He went in home and rang bell. It took long time to open door. Finally he heard cries of baby. Rita opened door while carrying her little daughter. " Bhabhi I wish you nice day. Bhaiya send me to shut down window." " Shut down window?" " Yes. He told me I must close bedroom with window with nails." Rita looked confused then she suddenly smiled. She kissed her baby and said " Janvi don't you see how much Daddy love you!! He is ready to turn bedroom in cage just to protect you." Janvi didn't understand but after seeing smile on her Mom's face she returned it. " What happened?" " A dog entered in house last night." Raja looked shocked . Then Rita explained all. " I will shut down that window but we need to catch that dog. You can't lock your daughter in home. So what is name of this princess?" " She is going to be named as Janvi on suitable day which Panditji suggest as best." " May god bless her. Any way I am shutting window now. But we need to catch that Dog." " Then come on Sunday Pradip will help you. He knew every thing properly." " Great." Then Raja shut down that window. Rita hated that darkness but she knew that safety of baby must came first so she kept smiling. But she could clearly saw in Janvi's eyes that she hated that cage too.
Rita began to feel that they must hunt that dog. She was so shocked when she saw that dog. He was just like that picture which she saw in Dad's room. She was so fond of that picture. In it Dad was holding puppy looked just like that Dog. She wanted to ask Pradip about it. But then she totally forgot about it. But this dog was just replica of it. She felt that it might be same dog. But she felt that why did Dad lie about it. If that dog was truly their dog he should have told them. But then she remembered that they never asked him. She decided to talk with Dad. She slowly went in his room but he was sleeping peacefully. It looked so wrong to disturb him. She went out again. She decided that she had to ask but she would ask on suitable time. It was so upsetting when she returned to room. Those closed windows were upsetting her. She just wanted to go out of that room. She started moving out when she felt noise on window again. It was strange some one was trying to push window. She was shocked. Dogs couldn't be trying to enter in morning. It was so strange. She couldn't believe it. She was so scared. She slowly went out in hall with Janvi who was also crying. She decided that she had wake up Dad now. She went in hall. She started to go towards Dad's room but she sensed strange movement inside it. She felt as if some dog was moving there. She wanted to take look but she was so scared. She just kept waiting outside Dad's room. She finally took deep breathe and opened it. She was so shocked to see that no one was inside. She was sure that she heard voice of dog. Then she suddenly heard it again. She felt that it might jump on her. She had Janvi in hand so she just shut down door. She went away. She started to sense that it was risky when suddenly Dad appeared from behind. Dad " Why did you shut down window of bedroom like? I was checking out window from outside. It was fully closed. This way you will not get air inside your room. This is not good for Janvi. " " I know but a dog is entering in room again and again." Dad looked shocked. Dad " Dog? It must be mine." " Dad you are keeping a pet in this house and it was entering in our room? Don't you feel concern for your grand daughter? " " I don't keep it. It is Tommy. I thought he was die but he is alive. He enter in our room too every night." " Why don't you let us know?" Dad started to look nervous. Dad " I feel if I started seeing dead dog, I might land in mental hospital. I know every one feel I am little bit nutcase already." " No..No..Dad no one will think that way. But this is not possible. It must not be Tommy." " No. That Dog is Tommy." " It might look like him but he can't be Tommy." " But it had belt of Tommy." Now Rita was confused. Rita " Now this is strange. I can't believe it.""No need to believe me. You can see it with your eyes. That Dog must be on Tommy's dog house now." Rita was so shocked now. This Dog was staying in her house entire time and she never sensed it. " Dad why didn't you tell it?" " Since I thought it was my madness." " No it was not. We all see it." Then Rita decided that she must go and check out that Dog. But she was scared to take Janvi with her. She was already screaming out of huger so she didn't have much option but to feed. Rita " I have to give milk to Janvi." " Yes..Yes you must give her. GO..go hurry up. Don't worry Janu Mom is not going to let you sleep on empty stomach on any day. You will get every thing." Rita was so confused by way in which Dad was talking. Dad was talking like some poor man. While she knew that Dad was never poor. Pradip never mentioned poverty in life. She decided that it was just depressed statement of old age or line from newspaper article. She sensed that Janvi managed to adjust with that dark room too. She slept peacefully after drinking milk. Rita put her in crib and went in kitchen to cook. She wished that only if she could found a nice cook. But she didn't found one even after searching for long time. She decided that she might cook by herself after all she needed to cook just for two person now since Pradip would eat in office canteen. When her mother-in-law would come back, she would surely help her. But at this moment she had cook as soon as possible. Since she had to go back to her daughter again. She many times wished from heart only if Dad was as helpful as Mom. Mom helped her in every thing while Dad didn't even show willingness to sit beside his grand daughter. He never took any responsibility. While criticizing him in her soul she started cooking for him then she felt that this was wrong way so she started thinking about happy moments in her life.Soon cooking became interesting task for her. She began to enjoy it.
Dad went in his room. He was so confused. He knew that he had to show place for Tommy for sake of his grand daughter but he didn't want to throw Tommy away. But then he knew that Tommy was died. He buried him with his own hands. It was so strange. He knew that he couldn't be alive. Still he wanted him to be alive. He knew that things were not moving the way he wished. He never wanted Tommy to come back when his grand daughter was small. He wanted him when she was grown up. He wanted her to play with him. But then he started to feel that his grand daughter might hate Tommy. It was so wrong. He was so confused. He knew that he couldn't keep Tommy but he wanted to keep him. He kept telling every one that Tommy was dead dog. But he was alive before him. He knew that he was not Tommy. But He did't believe that it would help him at all. He wanted to keep that dog. But he didn't understand who brought him here. He was so shocked when it suddenly appeared in Tommy's house. He was confused. But he wanted him so he kept hiding that fact form all. He gave him food but still he knew that Tommy was bathed every day. He was not doing that. He was sure that some one else from house wanted to keep Tommy as pet. That person was doing every thing. He knew that it was fact but he didn't know that person who was doing it. But he was trying his best to support that person. It was strange. He was sure that it couldn't be his wife. He knew that his wife hated dog. He still remembered how did treated Tommy. She wanted to kill him. Many times when he remembered sudden vanishing of Tommy, he began to doubt that it might be possible him wife did something. But then Tommy was died. He couldn't imagine a ghost of Dog returning back for revenge. He didn't told any one that during night he kept playing with Dog. It was possible that it might manage to damage his health little bit but still he wanted to play with Dog. He knew that when his wife would come back, she would surely managed to take away that dog or she might hurt him. He was so scared about future of that dog. He decided that he might just tell Rita and suggest her to find new house for dog. He smiled. He liked this idea. He didn't want that dog to be dead. He looked around started searching for Rita. When he heard Janvi crying, they supposed to name Janvi soon. She was no longer just a baby. She was so wonderful. He took her in hands. Janvi stopped crying. She started making sound with where suggesting that she wanted to go out for walk. Janvi didn't want to stay in that dark room and Dad would not blame her for it. That room was truly looking horrible. Then he took her outside. When suddenly Tommy came running towards him, he was so scared that Janvi would scream. But Janvi didn't cry. She just gave smile. She was happy to come out of house. Dad was so relaxed. Then he sensed that Janvi was not scared of Tommy. It was clear that Janvi knew Tommy every well. She was small but if she saw a dog regularly then she wouldn't feel scared of him. It was strange. Rita was cooking peacefully. She totally forgot about every thing. But then when her cooking was almost over, she remembered Janvi. It was not possible that Janvi was sleeping so peacefully for such a long time. She went in her room. She was confused when she saw that Janvi was not sleeping. Then she heard Janvi's laughing sound. She sensed that she was playing outside. She was so happy that Dad was playing with Janvi. She went out. But she was shocked when she saw that scene. Janvi was in sack tied to Dad's body and Dad was throwing ball to Tommy. Tommy was clearly obedient pet Dog who was just bringing back ball and entertaining Janvi who was owner in his view. It was perfect scene. She could no longer sense any fear from Dog like she felt last time. She sensed one thing. That it was their mistake. They kept window open so Dog assumed that he could come inside. That dog must be entering in Dad's room for long time. She sensed that Tommy was nice dog. She was angry at beginning but soon she started laughing. She decided that she must give at least one try to that dog. She went ahead to play with him.
Dad was shocked when he saw Rita was playing with Dog. First time he felt that he might trust his daughter-in-law. His wife always hated Dogs. But somewhere in his heart his son Pradip loved them. He knew that Pradip never able to keep Dog. Rita " He is nice Dog." " I know but I don't know that he is pet Dog. Do you feel Pradip might have kept this Dog secretly?" " Why did he do that and then deny it? I mean this id his house. He could keep Dog and we will keep window close. Nothing is dangerous about this dog. Due to night I felt he was so big." Dad smiled " It is not shocking light would always do those tricks." " But still I feel so sad that I just tried to hunt this cute Dog. I will call Raja and open our window. Then we will build new dog house with those woods." Dad smiled happily. They were so happy but in evening when they started talking with Pradip about Dog. He started shivering. Pradip " I don't want to keep Dog." Rita was shocked. Rita " But I thought you taught him." " I did but still I don't want him." Suddenly he was talking like small boy. It was shocked change. Rita was so confused. Even Dad started to look scared. Dad " Why are you talking like small kid?" Pradip screamed with anger " I am talking like myself." He didn't even said this sentence in voice of grown up. Dad was so confused. Dad " You never speak this way except when you were ten years old." Pradip " Dad I want to talk normally. But my voice seemed to be stuck." Rita and Dad started to look confused. Rita" May be we should call Doctor?" Pradip nodded. They called their family Doctor. Pradip was now crying in strange way. They were so scared. Dad " What is happening to him? Nothing like that happen before." Rita " How did I suppose to know? You have stayed with him more than me. He was perfectly normal before me." Then Pradip started banging his legs and screaming " I am normal. I am fine. Where is Tommy? We need to hide him." Rita " But why?" " You don't know." He was grown up elder still he was talking like child. Now Rita started crying slowly. Pradip" Stop crying. I am fine. Just my voice is strange. But Doctor will make it fine." Dad " Not just voice. You are behaving like child." Pradip looked at himself unknowingly. He was eating his fingernails. He knew that it was his habit from childhood. But he never did it since he was grown up. He was so shocked. He just couldn't understand that why did he was doing that. He was shivering. He didn't want to act like small child but he was behaving in strange way. He could see in other's eyes that he was scaring them. He wanted to act normal but it was not happening. He was so upset. He started to crying but even that sound seem like voice of child. They all started waiting patiently for family Doctor. When Doctor came, he was shocked to see this. Doctor " I will check him physically. But I don't feel this is physical problem." They all looked more scared now. Pradip " I don't want to become mad. But I feel that I am acting like mad." Doctor " First stop calling yourself mad. Person who is well educated like you need to understand difference between madness and mental problem." Pradip nodded. " Let me give this number. Go and visit this psychiatrist immediately." Rita nodded. She called him. They got time and number. Pradip and Dad had to go to psychiatrist alone. Rita had to take care of Janvi. She was so tense. When they went there, they kept waiting for number whole time Pradip kept biting his nails. But he didn't spoke and Dad thanked God for it. When their number called, Pradip ran inside. Pradip started talking. He saw talking just like kid. Psychiatrist looked confused. But then he smiled. He told Pradip to sit and told his Dad to go outside. Psychiatrist began to talk with Pradip step by step. Slowly he took Pradip to memories of Tommy. While crying Pradip described how did his Mom killed Tommy by poisoning. Pradip " One day I tried to stop her. But she beat me. I have marks." But when Pradip showed his hand marks were not there, they were gone. Pradip " Where are those marks?" Psychiatrist " They are gone. Same way your childhood it gone. Your Mom can't control you any more. Why did your Mom killed dog?" " She hated dogs. But I love them." Suddenly Pradip sensed that his voice was normal. Pradip smiled but then he felt scared. "Doctor I am normal now. But will it return?" " Don't worry. Even if it returned, you can come to me and cure it." Pradip nodded happily. Then he talked with Psychiatrist for long time. Then Psychiatrist called Dad inside " Your wife seem to have dog phobia why don't you treat her?" " I don't know if she agreed to do that." " Any way. That is different issue but your son had viewed your wife while killing Tommy." " I always had doubts." " So now your son saw a dog like Tommy. He want keep it so you either have to treat your wife or separate him." Dad looked confused. Dad " Don't worry. I will send Pradip in different house but he will be fine." " Of course. We will do treatment." Then Dad convinced Pradip and Rita to stay separate. Pradip " But Mom might come." Dad smiled " Not when you have a dog in your house." Pradip started laughing. Pradip knew that his Mom wouldn't enter in house. This way he could come and visit his parents and keep Dog too. At beginning Mom tried to argue but when she learned about Dog. She suddenly agreed to their staying in different home. At beginning Pradip had little bit problem but slowly after playing with Tommy and taking treatment from psychiatrist he became fine. His Dad managed to find a hide out from his Mom. Whenever his Mom started to irritate him. Dad just came to stay with Pradip. His Mom was no longer threat. She slowly became just joke in their eyes. Since Pradip managed to keep his Dog without her permission so he was no longer feel scared. Sometimes he felt guilty about Tommy but psychiatrist helped him to get over it. He managed to become perfect pet owner now.
The End
Pradip was sleeping peacefully when he heard sudden crash. He started looking around. He saw that it was his dog. He smiled happily. His dog Tommy was his best friend since childhood. He still remembered that day when he found him on road. He was so happy. He took him inside his house and from that day he began to take best care of him. Tommy was most precious thing for him. He used to want everything best for Tommy. He started moving his hand on Tommy's hair. His hair were so wonderful. Tommy was perfectly pampered dog. Long ago his parents gave up efforts to argue with him regarding his spending money on Tommy. He hugged Tommy. Slowly Tommy started licking his face. He knew that it was not hygienic in eyes of his parents but he always did it. He started playing with him slowly. When he suddenly sensed that he was touched by something soft. It started crying loudly. He was so scared. Then he opened his eyes. It was his baby. He punched it in face. It might be bleeding. He started to scream for help,when suddenly he heard loud voice which was telling him to wake up. He looked around. He looked at his side. His wife Rita "It was cushion?baby is screaming from crib." She went near crib and took baby in hand. She looked so confused. " What happened? " " I just had one nightmare about my dog." " About dog? Which dog?" " Tommy." " What about Tommy?" " I felt he was moving around in bed." " Ohh strange!! Any way I don't want you to scream like that again. I mean if you keep waking up baby like that baby will not let us sleep even for moment." " May I should sleep outside?" Rita looked confused. Rita " I wanted you to sleep here!!" "I know but baby needs to sleep aside you and I feel so scared that I might move on baby in sleep." Rita started laughing. " Come on. You can't do that." He started to protesting but Rita stopped him. Rita " Fine. I got one idea. Let you just sleep on floor." Pradip started laughing. " What is so funny about this?" " Don't you think this is funny? We got such big double bed and crib. Still we are sleeping on floor." " I will spread mattress here. I don't want you to sleep outside and I don't want you to have nightmares too so this is best option." Pradip nodded. He slept peacefully on bed. When he suddenly began to feel some movement again. He decided that this time he might open his eyes. He was so shocked when he saw that his dog was standing before him. He started looking carefully at his dog. It was his dog. He knew that this dog couldn't be there. He looked around. Rita was sleeping peacefully with baby. He didn't make noise but then suddenly Rita woke up. She also started screaming. Rita "Dog..dog" Pradip came to his senses. He tried to take hold of dog. Rita took baby in her arms and kept it away from dog. Rita was so shocked. That dog just vanished from house without waiting for moment. Pradip was so confused. He didn't understand how did Tommy appeared suddenly. Pradip " I can't believe. It was my dead dog." " Stop this nonsense. It was not dead dog. It is alive. It just entered from that window. Did you kept that dog secretly? " Rita started looking at him accusation. " I don't kept any dog. Keeping a dog is not joke." Then Rita went towards window. Rita started looking outside. Pradip " Did you saw any sign of owner?" Then Rita nodded negatively. Rita " He must had gone away with dog. That dog just ran so fast. Let's keep this window close. I just don't want that dog to enter again." Pradip nodded. He was so scared. He went to his daughter. He slowly took her in his hand. She was so small and tiny. At same time she was so beautiful. She was perfect combination of her parents. She took different features from them. He was sure that she would look just beautiful like her Mom. Rita was most beautiful woman in his life until now. But now he knew that his daughter was going to be her competitor. Rita " Don't look at her like that. She is going to become spoiled child if you keep admiring her and spoiling her." " Come on." Then they both started laughing but their daughter kept crying since she didn't seem to understand their joke. They locked that window and went to sleep again.
Next morning when Pradip woke up, Rita was already cooking breakfast. Rita " Your Dad seemed so tired today. I don't think he slept last night." Pradip was so shocked " Are you sure?" " Yes." " But this is third night in row." " I know. This is happening again and again. I feel we might consult Doctor." " But you know him very well. He hated Doctors." " But now your Mom is not there to convince him. We need to do it. I just wished only if I could call her on her picnic. But she needed to enjoy at least few days with her friends. We told her that we will take care of Dad so we must handle it now." " But when she went away, Dad was sleeping properly. This is something new." " Just go and talk to him." " But I am getting late for office. I will talk to him when I will return from office." "Okay but don't forget." " Yes Madam." " Stop joking this is not funny. Just take a look at his face. He seemed so tired." Then suddenly Pradip's Dad entered in kitchen. Dad " Rita will you prepare tea for me?" Pradip saw his Dad was looking truly very tired. " What happened Dad? Didn't you sleep properly last night?" " No Pradip I slept properly. I didn't even had any dream. It was perfect sleep still I am feeling so tired as if I never slept last night." Rita looked shocked. Rita " Dad may be you need more sleep due to your age? Why are you drinking tea? Go to sleep now. It will make you feel better." " Dad Rita is right go to sleep." Dad nodded and went to sleep. Rita started cooking breakfast again when their daughter started crying again. Rita " Will you go and take care of her?" " Sure and I feel she need a name." " Choose any thing you like. I know I will love it. You always choose great." "What about Janvi?" " Great so go and take care of Janvi. Your daughter..No..no..Janvi is getting naughty day by day." " Really!! So she is going to be just like her Mom." Rita pretended that she was throwing spoon on him while Pradip ran away while pretending shading himself from imaginary spoon. He felt that everything was normal and perfect. But still as soon as he entered in his room, he remembered that dog who looked like Tommy. He checked lock of window. It was perfect. Then he decided that he must exchange his bedroom with his parents. That dog was not risky but he was not safe for small baby like Janvi. After all he was not trained dog. He didn't want to see him near his family. But then he felt that it was not right even for his parents to sleep in bedroom where this dog kept entering. He decided that they might just keep this window closed. He remembered one man closing window with nails in horror. He decided that he might call carpenter. He was thinking when Rita screamed " Do you want to be late for office?" " I am going." He ran away with his files outside. He needed to put them in bag and caught bus on time. He started running for bus when he saw carpenter. He knew that he might get late but still he decided that his daughter must come first in life. He called him." Raja." Raja came to him. " What happened Bhaiya?" " Actually I want to shut down my bedroom window with nails." Raja started laughing. " I am not joking. Go to home Bhabhi will explain you all." " Okay. How is your Dad?" " He is okay. Bye I am going to office." Raja nodded. He started going to Pradip's home. He was so confused. But he decided that he might go and ask Bhabhi regarding work. It must be emergency. He went in home and rang bell. It took long time to open door. Finally he heard cries of baby. Rita opened door while carrying her little daughter. " Bhabhi I wish you nice day. Bhaiya send me to shut down window." " Shut down window?" " Yes. He told me I must close bedroom with window with nails." Rita looked confused then she suddenly smiled. She kissed her baby and said " Janvi don't you see how much Daddy love you!! He is ready to turn bedroom in cage just to protect you." Janvi didn't understand but after seeing smile on her Mom's face she returned it. " What happened?" " A dog entered in house last night." Raja looked shocked . Then Rita explained all. " I will shut down that window but we need to catch that dog. You can't lock your daughter in home. So what is name of this princess?" " She is going to be named as Janvi on suitable day which Panditji suggest as best." " May god bless her. Any way I am shutting window now. But we need to catch that Dog." " Then come on Sunday Pradip will help you. He knew every thing properly." " Great." Then Raja shut down that window. Rita hated that darkness but she knew that safety of baby must came first so she kept smiling. But she could clearly saw in Janvi's eyes that she hated that cage too.
Rita began to feel that they must hunt that dog. She was so shocked when she saw that dog. He was just like that picture which she saw in Dad's room. She was so fond of that picture. In it Dad was holding puppy looked just like that Dog. She wanted to ask Pradip about it. But then she totally forgot about it. But this dog was just replica of it. She felt that it might be same dog. But she felt that why did Dad lie about it. If that dog was truly their dog he should have told them. But then she remembered that they never asked him. She decided to talk with Dad. She slowly went in his room but he was sleeping peacefully. It looked so wrong to disturb him. She went out again. She decided that she had to ask but she would ask on suitable time. It was so upsetting when she returned to room. Those closed windows were upsetting her. She just wanted to go out of that room. She started moving out when she felt noise on window again. It was strange some one was trying to push window. She was shocked. Dogs couldn't be trying to enter in morning. It was so strange. She couldn't believe it. She was so scared. She slowly went out in hall with Janvi who was also crying. She decided that she had wake up Dad now. She went in hall. She started to go towards Dad's room but she sensed strange movement inside it. She felt as if some dog was moving there. She wanted to take look but she was so scared. She just kept waiting outside Dad's room. She finally took deep breathe and opened it. She was so shocked to see that no one was inside. She was sure that she heard voice of dog. Then she suddenly heard it again. She felt that it might jump on her. She had Janvi in hand so she just shut down door. She went away. She started to sense that it was risky when suddenly Dad appeared from behind. Dad " Why did you shut down window of bedroom like? I was checking out window from outside. It was fully closed. This way you will not get air inside your room. This is not good for Janvi. " " I know but a dog is entering in room again and again." Dad looked shocked. Dad " Dog? It must be mine." " Dad you are keeping a pet in this house and it was entering in our room? Don't you feel concern for your grand daughter? " " I don't keep it. It is Tommy. I thought he was die but he is alive. He enter in our room too every night." " Why don't you let us know?" Dad started to look nervous. Dad " I feel if I started seeing dead dog, I might land in mental hospital. I know every one feel I am little bit nutcase already." " No..No..Dad no one will think that way. But this is not possible. It must not be Tommy." " No. That Dog is Tommy." " It might look like him but he can't be Tommy." " But it had belt of Tommy." Now Rita was confused. Rita " Now this is strange. I can't believe it.""No need to believe me. You can see it with your eyes. That Dog must be on Tommy's dog house now." Rita was so shocked now. This Dog was staying in her house entire time and she never sensed it. " Dad why didn't you tell it?" " Since I thought it was my madness." " No it was not. We all see it." Then Rita decided that she must go and check out that Dog. But she was scared to take Janvi with her. She was already screaming out of huger so she didn't have much option but to feed. Rita " I have to give milk to Janvi." " Yes..Yes you must give her. GO..go hurry up. Don't worry Janu Mom is not going to let you sleep on empty stomach on any day. You will get every thing." Rita was so confused by way in which Dad was talking. Dad was talking like some poor man. While she knew that Dad was never poor. Pradip never mentioned poverty in life. She decided that it was just depressed statement of old age or line from newspaper article. She sensed that Janvi managed to adjust with that dark room too. She slept peacefully after drinking milk. Rita put her in crib and went in kitchen to cook. She wished that only if she could found a nice cook. But she didn't found one even after searching for long time. She decided that she might cook by herself after all she needed to cook just for two person now since Pradip would eat in office canteen. When her mother-in-law would come back, she would surely help her. But at this moment she had cook as soon as possible. Since she had to go back to her daughter again. She many times wished from heart only if Dad was as helpful as Mom. Mom helped her in every thing while Dad didn't even show willingness to sit beside his grand daughter. He never took any responsibility. While criticizing him in her soul she started cooking for him then she felt that this was wrong way so she started thinking about happy moments in her life.Soon cooking became interesting task for her. She began to enjoy it.
Dad went in his room. He was so confused. He knew that he had to show place for Tommy for sake of his grand daughter but he didn't want to throw Tommy away. But then he knew that Tommy was died. He buried him with his own hands. It was so strange. He knew that he couldn't be alive. Still he wanted him to be alive. He knew that things were not moving the way he wished. He never wanted Tommy to come back when his grand daughter was small. He wanted him when she was grown up. He wanted her to play with him. But then he started to feel that his grand daughter might hate Tommy. It was so wrong. He was so confused. He knew that he couldn't keep Tommy but he wanted to keep him. He kept telling every one that Tommy was dead dog. But he was alive before him. He knew that he was not Tommy. But He did't believe that it would help him at all. He wanted to keep that dog. But he didn't understand who brought him here. He was so shocked when it suddenly appeared in Tommy's house. He was confused. But he wanted him so he kept hiding that fact form all. He gave him food but still he knew that Tommy was bathed every day. He was not doing that. He was sure that some one else from house wanted to keep Tommy as pet. That person was doing every thing. He knew that it was fact but he didn't know that person who was doing it. But he was trying his best to support that person. It was strange. He was sure that it couldn't be his wife. He knew that his wife hated dog. He still remembered how did treated Tommy. She wanted to kill him. Many times when he remembered sudden vanishing of Tommy, he began to doubt that it might be possible him wife did something. But then Tommy was died. He couldn't imagine a ghost of Dog returning back for revenge. He didn't told any one that during night he kept playing with Dog. It was possible that it might manage to damage his health little bit but still he wanted to play with Dog. He knew that when his wife would come back, she would surely managed to take away that dog or she might hurt him. He was so scared about future of that dog. He decided that he might just tell Rita and suggest her to find new house for dog. He smiled. He liked this idea. He didn't want that dog to be dead. He looked around started searching for Rita. When he heard Janvi crying, they supposed to name Janvi soon. She was no longer just a baby. She was so wonderful. He took her in hands. Janvi stopped crying. She started making sound with where suggesting that she wanted to go out for walk. Janvi didn't want to stay in that dark room and Dad would not blame her for it. That room was truly looking horrible. Then he took her outside. When suddenly Tommy came running towards him, he was so scared that Janvi would scream. But Janvi didn't cry. She just gave smile. She was happy to come out of house. Dad was so relaxed. Then he sensed that Janvi was not scared of Tommy. It was clear that Janvi knew Tommy every well. She was small but if she saw a dog regularly then she wouldn't feel scared of him. It was strange. Rita was cooking peacefully. She totally forgot about every thing. But then when her cooking was almost over, she remembered Janvi. It was not possible that Janvi was sleeping so peacefully for such a long time. She went in her room. She was confused when she saw that Janvi was not sleeping. Then she heard Janvi's laughing sound. She sensed that she was playing outside. She was so happy that Dad was playing with Janvi. She went out. But she was shocked when she saw that scene. Janvi was in sack tied to Dad's body and Dad was throwing ball to Tommy. Tommy was clearly obedient pet Dog who was just bringing back ball and entertaining Janvi who was owner in his view. It was perfect scene. She could no longer sense any fear from Dog like she felt last time. She sensed one thing. That it was their mistake. They kept window open so Dog assumed that he could come inside. That dog must be entering in Dad's room for long time. She sensed that Tommy was nice dog. She was angry at beginning but soon she started laughing. She decided that she must give at least one try to that dog. She went ahead to play with him.
Dad was shocked when he saw Rita was playing with Dog. First time he felt that he might trust his daughter-in-law. His wife always hated Dogs. But somewhere in his heart his son Pradip loved them. He knew that Pradip never able to keep Dog. Rita " He is nice Dog." " I know but I don't know that he is pet Dog. Do you feel Pradip might have kept this Dog secretly?" " Why did he do that and then deny it? I mean this id his house. He could keep Dog and we will keep window close. Nothing is dangerous about this dog. Due to night I felt he was so big." Dad smiled " It is not shocking light would always do those tricks." " But still I feel so sad that I just tried to hunt this cute Dog. I will call Raja and open our window. Then we will build new dog house with those woods." Dad smiled happily. They were so happy but in evening when they started talking with Pradip about Dog. He started shivering. Pradip " I don't want to keep Dog." Rita was shocked. Rita " But I thought you taught him." " I did but still I don't want him." Suddenly he was talking like small boy. It was shocked change. Rita was so confused. Even Dad started to look scared. Dad " Why are you talking like small kid?" Pradip screamed with anger " I am talking like myself." He didn't even said this sentence in voice of grown up. Dad was so confused. Dad " You never speak this way except when you were ten years old." Pradip " Dad I want to talk normally. But my voice seemed to be stuck." Rita and Dad started to look confused. Rita" May be we should call Doctor?" Pradip nodded. They called their family Doctor. Pradip was now crying in strange way. They were so scared. Dad " What is happening to him? Nothing like that happen before." Rita " How did I suppose to know? You have stayed with him more than me. He was perfectly normal before me." Then Pradip started banging his legs and screaming " I am normal. I am fine. Where is Tommy? We need to hide him." Rita " But why?" " You don't know." He was grown up elder still he was talking like child. Now Rita started crying slowly. Pradip" Stop crying. I am fine. Just my voice is strange. But Doctor will make it fine." Dad " Not just voice. You are behaving like child." Pradip looked at himself unknowingly. He was eating his fingernails. He knew that it was his habit from childhood. But he never did it since he was grown up. He was so shocked. He just couldn't understand that why did he was doing that. He was shivering. He didn't want to act like small child but he was behaving in strange way. He could see in other's eyes that he was scaring them. He wanted to act normal but it was not happening. He was so upset. He started to crying but even that sound seem like voice of child. They all started waiting patiently for family Doctor. When Doctor came, he was shocked to see this. Doctor " I will check him physically. But I don't feel this is physical problem." They all looked more scared now. Pradip " I don't want to become mad. But I feel that I am acting like mad." Doctor " First stop calling yourself mad. Person who is well educated like you need to understand difference between madness and mental problem." Pradip nodded. " Let me give this number. Go and visit this psychiatrist immediately." Rita nodded. She called him. They got time and number. Pradip and Dad had to go to psychiatrist alone. Rita had to take care of Janvi. She was so tense. When they went there, they kept waiting for number whole time Pradip kept biting his nails. But he didn't spoke and Dad thanked God for it. When their number called, Pradip ran inside. Pradip started talking. He saw talking just like kid. Psychiatrist looked confused. But then he smiled. He told Pradip to sit and told his Dad to go outside. Psychiatrist began to talk with Pradip step by step. Slowly he took Pradip to memories of Tommy. While crying Pradip described how did his Mom killed Tommy by poisoning. Pradip " One day I tried to stop her. But she beat me. I have marks." But when Pradip showed his hand marks were not there, they were gone. Pradip " Where are those marks?" Psychiatrist " They are gone. Same way your childhood it gone. Your Mom can't control you any more. Why did your Mom killed dog?" " She hated dogs. But I love them." Suddenly Pradip sensed that his voice was normal. Pradip smiled but then he felt scared. "Doctor I am normal now. But will it return?" " Don't worry. Even if it returned, you can come to me and cure it." Pradip nodded happily. Then he talked with Psychiatrist for long time. Then Psychiatrist called Dad inside " Your wife seem to have dog phobia why don't you treat her?" " I don't know if she agreed to do that." " Any way. That is different issue but your son had viewed your wife while killing Tommy." " I always had doubts." " So now your son saw a dog like Tommy. He want keep it so you either have to treat your wife or separate him." Dad looked confused. Dad " Don't worry. I will send Pradip in different house but he will be fine." " Of course. We will do treatment." Then Dad convinced Pradip and Rita to stay separate. Pradip " But Mom might come." Dad smiled " Not when you have a dog in your house." Pradip started laughing. Pradip knew that his Mom wouldn't enter in house. This way he could come and visit his parents and keep Dog too. At beginning Mom tried to argue but when she learned about Dog. She suddenly agreed to their staying in different home. At beginning Pradip had little bit problem but slowly after playing with Tommy and taking treatment from psychiatrist he became fine. His Dad managed to find a hide out from his Mom. Whenever his Mom started to irritate him. Dad just came to stay with Pradip. His Mom was no longer threat. She slowly became just joke in their eyes. Since Pradip managed to keep his Dog without her permission so he was no longer feel scared. Sometimes he felt guilty about Tommy but psychiatrist helped him to get over it. He managed to become perfect pet owner now.
The End
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