It Was Only You

❣ It was Only You [24] ❣

Aditya felt his cheeks hurting with immense pain as Harshwardhan kept on slapping his son with animosity. He has never felt provoked beyond limits and frustrated against his own son and Harshwardhan couldn't help but continue slapping Aditya to teach him a lesson for good come what may.

Aditya has been playing along with his parents, taunting them whenever he wants to, taking advantage of their calm behaviour for many years as much as he can remember but this once, when their son is trying to do something that the parents don't approve of, which can be proven wrong Harshwardhan had no other option than making Aditya understand everything sensible in a way he will never be able to forget in his life.  

As he tolerated his father's punches, Aditya felt his eyelids closing and opening slowly time to time as his legs could no longer support his body and he kept moving behind. Once his legs hit the sofa behind, Aditya fell on to it with no sense of his whereabouts, with his eyes closed. He couldn't keep his eyes open because of the emotional and mental draining.

"Bhai! Dad.. Ye kya kiya aapne? How could you do this to bhai?"

Arjun rushed towards Aditya in a hurry to see whether his brother was facing any difficulties with breathing after getting such a big punishment for talking the truth. Aditya kept breathing harder than ever but he was still conscious.

"Bas kijiye Harsh, please.. Kya kar rahe the aap? Adi humara beta hai, koi paraya ladka nahi. Humara khoon hai! Please.. mere bete ko aise sazaa mat dijiye!"

Anjana screamed through tears as she noticed how a cut was clearly visible below Aditya's mouth and blood dripping from it. Arjun had already taken out his handkerchief and placed it near his mouth to stop the bleeding.

"Victor, victor! First aid box laana. Jaldi!", he shouted his lungs out to which the butler brought the first aid box immediately. As Harshwardhan and Anjana kept glaring at their elder son getting treated with Arjun's concern, the father couldn't stop his resentment against Aditya. He turned backwards towards his sons and crossed his arms vigorously.

"Pehele tumhare is bete ne hum sabki itni bezzati ki jab Pooja margayi thi. Yaad hai kaise ghar par halla machaya tha, aag aag chilla kar balki kuch hua hi nahi. Sab ke saamne mujhe kitna sharminda hona para, sirf is ladke ke wajah se. Meri kitni bezzati hui us din, I just did not die out of shame, that's it! Phir us shamshaan par jaha us aadmi Yash Arora ko bhi lekar aaya tha uske family ne. Yaad hai tumhe Anjana, maine pehele bhi kaha ki ye ladka bohot ziddi hai! Kitni baar sab ne advice kiya hoga ki apne father ki tarah Lawyer ban jao, Hooda and Sons join karlo lekin tumhare is rajkumar ko toh.. Pilot banna tha. Pilot banne ke baad phir grounded bhi hogaya tha, us Pooja ke maut ki sadhma jo laga tha ise! After that tumhare bete ne us Zoya Siddiqui ko nuksaan pohonchane keliye us do take ki aadmi ke office par jaana shuru kardiya. Kis liye? Koi zaroori kaam tha ZoSh par? Nahi! Dusron ke Events organize karne keliye aur apna badla poora karne keliye! Harshwardhan Hooda ke bade bete ko events organize karne mein kaunsa mazaa aaraha tha? Ye us office par sirf isliye jatata kyun ki vaha woh Zoya hai. Jis dhoke se ye guzar raha tha, us dhoke ko bhulane keliye past ke saath sambandh rakhna is not the initiative he should have taken at that time. Tum apne bete ko sahi raaste par laati toh aaj hume ye din dekhna nahi padtha Anjana..! Ab ye ladka us Zoya ko 'meri Zoya' kehene laga hai.."

Arjun kept holding his brother securely, who was coughing and panting with the slaps he received from his father but both sons could clearly hear what their parents were arguing about. Anjana held her head with both her hands.

"Harsh, kyun past ke baare mein aap baat kar rahe hai? Humara Adi.."

"Kyun ki usi atheet ke wajah se aaj tumhare bete ki ye haalat hai Anjana, why don't you get it? He never moved on from his past. Mujhe patha hai ki Pooja ne ise jo dokha diya tha, use ye bhula chuka hai lekin what about that girl? Zoya toh kabhi Adi ke zindagi se nahi gayi na? Pehele tak toh teek tha. Uske baad ye dono ek dusre ke itne kareeb aagaye ki aaj iske zubaan par sirf Zoya ka hi naam hai. Tumhare bete ka dimaag karaab hogaya hai!"