Kissing A Devil (Complete and Continuing In The Sequel)

Chapter 14

"Mumma! OPEN THE DOOR! Please Dad ! I am sorry!..Dad!", he screams.
He is 8 years old, locked in the dark basement of the huge mansion. He can hear the footsteps coming down the stairs. The door opens and he sees a silhouette of a man. He can't see his face but he knows who he is.
"Stop crying like a girl..", the strong voice says.
"Mujhe bhook lagi hai..pani peena hai..", he whispers, stopping himself from crying.
"He is hungry. He has not drank any water. Please let him go back to his room..let him go please..", she requests standing behind him.
"Will you ever be frightened again from darkness? Tell me?", the voice asks.
"No.. I ..I will not be scared anymore. I promise. Please let me go to my room. Please let..let me drink some water.. I am thirsty.."
The man starts to laugh loudly,"Good.. Always remember who you are. You are Sidharth Raichand, Raghuvir Raichand's son.."

A whip cracking sound and a sharp burning sensation on the skin as it breaks open oozing blood.
"Please stop, he is bleeding...", she begs.
"Shut up..Sidharth Raichand is Raghuvir Raichand's son. How can he let a fellow classmate push him? He has to learn to fight back, to be strong.", the male voice says.
Another whip hits his back, but he does not react. He is 13 years old now. He has learnt to withstand pain..
"Please let him go.."
"What will you do, if someone touches you? Answer me.", the same voice demands an answer.
"I will hit him back, smash his face to pulp..", he replies calmly.
He hears a loud laugh.

"Mumma, where are you?", he asks over phone.
"I am going now.."
"No please don't listen to him. He is lying. I have planned everything..Trust me.."
"No baby..listen. you have to leave now. Come to the vacation home. I will reach there. We will leave from there together.."
"No.. Mumma..Hello..."

"Dad please don't go.. not today."
He recieve a slap on his face, "Don't behave like a girl. I wasted my 16 years to make you a man, my son but you will remain her son, a coward. I really don't know if you really are my own blood or not.."
He stares at his father with hurt.
"I will go with you then.."

Bullets are being fired.
He is hit on his shoulder. He is bleeding but he still tries to stand up. He has to look for him.
He lies on the ground, bleeding. That man, in a gray suit, with sleeves rolled up, has fired a round of bullets at his father.
He kneels near him, "Dad..nothing will happen to you. Kabir chacha is coming."
"She cheated me. She..cheated you..Don't forgive her."
He can feel someone standing behind him. The cold barrel of the gun touches his back.
"Good bye Raichands.."
And the gun is fired.

Sidharth wakes up breathing heavily. He was dreaming. Nightmares of the memories he carries with himself. He is having a nasty headache. It takes some time for him to understand where he is. He looks at the ceiling and realises he is in his room in the vacation home.

He feels something strange. Something or rather someone is on him. He lowers his head and gets the biggest shock of his life. There with her head on his chest, sleeps no one but Shehnaaz.
Sidharth keeps staring at her as she sleeps peacefully on him.

Woh khubsurat hai itni
Janat se utri koi pari lage.
Masumiyat hai chehre par,
Koi nanhi si kali lage.
Chum lun inn labon ko
Zindagi mukamal ho jaye.
Mere lafzon ko uski kimat,
Aur mere dil ko uski manzil mil jaye.

He has never been this close to her. Her locks of hair lie on his arms. Her smell is intoxicating, making him forget himself. Her warm breath falls on his chest as her soft lips touches his bare skin burning it there. His heartbeat increases as his breathing goes rapid. He gets scared she might hear him as she sleeps directly above his poor heart beating hard, calling her name, 'Shehnaaz.'