Conceit & Kindness

Chapter-2

We are here because we were supposed to be here.

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"Jessica Mehra," and hundreds of cameras were on me to capture my every moment.

No!

Not at all!

I am not going to tolerate these people who are flashing their cameras at me.

What do they even believe in themselves?

I glanced at the right side and then at the left. I can quickly run from here to save myself from this utter absurdity.

I clutched my lehnga and took a depth breath, "Don't you dare!"

How did he know?

What made him realise that  I was going to gallop away from here.

"Stay where you are and smile, "

His stringent tone was enough to make me startle that I have no choice left but to hide.

Now, everyone will ask me absurd questions!

"And walk peacefully, like a lady,"

What does he mean by walking peacefully like a lady? am I not woman enough? Or I look like a man.

"Fine dad," I muttered under my breath while hiding glances from him.
Outside weather was calming and refreshing, and I am stuck here.

I should be bicycling near the mountains and writing something in my diary alone with my thoughts, but look at me now. I am stuck; stuck where I don't want to be.

"Come and greet the guests,"  he asked me to accompany him.

Why does my dad have to greet the guests? Who are they to be greeted? Aren't they appeased enough that they are here to celebrate the function? Then why there is a need to greet them?

"Oh, Dr Sharma, how are you?"

A bald uncle was standing right beside me when I was engrossed in staring at the coloured walls which were empty before.

"Dr Mehra, I have been very engaged in the previous week with my clients,"

Yes, my father is a doctor, he is a surgeon and most of the crowd here belongs to the elite class of professionals.

"Yes. The time has been very quipped due to certain factors of weather but I must say it's an excellent opportunity to outshine as doctors!"

And then he chuckled.

I don't find it funny, and why would I? It's all rubbish!

However, Dr Sharma was not convinced with me so he joined him in a race to win against him in the chuckling process.

My father is a very determined man who believes that no one can beat him, no one can win any race against him. He considers himself second next to god.

Before Dr Sharma asks me anything, I slid away from there, but I was not advantageous enough to run faster and in the end, I lost control by falling to the ground.

Okay, enough is enough I need to storm out now from here otherwise aspects will not be in my hands.

Hundreds of eyes were on me, I was the centre of attraction once again just like I was when I was ten years old.

Some were greedy, some were passionate, some were angry, some were cold, but most of them were lost.

I attempted to regain my balance but couldn't until I found a man staring at me straight into my eyes.