Chapter 1| A talk to remember
If the way seems easy, it might be the wrong one. Getting the thing the right way, mostly need efforts. And efforts too need efforts. Maybe, that's why most people choose the wrong way.
Preeta had finally completed her school by scoring the highest marks in her class. She was her teachers' pride and had become her parents' strength. Her best friend, Arjun had achieved second position in the toppers and was genuinely happy for her achievement.
After that noon incident, Arjun was rushed to the hospital and was immediately treated. Preeta had called his parents using hospital's telephone and had received endless blessings from them for helping their son.
Her father was actually proud more than being shocked to see how his daughter had handled such a serious situation in a courageous manner.
She later found that the boy who caused Arjun's misery was The Karan Luthra. His father Mahesh Luthra was a successful businessman.
His grandfather was the former MLA of this town. Because of his great image, he had taught his son to help people and lend money to his companies' needy employees like Arjun's father who had been working in Luthra industries for years.
Arjun's father had really borrowed the money from Karan's father for his medical treatment and to save some for his further studies. But after that incident, he had sold all his wife's jewelry with her consent to get relief from Luthras' wrath as the warning, the boy had given was still on and they didn't want to take further risk.
Karan's father being quite strict and practical, he hated bad debts. Preeta had heard her uncle discussing with her father about how he was capable of taking strict actions for those who were not able to pay money properly on time and with complete amount.
Either he would conquer their assets or gave them deadly threats and his son being the spoilt-brat, was worse than him. He was already famous all over the town for his drunken fights in clubs, reckless behavior and rash driving incidents.
From last two days, Arjun's father had not been able to keep quiet. He kept pouring his heart to his friend by cursing that boy repeatedly.
Preeta carefully heard that no matter how many times, the son would do inappropriate things like this but a father like Mahesh Luthra would always help his son at the end of the day.
Even the son himself was aware of this fact very well and that was why, he would always walk with that dark aura around him. He would bully kids, misbehave with elders, would shamelessly date different girls at the same time.
Who would know if his father had sent him to collect the money with respect? It was his own way to scare the borrower by threatening and beating.
After getting acknowledged about Luthras, both Preeta and Arjun were warned by their parents to stay away from his sight.
The doctors had assured them that Arjun would be getting better. His bruises and swollen cheeks would get back to normal in days. About his Asthma attack, the punch had directly contacted his heart and it had a hard effect on his breathing process.
Not just he was struggling to breathe, Preeta could see that her best friend was somehow still in the trauma.
She herself, was. She could never forget that day. She could never forget how Arjun was struggling to breathe while suffering the pain in his fresh wounds and those grown-up boys were watching him blankly.
From that day, a part of her heart had filled with a sudden hatred for Karan.
For then, she just knew that she won't be getting in his sight by any chance.
