BEHADD

Adataalees

Tripti 

He was going for a meeting. But he left Dhruv to keep an eye on me. I should be offended but his doubts were right. I had done something... I shouldn't have.

It was not me.

Dhruv was following me everywhere like a lost puppy. I had asked him to leave me alone but he shrugged it off and told he was strictly ordered to never leave my sight.

I was trying to make something in the kitchen. But when I tried reaching for the knife to cut vegetables he took it from my hand. "Give it", I gritted my teath at his atique.

" For what are you going to use it. "

"So you know about that..."

" Yes, but I wasn't supposed to. I'm sorry. But I knew it without anyone telling me."

" How", I ask with a frown.

" I've tried taking my life too.", Came his reply. He was so casual about it. I wonder why a person like him would do something like that.

"You shouldn't... Think of it again, it's not worth it", came his voice breaking the silence.

"How'd you know. You are just another criminal who kills for pleasure!"

"I... We don't kill for pleasure, it's our job. And we are the kindest you could ever meet in our profession"

" Huh!", I was agitated. Not only do they kill, they think they are kind!

"The thing is... He saved me the day I decided to die. And now, I'm indebted to him. He's not that bad. Try to give him a chance"

" Ofcourse you'd say that! After all he is your boss!"

" He didn't ask me to tell you this, I am saying this because I mean it"

" Why did you.... Try to do that", I asked hesitantly. I shouldn't pry in his personal life but I was curious.

"I was seventeen, broke and addicted to drugs. I was disgusted with myself... So I tried jumping from marine drive. But he came out of nowhere and since then I'm in this... Life"

" So... You like it here? Doing sins!"

"Sin, yes. We are all sinners. But do I like it? I don't know. I can't feel things like normal humans. But I'm thankful for him, he gave me a life thousand times better. He trusts me, and I would never break his trust."

" You're saying as if he's a god to you, don't you think he has ruined your innocence? Making you a criminal?"

" No, I would never think bad of him. Yes, earlier I thought he was a bad person and this business was dirty, but as the time passed, I saw the real reason behind all this. He never killed an innocent. He had his rules and ethics"

" Killing is killing, be it an innocent or-"

" We're all going to die someday, he's just making lives easier for many , eliminating the bad people around"

" What do you think you all are? Moral police?!"

" No, but... We're not that bad"

" Just leave it! I don't want any explanation from you. A crime can't be justified"

He nods and goes back to becoming his normal stoic self. Hands behind the back. I sigh and take the knife and start chopping the vegetables.

Everything in the kitchen was brand new. I wonder he even drank water from here. It was a huge modular kitchen, and I liked cooking so it was a dream come true.