Not beside you

The poison

Next morning

Anirudh was sleeping as it was Sunday and he was tired by all the things happening in his life. In his sleep he heard Somnath waking him up.

Somnath - Dada uthiye Dada bahut badi musibat aa gayi hai.

Anirudh got up but he was still sleepy.

Anirudh - Kya hua Som ? Sab theek hai na?

Somnath - Nahi dada khuch theek nahi hai. Dada aaj bacche kulfi khaane ke liye bahar gaye the

Anirudh - Ha toh isme pareshani kya hai?

Somnath - Dada kisi ne unki kulfi mein jeher Mila diya tha.

Anirudh immediately got up from his bed in shock.

Anirudh - Kya ! Kisne Kiya ye sab ? Aur bacche kaha hai ? Vo theek toh hai na ?

Somnath - Aur kon hoga Dada vo Krishnanagar vale  , ab vaha se kon aaya aur kisne kulfi mein zeher milaya ye  hume abhi nahi pata par mene hamare aadmi laga diye hai pata lagane ke liye.

Anirudh - Aur baache? Vo kese hai?

Somnath - Vo toh accha hua aaj mein hospital nahi gaya tha aur baccho ko mene antidote de diya. Vo theek hai bas unke pet mein thoda dard rahega thodi der ke liye kyuki antidote apna asar dikha Rahi hai.

Anirudh - Shukriya Som aaj tumne mere baccho ki jaan bachayi. Accha mein jara baccho ko dekh kar aata hu.

He went to kids room. He saw all the children including Shashwati was crying badly because of stomach ache.
There was Sampoorna who was consoling all the children with tears in her eyes. Anirudh came and hugged all the children. Tears started to form in his eyes seeing them in pain. Then one of the  child sobbingly said.

Child - Barrister Babu pet mein bahut dard ho raha hai.

Shashwati - Ha dada pet mein bahut dard ho raha hai

Anirudh hugged all the children's and was consoling them.

Anirudh - Dekho tum sab Barrister Babu ke strong bacche ho na ? Aise rote thodi hai ? Agar hamare dushmano ne Hume rote hue dekh liya toh kya sochenge ? Chalo Rona band karo sab.

Slowly children stopped crying and slept in his arms. Anirudh layed them on their beds and went out of the room.

He went back to his room and stand under the shower. His tears got mixed up with the water. He changed and went out to the hall and found Trilochan and Somnath who seemed that they were waiting for him.

Anirudh - Som pata chala inn sab ke peeche kon hai ?

Somnath - Ha dada par.....

Anirudh - Par kya Som ? Naam batao uska .

Somnath - Dada mein mujhe pura bharosa hai ki ye kaam uss insaan ne hi Kiya hai par hamare pass koi sabut nahi hai.

Anirudh - Tum naam batao Som. Kon hai vo ?

Somnath - Bondita!

Anirudh gets shocked hearing this.

Anirudh - Som mein janta hu ki tum Bondita ko pasand nahi karte par iska matlab ye nahi ki tum uss par ilzaam dalo.

Somnath - Dada baat  pasand ya napasand ki nahi hai. Vo aas pass ke dukaan valo se puch taach karne par pata chala ki jab bacche kulfi kha rahe the tab Bondita vahi thi aur logo ne ye bhi kaha ki usne baccho se baatein ki hai . Ho sakta hai ki Bondita ne hi.

Anirudh - Nahi Som Aisa nahi ho sakta, Bondita iss dushmani ka hissa nahi hai , usne khud ye baat kahi hai aur vo baccho se bahut pyar karti hai, baccho ne khud mujhe ye baat kahi hai vo baccho ko nuksaan kyu pauchyegi ?