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"𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞."

↬𝐁𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐇

↬𝐁𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐇

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I glared at the dead body in front of me.

My hands trembled, my breath came out ragged, and my vision blurred. I was the only fucking one who had killed this innocent woman.

Just because she knew a fucking truth.

The gun slipped from my grip, clattering against the blood-soaked ground, and I stumbled back. My stomach churned. My father's laughter rang in my ears, making my skin crawl.

"Come on, Anirudh!" Baba's voice was filled with amusement, as if this was nothing but a mere business deal to him. "That girl inside... she'll fetch a good price. We can sell her-"

I whipped around, my blood boiling. "She's a goddamn fucking kid, Baba!! How can you?"

But my father... he only smirked.

Binoy took slow steps toward me, his expression unreadable. "What's the problem, Anirudh? You already pulled the trigger once. What's stopping you now?"

I clenched my fists, my nails digging into my palms. My chest heaved with rage and disgust. I had just killed a woman who had once cared for me-because of him. And now, he wanted to sell a child?

I took a shaky breath and turned toward the house. My feet moved before I could think. I had to get to her. I had to-

But before I could take another step, a sharp grip on my wrist yanked me back. Binoy's fingers dug into my skin, his eyes dark with warning. "Don't act like a fucking hero, Anirudh. You're already in this. You don't get to back out now."

My stomach twisted. I knew what he meant. He was going to make me watch-watch as that little girl suffered, just like he had made me watch countless others before.

Not this time.

I yanked my arm free and took off toward the house.

I rushed inside, my heart pounding like a war drum. The air inside the house was thick, suffocating, carrying the scent of burnt wood and something metallic-blood. My breath hitched as I called out, my voice hoarse, desperate.

"Bacha?... Bacha, where are you?"

Silence.

Only the faintest whisper of the wind through the broken windows answered me. But then-there.

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