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Chapter 10 A - Healing Touch

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Flashback in italics

In hospital,
Khushi is staying with Arvind in the hospital as per their arrangement.
"You know beta, Arnav was such a naughty kid...it was like he had wheels on his legs. Ratna used to ran after him when he started to walk. Sometimes, we wondered that he will become an athlete in the future seeing him running around." Arvind told to Khushi who was cutting the apple for Arvind.
"That's interesting uncle. Aunty would had a difficult time managing him." Khushi smiled and gave him the apples.
"That's right beta. Ratna used to tell that running behind him made her lose all the baby fats." Arvind said having the apple.
"He drove you mad, doesn't he?"
"Sometimes when he was a kid. Let me tell you an incident. He was 6 years old at that time. It was some holiday and he was out playing with kids. Around 5 in the evening, our neighboring boy told that Arnav went missing. They were playing hide and seek and nobody no where he was. We all searched everywhere, called out his name. Everybody in our area where looking for him. 3 hours went like that, for me it was like 3 years. I was going mad, arnav was my only hope and we couldn't find him." Arvind paused.
"How did you find him then?"
"We didn't find him, instead he came there. What happened was, there is a garage in our area, he hide in an old car and fell asleep."
"OMG, you were all going crazy while he was sleeping without knowing that." Khushi asked.
"Yes, that's the summary."
"How did you react to that?"
" I still regret how I reacted to him. That's the first I raised hands on him. Losing him was my worst dream and in anger, I beat him....with a cane...and my arnav stood there not knowing why I'm hitting him."

Arvind recalled that day,

A six year old arnav asked his father not to hit him. He cried tried to protect him self from the cane that inflicted pain on him. Their neighbors somehow stopped Arvind from hitting arnav. When arvind stopped it, arnav ran towards his home and fell on the bed crying.
Arvind realised what he have done to arnav and walked towards his house with a heavy heart.
He reached his home and heard his son sobbing.
He felt like a failure....he failed as a father...he failed in front of his wife Ratna.
Arvind stood in front of Ratna's pic hanging his head down.
'I failed to be a good father go our son ratna. Because of me our son is in pain and crying.' Arvind slump down crying. He don't have the courage to face his son. Arvind sat there for hours and later her went to Arnav's room to check him out.
Arvind found him sleeping on his bed. He sat next to arnav and ran his hands on the bruises. It pained him a lot to see those bruises on arnav's body. Arvind felt Arnav getting awake.
"I'm sorry papa...I will be a good boy...please don't hit me." Arnav told in his little voice which undone arvind who hugged arnav and cried.
"No beta, its me who did the mistake. I'm sorry for hitting you. Please forgive your papa. When I don't find you for hours I thought I lost you. You are my everything arnav...your papa only have you." Arvind kissed arnav's forehead.
"Is it paining beta?" Arvind asked.
"A little" arnav confessed.
Arvind went outside the room and came back with a bottle.
"I will apply this oil and the pain will go away soon." Arvind said opening the bottle. He applied it on the bruises carefully.
"I'm sorry beta...so sorry..." Arvind told arnav.
"That's ok papa."
To make him happy, Arvind suggested
"How about we have dinner outside today?"
"I'm ready..." Arnav said with utmost happiness.
Son and father went to the near by dhabha, had a lot of food and came back.
"Today, we will sleep together." Told arvind, arranging Arnav's bed.
The son- father duo get into the bed, arvind hugged arnav and stroked his head.
"Papa, you know Abhay told me that maa left us because I'm a bad boy. Is that true papa, am I a bad boy? Will maa come back if I become a good boy?" A confused arnav asked arvind.
Arvind was shocked to hear that.
"Beta, you are a good boy....my little arnav will never be a bad boy. Regarding your maa, do you know about angels arnav?"
"Yes...they have wings and love children."
"Your maa was an angel. She loved you a lot....a lot mean even more than i loves you. Angels are close to god, so one day god called her back and she had to go. She told me look after you and love you. She told me to tell you that she loves you a lot. If you have any problem, you can tell that to her. Your maa will be there to hear you."
"So I'm a good boy and maa loves me a lot. Will she come back to us papa?"
"Those angels who went back to god can't come back beta...but they can see us...hear us ...but we cannot. You know at night they will shine in the sky and smile at us. That's why we gaze at the stars at night. So never think that you are a bad boy, that will hurt me. My arnav is a good boy...a very good boy."
"I'm a good boy and you are the best papa in the world." Arnav said wrapping his little arms around arvind and kissed his cheek. Hearing him saying that brings immense joy to his heart.
Arvind kissed on his forehead and both of them slept peacefully.