Un-Beam My Heart!

47. Other side of the World!!

Eighteen months later….

                               “The former CEO of the Khemmonta Industries has been sentenced to life long imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to all the crimes that were charged against him. Charges such as embezzlement, money laundering and misuse of Will and government authorities for personal gains, had been proven, and the Criminal court on Thursday night, also fined Suchart Khemmonta $130,000 under the plea bargain requested by the accused. According to the reports submitted by the prosecutors, the islands in the popular holiday destinations of the country had been sold below market price and a statutory committee has been formed to probe into the tourism industry of the country”

                              “The 53-year old Mr. Suchart Khemmonta, who led the Khemmonta Industries for fifteen years, is also indicted and proved of child sexual abuse and the transfer of obscene material to minors among the other offences. According to the court documents, evidences such as hard drives and disks, containing numerous images and videos depicting Suchart Khemmonta engaging in sexual activity with many minor kids were submitted to the honorable judge during the prosecution. The authenticity of the evidences were examined and certified by the forensic team, based on which a search warrant was issued to search the Khemmonta’s cottage outside city limits”

                              “The evidences from the crime site were submitted to the criminal court and the case was thus brought under the Child Protection Act. A series of….”

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                               God switched off the TV and threw the remote on the couch, “Baby, how long will you watch the same news over and over again”, he complained.

                              “I am sorry”, Bas mumbled pouting.

                               “Hey, are you okay?”, God sat near Bas and gathered him in his arms.

                                 Bas nodded slowly and rested his head on God's shoulder. The year long legal battle between Kreepolrerk and Khemmonta had ended with Suchart being sentenced to life long imprisonment. But his past haunted Bas like a never ending maze.

                                   Bas was a loner at school. He was a socially awkward single-minded computer geek. In other words, he was a genius, whom the other kids preferred to mock as a nerd and refused to befriend. His pale skin and timid nature pushed him to join the weaker category of kids who were easy preys to the bullies at school. He was from an upper middle class family, who desired to have a son whom they can flaunt about, rather than take pride in their son’s intellectual development which was far advanced for his age.

                                  Bas wanted to lead a normal life like other teenage boys of his age. He wanted to have friends and go on dates. He wanted to be loved and appreciated by his family and classmates. And so when he was approached by the manager of a casting agency on his way back home, Bas readily accepted the offer without thinking much. It was a romcom drama in which Bas was selected to play the role of the main lead’s younger brother. It was a minor role with minimal lines. But Bas attended the training workshop with other cast members diligently. He worked hard. He practiced his lines day and night, trying to force himself to come out of his own shell.

                                 And everything changed overnight when the drama was aired. To his own surprise, he was widely recognized for his cuteness and screen presence. His parents were very proud of him and almost everyone at school wanted to be friends with him. He was approached for ad film contracts and many other drama roles. Bas basked in joy. He was flying high in popularity and decided not to go back to his old boring geeky life. But life had other plans for him. Just like how he rose to fame overnight, he fell hard real quick too.