Ever since his parents parted ways, he didn't respond to anyone properly. The only reply he could deliver to his mother calling him for lunch was, "I'm not hungry, I ate something at school" (Which obviously, he didn't).
His parents never had any traces of love or even compatibility between them. The father had always loved someone else, but under family pressure married Sakshi. Soon after their 'shubh vivah', as they say, she discovered her husband's extra-marital relationship. But by then, she already had Jayant inside her.
Jayant was raised in an environment of extreme distrust and coldness. He had never been a cheerful boy, they say, even people who had seen him smile, wondered if it was for real.
He never had a healthy relation with his father. He hated him, for what he did to his mother. The only piece of conversation he often had with his father was, "Why don't you leave us alone?".
On the contrary, though the father, Sahil never had any feeling for the mother, he loved Jayant more than he loved anyone else or his own life. But as crippled as a vine, couldn't find love in his son's eyes.
When Jayant hit his 16, his parents decided that they've had enough of each other. A divorce case was filed, and Jayant, without any reluctance, decided to stay with his mother.
Even after the divorce, Sahil kept trying to dig out some love out of Jayant, trying to meet him up, conversate on phone, inviting him for dinner. But the efforts went in vain. It was as if Jayant had closed the door of his heart for even the slightest presence of Sahil. But being a father, Sahil could just not keep himself from trying to reconcile things with his son.
Even Sakshi did not want Jayant to be anyway close to him, mainly for ruining her marital life.
Jayant's academic performance had always been poor, mainly because of the atmosphere developed around him. The teachers often called up to talk about his academic performance, but Sakshi was too busy dealing with her own life.
His social life was neither of any great relief to him too.
It was clear in Jayant's mind, he had no one to call them 'his', no one. But life had some other plans.........
It was a gloomy afternoon, with only traces of lights piercing through the overcast sky. It seemed it would rain, and rain harder than ever before. Jayant was on his way back home, probably from school. With grayness all around, it seemed that the weather just wanted to add to the dullness in his life. No signs of any life around him except some crows. And unaware of his surroundings he was just walking. Suddenly a very loud noise of a vehicle came from nearby. But he did not bother to look around, which proved to be the biggest mistake of his life....
It was a van, that stopped just in front of him with two men, covered faces, coming out it. Before he could calculate what was happening, he found a cloth pressed against his face. It smelt something funny...but it was only funny till he could feel things.
The next time he opened his eyes, he was somewhere near a graveyard, tied with a rope to an armchair. His head hurt. There was no one around he realized. But realizations aren't always accurate. A man with a pistol in his hand arrived into the scene almost from nowhere.
"So..Sahil Sharma is your father..A rich brat you seem to be."
Even Sakshi did not want Jayant to be anyway close to him, mainly for ruining her marital life.
Jayant's academic performance had always been poor, mainly because of the atmosphere developed around him. The teachers often called up to talk about his academic performance, but Sakshi was too busy dealing with her own life.
His social life was neither of any great relief to him too.
It was clear in Jayant's mind, he had no one to call them 'his', no one. But life had some other plans.........
It was a gloomy afternoon, with only traces of lights piercing through the overcast sky. It seemed it would rain, and rain harder than ever before. Jayant was on his way back home, probably from school. With grayness all around, it seemed that the weather just wanted to add to the dullness in his life. No signs of any life around him except some crows. And unaware of his surroundings he was just walking. Suddenly a very loud noise of a vehicle came from nearby. But he did not bother to look around, which proved to be the biggest mistake of his life....
It was a van, that stopped just in front of him with two men, covered faces, coming out it. Before he could calculate what was happening, he found a cloth pressed against his face. It smelt something funny...but it was only funny till he could feel things.
The next time he opened his eyes, he was somewhere near a graveyard, tied with a rope to an armchair. His head hurt. There was no one around he realized. But realizations aren't always accurate. A man with a pistol in his hand arrived into the scene almost from nowhere.
"So..Sahil Sharma is your father..A rich brat you seem to be."
Not commenting anything was what Jayant found suitable. But these words just enraged the anger inside of him, and Sahil Sharma now seemed to be the villain of the story.
"And your mother ain't anything less, Sakshi Sharma, daughter of Vikrant Kataria, the famous businessman."
"And your mother ain't anything less, Sakshi Sharma, daughter of Vikrant Kataria, the famous businessman."
"Sakshi Kataria", he said, "not Sharma".
The man gave a grin and walked on.
Sometime later, Jayant overheard the kidnappers. They had asked for a crore rupees, surprisingly separately from Sakshi and Sahil.
While things were taking their course, the only thing Jayant had in his mind was, "Why is Sahil Sharma still alive, why doesn't he just die?"
It was not long before the money from Sakshi reached the kidnappers. They had hoped to receive the sum from Sahil too, but that did not happen till then.
Sometime later, the kidnappers received a call from Sahil that he is personally coming to give the money and take away his child.
Sometime later Sahil entered the scene. The money exchange took place and things were taking their natural course. But then things began to lead a course which was pre-planed. Sahil was hit in the head and left unconscious. And the time to get rid of the victim had come so that no trace of the criminals was left unattended. A pistol was aimed at Jayant.
Jayant's perspective was something different all along. He saw the things happen in front of him. He never had any hopes that Sahil would be able to save him. And things were proving quite right. As he gathered the courage to face the bullet that would probably hit him in a matter of few seconds, he closed his eyes. He could feel the light falling on his eyelids. Suddenly he heard the sound of a gunshot. And along with it the light falling on his eyelids seemed to disappear. He felt nothing. As soon he realized that he was not dead he opened his eyes.
What he saw was a man standing in front of him with his back towards his (Jayant's) face. As the mist in his eyes cleared, he realized it was Sahil. At first Sahil turned his neck around, looked at Jayant and smiled. Jayant had no reaction on his face. Then suddenly something drew Jayant's attention, he looked at Sahil as blood gushed out of his abdomen. Sahil first fell on his knees and then right about his face hit the ground. Alarmed from what had happened, the kidnappers decided to run away.
While things were taking their course, the only thing Jayant had in his mind was, "Why is Sahil Sharma still alive, why doesn't he just die?"
It was not long before the money from Sakshi reached the kidnappers. They had hoped to receive the sum from Sahil too, but that did not happen till then.
Sometime later, the kidnappers received a call from Sahil that he is personally coming to give the money and take away his child.
Sometime later Sahil entered the scene. The money exchange took place and things were taking their natural course. But then things began to lead a course which was pre-planed. Sahil was hit in the head and left unconscious. And the time to get rid of the victim had come so that no trace of the criminals was left unattended. A pistol was aimed at Jayant.
Jayant's perspective was something different all along. He saw the things happen in front of him. He never had any hopes that Sahil would be able to save him. And things were proving quite right. As he gathered the courage to face the bullet that would probably hit him in a matter of few seconds, he closed his eyes. He could feel the light falling on his eyelids. Suddenly he heard the sound of a gunshot. And along with it the light falling on his eyelids seemed to disappear. He felt nothing. As soon he realized that he was not dead he opened his eyes.
What he saw was a man standing in front of him with his back towards his (Jayant's) face. As the mist in his eyes cleared, he realized it was Sahil. At first Sahil turned his neck around, looked at Jayant and smiled. Jayant had no reaction on his face. Then suddenly something drew Jayant's attention, he looked at Sahil as blood gushed out of his abdomen. Sahil first fell on his knees and then right about his face hit the ground. Alarmed from what had happened, the kidnappers decided to run away.
Jayant had no expression on his face. For the first time in his life, he felt something for Sahil. But it was a little too late. He could not do anything about the situation. He tried hard to wake Sahil up. But as crippled as vine, he couldn't locate life in Sahil's eyes................
