Aryan was running like a madman. He was short of breath, but fear wouldn't let him stop. Suddenly, he collided violently with a stranger standing on the other side of the road and fell to the ground
Are you blind?" the stranger shouted.
But only one word echoed in Aryan's ears trap. He felt that this man was also part of them. 'I'm trapped again
these people want to kill me again!' Aryan thrashed around on the ground. Just then, his parents came running from behind and grabbed him.
"
Aryan! Son, what happened? Calm down!" There was worry in his mother's voice, but Aryan saw poison in that worry. He looked at the stranger with hatred. He felt that if this man hadn't gotten in the way, he would have escaped. 'Because of him, I've fallen into the hands of these murderers again...'
The silence deepened after they reached home.
"Aryan, go to your room and rest," his father said in a tired voice. His mother tried to stroke his head and said, "I'll make dinner, then I'll call you."
Aryan quietly went to his room, but his mind was not at peace. He crept to the door of his room and peeked downstairs. Down in the hall, his parents were talking softly.
His father was saying, "
His condition isn't good. We need to take him to a good doctor, maybe he has some mental illness... he needs a psychiatrist."
His mother sobbed,
Yes, I'll make dinner, you rest. You have to go to work tomorrow, you've already missed so much work today. The boss will be very angry."
But by the time these words reached Aryan's ears, they had changed. He heard:
"We'll take him out tomorrow... and this time we'll finish the job. We'll push him and finish him off." A volcano of fear erupted inside Aryan. He slammed his room door shut—"Bang!"
His parents, standing downstairs, were startled. His mother, panicked, rushed upstairs and started knocking on the door. "Aryan? Son, open the door! What happened?"
Leave me alone! Leave me alone!" Aryan shouted from inside. He cowered in the corner of the room, covering his ears with his hands. He felt as if it wasn't his mother standing outside the door, but death itself.