FF Going Forward-KMH Part III-Page28 - Page 5

Arjun closes his eyes and remembers all his family members one by one and incidents and moments spent with them. His father PRS is strict and practical in outside world but with his siblings he bends for every wish of theirs and pampers them with so much love at home. He was strict on Karan never hand held him much. He let him do errors and learn on his own. But that was because Karan was an elder son and had no adult siblings. He was preparing Karan to handle family and business all alone after a few years. But Arjun had seen the love his father had for Karan. His father may act strict and practical but he had a golden heart. He remembered PRS asking an orphan boy outside the IT corridor selling magazines about his whereabouts and then telling his manager to take him to his NGO and get him educated and shelter. That day Arjun had felt his respect for PRS grow many folds. But today he is so proud such a great human being is his father. And his father not only run NGO for children, old and women but also a charity for stray animals.

His mother again serious while dealing with outsiders though very innocent, people can easily take her for a ride if they were not scared of PRS and Karan who always keep an eye on her work too. And at home she is a typically olden day mom's fussing over her children, feeding them their favorite food, keeping tab on all their activities, scolding them for mistakes the kind of mother that Arjun had always wanted. But she sometimes acted like a mom of 21^st century and played with her children in their sports complex. Arjun had seen Gunjan pulling her along for hide and seek games or to play throw ball, tennis, flying disc etc with her. His mom was like Gunjan very good at sports and anything Gunjan wanted to play she would be ever ready to give her company and teach her those games. Karan also pulled her along to play throw ball, tennis, squash etc for company sometimes. Arjun eyes wet up will he ever get an opportunity to play with his mother, eat her hand made food from her own hands with her feeding him every morsel like she does to Gunjan sometimes, go out to shopping and movies with her. He remembers her putting his finger in her mouth to stop his blood from flowing. The way she had put the handy plast on his small wound blowing air to reduce burning sensation. He looks at the handy plast he was going to keep it with him all life for sure once he removed it. It was his mother's love and blessing not a simple handy plast.

His angel and baby Gunjan from now on Arjun will make time and meet her after school at 3pm atleast twice or thrice a week. And he will take her out to parks etc with Raj on weekends- she has been asking if she can come along but Arjun always has told her that he has to check with her parents. But not anymore- he need not take permission to take his own sister to playgrounds and parks from anyone after all he is her elder brother and has same rights over her as Karan. Arjun shakes his head no his Karan has more rights on Gunjan because he has taken care of her from childhood like a child becoming her father. Arjun decides from today he will take care of Karan the way Karan takes care of Gunjan. He will give Karan an elder brothers love, affection and care he has missed for 22 years.

Arjun knows that Karan who treats a friend whom he knows from past month so respectfully and lovingly will never feel bad that Arjun was his father's illegitimate son never. Arjun feels in his heart that even if Karan knew that Arjun was his father's illegitimate son he would treat him nicely like an own brother from whatever he had observed Karan's nature.