Sweet Revenge
" I am not Gandhi either", kanak retorted and continued, " Do you know what this bottle is filled with?".
He looked at the bottle in her hands.
" It's acid", she replied and sloshed the bottle empty on his face.
Aditya shouted scared as the realisation hit him.
" Acid burns are way severe than fire burns!" Kanak exclaimed as he shouted his head off.
And soon the entire house gathered in his room.
Masisa tried to tend to her son who had his face hidden in his hands.
" What happened?" Uma asked.
" That woman threw acid on my face"
Everyone got shocked. Uma scowled but didn't say anything.
Kanak smiled and feigned ignorance, "It's just water!"
"You are doing this because yesterday I bur..."
Aditya paused once he processed her words.
He patted his face and realised that it was safe. He looked at her baffled.
" Aditya bhaiya, you were under the influence of alcohol so early in the morning! You were talking gibberish and I thought that a bit of water will be helpful. Alas! You are far too drunk!" Kanak exclaimed.
Masisa glared at her and spoke, " Uma, my son had been away for so long and this is what he gets!"
However the only thing Uma did was glare at Aditya and left.
Maasisa looked on shocked as kanak smiled.
Once all the family members left, kanak spoke, " I won't stoop low to your level. Because I can do far worse damage with my level. And you know who tended the wounds this son of yours gave me?".
Masisa looked at her hands perplexed.
" Your other son!" Kanak smirked as Masisa's eyes twitched in annoyance.
And with that, kanak started leaving. She abruptly stopped and turned around.
" And yes, wash yourself properly Aditya!"
As she left, Aditya felt his entire body itching.
" Mom it's itching! " he shouted as he scratched himself like a monkey.
In the evening Kanak found all the family members huddled in Uma's clinic.
" What happened? " Kanak asked Suman.
Suman pointed in a particular direction and the sight that greeted her made her stifle a laugh.
Uma glared at her in response and she put a finger on her lips.
Then Aditya turned around and Kanak snorted again.
He looked like a joker as his entire body was red with rashes and the green paste Uma was applying as remedy made him look even funny.
Kanak could control her laughter no more and hurried our of there.
As Uma continued to apply the herbal concoction, the familiar mark on Aditya's palm caught his sight.
" What is this?" He asked narrowing his eyes.
" Can't you see! It's a burn mark. Now hurry up and treat this!!" Aditya shouted irritated as he started scratching himself again.
But Uma fisted his hands and got up.
Everyone looked on perplexed as Uma left without a word.
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