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Chapter 1

Suraj was walking back to his house in a cold winter morning just after his routine morning walk. Normally it would be sunrise by the time he returned home. But that day he had left the house a bit early. It was difficult for him to sleep. It was the second-year death anniversary of his parents. They both had died in a car accident. Suraj was studying at a public school when he had heard the news. He had come back immediately and had never returned since then. He lived with his brother now who studied in an engineering college. Suraj’s brother, Sanket, tried to cheer him up to go back to school but Suraj never listened to him. He had decided to live life on his own terms. Sanket imagined how difficult it would be to raise him in such a competitive world.

Sanket himself was very young to handle it all. He, including his parents, believed that Suraj was a different child. The only difference was, the parents called it as a ‘special’ child. As a child, Sanket sometimes felt jealous of him for getting so much of attention from his parents. In reality, it was always Sanket who excelled in school and extra curriculars but Suraj received all the praise and was adored most of the time. Sanket believed that maybe because he was just the youngest kid in the house. Little did he know that Suraj was indeed special.

Suraj returned to his house and woke his brother up. He opened up the curtains and the window just before he inhaled the fresh air. He could now see the sun rise slowly. He smiled and looked at his brother who had gone back to sleep once again.

“Wake up! Don’t you want to go to college today?” said Suraj.

“It’s Sunday, you fool.” Said Sanket and pulled over the blanket.

“Is it?” Suraj sat down on the bed. Sanket didn’t move.

“What if I still want you to wake up?” said Suraj. Sanket did not say anything. Suraj waited for a moment and shook Sanket’s leg, “Wake up.”

“But what for?” Sanket was irritated.

“We need to talk.” Said Suraj and to that Sanket was surprised. He opened his eyes suddenly. He slowly got up and stared at Suraj. He was surprised because it

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Texte: Atul Arjun Mohite
Tag der Veröffentlichung: 26.12.2022

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