Karma

Bangalore

"Dad, you're okay!" Avinash breathe a sigh of relief as Amal Mehta opened his eyes after the surgery.

"Bhai! call the doctor." Asha said hurriedly in which Avinash nodded. When the doctor came at last, he went through some regular checking to make sure he was really okay.

"I hope there is nothing to get changed. Please take care of him from now on. He needs a lot of care and rest. But we are keeping him 72 hours in observation. If nothing harmful is detected, we will release him."

Avinash nodded and sat beside Amal Mehta as he gripped the hands lightly.

"Dad! you scared me to death. I was really tensed for you."

"I'm feeling okay now. Did Anand come? I want to see him." Amal Mehta really wanted to meet Anand whole heartedly. Things happened years ago already killing him inside.

"He didn't come. I went to him for help but he didn't." Asha was mad at Anand. She went all the way for his help. But he refused to come.

"Oh!" Amal Mehta knew he wouldn't come.

Standing at the door of the cabin, Avantika heard everything. She laughed out loud feeling she blamed Anand without any reason. He was right, his family was ridiculous somehow. They never tried to know the truth.

Her laughing sound echoed the room when Asha and Avinash turned their head and looked at her with confusion.

"I was eavesdropping, but not sorry actually. I just came to visit uncle and heard all these. I found it funny." She was always in good terms with Asha but suddenly she felt they were blaming one person just for no reasons. They were wrong here. But she didn't know why Anand was reluctant to say the truth in front of them.

"What are you saying?" Avinash frowned at her words.

"I have a question, how did you manage blood for uncle?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Doctors said they managed it from blood bank. Recently someone donated it." Asha informed. She was thankful to the person who did that.

Avantika smiled arrogantly at her, "Blood bank....Did you check the donor's identity? You didn't. It was Anand Mehta. He came with me, then he donated blood for him and he didn't want you to know. So instead of direct donation, he put it to the blood bank. He also asked the doctors not to confess his identity."

As if it was a bolt from the blue to them. Amal Mehta felt a pang in his heart. Anand didn't want to come was okay but he came, donated blood, didn't meet him all of those things were making him ore and more guilty.

"He really came...." His eyes became moist with the feeling of Anand near him, "Why didn't he meet me then?"

"He had some important works in Kolkata. He managed a leave of half day. So he couldn't make it. And actually he didn't want to face you, or maybe he didn't want you to face him." Avantika knew the while story as Arun found it from Shovan. She knew how Anand's mom, Gora suffered at that time.

Asha was feeling guilty for accusing him without any reason, "He could have told us."

Avantika smirked, "Maybe he could. But he didn't want to. Maybe his presence could make the situation worse. Who knows!"

"Did he say something?" Avinash asked curiously. He was silent all the time. Secretly he investigated on Anand a little and found something really odd. He was wondering why Anand's life was like this.

"Hmm...he said. But I'm afraid, it's not good for you specifically, uncle to hear that."

"He said something to me? Of course, I will listen. Tell me." Amal Mehta still felt some hope.

"No uncle, you become stable first. It's not the time." She knew those words would make him more and more tensed.

"I'm okay. please." He pleaded.

"Okay. He just asked a question, how does it feel to have a bastard's blood in your body?"

Maybe she wouldn't be able to say that before. But when Arun stated the whole story, she knew Amal Mehta really deserved the coldness. He made his wife suffer just because of some outsider. She didn't get her children around him in the deathbed. Anand was making him taste the same feeling knowingly.

This question scarlet Amal Mehta. He didn't see that coming. He should have made up for his mistakes long ago. His guilt increased more and more. Maybe some mistakes could be mended in a time. When the time is gone, it's gone forever.

On the other side, Anand got a call from Kaushik. He was the one who gave every details of his father's state time to time. Though Kaushik was in Kolkata for the time being, he used to live in Bangalore with Maya and he had colleagues there.

"He's safe now."

When those words rang in Anand's ears, he smiled faintly, "I told you, right? Devils have longer life."

"Anand, do you think you are doing it right? Your silent punishment can make him suffer more."

As a doctor, Kaushik had his ethics.

"Do you think I care if that man lives or not? I don't. I just want to see how God planned his death, if it's less suffering from my mom or not!"

"Anand! You have a lot of complains against him but your actions are pushing him to death. Stop doing all these." Kaushik didn't want anyone to lose life like that.

"You are a kind person, I'm not. I crave for blood, bro. That's how I was trained. I'm not the life saver. I'm a punishment giver. So I don't care. And do you think it will be good if I go there? Of course not. Amal Mehta won't like to become exposed in front of Asha and Avinash. He wouldn't like to be hated by them. I don't want it either. Losing parents it bearable, but hating parents punishs hard. I saw Raunak and Deep to suffer."

Still he didn't want his siblings to hate their father. He didn't want to make their whole existence a lie. He was okay to be the villain. He didn't have any complaints.

"I'm wondering which adjective I should use, kind or cruel? You confuse me a lot."

"Call me bad. I'm habituated to it. Good things don't suit me."

"You are a good person, I know. But the way your are making him suffer is not appropriate."

"It's not me, it's Karma."

He said withva smirk and ended the call. Looking at the phone he thought for a little.

Wasn't it how his mom suffered? Nature really takes it's revenge!

A/N:

Dear readers, I'm really sorry. I don't know if I can update for some days or not. My device is not charging anymore. I can't find any other charger at the moment due to lockdown. So what I can only do is to store the charge.

I hope you will understand.