Beast called father
He was sleeping in amma's lap when he heard a stamping sound from outside, he adjusted slightly covering his head with the end of amma's sari.
Suddenly the loud sound of someone banging the door woke him up, amma got up to open the door. He knew who it was he held the end of his mother's sari tightly as if asking her not to leave. She turned towards him and slowly freed it from his clutched wrist and touched his forehead asking him to sleep. He sat on the end of the bed looking at an ant scurrying away in his red floored room, his feet hanging down.
"You wretched woman, what took you so long"
"Please speak softly Biplob is awake" she pleaded.
"You bitch how dare you speak to me like this..I will break your face if you say that to me again" he shouted and threw his shoes across the room
"Please don't say such words Biplob is growing up now", she said picking up the shoe which fell near her.
"You will not understand like this" he growled and pushed her, she fell down her body froze with fear not knowing what he might do next. A wave of panic ran through her she tried to shout but she didn't want Biplob to see her like this.
He dragged her by the feet she struggled to free herself but he was too strong for her, taking her near the wall he left her. When she tried to stand up and move away from him he clutched her hair and banged her head on the wall once...and then twice again and again till it bled.
"Leave my ma " Biplob shouted, standing near the sofa with tears in his eyes.
He left her, she fell down on the ground unconscious.
" maa... maaaaaaa.... ammaaaaa...get up amma..... You have killed my ma, you have killed her " he said with anger
"I haven't done anything you son of a bitch. She is just acting, go bring water.."
He runs to the fridge which is filled with the food amma made that day in small katoris ,that means amma dint eat Biplob wondered. He clasps a bottle of water and runs to the hall.
He takes some water in his hand and splashes it on amma's face, she doesn't open her eyes.
"Ammaaa, amma ..." Biplob wails
His father snatches the bottle from his hand and pours the cold water on her head scared that he might have killed her.
"Ammaaaaa " He cries hugging her and hiding his face in her yellow sari..
Slowly she opens her eyes her head paining terribly, body numb with pain and weariness. "Babai.... g.. go and sleep its too late now." she manages to say lifting his head from her chest wiping his tears.
Biplob stands and hurriedly leaves the room, hiding his tears from the beast who never gave them a moment of happiness. He sat on his bed, his head between his legs
He dint want him to know he was weak, he was strong. He could fight and kill the beast.
He remembered the stories amma told him about mahisha asur mardini.
Tears welled up in his eyes when he remembered how the beast banged amma's head on the wall. He clenched his fists he wouldn't cry not for that beast, he knew amma would scold him if he told her about his thoughts.
"He's your baba, Babai don't say like that, god will punish you " , She would say and then cry when she thought he is asleep hiding her head behind the pillow. But he never slept not when amma cried, he heard her cry throughout the night silently till she fell asleep.
He could kill the beast and free amma, he knew he could.
.................
THE BEAST CALLED FATHER
Suddenly the loud sound of someone banging the door woke him up, amma got up to open the door. He knew who it was he held the end of his mother's sari tightly as if asking her not to leave. She turned towards him and slowly freed it from his clutched wrist and touched his forehead asking him to sleep. He sat on the end of the bed looking at an ant scurrying away in his red floored room, his feet hanging down.
"You wretched woman, what took you so long"
"Please speak softly Biplob is awake" she pleaded.
"You bitch how dare you speak to me like this..I will break your face if you say that to me again" he shouted and threw his shoes across the room
"Please don't say such words Biplob is growing up now", she said picking up the shoe which fell near her.
"You will not understand like this" he growled and pushed her, she fell down her body froze with fear not knowing what he might do next. A wave of panic ran through her she tried to shout but she didn't want Biplob to see her like this.
He dragged her by the feet she struggled to free herself but he was too strong for her, taking her near the wall he left her. When she tried to stand up and move away from him he clutched her hair and banged her head on the wall once...and then twice again and again till it bled.
"Leave my ma " Biplob shouted, standing near the sofa with tears in his eyes.
He left her, she fell down on the ground unconscious.
" maa... maaaaaaa.... ammaaaaa...get up amma..... You have killed my ma, you have killed her " he said with anger
"I haven't done anything you son of a bitch. She is just acting, go bring water.."
He runs to the fridge which is filled with the food amma made that day in small katoris ,that means amma dint eat Biplob wondered. He clasps a bottle of water and runs to the hall.
He takes some water in his hand and splashes it on amma's face, she doesn't open her eyes.
"Ammaaa, amma ..." Biplob wails
His father snatches the bottle from his hand and pours the cold water on her head scared that he might have killed her.
"Ammaaaaa " He cries hugging her and hiding his face in her yellow sari..
Slowly she opens her eyes her head paining terribly, body numb with pain and weariness. "Babai.... g.. go and sleep its too late now." she manages to say lifting his head from her chest wiping his tears.
Biplob stands and hurriedly leaves the room, hiding his tears from the beast who never gave them a moment of happiness. He sat on his bed, his head between his legs
He dint want him to know he was weak, he was strong. He could fight and kill the beast.
He remembered the stories amma told him about mahisha asur mardini.
Tears welled up in his eyes when he remembered how the beast banged amma's head on the wall. He clenched his fists he wouldn't cry not for that beast, he knew amma would scold him if he told her about his thoughts.
"He's your baba, Babai don't say like that, god will punish you " , She would say and then cry when she thought he is asleep hiding her head behind the pillow. But he never slept not when amma cried, he heard her cry throughout the night silently till she fell asleep.
He could kill the beast and free amma, he knew he could.
.................
THE BEAST CALLED FATHER
Realy a beast.
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