Chapter 4:

Still a child

Lost faith


Days past by, Charon and Ishan enjoyed each others company. They watched movies, been to different places and weekly conversations at Dr. Khan's clinic. The legal proceeding didn't went as anyone had plan for, the court decided that the power of attorney will be given to his uncle Mr. Yogesh as he was also involved in the business before but all the company's decisions will be made by the board of directors until Ishan grow up to the age of 18 years. If he wish he always will have the right to attend all the board of director meetings and he should always be informed about them. Secondly, The court can't turn the blind eye on the mental condition of the victim, i.e., Ishan, So, unless he wants to meet his uncle or aunt, they can't meet him. Court also orders Dr.Khan to take a special care of Ishan and provide time to time updates of his mental health to his grand-parents. Due to the lack of evidence, regarding the deaths of Mr and Mrs. Kamendayila the court doesn't find Mr Yogesh and his sister Yamini guilty. As for the application of custody of Ishan Kumar, due to his mental condition and him assuming the killers to be Yogesh and Yamini, the court rejects the application of custody and as for Dr. Razia Khan, you are allowed to talk to Ishan's family for the custody of the child since you don't have a past history or blood relation with the child court can't give you the custody. As of now, his grandparents has the custody of the child, but if he wants he can stay with you but with the permission of his grandparents.

The main problem here was, the Uncle and aunt was desperate to take the custody of kid. They can always visit Ishan, since where he was staying was also the house of their parents. As per the court orders, Dr.Khans lawyer along with Charon arranged a meeting with Yogesh and Yamini. They decided the meeting to be held in a public place making Ishan's mental health as a bargaining point. They meet up at the same coffee shop as before. The meeting was decided.

//At 4pm in the coffee shop: Athena's Cafe,
Dr. Khan was nervous, so, she came early and waited for Charon and kid to come. She was stamping her foot, biting her nails and keep checking her phone.
Charon and kid walks in the coffee shop, owner recognizes his face and waves at him
Owner: Long time no see..
Charon: had some problems to deal with.. everything's good in Athens?
.. just missing your company.. like the good old days.. hey, come here.
Charon goes near the owner.. and the owner whisper... is everything ok? she looks to tensed?
.. nothing to worry about. I am here if anythings goes wrong.. ok so chill and after the first order don't let anyone near that area unless I or Khan give a call ok?
Ok, Thats easy to do. Just don't trash my place like the last time...
roger that..
In the mean time while this two were talking, kid finds Dr. Khan.. hey, don't be nervous. Its for me not for you.. any way I had a good time with you and him, so no regrets whatsoever.
.. Comeon, atleast speak like a kid. Why are you like this?..
am I bad?
No.. no.. you are little too good to be true...
you don't worry, there is no way in the hell that I will change.. So trust me because thats all i can give you now... The kid says with a big smile on his face and all this conversation calms the nerves of Dr. Khan. and then the lawyers, Yogesh, Yamini and Charon comes to the table and take their seat.

Yamini: Why are we even here to talk to a fuc.. nobody? why she wants to take custody... you filthy slut, doing anything for money.
Dr. Khan wasn't prepared for such opening, she started shaking. Ishan sees that and hold her hands to clam her down.. Yamini kept on talking shit to her while Yogesh and his lawyer tried to clam her down, and Charon was laughing, while see all of this and speaks.
.. hey lawyer, *puts his phone on the table, with audio recorder running* what kind of a person uses a foul language with presence of a minor near by?.. * hey stared into the eyes of Yamini, and scared her to a point that she lowered her eyes and stop talking shit*
Chetan(lawyer for Dr. Khan): I will tell you that, not a decent human being. which by the way is one of the traits we look for a person who request custody for minors.
..well...well you should be happy, Yamini that this was just a screenshot of the recorder app not the app running..and since due to her foul behavior I don't think that you will mind me recording this session misterr..? what was your name ? wait..*Starts the recorder* lets start with introductions.. I am Nitin a friend of both Dr. Khan and Ishan, I am Dr.Khan.. I am Chetan lawyer for Dr. Khan.. I am Dhiraj lawyer for Yogesh and Yamini... I am Yogesh.. I am Yamini..
Nitin/charon: OK lets order something first, I am hungry.. alright ... hey we would like to order.

A waiter comes and takes their order, after sometime they got their ordered food but in the mean time, Dhiraj seems to think that this will be an easy case, everyone is in a causal environment, the people Dr. Khan brought were goofy especially Nitin and the Chetan looked nervous.

Dhiraj: so, Shall we continue?.. with the discussion about the custody..
Nitin while stuffing a sandwich said: sure sure..
Dhiraj: So, Mrs Khan why are you interested in taking the custody of the child named Ishan..
he asked me to take his custody..
..thats it Mrs. Khan, just because some said you will do it, lets say a beggar from the street comes here and asks you too... Nitin interrupts your actually being recorded so choose your words carefully *with a goofy face in cheerful manner* .. ok as i was saying if someone asks you take their custody you will take it?
..no, he is my friend's son. That's why..
So, Mrs. Khan according to that my clients are blood related to the kid, well not directly but they share the name, according to that logic shouldn't they earn the right to keep the custody..
Dr. Khan smiles and replies, "its not about what i am or who i am, I am just telling that they aren't wroth it to take the custody of the child. So, i am just trying.. and i surely think that i am better capable of taking care of the kid.."
Yamini gets angry over the words spoken by the Khan, "So, a muslim will be good enough to take care a kid, what if you made him a terrorist or something else.." ...Stop it miss Yamini, you can't say things like that.. please behave says Dhiraj

Nitin, "why Mr Dhiraj.. why.. let her speak her heart out.. i am just recording all this.. it not like i will sumbit it to the court or to the police, and say that she tried to harass a person of minority, who actually server her time in military and her husband is actually serving his duty right now.. so I request Miss... wait Miss? oh so you got divorce.. so what happened to him? because I don't think that man was someone who will give up on his life.. how sad is that.. cutting the break-line of your own husband's car inorder to get him killed, but luckily he didn't die, but you little cunt took off his life support.. well... well you are a nasty little bitch..."

Yamini was in shock, she couldn't believe what she just heard..by a man who looked like a fool, acted like a fool..She picks up the glass of water with her hands shaking while Yogesh trying to digest the things told by Nitin..
Dhiraj: Sir, you can't defame my clients in front of the kid... I will sue you sir..
..go ahead, whats the proof you got?.. even thou i am with you, i will go with you to the police station if you..
how do.. says Yamini in a low voice
speak louder i can here you but my phone might not so speak louder..
how do.. how do you know that..? and who are YOU?
... oh i didn't knew that, i just did a little research and made a theory, your new IPhone and anger gave the rest of information i need, and as i told you I am Nitin, friend of Dr. Khan and Ishan, anything else?
..no Yogesh, we are done here.. says in a low voice
Nitin abruptly says really, see i don't have time here to come again and again to discuss shitty topics like this so Mr. Dhiraj lets continue, shall we?
Sorry to say, you can't force you to discuss and we are leaving.. *Nitin puts the gun on the table*
Dr.Khan, "wait, what are you doing.. stop this..."
Dhiraj," Sir, why you put the gun on the table?"
..you tell me Mr.Dhiraj
okay, we will talk but put the gun away..
..oh this, its a toy gun, look * points the gun over Ishan and pulls the trigger, a stream of water comes out of which makes Ishan laugh but the rest of them on the table very angry*.. what? its not my fault that you are stupid..Now Dhiraj asks your concern questions..

..okay? you currently work as a govt. psychologist, do you earn enough to take care of a child's need?
Dr.Khan opens her bag and hand overs some papers to Dhiraj..Dhiraj reads the paper and sighs for a while, can I confirm this information for later, this would take some time me to confirm this..
sure take your time.. either way we have 20 days to report back to the court...
one last question, do you have any sort of experience in taking care of kids, since you are a working women, how you plan to take care of the kid? will he be ok? when you are at the work...
Nitin interrupts, "for that i am here, until the kid turn 16. I will be staying with him at the home and by the kids have to go to school, so even if i am not there he only has to manage for 3-4 hours alone in the home.."
..what if there is an emergency at work?..
who the f.. made you a lawyer, do some research, she is a psychiatrist that not a real doctor, she takes money to listen to others problem..*Dr.khan stabs his feet with her heels, a drop of tear surfaces on his eyes*, oh... I just recall she a military doctor, but she works as a psychiatrist *in a low dead voice*
..are you alright Mr.Nitin?..
Yes, I am completely fine please continue with your question and ignore my behavior *in depressing tone*

Dhiraj: we will talk, after few days until, I complete the verification of this documents.
Dhiraj along with his depressed clients leaves the coffee shop, as they were leaving he takes the photo of Nitin and the lawyer they brought..

Dr.Khan takes a deep breath and yells, "you are a lawyer right? why didn't you speak? why i am paying you if you are not helping me." Everyone in the coffee shop starts laughing.... wait whats happening why are the laughing..*surprised Dr.Khan*
Ishan says," he is not a lawyer. He is an actor. He was paid 200 rupees inoder to be dressed like this and to say that one line in confidence.." ...you piece of shit why would you do that Norah? I know you use fake names all the time but should have brought a real lawyer, who are the rest of the people in the cafe?
Oh these are the assassins i used to work with, and some of them are hackers and you know the staff don't you..
..ASSASSINS for real? why are they here.
What you don't know? today's is 5th anniversary of Athena's Deathpool..
*surprised Ishan asks* ... these are real assassins!!!
.. yes, you want to see one their trick *the kid nods in agreement*. Charon pick up a cherry from the pastry and throws in the air, .. show the kid what you got Bokten-san. As soon as the cherry reached his maximum height a fork pierced it hits the wall and falls down.
Nice shot, OLD man.. *gets hit by a spoon on his head,* look 50 years is old okay,
Bokten leaves the cafe while laughing.

Later, after all that ended. At home in the night, Dr.Khan asked Charon how did you knew that she killed his husband. Charon says," Do you know the Day I came here, i told i will have to do some research. I while searching that i read the case file, not thoroughly but i read the names Yamini and Yogesh. I thought, if i am able to dig out some dirt on them and corner them, they will not create more problems in the future. More over women have more secret which they can't hide than man, so target was clear. Her husband death was little unusual, car came from the repair center a week before and after the accident she, didn't ask the police to investigate and sold the car, you might be thinking whats wrong with that selling off a car which caused her husbands death, but the car was sold to a person who i died an year ago"
.. how do you know that?..
"i killed that guy, duhh you remember who i am"
..ok continue the..
" so, why to sell someone who does not exist, I asked my friends at RTO (Regional Transport Office) about the car, they said it was scrapped. I then i checked for his husband medical records, according to medical report he died from suffocation due to failure of equipment. I bribed the janitors of the hospital and asked the doctors involved in the case."
...you just asked and they told you?..
"yes, i actually politely asked them when they were hanging upside over a knife while the janitor was cutting the rope with a blunt knife " *she regrets asking this question* " where were we? "
.. upside down.
" yes, they told that they wrote that for 25lakhs,"
..wait why you went to do that directly, you told me that you do everything with pure logic, what happen to that?
"the janitor told me that, recently no machines were sent to repair or thrown away and showed me been used on someone, thats why i went that far. And the way she acted in the coffee shop, her anger. there is no way she has a phone without a phone case/ broken screen and that was a newer model"
..she might had bought a new one..
" you lost your husband, and what you did next pre-order a new Iphone. a fucking Iphone those are expensive and give me your phone " *shows her, her lock screen image* "see you have your husband here. Ok? even he is not here most of the time, but what did she had? her boyfriend or potential husband maybe. Your husband dies 2 months ago and you have a boyfriend, looking for properties online, etc etc she killed her that was clear enough for me.. ok and more questions about my deductions"

What do you think about Ishan? "well, he is a good kid, but he can become a killer!, when he gets serious or angry I can't tell if he is a kid or not."
what are you planning?
" kill his uncle and aunt, if they are guilty otherwise kill the kid."
Why kill the kid?
".. because according to his story, either he killed his parents or he is telling us the truth.. currently I can't tell but it would be fun if kills his uncle and aunt and finds a different conclusion"
.. But he is still a child, why you want that kind of outcome..
" its not that i want, currently its the most probable one. Either way, at his current state he can't beat anyone in a 1 on 1 situation,.. I might train him, to achieve his goals"
*. picks up a knife * you will not decide his future, otherwise i will kill you
".. OK OK, chill. He will wake up"

Lost faith


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