Flashback
Sidharth's POV

It was my 25th birthday. I had returned home to Mumbai just one year back after completing my PhD course from Mischigan State University.

I was kind of having an intollerable pain at my back since the past week so I had decided to go to Dr. Uncle who was my father's friend and was the leading Neuro Surgeon in Mumbai. He had a chamber in my father's Neuro reserch institute and I had preferred to visit him there. I had visited him the day before and today I was waiting outside his chamber in the hospital as the reports for my tests which he had done had arrived. He was going through my reports and he would call me in when he was done through it.

He called me by making a little gap in between the glass door. He said," Sid come in."

I went in and sat in one of the chairs in his chamber which were for visitors and he took his chair opposite a desk on which my reports were kept.

"Sid.." He said and stopped.

"What?" I asked casually.

"Can I talk to your father on this?" Asked he avoiding me.

"No its fine you can say me uncle." I said not understanding the seriousness of his words.

"See Beta (Son) I'm really sorry to say you this on your Birthday that...." he again stopped.

"That?" Asked I.

"Nothing I'll inform everything to your dad tomorrow. Go and enjoy your birthday today. Well Happy 25th Birthday." He said trying to avoid me completely.

"Is anything serious Uncle? You can tell me after all one day I'll surely get to know right?" I said casually not expecting the shock which was waiting for me in the next moment.

"Beta actually the Cancer test report has come positive. It's kind of a very rare type of cancer which is called Neurofibrosarcoma. It's basically fatal and has no cure. You can try for Chemotherapy." Said he in a go not looking into my eyes.

I was left thunderstruck. "What? I am dying? But it was just a small pain in my back." I asked him.

"Actually you've got the Nerve sheath Tumour in your spinal cord. So you got that back ache." Said he cracking his voice.

I took my reports from the table and walked out from his chamber. I went and sat in my car. I was left thunderstrucken. I had only two ways now, either to die by seeing my whole family cry and the other one was to die seeing my family hating me.

I thought that the second option was better. It was better to see my family happy without me than to see my family crying for me. I wanted to see the happy faces of my near ones on my last day than to see them crying.

I immidiately walked up to Dr. Uncle's chamber. I was lucky as he was still there.

"Uncle?" I asked while entering his room.

"Yeah! Sid come you don't have to worry I'll tell your father everything. Go home and take rest." He said.

"No Uncle you promise me that you'll never tell anyone anything." Said I by keeping his hand on my head.

"What the hell are you speaking Beta?" Said he in disbelief.

"No Uncle anyways I'll die but will it not be better to see Dad, Mum and Bhaiya's happy faces in my last days than to see them cry for me? And if you say Dad about all this then he'll breakdown and I can never see him like that, broken." Said I almost crying but I never let my weak side come out in front of anybody, so for that I controlled them really hard.

"Okay but..." he was cut off by me.

"No buts Uncle. Please. You just erase all the records of my tests and their results and that I had visited you CCTV, Computer records, extra copies, everything. No proof should be left except for the copies of the reports that I have." Said I.

"Okay I'll do everything but you promise me that you will have your medicines and will go for your Chemotherapy?" Said he.

"Okay Uncle I'll. Now I need to go home or everyone will start suspecting." Said I and left.

I reached home by 6:30 in the evening with the files of my reports hidden in my backpack. I stood outside the gate of Malhotra Mansion and blew the horn. But there was no answer. I blew it a number of times but still no answer. I walked in through the guards entry door and found that there was simply no one in the mansion, not even a butler. I got awstricken. The mansion was completely dark. The main door to the building which always remained open was then closed. I pushed the door open and went in to find it dark like hell. I could see simply nothing.

Suddenly there was a sudden flash of bright light to which I closed my eyes and then heard people scream,              "Surprise!"

I opened my eyes to find everyone of my family there along with a number of my friends.

There was everyone Dad, Mum, Bhaiya, Dadu(Grandfather), Uncle, Aunt, Tia, Mishti and Rohan.

My friends Rohit and Varun were also present there. I felt like crying my heart out in front of them but I didn't as it looked so good to see everyone laughing and celebrating my birthday.

A lone tear escaped my eyes which I rubbed off before anyone could notice that.

Tia my youngest cousin who was only eight years of age came running to my and held my hand and pulled me to my family.

"Happy Birthday Sid Bhaiya." She said innocently.

"Thank you little princess." Said I with a warm smile.

"Sid go and change and be quick." Said Mum and slightly pushed me on my arm and lead me up the stairs to my room.

I then locked myself in my room with no one there. I then decided what to do and I got dressed in a white t-shirtand black jacket. I didn't change the blue jeans that I was wearing and I went down.

"Hey boy come down fast." Said my Uncle as he was placing the candles 25 on my huge choco-coffee flavoured birthday cake.

I walked down and Bhaiya hugged me. Then I went to Dadu and I touched his feet. He in return blessed me saying," Live a hundred years my boy." His words came shooting to me like arrows which hit me really hard. And he patted my back exactly on the place where I had got the Tumour. It pained like hell but I still kept smiling.

"Sid I have sent Varun and Rohit to get your car inside and bring your bag okay." Said Mum.

Her words came running to me like shooting arrows. Varun and Rohit were the two whom I knew more than themselves and I knew it very well that they would not bring anything without having a good search of it.

I rushed to the car shed of the mansion and saw them standing there with the car parked in its place and my backpack was inside it.

A gave out a deep breath in relief. I went to the car and took my backpack from inside and was going to leave when I saw Varun coming near to me.

He came to me and all of a sudden I felt a hard slap on my cheek. Then I lookedup to see Varun's angry as well as teary face.

"What the hell do you think of yourself?" He screamed and started to cry by placing his hand on his forehead.

Then I looked at Rohit. He was standing at a distance and was red with his face having full of tears and sweat.

"Why are you guys.." I was cut off by Rohit.

Rohit said sobbing," Don't try to act now. We know everything." He showed me the file which had my medical reports  which was in his hand.

"Please don't say this to anyone and just forget what you people have seen." Said I to Rohit.

"And may I know why we should not inform anyone? So that you die?" Said Varun angrily but yet sobbing.

"See guys if you guys tell about this to my family then I will not be able to see them happy on my last days. See whatever happens I'll die but isn't it better to see your family happy before you die?" Said I.

"But man..." Said Varun.

"Please." I begged by looking at them.

"Okay. But..." Said Varun.

"No buts. I need your help guys. See I've got my job confirmed in Delhi for ITC Limited and you guys need to help me to sneak out till there." Said I.

"Okay we'll help you but what will you say to Uncle, Aunt and Bhaiya?" Asked Rohit.

"Just leave it on me." Said I.

Varun and Rohit couldn't control themselves anymore the cried like hell and hugged me in umison.

We hugged for quite some time and then we went back inside with fake smiles on our faces.

I took a deep breath as I entered inside.

"Sid come, cut the cake." Said Dad.

"What do you people just think of me? Am I a kid? This cutting cakes and all." Said I trying to be a rude as possible.

"Stop it. Did you forget that whom you are taking to? He's your father is that is how you talk with you father?" Scolded Mum.

"Oh really then you please teach me how to talk with my father." I said rudely again.

Bhaiya came to me and held me shoulder and said," Sid what happened? You never react like this."

I pushed him and said," Oh!Now you are gonna decide how I should react? My life my mouth my decision who the fucking hell are you?" Said I.

I could see everone's faces going angry.

"Get out of my house." I heard a deep voice say in a stern way.

It was Dad. He had his hands folded and he looked at me in rage as if fire was coming out of his eyes.

I looked at him and said again," Who wants to be in your fucking house with your fucking family?" Said I and walked out from the house.

I took the backpack from the hand of Rohit and walked out of the mansion.

I didn't even turn back once to see their faces. I took a cab from outside the mansion and went to Doctor Uncle's house and spent that night in his place.

I told him everything what happened and he just said me only one thing,       "Your father should have been proud of you but see what your fate is? He will never get to know the truth only."

He gave me the information about his friend who is a very good Cancer specialist in Delhi and gave me his hospital's address and his card.

The next morning I went to the bank and opened a different account and transferred all the money from my previous account to my new account so that no one could track me.

I booked a flight to Delhi and then that evening I left for Delhi along with Varun.

End of Flashback

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