The year was 1992.
The whole nation was in celebration as the day was their Independence Day. The date was August 15. It was their 45th year of independence after getting freedom from the British. The name of the country was India.
The same day was the birthday of a famous industrialist who lived in the south of India, in a city called Chennai and his name was Franklin.
He was recognized as the emerging businessman in the city. He was confident that he would become the leading businessman in the city in a period of fifteen years. He was in his late sixties and believed that he would live for next twenty years. He had a family. It was 7:00am when he was woken up by a girl who was in her late twenties.
He opened his beautiful round eyes and gazed at the lady who was gazing at him in an interesting way. The lady was her daughter, Paigne.
He got to his feet and put on his spectacles which were kept on his writing table by him. Her daughter, Paigne came closer to his dad and said "Happy birthday dad!"
He patted his daughter on her head and said "Thank you my dear." Paigne smiled and said "I've kept your new clothes on the sofa dad. Take a bath and come to the hall. We will be waiting for you" Franklin nodded and was happy for the affection which was shown by his family, especially his daughter.
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After thirty minutes, Franklin was shocked to see his image in the huge mirror in front of him. He couldn't believe his beauty at all. He was wearing a loose fitting formal violet dress and a white pant. He was too happy. Though he was in his late
sixties, he looked attractive. He decided to go downstairs to meet his family. He opened the handle of the door and went down.
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None of Franklin's children were married.
Franklin went downstairs and found his children sitting in the sofa and discussing something. Milan, Jake and Paigne stopped their discussion on seeing the arrival of their father. Franklin took his seat on an armchair near to the sofa. He took out his mobile phone from his pant pocket and decided to see the birthday wishes from his friends.
After nearly ten minutes Carina asked her family to come and eat their breakfast.
There were no servants in their house. Franklin said that it was inhumane to make other humans to do our works. There was only one security guard and he was treated like their friend. His name was Rahim.
Franklin took the middle seat of the dining table and his children sat adjacent to him. They started to eat their breakfast. Normally during breakfast they won't talk but now Milan broke the silence and said
"Dad we have decided to arrange a party for you."
Franklin coughed a little on hearing those words. He drank a glass of water. "Are you joking?" he asked in sarcasm. He knew that he had crossed those ages.
"No dad. We have to celebrate it" Jake insisted. All the three compelled their father to accept their request of arranging a party. But Franklin refused to accept. Finally Paigne found the apt words to convince her father.
"Dad we have planned to arrange the party at the Harry's restaurant" she said.
There came a smile in Franklin's face from nowhere. He thought for a moment and said, "I'm obeying your orders. Let's rock"
Milan and Jake chuckled. They didn't expect that their father would accept it. They were excited to celebrate the party. Franklin was the one to complete the breakfast
and he walked to the sink. He turned to face Paigne, who was still eating and said, "Paigne I have decided to present a gift to you"
Paigne was taken up on hearing those words. She stared at her father for a moment and said "What are you saying dad?"
Franklin grinned and said "Suspense"
Paigne thought for a while and said "When will you give that?"
Franklin smiled and said "Today in my party. And most importantly, not to give, to show"
That made Paigne's mind spin. What did her father say? She stopped her thinking and continued eating her breakfast. Milan, Jake and Carina gave perplexed looks at each other. A thought crashed in Paigne's mind but she hesitated to ask to her father. But her brother said to Franklin "Dad shall we invite all VIPs to the party?"
Franklin was sitting in the sofa and thought for about a minute and said "Ok let's invite them" He took his mobile and decided to call his friend. Paigne took advantage of Jake's question and said "Dad can I invite my friend to the party?" Franklin gazed at her daughter for a second and smiled and said "Invite whomever you wanted to" That put a big smile on Paigne's face.