Angad hung outside the balcony, clutching really hard at the ledge of balcony barrier and trying to come up into the balcony. Mathew stood there, staring at him.
"What are you staring at? Pull me up!", Angad shouts.
"Killing you will be the right thing. But it's just not about doing about the right thing, it's about doing them at the right time."
"What happened?", Angela screams and runs towards the balcony while Mathew sticks his hand out to pull Angad up.
"Don't bicker about me pushing you. It will only create drama. Do you understand?", Mathew asks, now holding his hand while he hangs.
"Just pull me up!"
"Son of a bitch, I can let your hands free and you will straight go up after crashing down. Wanna take that route to come up?"
"I won't tell anything. Just pull me up!".
Angela comes running to the balcony and is taken aback. She also extends her hand and both if them pull him up. Angad comes up into the balcony and breathes heavily while giving a cold look to Mathew.
"How did you fall down?",Angela asks while hugging Angad.
"I just slipped", Angad says and goes into the house. Angela gives a bewildered look to Mathew.
"Is he telling the truth?", Angela asks Mathew.
"It's upto him", Mathew says and gives a smirk.
Angad rambled towards the sofa and crashed on it. Kenny ran towards and began to play with his hair. Angad kept one hand on his chest and tries to lessen his high breathing into a normal one.
"He was shouting for help for quite sometime while you were standing here. What does it mean?"
Angela looks sternly towards Mathew. He scratches his nose and casts a innocent look.
"I was also taken aback at the moment. And he is a strong guy. There needed to be two human beings to pull him back."
"And one to push him. Isn't it?"
"You think I pushed him?"
Angela stays silent maintaining the stern look towards him. And then goes back into the house to Angad.
"I think there's a bit of blood on the hands. Must have got scratched a little bit", Snags exclaims while Angela brings out a small box made for fast aid needs.
Kenny wandered around the house, toying with every single thing he can while Mathew looked out of the window silently. He looks towards both of them.
"When was the last time you two took a holiday?"
The two look at each other and try thinking.
"Last year."
"With Kenny?"
"Yeah."
"You won't call that a holiday. I am asking about you two taking a holiday alone."
"And Kenny?"
Kenny runs by the three of them on an imaginary scooter.
"I will take him with me. Maybe I can spend few days. I will drop him here of course."
Angela picks up the bandages and collects the small bits of cotton from the ground.
"If you want to take Kenny,then take him. You don't have to pretend that you are doing any favour to us," says Angela quite nonchalantly.
"I was just giving you a reason to take him with me, just incase the mother in you comes out".
Angela snaps close the first aid and goes into the bedroom to keep it. Mathew signals Kenny towards him.
"Kenny, will you come to my home?"
"Isn't this your home?"
"Not anymore. Will you come to see my new house?"
Kenny looks towards a smiling Mathew.
"Do you have chocolate ice-cream?".
"No ice cream in winters", Angela comes out of the bedroom and gives the curry bowl to Angad.
"You ate ice creams in winter, Angela. Did you forget?", Mathew asks.
"Ya,so? He catches cold with changing of every season. Please don't give him any cold edibles. He even gulps down ice cubes. Like who does that?"
Mathew takes a deep breath and looks towards a hastily moving Angela.
'Does growing up really mean forgetting the child within you?'.
After some time, Kenny and Mathew find themselves in the car. Angela talks with a neighbour while Angad stood near the car.
Mathew leaned out of it and signaled Angad to come near.
"It was really generous of you to keep silent. I wouldn't say it was purely intentional but….yeah. It's fucked up."
Angad taps at his shoulder.
"Anyways I was shocked beyond words. You should do something about those dreams of yours."
Mathew nods and looks behind at Kenny.
"Kenny, won't you catch cold if you eat an ice cream?"
"Dad, don't worry. I will have something hot after the ice cream."
Mathew bursts into a laughter.
"That's not how things work."
Kenny looks towards Mathew with a bemused look while Mathew looks towards the blue sky.
'If only things were so simple'.