"How is your new school boys? " sarthak questioned his kids while eating his spaghetti.
"It was not that bad dad. The school seems pretty good" swastik stated briefly.
" well not all that glitters is gold. " sarthak said slurping his tea.
"Ohh yeah . The students are definitely a menace to the society. " ekansh grumbled beside him.
"Its seems as if I have walked straight into a web series college. Filled with hatred , betrayal and all sorts of things which shouldn't be present in an educational institution. " ranvijay said scoffing at it.
" What are you all talking about?" Swastik exasperated.
"Not everything is white and black swastik. Not even one student of the college come from even a middle class family. There are only billionaires and Millionaires kids reading there. They all already have got included in thier parents business. They all have it dirty. " ranvijay explained him calmly.
"Bro but there was nothing like that. It is a normal college. I even made a friend ara. " swastik exasperated feeling anxious. This couldn't possibly be true.
"Ara is no different swastik . she had her fair share of nasty things too. The Xavier's has a complete different world running behind it. Drugs , guns , illegal gamblings, dark web connections and much more. Ara is the brain keeping it all underwraps from the eyes of the authorities. Even if all of this blows up . It will be suppressed as soon as it was blown up. All the billionaires and millionaires of the country will prevent it from blowing up . Its not simple as it seems to you " ekansh stated unfazed by swastik's desperate looks. The boy can't get his way everytime . He needs to know the reality. He just believes what he thinks is the truth. That's the worst mindset someone can have. As an elder brother its thier responsibility to correct him. He just can't grow at all if he belives that stupid notion.
"Why do you think I was not in favour of you guys reading in that school? I sent you to convent school for a reason. I didn't wanted you to mix with the elite group so soon. You should have experience with people of all walks of life. That will make you empathetic and more of a human. " sarthak stated explicitly.
"But dad " swastik trailed off.
"Swastik you need to know that it's not always . How you want it to be ? I know your friends betrayed you and shit happens. But let me be very clear to you. Xavier's is not something you can deal with being so clueless. Each and every student there has a truck load of secrets to prevent. You need to be aware because they won't even blink before trampling you down and walking away" sarthak stated calmly. He wiped his face with the table cloth and left. The three boys sat in silence. The other two wanted swastik to let that sink in.
"How are you guys?" A demonic voice reached thier ear drums. The five siblings were stilled in thier places. There worst nightmare walked towards them smiling at them mockingly.
"Its the time of the elections . I want all of you to be a part of the campaign. Dare any of you brats stand like that there. How ungrateful of you to not even greet me" advik grumbled as he slammed the pappers on the table and left. They all took the breath they didn't knew they were holding .
"Why do we have to be a part of this facade? I am so done with all of it" arnav grumbled .
"Definitely he needs to show of his two diamonds. Manik who is a high rank CBI official will prove his epitome of honesty and veracity. CBI is the folks most trusted organisation. Not to forget about one of the true lawyers of the country. Our Jai who fought 15 controversial cases to justice. Helping the weaker side which was honest apparently. He is the hope of the country. The number of interviews and PR done for this man is unbelievable. Do you think dad will leave these two jewel's out of the campaign which will prove his sincerity towards the people? Never Ever. " ara said dramatically as manik and jai twisted thier faces in annoyance.
'Ohh please ara . Don't you dare forget about his trophy son Arav. Arav has played the nationals and has even played the ranji. His social media presence is insane. The youth follows him blindly. He is technically groomed and raised as a next cricket star. How can dad leave his trophy ? Don't you just put the blame on us. Lets not forget about the science prodigy. He worked with ISRO and scores the best in his class. He even programmed an app which makes science easier and more fun for the students. He is basically propagated as the brain of the family and one of the future scientists. How can he not take the nerd with him too? He needs to show his exceptional parenting. "Manik gnashed his teeth.
" yeah ..You all are so incredible that he needs you guys. Why am I pulled because of that into this mess?" She yelled frustratedly.
"You are not pulled because of us ara. You are the main reason of him raising his female vote bank.. You being so opinionated , educated girl who scores the best in her academics. You are his winning strike. He is gonna propagate the how much he cares for the girl child and how much he will do for the women if he comes into power. You aren't dragged at all. You are his main and the most influential strike. Not to forget about your youtube and instagram presence with having 4 million followers. You think you are being dragged. Well come out of your delusions girl" jai scoffed at her as she huffed at his words.
"Why do we even have to put up with his psychotic ways? Mom and he have parted already" arav stated throwing those damn files away.
"Well arav the fact that even mom can't tell it to anybody that she has divorced him is the answer in itself" arnav mocked him as he sighed.
"I really wanna destroy those damn ralleys." Ara grumbled murdering her chicken tikka.
" Do that and then get us killed ara. We will die together. What do you say?" Arav mocked her.
"Guys shut it . This conversation is completely useless. We know we have to follow it anyways. So rambling over it is useless. Now tell me what has happened between you guys" manik questioned sternly.
'Nothing much " ara stuttered.
"Tell us arnav. I didn't come here leaving a damn proceeding to listen it was all for nothing" jai seethed gritting his teeth. The anger radiating of his demeanour made the siblings shudder .
'Umm I saw ara with the boys who were sigma's first victims in our college. " arnav stated calmly..
"Sigma . Ohh your college is his next target" manik questioned sighing.
"Yeah " arav said forwarding his phone to manik and Jai.
"Well ara its your turn to speak" jai raised a brow at her.
"What should I say dada? I mean I am really popular in college. You know how extroverted I am . There is hardly anyone in college who isn't my friend" she stuttered as jai glared her.
"I know ara you have a lot of friends. What we want right now is the truth" jai yelled as she fisted her hands.
'I knew them. The business ideas thingy. Its all a part of it" she stated hurriedly.
"Retrieve back everything you have laid so far ara" manik said sternly
"But" she trailed off
"Do as I say ara . Even if things gets out of our hands . We will protect you. Mom will do that too. But dad. If he gets to know about any of this. We don't know what he will do. Burn you , shoot you , torture you or most all kill you. We don't really know what that psychotic bastard will do. So you should just shut up and listen to what I am saying. We really don't want you to be another karthik. " manik yelled as all the siblings had tears brimmed in thier eyes listening him. Karthik was a weak spot for all of them. They can't really get over his death even after 4 years. They can never because there guilt won't ever let them . It wasn't thier fault but they weren't there to protect him too. He was thier brother at the end of the day. The whole living room was dead silent listening to him.
"WILL YOU LISTEN TO HIM OR NOT?" A voice boomed through the mansion startling them .