Facing His Enemy

Mr Zaman after purchasing the grocery from the market was now waiting for the bus on the roadside.

"It seems today no bus is coming here and the weather also doesn't seem right. Maybe the rain starts in a while." Mr. Zaman got tired of waiting so long for the coming of the bus.

Suddenly, a storm and heavy rain started pouring.

"It would be better to go by foot to home. No bus seems to come today. And the rain has also started." Murmuring with himself, he started walking.

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"N…no, please don't do this. Forgive me. Have mercy on me…. I am going to m…marry. If I….mama and papa will die I didn't reach home. N…no you can't do this…it's it's sin…. it's a sin…. you are sin…. you are someone, an illegitimate child…. you are nothing more than dirt…." Pleadings of Biya and sobbings of a little child were intermingling and knocking his mind like a hammer.

Rain has started. He strongly punched the steering wheel to vent out his anger. He was smoking a cigarette to try to suppress the nois