THE MASKED DEVIL

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urs. The many attempts to spit him out into the world tortured her body. But he'd resisted, refusing

er adored him. They both were the perfect father-son duo until his father surprised him with a new mother for his fifth

er various lovers. When she realised the boy was silently watching everything, the cunning woman played it smart. She began lying about the b

his adult wife would be lying to him and began beating the little boy to tame him

a point where he couldn't take the pain any longer. So, he decided to escape. He took the lit

e at families that passed by him and wonder to himself. Some of them had children who threw tantrums when they didn't get what they wanted. T

edom. What he didn't know was the city of d

treet at night. Miraculously, the boy survived. He didn't realise what had happened to him until he grew up. At that point, all he remembered

t know what he was going to do with his life until he ran into the devil again on a lonely night. He had his fir

The fact that the old man's body had no life left in it didn't matter to him; he was too busy enjoying the unfamiliar sensation. It wasn't until he was completely spent that he realised the old beggar's eyes had turned within his s

t his lovely stepmother. The next morning, he arrived

home. But now that he thought of it, the home was a foreign thing to him. He didn't e

that wasn't his father's. 'She is still the same,' he though

he tiptoed to her room. Using a cable wire, he grabbed her throat from behind.

wing bulge in his pants. Within seconds, he was running his hands over himself while looking at his dead

life in slums, he was intelligent. He didn't bother waiting to see his father's reaction because he

as killed by him. If she had been alive, his life would have been completely different. He knew she wouldn't be pleased if she knew about his nat

was hard; as hard as a diamond. And like a diamond, it could shine brightly upon you, or cut through you to the bone if you allowed it to. The young man, in his naïve attempt to step away from his past, let his guard down

a housing colony but the housewife he met was not like the others. She She tried to get him to bed, which reminded him of his stepmother who used to cheat on his father, and it trig

ry. As a result, he stole all the house's valuables. He was fortunate to discover two lakh rupees in cash and some gold bangles tucked away in the cupboard's corner. He

plastic bag, which still contained something. Som

er. When he looked at it closely, his breathing became ragged, and he let out a t

been returning his calls and no one knew where she was. He broke open the front door with the help of the local police and discover

nted at the husband, but because he had a solid alibi and there didn't appear to be any sign of struggle or wrongdoing, the overburdening investigating officer

as never identified, and it beca

later when Mumbai

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