A Walk to Remember Shiven Shridhar
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walked excitedly down the footpath in glee. I had secured the first rank in class and was clutching my report card near my heart. Turning at the corner, i reached the driveway of my house. My pace quickened as my hart beat with excitement. I wanted to break this news to my mother as fast as i could, because she was the one who had coached me and it was because of her only that i achieved this important rank. I ran through the gravel path and marched towards the front door. Surprisingly, it was open. Mother always kept the front door locked, i thought, puzzled. I entered the house. To my great astonishment, it was upside down. Not wanting to hear what my heart told me, i looked in all rooms. Everytinhg was a mess. I broke open the basement door and went down the stairs and saw the bodies of my mother, my father and my sister dangling from ropes on the ceiling. In a second my world had toppled over, my life had taken a 360 degree turn. I called the police and settelled down ,against the wall, on the floor, clutching my report card to my heart, staring at the lifeless bodies of my family, all the while crying inconsolably. The police came at the crime scenes and started their investigations. At first, they deemed it to be a suicide, very unlikely, the post-mortem report revealed that my sister and my mother had been raped and murdered.they became victims of a very cold-blooded homicide. My life was destroyed. I shuttled from home to T 221