Fiction: Young Langdya blackmails the school principal when he learns of his affair with a teacher

The sound of the door being kicked brought Langdya Pitambar back to his senses. His reverie broke. The marksheet in his hand fluttered in the wind as the door of his classroom banged shut. He had seen, with his mental “fast forward”, what he feared would happen in the liquor shack that evening. However, positive thoughts overtook him and, hoping that things wouldn’t pan out exactly the way he had visualised them, he took out his pen and added a few numbers before the zeroes. He totalled the new marks and, folding the marksheet into his geography book, stepped out of the classroom. As he stepped onto the main road, a black cat jumped from a wall and crossed the road. Before Langdya could react, she jumped onto the other wall and disappeared. Langdya was incensed. “Damn it, you cat! Now the scene is going to be repeated tonight just the way I dreamt! Fuck you!”

The cat heard Langdya’s curses as she wiped her whiskers, but chose to ignore him. She muttered to herself, “I had to scram as that Deshmukh’s dog Tipya was after me. What can I do if Langdya was crossing the street that very minute? He doesn’t...

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