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‘It happened by mistake,’ mumbled Aranya.
‘MISTAKE? YOU CALL IT A MISTAKE, MISS ARANYA! Tell me, tell
me, what do I do with it?’

Dhruv had had enough. He interrupted Prof. Mitra. ‘Sell it for scrap. Do you
want me to break it for you? Isn’t the machine’s delivery in college and your
new car a delicious coincidence?’

‘These students, I tell you. Disgrace. I will not take this. I will call your
parents. And Dhruv, you should keep your tongue in check or I will have you
expelled,’ said Prof. Mitra and strode out.

Dhruv left the class. These old failed men needed to be taught a lesson. Even
if Prof. Mitra whored out his whole family, sold kidney, spleen and heart, he
couldn’t have afforded a Mercedes CLA45 AMG. He strode to the sports room

and issued a slightly old but sturdy Slazenger bat. Prof. Mitra’s lab was on the
third floor. He ran up the flight of stairs, heaving and panting, and found the
laboratory locked. He held the bat upside down and slammed the handle into the

lock which didn’t budge even slightly.
‘I thought you would need this,’ said Sanchit who was walking towards the
laboratory, a key dangling from his fingers.

‘How did you know I would be here?’
‘That’s not too hard to guess now, is it? Prof. Mitra berates her in front of an
entire class. So the boy who’s irrevocably in love with her has to step in, right?’

Sanchit opened the door and pointed to the machine that lay in the distance,
gleaming in places, charred in others.
‘I am not in love with her,’ said Dhruv and smashed the bat on the incubator.

‘I got her into this mess. It’s my responsibility.’
‘Didn’t you want to destroy her?’
‘They are calling her parents.’

‘You should be happy about that, right? You can repeat history here, can’t
you? What better opportunity than this?’
‘I don’t want to.’

‘Because you’re in love, Dhruv!’
‘If you don’t stop speaking I’m going to swing this in your face.’
‘Speaking of swinging, wait for me,’ said Sanchit and grabbed a long spanner

himself.
And together, they smashed the machine to pieces.