Chapter 2

Akshar was not there alone, but was accompanied by his sister's family - an excellent deal that was so they decided to join them. His sister and his wife liked each other and got along very well, so it turned out to be perfect. Akshar was an excellent father to his son Alan. He enjoyed spending time with him and Alan adored his father. The little two and a half year old practically rode on his father's shoulders where ever they went, sometimes even dripping ice-cream from the cone on to his father's head. So Akshar always carried a tissue with him and had given up on using gel on his hair as it made it quite difficult to wipe it off. Alan wanted a French beard just like his dad, so Akshar had to draw one for him often. Often the both of them wore the same shirts, of course different sizes. Today was one of those days where the both of them had a matching handmade Hibiscus Chest Band Men's Shirt with genuine bamboo wood buttons, white shorts and Ray ban sunglasses. It was his mom's choice to get a Ray ban for Alan, she wouldn't have it any other way, even though it didn't matter to Alan, all he care was that it was in his favorite color.

Akshar's niece Gloria loved Alan. She had always wanted a baby brother and so she was not very much interested in Patricia, her baby sister since she always took away everything, especially her favorite Uncle's attention. Alan on the other hand didn't care and was a typical boy and always wanted to play with his cars and trucks rather than sit in one place. He liked Gloria more as she was nine and was more understanding towards him as compared to Patricia who was almost five and was bossy and always ordered him around and never let Alan play with her princess dolls. Alan once removed a hand from one of her Barbie dolls, and used it as a part of his missing fire truck, sending Patricia into tears. Patricia never liked him from that day onwards. The two girls were already on the beach building a sand castle. Their mom was sunbathing and their dad was capturing the beautiful scenery with his SLR. Once Alan saw the two of them playing he ran towards them and before Akshar could say "watch out", he tripped and fell right on the almost completed and castle.