All Chapters of Little Dream: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Only son of the owner of Kaling group of industries, Mr. Satish Chandra, Gaurav Chandra is hard working and no nonsense kind of person. In his 28 years of life and 5 years of work experience after completing his MBA from a prestigious university, he has expanded the business of Kaling industries to many new lines which have become profitable quickly. His new thought process was initially resented then grudgingly accepted by many faithful employees of his father. After proving himself to everyone, today he is ready to present to everyone his Dream project.“Asha Aunty, breakfast please” shouted Gaurav as soon as he rushed out of the bathroom. Today he had to reach office early .When Gaurav reached the breakfast table, he found his mom, Mrs. Deepali Chandra was already present at the table.“Mom, do you need to reach somewhere?” asked surprised Gaurav. “No, my child, I need to talk to you about something&rdq

Gaurav's phone vibrates as soon as he comes out of his meeting. He is feeling so excited because the feedback to his dream project is so positive. Only few modifications and more details are asked in the final presentation. He checks his phone for messages and finds one from his mother.“Why has Mom shared childhood picture of her friend’s daughter? Mom has amazing sense of humour. At least I have the name and flight details that should be sufficient.” Thought Gaurav. Next when Gaurav raised his head from work, it was already 6 pm. “I need to rush to the airport” he thought.It was 7 pm and Gaurav was standing on the arrival gate with Dream’s name paper in his hand waiting for a woman to recognise it and come to him. Little did he expect that same child from the photo shared by his mother will come to him followed by airport attendant pushing her luggage trolley. Gaurav was completely dumbstruck

We reached home in 30 minutes and when Gaurav Bhaiya stopped the car on the porch, Deepali Mausi was already outside waiting for us. She hugged me like she has known me for many years though we were meeting for the first time. I had seen her in photos and during video calls when Mamma used to drag me to greet her but never in person. “My little Dream, are you ok? I hope you didn’t face any issues during the flight? Have you eaten anything? They don’t give nice food on flights. You must be starving. Did you speak to Kiran?” she was asking questions non-stop without giving me chance to answer. It was so mom-like. I can totally see why they are best friends. “ Maa, are you going to ask everything on the gate itself? Will you not take Dreams insider? She must be tired from the journey.” Gaurav Bhaiya said gently.“Ohh, yes,yes. Come child, come inside. Let me show you your room to freshen up and then let’s

Dream is looking more sad every passing day. I even saw her with puffed eyes that day. Could it be just that she is missing Kiran or there is something else happening which I don’t know. “Dream, get up child, you will be late for college.”“ I have headache. I don’t want to go to college today.” Said Dream“Dream, talk to me child, is there any issue at college?”“No Mausi, everything is fine” said Dream but I can see clearly that she is lying. What has happened. I need to speak to Ram and Gaurav. “Ram, have you seen anything not normal happening when you drop or pickup Dream from college?”“Mam, she was very happy for the first week and used to tell me non-stop about what happened and what she learnt. Though I used to not understand a thing but I could tell that the child is happy. But since last three weeks she is sad, doesn’t talk

I am finding it difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that we are asking Dream to go against a big man. She is so tiny. She hardly reaches above my waist. But Mom is right we need to enable her to tackle such people. She will be alone in Paris. PI pep talk to myself and steel my heart with determination that if that knucklehead touched even a hair of my Dream all bets are off. I am going to make him suffer for even thinking about bullying. Suddenly I become cautious, when did Dream become so important and when did I turn into protective big brother. It is a good feeling. I sometimes even think of her as my daughter. “Dream, we need to talk to child” said Mom“What happened Deepali Aunty?”asked Dream.“We know that you are being bullyed at college and this is the reason you don’t want to attend college anymore” said Mom“ How did you know? Did college principal comp