It wasn’t out of cruelty. His father, Nandan, had entered the early stages of dementia, and the spam calls had become a torment—fraudsters promising lottery winnings, fake banks demanding OTPs, and telemarketers selling immortality in a bottle. Each call left Nandan confused, sometimes in tears. So Arjun barred all incoming numbers except his own, his mother’s, and the family doctor’s. Peace returned.
He fumbled with the settings, fingers shaking, disabling the call barring feature. But it was too late. By the time he reached the room, the monitors were flatlining. call barring feature
Arjun stared at his phone screen. Three missed calls. All from the barred number. All silenced by the very wall he had built to protect his father. It wasn’t out of cruelty
Later, the nurse handed him Nandan’s phone. On the screen, still glowing, was a half-typed text message, autocorrect mangling the words: “son, i am scared. please unblock me.” So Arjun barred all incoming numbers except his
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