I denied doing a favor. Purposely and so wittingly for the first time in my memory. The boy who waved his hands from the bus-stop wouldn't have felt bad as much as I did, mostly because he would be doing it every day for commuting and a thousand of other bikers would be doing what I just did. The bike was not at a great speed, even though I did not bother to stop and further tried to hurry through the quiescent traffic before Akruti park road in Andheri East.

Would the boy have actually felt bad? Or did I do the right thing, by not stopping, so that eventually the boy would realize that no one would stop for him and revoke this habit of asking for lift? What if a kidnapper halts for him? Or if a molester tries to lure him with a lift? Am I justifying myself?