roshni

Both the houses were busy with the preparation of upcoming marriage. Roshni has loved Abhishek for more than five years now, they have studied together in college, similarity in nature has brought them together as friend and that friendship has slowly transformed into love. With loving parents their marriage was no problem from the beginning. They were just waiting for the right moment.

The silence of the house was broken by the ringing of the phone, Roshni’s father Mr. Thakur picked up the phone, he was petrified by whatever he heard. He just went to his wife and whispered some thing. Both of them left asking Roshni to stay back.

A couple of hours later they returned, extremely grave. They called Roshni to their room. And asked her to sit down.

They told her a story, which appeared right out of some Hollywood story, Abhishek was not actually the son of Mr and Mrs Jain. He was son of Mr. Jain’s bodyguard, who died while trying to save him. Abhishek has already lost his mother at the time of his birth. When he lost his father, Mr and Mrs Jain took the decision of bringing him up as their own.

But in a strange twist of life, his mother has returned, she has not died, as his father has told the Jains, she has eloped with some one. She has married him, and was settled with him, but they did not had any issue, and her husband has passed away a couple of years ago, leaving her in dire straits.

Then all of a sudden she met a relative who told her about Abhishek, and she came here to claim him.

Roshni felt like the world was shaking, then her parents asked does it makes any difference in her mind about marrying Abhishek, Roshni bowed her head and said no. Her parents smiled.

Roshni went out to see Abhishek, he was deeply anguished, she gave him a warm hug and they went out with his parents permission to have some private discussion.

Roshni asked if he has met his biological mother, he said yes, then she said that she too wants to meet her. So, off they went to the room in a small hotel, the door was answered by a woman, penury was written on her face, even though she was wearing neat and clean dress now.

After spending a couple of hours with her, they left. She asked Abhishek what was he thinking about his biological mother, and he gave her a blank gaze. Then she said, that she is too poor to be placed in the same household with Jains, and it will inevitably invite clash of classes and jealousy.

She said, it will be best to rent a flat for her and place her here. They will take care of her financial needs, Abhishek and Roshni will regularly visit her, but stay with Mr and Mrs Jain, because she did not came to search for her lost son, she came here for security for her old age. So as Abhishek can afford it, he should not deprive her from that. After all, she is a feeble old lady.

In reply Abhishek returned the hug Roshni has given her.