Paheli- Scene II

Scene ii

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itting outside a hospital corridor, Arpeeta was a bit anxious as she was alone in the hospital while her sister was going through the labour pains of her third pregnancy. She was looking so different from today, she looked in her 22 and was wearing a red knee-lenght finely printed skirt and a short green tank top, and wearing lots of silver bangles and number of lockets in lots of chains, she was also wearing number of funky rings even two or three in one finger. And her hairs having number of streaks of wild colours of blue, green, blonde, orange, etc and her look was completed by long boots, she was Miss Arpeeta Brown, the topper of under-gradutate course of English literature.

Arpeeta and Anamika were adopted kids of Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Anamika was just 3 when she was brought to the house and so was Arpeeta after 10 years. They were apples of the eyes of their parents. Anamika married Aparajeet 10 years ago and rest is the same history of world.

Just then entered Jeet, he said “Appy, tell me what happened? Is Ana fine? Are the twins fine?”

Before she could reply, the doctor came and announced that its was a girl and a boy and Ana wanted to meet Appy and Jeet. When they went in, they looked at a very faded face of her sister who was still on the operation bed, she went closer and sat on the stool beside the bed and he stood beside Appy, Ana said “Appy I’m going to survive only few hours and maybe I may not see the sun of tomorrow. I want a mother for my 5 kids, Appy promise me that you will live by them as I don’t want that they are tortured due to death of their mother. Appy promise you will not leave my kids alone, promise me. Your sister is asking the last favour of her life, give me that, let my soul lie in peace.” Appy in tear bounds only replied “Yes Ana, Yes, I promise”

To honour the last wish of Ana, Arpeeta and Aparajeet married that night only, Anamika left the young adolescent Arpeeta with a burden of a family of 5- a man who was in his late 30s, to be exact 37. Twins of 7 years of age- Akshay and Ankita, a girl of 3 years- Aradhana and the newly born twins, Archita and Arjun. The person who was a free bird till one moment is now the mother of 5 and the wife of most influential businessman in the world.

That the person who came home was their “Masi-Ma” and now their “Maa” . the only Maa  they believed.