Paheli - Scene IV

Scene iv

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he arrived there early in morning by 7 o’clock by private helicopter and was received by Dandy’s company manager, Mr. Bhojraj Maharana and Meera Iyer. They greeted her and told her the future plans and described her, the whole valley. They insisted on staying with her by orders of Jeet, but she asked her to her alone and everybody also knew that you can forge instructions of Mrs. Deb as she is the life of Deb Mansion. Janamjay was also coming as he was most of time in India with his obsession of jewellery so was Megha, Janamjay’s wife whose daughters were also nurtured by Arpeeeta, three beautiful girls of  7, 5 and 3 years respectively. As they both were professionals and Arpeeta loved kids and with handling 7 kids she was expert in kids department. So she was the “Kaki Maa” for them and the only motherly figure they knew as their mother travelled with Janamjay and Arpeeta is attached with kids. So she and her 10 kids were her life.

  She then went to the topmost cottage where she had to live for next 15 days. She was planning to rest the remaining day and in evening see the valley with her perspective. The home where she stayed belonged to a family who now immigrated to Mumbai leaving no traces.

She came to home. It was a small and warm cottage. There she found herself in a one mall top floor store room when wandering away. There she found some packed boxes.