Paheli - Scene V

Scene v

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n one of the boxes, Arpeeta found a letter and a snap folded in flip of the letter and was shocked to see that she had a very close resemblance to the snap. Yet in her conscious memories she never remembered visiting India and neither Browns nor Anamika ever mentioned that they ever went to India. But a snap cannot be denied as it is also a matter of fact. So, she called Mrs. Amalie Brown and said “Hey, Mom, yaah I am fine, yes so are kids and Jeet. Mom I was in India can you tell me from where you had adopted me. Actually I found a girl with very close resemblance with me so I needed to get into the truth.” Mrs Brown replied that she doesn’t remember every single thing so will call her in some moments with exact details. So till then Arpeeta started reading the letter

“To whosoever it comes,

I am Kamakshi once the daughter of this house where I lived with my sister Kia and did a small teaching job. When one day, I met Mr. Jai Kapoor, an industrialist who was very amiable, it was magical. We were married at wills of his elders. And shifted to Mumbai as Kia would have been left alone so I decided to take her along. Within one year, I was mom of sweet twin sons. But that time I also came to know that Mr. Kapoor didn’t love me and was in a relationship with another woman.

To my utter shock, it was my own younger sister. Kia and Mr. Kapoor had being into illegitimate relationship since our marriage. I couldn’t believe but truth can never be testified and that took a truth of such kind. I was shattered by the betrayal by them.

But that wasn’t the end of my miseries which had just started. Now when their affair was an open secret to me. They started too intimated in front of me only. Due to all this, I went through a mental trauma and I faced interminable breakdown of nervous system and I was shifted to mental asylum where I will die of electric shocks and bad health due to pressure of my sister and husband to remove me from my way. But my only concern is my children whom I want to have peaceful life with my in laws

I gave this box to a nurse who promised me to get it delivered to my parental place. In hope that one day it would be found by someone, and I will get justice.

If you find it please try to get me justice. So then my spirits rest in peace. Your earnest thanks for reading the letter.

 Kamakshi

25^th November 2007”