Her Past (I)

*Next day morning* ' Abhi jao ami manage kore nebo ' ( Abhi go , I will manage ) Mrinal replied from bathroom . She needed someone to remove her bandage . She was about to call her mother but Abhay told her that he will help her . She was hesitant to take his help . ' Na ham..i tomay help kor..bo .' She laughed at his broken Bengali . [ No I will help you ] Then he removed her bandage slowly . She was looking down feeling shy . As soon as he removed it he gasped looking at her wound . It was deep scar on her back . She felt his breath on her bare shoulder making her shivered . He touched it softly ' It must be very hurtful . ' ' It's Ok Abhi . Umm please leave I will take bath . ' She said tightly holding her top to her chest . She was red due to shyness . She was breathing heavily . ' Baby be careful and call me if you need any help . ' He cooed at her , He softly kissed her scar and said ' I love you ' and left the bathroom unwillingly . *************************** It was night already . Mira got a message from her mother ' Mira my strong baby go and tell him the truth . He deserves to know . Mama loves you a lot . ' She replied ' Yes mama . I love you more . ' Soon Abhay entered inside the room after taking the bath. In this one day they went to Mumbai and came back as Mira wanted to come back . Mira kissed her mother's photo and said ' Ma I hope he will accept my past . ' Abhay was about to sleep suddenly Mira said ' Abhi .. Abhi I am not Mama , papa's own daughter . They adopted me . ' Abhay didn't react much and said ' It doesn't matter Mira . You are their daughter , they love you so much . ' He softly kissed her forehead . ' Umm Abhi .. My MA was murdered . ' Abhay gasped ' What ? Baby !! ' ' It's true Abhi . ' ' WHO KILLED YOUR MA MIRA ? ' His voice was wasn't soft anymore . ' I don't know Abhi . But before that listen to me Abhi . Let this pain decrease by sharing with you . ' ' Of course tell me . I will be always with you . ' Though Abhay didn't say anything but it was unexpected for him. He just hoped that it didn't turn out to be something worst. He was afraid already knowing his baby's mother was killed . *Flashback starts* A five year old girl was sitting on the streets of Banaras without any destination. Her baby pink coloured frock was blood stained . She was shivering badly and crying miserably. No one came to console her . Everyone was going towards the Ghats of Ganges for Ganga Arti ( Sandhya Arti) . They wanted to experience that beautiful , auspicious event . But never tried to help the poor soul who is a gift of god to human kind . ( Kids are gifts from god ) As the Arti ended all the people started to going back following the same path. The place was too much crowded. People were busy with themselves. Suddenly a boy around of 15 shouted ' Ma , baba dekho okhane .Keu bose ache. ' ( Mom , Dad see . Someone is sitting there.) The woman said ' Yes my Baby boy . Anuj lets go and see. ' The man replied ' Yes , the figure is not looking fine . ' They felt that something is wrong with that person . They went near her and looked at the shivering figure . She curled up herself in ball in the sitting position. Her head was in between her knees and the poor yet pure soul was crying . The boy put his hand on her head and said ' Hello ' and the shivering girl lift her head slowly . The moment her big innocent doe like eyes met with the boy's determining eyes the boy fell in love with the girl . The couple looked the a little girl . Her face was red due to crying . There was a small cut on her forehead and her dress was blood stained. The boy didn't notice it as he was busy looking at her chubby cheeks . The woman came forward and said ' Baby what happened ? ' but the girl stepped back in the sitting position only . They understood that she was afraid of them. The woman said to her husband ' Something bad happened to her . Maybe she is injured . ' ' Yes you are right . We need to call others . ' The man immediately call his family members. They took that little girl to the nearby nursing home . But before they reached the little kid fainted in arms of the lady. The boy panicked looking at the small girl's senseless body in his mother's arms. He touched her cheeks are said ' Little doll are you fine ? Is she ok Mama ? ' Sneha replied to her son ' She is not well my boy . We are taking her to doctor . ' The boy nodded his head only feeling sad and scared for the beautiful girl . Soon they reached and the boy took the fainted girl in his arms and followed his parents . All the members of Chatterjee family was inside the nursing home . Mihir and Mridul was sitting together. The whole family was praying for the well being of the unknown girl. As soon as the doctor came both the boys rushed to him . ' How is my doll doctor uncle ? ' Mridul asked . Others also came near him to know about her health . But the doctor asked them ' Is she your family member ? ' Eldest member of the family Arun Chatterjee replied ' No but how is she ? What happened to her ? ' The doctor replied ' Her condition is not well . She is not injured . Those blood stains are not her but she is afraid . She is in trauma . And she didn't eat from last 48 hours . Due to this she passed out . And try to find out her family . It's like she experienced something horrible painful. Maybe murder . ' Everyone gasped hearing that a little girl experienced a murder . Mihir fisted his hands in anger. Mridul clenched his jaws . *3 hours later* Mihir , Mridul , Arti , Amrita ( Mrinal's elder aunt ) , Purbasha ( Mrinal younger aunt ) , Brinda , Arun were sitting there from last 4 hours . Avijit , Mainak and Anuj went to police station and came back 1 hours ago . They told them that police will start their work to find her parents and about they will investigate about the murder also . Suddenly a nurse came to inform them and informed ' The patient is awake . Doctor is checking her. ' ' Can we meet her ? ' Avijit asked the nurse . ' Not now but after sometimes you can . ' Soon the doctor came and said ' She was starving from last 2 days so we gave her Saline IV . She will be fine physically but not mentally. She needs her family . Hope you can help her in this matter . ' In the morning all went back to hotel expect Mihir, Mridul and Avijit . They still didn't meet her as she was sleeping peacefully. It was 8 am in the early morning , all three men were awake . Other member came to hospital as soon as they could . They were sitting just in front of her ward . She was shifted in normal ward as she was physically fine . Suddenly a scream made them startle . They rushed to the direction of the sound source and entering inside they saw a sight which broke their hearts. The girl was crying and shouting for her mother ' Ma ma ma ..' She was chanting it like a mantra . Arti's heart felt a pang . A mother who lost her child due to miscarriage couldn't stop herself . She ran towards her and hugged her softly . The IV was still attached to her hand . ' Shuu!!!! Shona . Ma is here only . ' Don't no what they both felt . But they felt connected. Maybe it was their fate , destiny . From them She became their daughter . She became Mrinal Chatterjee . Arti and Avijit adopted her and she became the princess of Chatterjees . *Flashback ends* ' That li..ttle 5 y..ears ol..d gi.rl wa.s me Ab..hi ' Mrinal said hiccupping . Abhay's whole world shattered hearing this . ' Baby , MY BABY . You ...' ' Yes Abhi it was me . I was not Mrinal Chatterjee , I was Aradhya Ragini Mehra. Ma .. he killed my ma . I ran only ran from there until I reached the ghat . I was shaking in fear , pain and my mother's painful look was coming in front of me . Her blooded Kurti .. Maa . ' Mrinal was crying mess . Abhay wanted to break the every bones of that person who killed Mrinal's mother and burn him alive . ' Mama , Papa adopted me . I became Mrinal Chatterjee. But I was always afraid of people . You know it took me 10 years to open up my emotions to them . They never forced me , they are my angels. ' She hid her face in his chest . She was sitting on his lap . She remembered her painful haunting past. Abhay felt his body filled with rage . But he controlled it and caressed her back . ' Wat..er ' Mrinal mumbled . He gave her water and made her drank it . ' Mira sleep love . We will talk later . ' ' No Abhi . I want you to know me , my past . I want to share my pain . ' She said slowly . ' I am blessed that you want to share your pain with me . Say my love . ' ****************************************** ******************************************