HIS MAID

PART 12

Naina's pov :

I walked to my room with mixed feelings. I am no one to him, it's very clear now. I have to stop degrading myself and wait for him to feel something for me. I have to go from here and stop waiting for something that won't happen. I decided that I will work just few more months here and save some money so that I can have a fresh start on my own without Sameer or this stupid feelings of mine.......

Swati wasn't in our room now so I felt a little relieved because I know that she would ask so many questions regarding today and I didn't had the mind to reply anything to her atleast now.

I changed my dress and wore my pajama. I grabbed a little box that was kept inside my drawer. This box has all my treasures. It's not something very expensive or something but it is very close to my heart. It has all my memories attached to it. Inside it was a bracelet gifted by Sameer, some stone that I, sameer, preeti, rohan and munna pandit collected when we were small and went for a hiking near by, some drawings and some photos.

I took out one photo and it was of me and my mother. I smiled emotionally looking at her photo. My mother was the most loving person in the earth. She suffered a lot but never let me come across any kind pain. My father abandoned us when I was just 5 years old. She managed everything in her own after that. My mother was the closest to my heart but my fate was cruel, because she died of cancer just 2 years after my father left.i was broken by my masi (aunt) took care of me. I took out the next photo and it was of my father. He definitely was a handsome, tall man. I only have some memories with him but they were not the good ones definitely. The next photo made me smile a little, it was me, Preeti, and Pandit playing and having fun. Then came the photo that I was looking for. It was me and sameer at my 12th birthday. He had his arms around my shoulder and we both were smiling. I caressed his face on the photo and remembered all our memories.

Flashback (15 years ago)

I was 8 back then. I entered the great Maheswari mansion following my aunt. We saw Mrs Vishakha Maheswari standing at the large door. She was a beautiful, tall lady with big brown eyes. She did a warm welcome of us with a smile. Mr Sandeep Maheswari, Sameer's Father found us.

My maternal aunt worked day and night to cope up financially but fate had to be cruel to us and we came down on streets. Even the house where we lived was gone. We hardly had any shelter and food to fill our stomach. But one day god showed some mercy on us . Mr Maheswari noticed us  today while he was passing through the street in his car and felt pity on us. Seeing me and my aunt in such a state, struggling with life he proposed my aunt to work for him as a maid and she accepted it because she had no other choice.  This is the manner we arrived at the Don's mansion.

I was hiding behind my aunt. I was always a shy natured girl but then my dirty, torn clothes made me more ashamed.

Mrs Vishakha Maheswari led us to our room. It was spacious, clean with two comfortable beds. After a good shower, and changing our clothes, we went down to the kitchen where Ms Bela or bela chachi like I call her now prepared us some meal. Everyone in the house was very nice specially towards me. My aunt didn't work the first day because she needed rest . Mrs Vishakha proposed me to go to the garden. I walked to the garden. It was so big, beautiful and green with beautiful flowers, butterfly all around them. My child eyes were widened looking at the beauty and I was mesmerized. I heard laughter at the bottom of the garden. I made my way there and found 4 boys and a girl playing. I looked at them and they noticed me and came towards me. One boy spoke

"Hey! What's your name?"

"I am Naina" i replied shyly.

" What are you doing here in our house?" The same boy asked.