The untold story of a Courtesan

Thirty-eight

20 years later:1664

"Ammi.....Ammi,wake up!".

"Okay....I'm awake what is it?".

"He here!....he here!".

"Who's here?".

"The Peshwar!".

A young man walked into rang Mahal dressed in a black kurta his belt holding his sword in it's pouch and Nadia in a light pink sari and her hair tired up in a bun with silver earrings and red bindi against her forehead who was waking up her mother and Alia to the sound of her daughter voice and when she hear the word Peshwar!....she jumped and said"why didn't you wake me up sooner!!!".she got out of bed and fix herself up.

A few minutes later,she was in a white lehenga with silver ornaments on it and her face and skin showed a few wrinkles but somehow these last 20 years,life has remained generous with her and she still looked the same as 20 years back.she placed the red bindi on her forehead,and black eyeliner with her hair hanging freely and vermillion on her head and lastly for her ankles,gold anklets was the final piece,the exact same given to her by the man she yearn for after all these years.

"Sundari Ammi!".Nadia said as her mouth hanged opened from seeing her mother deck up.

A young dark of complexion women in a blue saree and vermillion applied on her head while her hair halved and braided in a plat,gold chain around her neck and a nuptial chain indicating she married,her brown eyes and a bindi on her forehead with gold earrings and she step into the room with a veneration platter but stopped at the door and said"omg!!!!!!....my queen,you are breathtaking!".she said looking at Alia and both Alia and Nadia began laughing with her reply.

"Oh Bhabhi(Sister-in-law)you never seem to amazed us with your jokes!".Nadia said to her sister-in-law.

"Shukriya both of you and Malini is the veneration platter ready?".Alia asked and Malini nod her head.

Malini was Raj wife and had a beautiful daughter together named Alia after her grandmother.Raj became a wealthy horsemen for the city and royal family of jhansi but stay with Alia for the last 20 years and vowed to never leave her side or Rang Mahal.he grew to become quite a gentleman with his charming personality,good looks which every girl in jhansi fell for but only one girl stole his heart Malini Chaudhary.they been married for five years and young Alia that is four was sweetest thing this family could have asked for.

Then a young girl with straight brown hair,red sari walked in and said"good morning grandma and aunt Nadia!". she said and Alia went down on one knee and embraced her with open arms and smiled from ear to ear.

"Morning my angel!".Alia replied pulling away from the embrace.

"Morning sweetheart!".Nadia said caressing her cheek.

Alia got up slowly since she not so young as she use to be and grab her granddaughter hand in hers and they left the room and arrived at the entrance where the young man was just about to walked but Nadia stopped him and said"stop right there,not so fast Bhai!".Nadia said to the young man.

"No didi,you know I'm into this stuff......let me in!".the young man said.

"this ritual's and customs are part our religion that has been done for generations!".Alia said looking at the man with a smile of righteousness.

Malini stood Infront of the man and circle the veneration platter and afterwards he stepped inside Rang Mahal and little Alia ran to the man and he picked her up and kissed her cheek and said"good morning angel!".he uttered with a smile.

"Good morning uncle!".she said playing with his curly hanging above his eyes.

Alia then embraced him tightly while he holding young Alia in his arms and she said"good morning Sooraj,you finally back from the palace and are you a Peshwar huh Beta?.".she asked and the three women waited excited for an answer.

"Nope they doing it tomorrow since the Raja Bajirao is doing his rounds going to visit the villages near the border's of jhansi and want to promote me,Peshwar himself!".he said and Alia face immediately changed when she heard Bajirao name and walked away which the three of them knew about the story with the the prince and Zafar.

Sooraj Virat Sameer was Alia son who she named herself after the truth came out 20 years ago and that incident still plays like a daily reminder in her head.she raised Sooraj,Nadia and Raj into fine young people with the values and teachings and everything she knew from her life experiences and needed to be independent and their own person in this world.

The three couldn't asked for a better parent or mother that was both strict but kind to them at the same time.Sooraj from a young age showed interested in swordfighting and his mother got someone to teach how to fight and with hard work and dedication,he proved to become a deadly swordmen and later sign up for the royal army and at the age of nineteen became the commander of the royal army with how lead the army into battles and proved victorious everytime with his clever strategiese and talented sword skills that gain him recognition by the royal family.

A year went by and Raja Bajirao also saw how Sooraj not was a fearsome commander,he also knew how to work with money and help the kingdom in a short time working as a commander of the royal army and save many cost when going to war.he then decided to name him the Peshwar(Prime minister) of Defense.

Sooraj then went after his mother and saw her sitting in the room,crying as she did for the last 20 years of her life still yearning for Bajirao and Zafar love.