TALE OF KHUSHI THE GOLD DIGGER (2)

CHAPTER 5- I'M NOT HIM, NOT ANYMORE

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

— Haruki Murakami

After sending Neelam back to her room, Raghu stayed a while in front of her her room closed door.

She is here.. She says she is regretting leaving.. Just he know how much struggle it is to hide his identity from her.

From the day he was born, he been named as cursed. Kept as a spare for his sickly twin brother.

His father hated the very sight of him, he was separated from his twin. His parents locked him in a shed whenever he disobey their command.

One day, a woman visited the mansion with her daughter in law. He was warned beforehand to never appear before but.. His the kitten he hid inside his room escaped and made its way to prayer room where Subatra Devi is praying.

-Meow~-

Subatra Devi jerked opened her eyes saw another Raghu standing before her eyes, but he looked a bit different, Raghu she knew is sickly little boy. But he is full of vitality. His attire also has a bit of differents than when she saw Raghu a few minutes earlier.

"Who are you beta?"

A young boy startled by sudden a question of this old lady. He will surely get beaten up by his father today...

Then at same moment, his mother usha came there along with his twin, the cat is out of the box.

Boy lied to the old lady," I'm Raghuveer."

In truth his real name is Raghuvendra but his identity was snatched and given to his twin and he is living under name of his twin's name.

"What the hell is this!" Dadi asked immediately as she noticed those marks of abuse in his hands.

Usha was shaken to core, immediately uttered. "His papa don't like him because he is naughty. Often he beats this child if he disobey him."

Raghu looked down, in silent.

Dadi noticed something is oodly wrong soon as she entered this household.

"He is cursed! Pandit Ji said he so." His twin spoke up arrogantly.

Subatra Devi felt it was absurd, "If he is cursed then you're too you cheeky brat, you both born together."

Subatra then held Raghu with her and said, "If you have trouble raising this child then give him to me, I'll take care of him." Dadi suggested, wanting to save child from future misery. "He can stay with me."

Usha was hesitate but after her husband came home he agreed to get rid of him.

That's how he know Subatra Devi, she saved him from that hell and brought him to Sheesh Mahal.

He lived there as just as Raghu, Anjali who is engaged to his twin from young age mistook him for his twin kept sticking close to him.

Life was good until he was forced to return home because his twin's health is getting worse and worse.

There he met Neelam, the same girl who used steal and bring him food from kitchen, he was mesmerised by her. There isn't a day where he stopped think of her.

Kind hearted soul, her smile kept him also smile, such a infection smile. He saw that a she is just humble servant this house but, whenever she sees people more less fortunate than her. She buy them food with her hard earn money, whenever he asked she says, "The most cruel thing in this world is hunger, both you and I know of it young master."