Is she really HER?

Chapter - 4

Avi's pov:

Today's event's are so confusing.  Why do I felt that the Amisha whom I met recently is some how related to my Amisha? Why is she hiding something from everyone? With these thoughts I walked back to Niligiri hills and stood in the same spot where I lost my spectacles.

I tried to call my Amisha but as usual she didn't answer it and diverted it to voice mail. I was so angry that I punched a wall then heard 2 kids playing with each other and turned towards them.

Kid 1 said
"Do you know who is being my happiness?"

Kid 2 nodded NO. Then kid 1 held his hand and walked to a place there was a good sight of the temple from Hills. Then he pointed towards a temple and said

"I use to pray to that God everyday, that I need my parents to come and take care of me but one day a couple came to our child orphanage and selected me as their child and I will go with them as early as possible.

He said brushing away the tears of another kid. Kid 2 replied
"From today, I will also pray to god that my parents take me back or another couple accept me as their child. Then they both hugged each other and started playing with some toys.

*child orphanage?* my brain pronunced that word with a big question mark on it's face.

Wait..the other Amisha said she doesn't have a family and no one raised her from childhood. Does it mean that she lived in a child orphanage?

*may be* my brain shrugged.

I went to the kids and asked the location of the child orphanage in which they are living. After noting down the address I took cab and went there only to be shocked as the police officer was talking with the manager there. I stood outside and listened the whole conversation and didn't move from my place until the police officer went from that place.

After he left I walked in and the manager greeted me

"Hello sir,good morning"

I smiled and replied him

"Good morning" and then said
"Well I would like donate some amount from my salary to this child orphanage"

He smiled and thanked me and gave a form to fill up. After the formalities I gave him money and   started speaking to him.

"Is there any restriction for the child to live here based on his/her age?"

He nodded NO but said "generally most of the children would be adopted by any couple before they even reach 15 years of age. But they can live here until they get some education and start to work.

"Oh ok. But how do you manage to  remember the the couple who adopted any child here?"

He smiled and showed me a book in which he enters the data about the child, since when he/she started to live and is adopted by whom..then I asked the main for which I came here.

"Oh this is better idea but this book looks like it contains information only about the children in recent years". He nodded and took out another old book which I guess would contain old records.

I took it in my hands ignoring the question mark on his face and started to look to for the name the he said.
"As it is hard to search for the name I wrote the brief description of the children who got adopted, at end and sorted them based on their name"

*wow * my brain appreciated him. I too said

"That's a fantastic idea sir" and turned the book to the last page and started to search for the name Amisha but the manager made my work so easy because the names were sorted in order based on the alphabet of their name.

Y..T. .S..R..Q..P.....C..B..

*common in next page there will names in starting with 'A'* my brain said excitingly.

When I was about to turn the page I heard some one speak

"Grandpa, how are you?"

The Manager looked at her and his face lit up with some glow seeing that woman. She came and they both hugged each other. It was then I saw the woman is none other than Amisha

"You. What ARE YOU doing here?"

I smiled devilishly and showed the book in my hand which she snatched immediately and closed it.

"Excuse me!! You just can't close it like that"

She didn't even bother respond but turned towards the manager and asked him

"What is this Grandpa.  How can you allow him to touch the old records?"

He didn't reply but I asked him
"Are you her Grandpa? "

"Yes I am" He answered with a smile on his face.

I was so angry and stood from the chair I have been sitting on &  walked towards Amisha and said
"You said you didn't have a family?"

She tried to look away but I held her hand asked again then she replied
"I had my own family but don't know who are they and how do they look. They left me here when I was a child." She wiped away her tears and left from that place.

Then the manager turned towards me and said
"You came to enquire about her right?"

I nodded and lowered my head. He smiled and said
"It's ok. I will tell you information but I have but I need to know why you are trying to find information about Amisha."

I nodded and showed an image on my phone which consisted of Amisha and I. He looked at it opening his mouth slightly and and then narrowed his eyes towards me.

"Amisha doesn't have aquamarine coloured eyes. Then who is she?"

I sighed and said the whole story briefly. After that I asked him
"Does Amisha had any twins?"

He nodded and said
"Yeah she had a twin but I can't reavel that information to you."

I pleaded him to tell the history, after a good 30 of pleading session he said

"Amisha's twin name is Raj and he died after few minutes he was born"

*He ??* my brain asked with a question mark face.

"Why? What happened to him?"

"Well..Amisha and raj were born with their heads attached. In order to separate them they had undergone a surgery which resulted in Raj's death. Her father was so angry that his son died because of his daughter so he decided to push her away from his house.

"How many years was Amisha that time?"

"Years!!!!! 😐 she was born only 2 days before"

*such a stupid and bad father* my brain said and I nodded.

"Next day morning I found this baby lying on the door step of our orphanage and I decided to raise the baby."

*hmm that's the reason she cried and felt very sad when you people asked her about her surname.* my brain said and I nodded again.

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By
orange_marigold