Anika's Secret

Chapter 1: Finding Family?

In my ff, Mallika and Anika have never met. Mallika and Shivaay are goods friends but she does not know that Anika was married to Shivaay. She thinks Tia is Shivaay's wife.

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"Didi, your phone is ringing." sahil came walking into the room.
Anika was staring out of the window, gazing into nothingness, 2 month had passed by since he had broken her. Insulted her in front of family and her throwing the divorce papers at his face. She had moved to her house. Rudra and Soumya had come begging her to come back. They had said that Tia was making there lives hell with her reiki, universe And what not.
"Didi..." Sahil said thrusting the phone into her hands.
She was pulled out of her blankness. "Hello?"
"Hello is this Miss Anika. I am Julia from JK orphanage in Manali."
Hearing the name of the place she grew up in till Sahil's parents adopted her made her heart stop.
"Yes...it is Anika."

Actually Anika, this is Aunt Julia speaking. A young man and his wife came here two weeks ago and asked for your details. He said that he was your brother and he had some letters that authorised him to get your informations. I just wanted to let you know." Chirped the voice through the phone.

Suddenly, a sweet plump woman's face flashed through her mind.
"Julia Maasi, how are you?" Anika chirped back.
"I am fine beta"

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
"Maasi, I will call you later." Anika said.
After keeping the phone, Anika went to open the door. Sahil looked up from his arts and crafts project. There was a man and a lady standing at the door. She was pregnant.
Anika looked at them puzzled.
"How can I help you?"
The man looked a bit pale. The girl had a wide smile.
"Are you Anika?"
Anika slowly nodded.

The girl squeezed the guy's hand. "Sid, it is her. You finally found her."
The man took a step forward. Anika took a step back. Mallika sensed the nervousness.
"ummm...My name is Mallika and this is my husband, Siddarth."
Anika looked at them confused.
"Your brother." Mallika said.

Anika POV

Rana? Where had I heard the name before. Billu...had sa...no Mr. Oberoi had said something about the Ranas. The man took a deep breathe. Naina and I have been searching for you for so long chutki." He finally whispered. He took out his phone.
"Naina, I got her." he said. Got whom? And Chutki? She was my sister. How did he know about her?
"Didi..." Sahil called from inside. His voice full of concern. Then I realised that this was probably the couple, Julia was talking about.
"Please come in." Yes...yes..I know Billu ji ...no why would he care.
The two of them walked in. Sahil looked at them surprised. Mallika sat on a sofa. Siddarth Sat next to Sahil.
"Hey champ." Sahil just looked up at him.
"Chutki, Naina is so excited to see you. But she could not travel especially since she is still recovering." Siddarth told me. Who the hell was Naina?

"Arre, Sid...how does she know who Naina is? Naina is your elder sister. We have been searching for you ever since Naina woke up from her coma. The first person she asked for was you. She knew that both of you had been taken to an orphanage in Manali but we had no idea which one. So Sid and I have been searching for you." She explained. She took out a book. "I know that you find it difficult to believe us but this may help you. She passed the book to me. Then I realised that it was an album. I opened it. The first picture was of a boy and the girls from my dreams. Mallika got up from her seat and came to me.
"Mal, be careful." Siddarth growled. Mal gave him a dismissive look. She looked over my shoulder.
"That's you, Sid and Naina." She said as she pointed at each of the three of us. That's your parents and my in-laws, Vikram and Radhika."

Suddenly, a phone rang. Mallika looked at her phone.
"One minute." She picked the phone. "No T. I still haven't got a planner for the godhbarai. Can't you call that planner from your wedding. Ask him to call me. He never calls since your wedding. I wonder what he is trying to hide from me." Malika spoke into the phone.
I went to the kitchen to get some thing to drink. While I waited for the espresso machine to prepare coffee
I looked through the album, we looked so happy in all of them.
When I came back, I saw Mallika's wide smile.