THE ESCAPE
He stirred in sleep due to the faint voices echoing in surroundings but ignoring them he snuggled more close to his body,curling himself into a ball,feeling something soft,cushioned thing lying under him,he tried sleeping again as for the first time in his life he had experienced how it felt sleeping on something soft and clean rather than those dirty and littered roads with splits,unaware of what was happening in his surroundings he slept peacefully again.
"Ahhh...!" He winced in pain as he woke up with a throbing pain in his head.Why not? Afterall he had been given a high dosage of sleeping pills compared to his age and capacity,clutching his head with his hand,he somehow managed to sit,his vision blurry and head spinning.As soon as he registered his surroundings he gasped in shock.
How did he reached here was the only question running in his small mind.
Cart...Ice-cream...Man...fainted...all the happenings crossed his mind,the ice-cream was drugged he came to an conclusion after running his already running mind with questions.Was he kidnapped? If,yes then wasn't he supposed to be in some old factory with tied hands and tapped mouth;but sitting here in this purple coloured room filled with many beds,he himself sitting in one probably sleeping since long,was a bit confusing.He stepped down the bed and closed his eyes in glee feeling the soft carpeted floor under his foot,for the first time in life he was stepping on something soft rather than the paths covered with stones,mud and pebbles; a small smile tugged on his lips but letting go off the feeling he started proceeding towards the wooden door which was cherry-brown in colour complementing the purple walls,it was big room indeed and it took him some good seconds to walk to the door from the place where he was before.He sighed as soon as the door opened as he turned the knob in a 360 angle,it was not locked much to his relief.He was still not sure of his surroundings,whether it was safe or not,he started walking where his feet led but with cautious steps and an alert mind.His feets came to an halt as he came across a place where few cushioned wooden chairs were arranged in a square pattern with a coffee table in between them,glancing at his side ways making sure no one was there he slowly tiptoed towards the table,as he reached it he closed his eyes suddenly as the sunrays reflected from the glass table hurting his eyes,adjusting his position making sure not being hitted by sunrays again,he looked keenly on the pile of paper kept on the table,black and white in colour with some colourful pictures,the newspaper seemed an interesting thing to his 8 year old mind.He reached up to it and tried to get an idea of what it was,he tilted it side ways;it didn't changed,he tilted it upwards and downwards still it didn't changed,as he throwed the newspaper back on the table clearly irritated,it made some pages shift gaining his attention on a particular picture,there stood the same ice-cream vendor in the same old loose dhoti-kurta with policemen surrounding him.
"Why is that ice-cream uncle with superman uncle?" He questioned himself in confusion.
"Because he's a bad uncle..." He turned back to see an old lady with a smile standing behind him with her hands folded back.He was caught off gaurd."Who are you? How did I reached here?Will you kill me?" He asked frightened and it didn't took much time for the lady to come and embrace him while he kept wiggling in her hold but relaxed after sometime feeling the warmth."I am not here to kill you beta,that ice-cream uncle was bad that's why police,I mean your Superman uncle took him with them,you are safe here"He stared on her face for few seconds trying to read her expressions which before answering"Sachi?Shivaay is safe?" The lady nodded chuckling and wrapped her arms around him wishing for his good future.
It was early in the morning when someone ranged the bell of GOLDEN HEART ORPHANAGE.Meera,the owner of this orphanage excused herself from the crowd of children surrounding her for breakfast and left to attend the door.A surprised Meera was all seen by her husband Akash who was the co-owner of the orphanage,who camed hearing some noises from the gate,he came to know that a boy nearly of 8 years old had been rescued by the Police from the dangerous child trafficking group of Mumbai who were arrested and the kid was brought to their orphanage after confirming that he was an orphan.The kid was unconscious,hence unknown to all this fiasco,soon all the paper work was done and he was legally a child of this orphanage.
"What will I call you?" Breaking apart from the hug a happy Shivaay asked.
"Umm...You can call what others call..." after hearing her answer he went to deep thinking before questioning again"Is here other kids too?" To which the lady nodded with a warm smile."Acha...What does they call you?"The lady caught hold of his palms and answered carressing it's back"Amma..." He again went into deep thinking."Amma means Mother?" The lady nodded."Okay Amma..." he said with a smile to which the lady hugged him again.
Meera Akash Veer,was a lady in her late 40's and known for her kindness and love for those children who have none to be cared of.She being a woman who lost her both conjoined kids in an operation to seperate them always yearned to be called a mother was now living the life of her dreams with more than 400 children to call her mother.
Akash Raj Veer, the better half of Meera was a man in his early 50's,he was a small business owner of his time and when they lost their children,Meera went into depression and to help her recover he suggested the idea of opening this orphanage which was instantly liked by everyone including Meera's doctor then;the orphanage was made providing shelter to many homeless orphans and solace to Meera.
"Shall you let me live here?" He asked to which Meera smiled at his innocence and said "Even if you want to I won't let you leave from here" to which he hugged her this time smiling brightly.
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To be continued,
Do drop your precious comments and votes and let me know your opinions.
What do you think about the sudden change for good?
Is life finally being fair to him?
Is the lady really what she shows herself to be?
Will she be able to become Shivaay's Amma in real sense?
Did Shivaay accepted her heartfully?
Lots of love,
-Preeti
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