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Chapter 65

After lunch, the children and Radha went to rest, while LD caught up with some work relating to SSI. Radha went to Varun with some halva she had kept away. She had seen how he had given Charu his share of gulab jamuns because it was her favourite. Varun was not only her son but also Charu's Bhai. She looked up to him for everything. And Varun loved his sister. He loved his brothers too but Charu was special. How could Anila come and disrupt this? She would not allow it. Hopefully she was gone now.

She feeds Varun the halva. "Mummy you kept this for me?" "Yes Beta. I saw you giving your gulab jamuns to Charu and your Papa ate up all the rest." "You are the best Mummy in the world." "And you are the best son in the world," she replies hugging him tightly. "Now rest for a while and then Papa may take you all out for football."

She goes to her own room and lies down for a nap. She dreams of a wicked witch grabbing Varun from her arms and wakes up with a start. LD is standing by the window and is staring out. "LD what happened?" "I was thinking about Anila," he replies without turning around. "Anila? Why? Forget about her." "It's not so simple. We need to tell Varun the truth." "What truth? He is our son and that is the truth."

"Sweetheart, this isn't easy for me either. But we need to tell him the truth that we are not his natural parents. He needs to know at some time." "We can do that later. He is too young now." "No Radha, we need to tell him now. He is already wondering why his last name is different from ours. He needs to hear first the truth from the people who love him and not from strangers who may hurt him." "Okay we will tell him this evening after dinner."

"We also need to let Anila meet him." "Never. I am his mother and the only mother he will ever need." "Radha, there is no one in the world who will doubt that you are his mother. But Radha think, when in ten years from now, he learns from somewhere that his dying birth mother came to meet him before she died and you didn't allow her to meet him, how would he feel about it?"

"But LD, who is going to tell him about this if Anila is no more?" "Someone has helped Anila to find us. I asked Raj Uncle about Anila and he was aware that she was ill but did not tell her where we lived. So there is someone out there, who knows and who will use this information as a weapon. Telling Varun the truth is the only way to diffuse the weapon before it is used."

"You tell him. I can't do this." "Radha, you have to be there. You are the person that he loves most in the world. Much more than he loves me." "My poor baby! Why does he have to go through all of this?" "Radha, he has people who love him. There are many who don't."

In the evening, LD takes the children out to the ground where they can run around and kick the ball without being worried about breaking a window. Radha braces herself for the painful discussion after dinner. LD was right. Varun needed to know the truth and deserved to hear it from the people who loved him the most and not from some stranger on the street.

After dinner, when Charu and the twins are in bed, LD brings Varun to their room. "Varun Beta, you know we love you?" "Yes Papa. And I love you too." "We have to tell you something. You have another mother. The mother who gave birth to you. When she was not able to look after you, you came to live with us and Mummy became your mother." "Like Krishnaji had two Mummies?" "Yes like Krishnaji had two mummies." Children could make complicated things so simple.

"What happened to my other mother?" "Beta, she is not well. She will be going to God soon. But she wants to see you. Will you be willing to meet her?"

"Was she the woman who was sitting in the car in the morning?"

I am with LD as always. For once Radha seems illogical to me. When people whom we love hide something so important from us, it causes terrible pain. LD knows it and even I know it. While no one can deny Radha's maternal affection for Varun, no one can deny the fact that Anila was the birth giving one. Obviously Radha's place in his heart will be higher than that of Anila but they should leave it to Varun to decide if he wants to meet Anila or not. Parents cannot make every decision for us, or else they will leave us a trail of regrets which would never end. I am sure whatever Varun would decide, it would be a mature decision.

Originally posted by: .MereRangMein.

I am with LD as always. For once Radha seems illogical to me. When people whom we love hide something so important from us, it causes terrible pain. LD knows it and even I know it. While no one can deny Radha's maternal affection for Varun, no one can deny the fact that Anila was the birth giving one. Obviously Radha's place in his heart will be higher than that of Anila but they should leave it to Varun to decide if he wants to meet Anila or not. Parents cannot make every decision for us, or else they will leave us a trail of regrets which would never end. I am sure whatever Varun would decide, it would be a mature decision.

Originally posted by: sgc68

LD and Radha complement each other. When one is weak the other is strong. When one is irrational the other is balanced. Women tend to be more in denial about adopted children especially when they truly love them.

that's true love for me! Even if it is the tendency, tendencies can be wrong too. This one is. There are many reasons why people give their children for adoption and in that case it is strictly between the birth parents and children to decide if they want to meet or not. Not the adopted ones.

Originally posted by: .MereRangMein.

that's true love for me! Even if it is the tendency, tendencies can be wrong too. This one is. There are many reasons why people give their children for adoption and in that case it is strictly between the birth parents and children to decide if they want to meet or not. Not the adopted ones.

Chapter 66

"Varun, did you see her?" "Yes. She looked like Aai and I was scared. Aai used to beat me." "Beta, she wants to see you." "But Papa will she take me away? I want to stay with Mummy." "No one will take you away from Mummy. I promise you. But this may be the last time you see your Aai before she goes to God. After she goes to God, you won't be able to see her again." "Will you be with me?" "I will be with you and bring you back to Mummy." "Can Charu come with us? I feel better when she is with me." LD looks at Radha and she nods. "We can take Charu with us. Can we go tomorrow?" "Okay Papa."

"Papa, will you and Mummy sit near me until I sleep?" "Yes, Beta," replies LD, lifting him up and carrying him to the children's bedroom. They settle Varun and tuck him in. LD holds his hand while Radha strokes his head. Soon he is fast asleep. LD puts his arm around Radha as they go to their own room.

On Sunday morning, as per their usual routine, they go to the Temple. Radha's eyes fill when LD puts the Sindoor on her maang. "It will be okay. Nothing will happen to our son. I promise you." He drops them home and then takes Varun and Charu to the hotel where he had dropped of Anila yesterday morning. He asks for her at the reception. The receptionist says that they can go up to her room. "No we will wait in the lobby."

Anila is very unwell. The journey had been hard for her. And the cold was more than she could bear. She had hardly slept in the night. She was surprised when the phone rang and the receptionist told her that her son was waiting for her. She went down and saw LD with Varun and his sister.

"Varun Beta!" "Aai, Papa told me that you were not well and were going to God soon." "Yes Beta. I am very sick. I may never see you again. I wanted to see you one last time and say sorry for not looking after you properly." "My Mummy looks after me very well. She always feeds me and gives me warm clothes. She never beats me." "I know Beta. She is a very good mother. May be God knew I would not live long and so gave you to her."

She gives him a small chain with a pendant of Ganesha. "Beta, keep this in my memory. It is not much but it is all that I have." Varun looks at LD who nods. He takes the chain. "Beta, your Mummy loves you very much. Much more than I ever did. Never do anything to make her sad. Promise me that." "I promise." "Sir, thank you for bringing Varun. I will be leaving shortly." LD gives her some money. "No Sir, I can't take this." "You need it. Keep it." He leaves with the children.

Radha has kept herself busy. She told Sweety to rest today and she would take care of lunch. She made Varun's favourites. And for dessert she was making his favourite jelabis with rabri. As she cooks, her ears are listening for one sound only. The sound of the car coming back.

Radha was in the washroom when they came back. As she comes out of the bedroom, she hears the door open when LD uses the latch key and rushes to the hall. Varun bolts into her and hugs her tightly. "Varun Beta? Are you okay?" "Yes Mummy. Mummy, Aai told me to never make you sad because you love me more than she did." Radha doesn't know what to say.

Varun gives Radha the chain. "Aai gave me this. Will you keep it for me?" "Come we will keep it in a safe place." She takes him to her room and opens the safe and takes out her family' box. She tells Varun to place the chain in the box along with the gifts that were dear to her own heart. "Come, lunch is ready and I have made jelabis for you."

"Mummy, why didn't Aai love me?"

feel bad for varun .thankfully LeeRa is there for him..

Originally posted by: Sana_Jannat

feel bad for varun .thankfully LeeRa is there for him..

Chapter 67

"Varun Beta, who told you that you Aai doesn't love you? She carried you for nine months and gave you life. If she didn't love you, she could have gone to a doctor and have you removed but she didn't do that. When you were born, your Aai was alone. See when Charu was born, Papa was with me and when Viv and Sid were born, you and Charu were with me. But your Aai was all by herself and she must have been scared. She hadn't studied too much and so she couldn't get a good job. She didn't have enough money to buy you good food and so she must have been very sad and frightened." "So Aai really loved me." "Yes Beta, she loved you enough to let you live," she says gently as she hugs him. "Shall we have lunch now? Charu and your brothers are waiting for you."

"Papa will you feed us the way you do on special days?" "Of course Varun Beta. Why don't you sit on Mummy's lap? Viv and Sid can sit on the other chair and Charu can sit next to me. It will be easier for me." The children eat first and then Radha gives the jelebis to Varun to share with his siblings. He feeds them by his hand trying not to spill. Radha rests her head on LD's shoulder and watches the bonding between her children. "Madam, you also need to eat. If not for yourself, for Baby." "Okay Sir!"

"Now we need to rest. It has been an emotional weekend for us. Children, in the evening we will have a bonfire and toast marshmallows." "Really, like they do in the school parties?" "Really. But only if you are good and rest in the afternoon." When Radha and the children are asleep, LD tells Sweetie that he is going out to buy the marshmallows. He checks at the hotel where Anila had been staying and is told that she had left before lunch.

He buys the marshmallows and returns home. In the bonfire pit in the garden, LD lays the wood for the bonfire. It was cold and winter was setting in in earnest. The door opens and Viv and Sid come bounding out. How had Radha managed on her own. They were a handful even for him. LD lights the fire and shows the children how to toast the marshmallows from a safe distance. As the evening passes the children tire and ready to call it a day. They have a light dinner and soon are ready for bed. As they tuck the children in, Radha and LD wonder if Varun wants them to stay. "Goodnight Papa. Goodnight Mummy," he says as if he had read their minds and turned over.

LD puts his hand on Radha's shoulder and leads her to their own room. As they get ready for bed, LD hugs Radha. "I thought this was going to be difficult, but you managed it so well." "I am Varun's mother LD. I will always do what is best for him. Now I need to get some sleep because that is what is best for Baby," she says pulling his nose.

LD smiles as she heads to the washroom. In a couple of weeks, the school would close. He needed to check with Radha as to what she wanted to do for the vacation. Rupa's baby was due in a week and he was sure that Radha would want to see her baby sister's baby. Radha come out of the washroom. LD wasn't sure if Radha really had sleep in her mind.

LD wakes up. Radha is sick - morning sickness. He goes into the washroom and supports Radha, gently rubbing her back. Bringing her back to the room he makes her sit on the chair. Fortunately, he had bought some crackers and herbal tea yesterday when he had gone to purchase the marshmallows. He goes to the kitchen and asks Sweetie to make the tea for Radha while he wakes up Varun and Charu.

Varun has slept well and seems ready to go to school. He goes off to brush his teeth while Charu holds on to Papa wanting to be carried. Carrying Charu, he goes to the kitchen and puts a packet of crackers in his pocket and takes the cup of tea. "Here Radha. Your favourite herbal tea. Radha accepts the cup gratefully and is even happier to get the crackers." "You are the best." "I know."

Charu is now ready to be put down and goes to brush her teeth. Viv and Sid would be staying at home today and so were not woken up. "Radha what do you think of spending the winter vacation at Mumbai? Rupa's baby would have arrived by then and you would be desperate to see them both."

Radha is quiet.

👏 family time 👏
Is she ok!

Its ok 😊