As the girls saw the photographs they looked at each other in surprise and said in unison, "Chutki" they again saw Maan who looked shocked, Geet looked at him intently and whispered in Pinky's ears, "he may be saying the truth see he is so similar to Chutki" Pinky nodded, "yes he definitely is her veer, I always thought how come Shyama had such a beautiful niece" Maan looked at them with hope, Adi glared at Pinky when she looked at him, she cleared her throat and said, "Maan, she is Chutki, she works" Maan screamed, "works!!!" Pinky jumped on the intensity of his voice, Geet kneeled down and held Maan's hand, "look, Maan you have to be strong, what we are going to tell you might not be pleasant to hear" Maan nodded with tears again brimming in his eyes, geet was annoyed, "now, Maan be a man and stop those tears"; he wiped them off and nodded, Geet said, "look my father Mohinder Handa has a factory for manufacturing soaps and detergents at Baddi, there Shyama na her husband run a canteen for the employees, and Chutki, who according to Shyama is her niece cleans utensils and cooks" he nodded fearing the worst, she pressed his hand and continued, "and the girl in the photo that you just showed is her"
Maan stood numb, Adi said, "you mean Annie is Chutki' the girls nodded. Maan held his head in his hands and cried, he screamed, "Adi, Anwesha Khurana, daughter of a millionaire is washing utensils and cooking food, Adi what sort of brother I am who has left her to do all that, Adi I should have died before hearing all this, what will I tell Dadi? I deserve to be killed, Adi what has she done wrong that those evil four send her to do such low jobs, Adi I don't deserve to be called a brother, how will I face her, Adi think about it, she has been just 8 yrs when she was sent there, from such a tender age she has been doing all those chores, she has been cooking and cleaning, Adi, Adi please Adi, I want to die I cannot live with this shame of ruining my own sisters life, at the age when she should have being playing with dolls she was cleaning, at the age when she should have been going to school learning of the ways of the world she was learning to cook, Adi" and he broke crying bitterly. He looked at the sky and said Baba ji what is this? What has my little sister done wrong? Why are you punishing her? Baba ji I always relied on you, I believed that you will not let anything wrong happen to Annie, now tell me why did you let dadi suffer so much when Annie was not in safe hands, that old lady worked day and night just to make things easy for her granddaughter, what will you tell her Baba ji? Is this your justice Baba ji that evil four they are living lavishly on my father's hard earned money and there Annie whose father has left so much money in her name has been cleaning and cooking, Baba ji from today on I will not trust you.
Geet held his hand, and said, "Maan control yourself, don't blame the heavens above, thank him that she is still safe and alive" he looked at her in awe and cried more, Pinky was crying with him while Adi was trying hard to console him, Geet stood there watching him, she did not know so much pain could be there in some one's life, she recalled Chutki aka Annie's smiling face, how sweetly she always greets them when they go for tea, how eagerly she wants to study, how sharp she has always been in learning things, Geet stepped to the main door and pulled out her mobile and called someone.
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