Dear Dairy,
I was just reading over what I wrote to you in the past few days and realized that none of it makes sense. Now that I am settled in here at Pushkars/dads, I well explain. Now don't fall asleep dairy, okay?
Here's how I got the diary: Mom had left it in her will that I should receive her dairy when I turn 16 and can understand the past. She had left this dairy with Pushkar/dad on the day of my birth and had him promise that he would one day give it to me. He kept his promise. Now I well do my part and understand mom's live and fulfill her wish. What I didn't except was the storm it would create in my life, a storm that might break a once happy family….This storm has already thrown all the relationships into a whirlwind. Who are mine and who are strangers, only time well tell.
Now the bigger question, what am I doing at Pushkars/dad. You have been dying to ask me that, right? Well after I got the dairy, I blasted off mom for never telling me the truth. I always trusted mom and never expected that she would hid such a thing from me, it seemed so surreal. Looking back, maybe I shouldn't have yelled but at the moment I couldn't help it because my god broke my trust. I might have even apologized right then and there but before I could Dad…I mean Jai slapped me for raising my voice with mom, I mean Bani. At that point I could no longer think straight and locked myself in my room and you know Dairy, not one person tried to talk to me. Not one! That was when I first opened moms dairy and a piece of paper fell on the floor. I opened it to find, Pia/mom's pregnancy report. It clearly stated that Pushkar was my father. That was when I realized what I had to do. I went mom(Bani) and told her that I need some space and that I wanted to get to know Pushkar better because I believe that he is my dad. I told her that I was confused about my heritage right now and if I don't figure out the truth, our relationship would be ruined for life. I needed to do this for myself and also for the relationship I shared with her. At that point mom (Bani) called Pushkar and explained to him that it would be best if I moved in with him for a few days and asked him to take care of me for a few days as a favor to her. He agreed and I left to pack my stuff.
Rano massi came to my room to while I was packing and told me that if I plan to call myself Pia's daughter then I should never come back. Massi doesn't even want anybody to mention Pia in this house, Pia ruined her life. Dairy, tell this moment I can't forget Massi's words which she whispered as she left my room, "Pia you ruined my life because of you my child's life was ruined and I lost my husband…because of you". Dairy, was my mom really that bad?
Dairy, reading back on all I have told you, makes me wonder all over again who is my mother? Is it Bani, who I call mother without a second thought or is it Pia who gave birth to me? Do I have anybody else in this world other than Bani and the memoirs of Pia? Not one person came to me, when I need them….
-Prachi