My First SS: **'THE LAST POEM'** Pg:20 Pt:11

She is running . . . running through a dark wood . . . her black hairs are blowing in the wind . . . she is accompanied by the moon-light only . . . her hands & legs are injures by prickly thistle. She don't know from how long she was running . . . her legs are became untamed now . . . she stops . . . in-front of her a beautiful rose garden . . . she can't believe her eyes . . . the trees are bend by the flowers . . . suddenly her eyes stuck with the big castle which is surrounded by this garden . . . a soft melody coming through the big window of that castle . . . At last . . . at last she able to find this place . . .this tune . . . this tune attracts her like magnet . . . the tune is blowing . . . in the woods . . possessed by the wind . . . she enters . . . a boy sitting in-front of the piano . . . playing that . . . she come near him . . . the boy stops . . . he about to turning his face . . . her heart is skipping in excitement . . .

"Aru . . . Aru . . . Arohi . . ."---she opens her eyes; a sharp ray of light envelops her body through her eyes . . . can't believe that she was dreaming . . . the dream was so much real . . . her Bua is standing beside her bed . . . Arohi get up says---

"Kya baat hai Bua . . .?"--- She asks in a sleepy voice, she was still in her dream . . .

"Arohi Bhaiyaa aye hai tujhse milne . . ."---She says in a cold voice.

Arohi's face became firm hearing this; this beautiful morning became so much dull at once,

"Ap jake keh dijiye mera tabiyaat thik nahi hai'"---she says & gets up from the bed.

"Arohi . . . please go . . . "---She requested her heartily.

"Bua . . . you know I hate this man . . . phir bhi . . ."---Arohi turns her face is disgust.

"I know beta . . . lekin wo tumhare dad hai . . ."---Maya says touching her shoulder softly.

"Nahi . . . "--- Arohi replies firmly, "dad hone ka sara haq kho diya unhone . . ."--- she says looking at the opposite side.

She come back to her room from the balcony, Maya, her bua constantly requesting her that she should meet him. But she also knew that Arohi is very importunate. She was arranging her bed; Maya come towards her & snatch that shawl from her hand & thrown on the bed.

"Arohi . . . zid ki bhi ek haad hoti hai . . . "--- Arohi keeps her head down, Maya goes on saying . . . " Itna zid kyun kar rahi ho?"--- sighing in resignation, Arohi stared at her bua . . . "Because Bua jise mei dad bulati thi ye admi wo nahi hai . . . iska do identity hai . . . firstly he is "The Ajayshankar Sharma" famous professor of Shilong University & secondly he is the husband of Falguni Kumar . . . ye dono identity mei main kaha hu bua??"

She asks in a chocked voice, Maya has nothing to say because Arohi is right, but still Maya can't do ill-manners with Ajay . . . he is her elder brother, though she can't forgive him . . .

"thik hai . . . apne dad se na sahi lekin ghar aye mehmaan se toh mil sakti ho na tum . . ."--- Arohi covers her face , she don't want to see that man with whom she spend the most beautiful days of her life.

"Ap jaiye mei aa rahi hu . . . "--- Maya pass her hand lightly over her head & left.

When Arohi entered in the drawing-room the tea-session was over by that time. To see Arohi, Ajayshankar gets up from the chair in excitement. After so many years he is seeing Arohi . . . his little princess . . . who is became a lady today.

"Arohi . . . "--- he wants to hug his daughter with all his emotions,

"Mr. Sharma . . . "--- Ajayshankar looks at her in total confused & shocked face, but Arohi's emotionless face compelled him to restrain his all excitement, is he did so big mistake that today Arohi called him Mr. Sharma instead of dad!

"Ap mujhse milne kyun aye hai . . . ?"---Arohi asks so coldly that his face became pale at once;

"Arohi wo property ke liye . . . "

"meine apko pehle bata diya tha mujhe apke property mei koi interest nahi hai . . ."--- she says roughly interrupting his dad.

Suddenly she feels a soft touch on her shoulder, she turns, there is Falguni standing; Arohi remover her hand;

"Don't touch me ok . . ."--- Arohi's anger, hatred, reflecting through her face,

"Arohi . . . dekho . . . tum hamare saath please ghar chalo . . . tumhare dad tumhare liye bahot fikar karte hai . . ."

"Hey . . . stop it . . . who are u? Even I don't know u . . . aur agar mere dad mere liye fikar karte toh tum jaisi B****h se shadi nahi karte . . . "---

"Arohi . . . "---- his father shouts, "apni maa se koi aise baat karta hai . . ."

"Please dad . . . she is not my mom . . . my mom is dead;"--- she says looking at Falguni.

"& you killed her . . . you . . . you are the murderer . . . Mr. Shrama . . .I hate you . . . "--- she screams & ran away.

"Arohi . . . suno . . . Arohi . . ."--- Falguni tried hard to stopped her but she left already.