Chapter 18
One month later
Giriraj was telling mr sinha
G:I think its time to tell uday about the truth of his parentage. The truth about us
S: please, I cant do it. he will hate me.
G: mr sinha , we had this discussion a long time back, please don't say no now
Avantika too joined the conversation and added
A: mr sinha, please only you can do this. We need uday to know the truth. It's a request from his mother
Mr sinha, gulped down his fears and tried to keep a steady face as he entered uday's room. Uday was resting
Uday looked up and smiled at his baba.
U: baba…
B: beta, i….
U: baba, I was worried about this hospital bills, I am jobless and now how are we going to pay all these bills?
B: beta, don't worry about that. i….
U: what is it baba?
B: i…😕
U: ummm…
B: can… can I tell you a story beta?😕
Uday rolled him eyes and raised his eyebrows, yet he did not say anything.
B: there was one a young prince. He was around 5 years old when his parents took him to haridwar. The fates were acting against the royal family and the kid went missing. The police and others searched the kid but he was not found, one day a drunken forest officer was riding his jeep through the forest, when that young boy suddenly appeared in t of the jeep, the driver stopped the jeep but unfortunately hit the boy, the boy lost unconscious and the officer took him to the tribal doctor to treat him, being a responsible citizen he went to the police station to tell about the child, but the officers didn't even bother to hear him, they asked him if he wanted to raise that kid he could. The officer who had lost his family 3 years ago felt it was gods gift to him, he raised the child as his own,
Baba paused a second, tears threatened to fall out, but he controlled
B: the boy had lost his memory and the officer never reminded him anything of that fateful day. Years passed and the boy grew up to be a handsome lad, they moved from there to Mumbai. Fates were again against the lad and he had suffered a lot. His real parents found his identity and wanted him back , tell me uday, they wanted that officer to tell the son the truth and the foster father had to tell the lad that he was not his father. my son, will that son forgive his foster father?
U: of course baba, after all he brought up the lad, didn't he
B: will you forgive me, uday? Baba said tears flowing from his eyes , he was inhaling deeply waiting for the ball of hatred to emit from uday
Uday looked at his baba totally shocked, he wasn't sure what he had heard and what his mind was screaming at him. he looked like someone had given him an electric shock
U: baba, wha…what does.. it…. it mean? Tell me baba, tell me. Uday said sobbing unable to control himself,😭 he wanted baba to confirm his worst fears
"uday beta, iam not your father" he said tears flowing freely
"no….nooo, I don't believe it, tell me baba, tell… tell me your lying, please" pleaded uday holding his hands together as if he was praying that this was a joke.
Baba hugged uday and uday hugged him back tightly, uday cried shamelessly on baba's shirt
"baba, tell me na, you are joking, please…pl….please baba"
"beta" was all baba could manage. It held all his pain and fears. Words failed him
"baba… why baba? Why?"
Giriraj and avantika who was watching this scene from outside were in tears too. Avantika wanted to rush inside to console her son, but giriraj stopped her
G: avantika, give them their time. What uday learned is something he cannot accept so soon, let they forgive and forget all these miseries.
A: oh, giri. Sobbed avantika on his shoulder. Giriraj hugged her.
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Mantya was sitting in her office. It was a month since she was politely thrown out of the hospital by giriraj uncle. She was staring at photos of that annual ball, the one uday , na her udayveer had organised. She was looking at the photo of udayveer smiling and it brought a smile to her lips, that smile was immediately replaced by sorrow for she knew that she was responsible for his present state. She threw the photos in a drawer and placed her head on the table.
Knock, knock
Manyta immediately straightened herself and in a weak voice answered
"come…come in"
It was arvind. "hey manu. Long time no see. Where were you? You didn't even come to the disco for weeks now. What happened yar?"
"its…its nothing arvind, I was just busy"
"ok, then its time to chill out, come have a coffee with me,please manyta?"
"arvind, may be some other time"
Arvind comes and scoops her over from her chair
"put me down arvind NOW, I SAID NOW"
"ok, ok"
As she was back on her feet, she looked angrily at arvind "what do you want now"
"just a cup of coffee with you, please" he said
"umm, ok" said manyta, her mood fairly raised
They had a fine evening, and manyta returned home a lot happier. As arvind left her outside the palace, manyta couldn'd help herself from kissing his cheeks
"thanks arvind for the wonderful evening"
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The truth was finally out, uday had his head buried under his arms. It was the worst day of his life, it was even worse than the day he was brutally beaten up by the police, it was only physical pain then, here he was broken mentally and emotionally too. Avantika came and hugged him and uday hugged her back
"why is all this happeneing to me… why me? Oh god? Why me? " he cried
"its ok uday, its gona be all ok" she too said amidst her tears. She was trying to pacify him, giriraj and mr sinha stood like statues watching the scene
Time passed but no one was aware of it. finally the silence was broken by mr sinha
"I think I should leave now, uday.. uday has his family with him and i…I should leave" said mr sinha, each word hurting him, like someone was kicking him in his stomach
"baba, please don't leave" said uday
Giriraj too stopped him and said" mr sinha, we owe you so much for looking after our son, please don't leave him, if you would like please stay with us at the palace"
Avanyika added "please don't say no"
Uday added "please baba"
Mr sinha did not know what to say. Tears of joy came from his eyes
"I have my own place to stay, I don't want to come to the palace, I just would like to see uday from time to time"
"ok, if that is what you feel, feel free to visit him whenever you want" added giriraj
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Uday on his way to the palace, sitting next to his father, he still had a plaster on his leg, and his ribs were healing, a few scars remained, his wounds were curing. His mind was numb, he had accepted his fate, he was a prince, the yuvarj of jaigarh and soon to be the maharaj. Was this god's idea of joke, whatever it was he liked it, fate had made him powerful and he would use his power for the goodness of mankind, he wanted to do his kingdom, what the politicians of his country failed to do.
Avantka was waiting with unnathi and all the workers of the palace to welcome uday, she did arthi and took him inside the house, he was coming to the palace for the second time, first as a pauper and now as the rightful owner, he was taken to his room, it was 10 times bigger than his room at home, avntika helped him to rest on his bed, everything was so new to him, it was full of luxuary, he prayed to god however to never let him forget his roots and never get intoxicated by the riches in front of him
Unnathi entered the room and came and sat at the edge of the cot.
Un: dada, finally you are at your home, I always knew you were my brother and see I was not wrong
U: I know unnathi, I know. All this is too much for me to accept, one day I was ordinary man and now I am a yuvaraj, it takes time for all that to sink in.
Un: I know dada, you should rest,if you want anything, just call, the servants will come and make sure its done.
"what a change of fate" thought uday
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Edited by andy.a - 12 years ago
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