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Adjiraj's monologue about the last few weeks that's been one rollercoaster of a ride:
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. Albert Camus
Friends are special. Some are there everyday, some are there in your moments of weakness, some are there as a temporary guest in your life. No matter what kind of friends each one end up as, what matters is they were there at some point of time. How blessed are we to have friends like that.
But what if you've never had a friend? All I had growing up was, pain and abandonment ,added to it the responsibility of being the elder sibling and guardian to my Tanya when my only parent my papa was locked away in prison. There was no time to play friendship with kids around ,there was no one to trust. When people I thought were my own, destroyed my family, I simply didn't have the courage to extend my trust to strangers. I had no one to call my friend. Tanya was the sunshine in my life, but she was too little and innocent. That fateful day, I promised myself that I'll try my best to keep her away from the dark side of the world. I know it's not completely possible but a brother will always try to be sister's protector.
Then one fine day the same fate that had been calling the shots over my life, took me right back to the place where it all began: Lal mahal. I know this case is tricky, my career and my personal life is headed towards a head on collision! But some things in life can't be left unanswered. I need answers. I need to get justice, and I believe "Do good it'll come back to you". My mother was a righteous woman. I live by her beliefs. I'm not a coward like my father who was unjustly accused, but never fought back. Had he done so, we won't have been living like orphans while he was sent to prison. He's my father but I find him a coward. I shall never be one!!
Stepping foot into Lal mahal brought in memories of old, good old days, but the past has tainted those memories. I can't savour those moments anymore as I only remember that day when papa was dragged away in front of us.
Lal mahal have all the well known players but there's one new player that has entered:Anami. She's apparently the daughter of Satrupa and Baldev. I'm sure she's a fake one. Our first meet was strange. We banged into the other. She's weird. She's unlike girls I have seen. She's loud, she's arrogant and a big mouth. Goodness, how much can a 17 year old talk, her know it all attitude is irritating but she's not bad at heart. We met again when I went to question the people at the mahal about Vatsalya's murder, she clashed with me then too. Gave a welcoming gesture with a ball aimed straight for my forehead! Good aim this girl has, her justification for her mistake reminded me, this one is one of a kind! We kept bumping into the other with the whole DNA test process.
Her so called fake mother approached me to oversee the whole process, in exchange offering me a bribe. At that moment I knew she's up to no good and as expected the DNA test turned out positive. As she wanted it to be. Anami was so confident that it'll be negative. I truly believed she was a victim of Satrupa's schemes, but looks like she's another one of those frauds, whose eyes is where the money is. Who'll want to let go of an opportunity to benefit from the golden goose. My head tells me this girl is not worth my friendship, but my heart says there's something more to it.
I decide to do another paternity test. Despite it being a sign of my own inefficiency and professional misconduct that allowed Satrupa to manipulate things, I had to do it to comfort myself, that my reading of Anami was right. There's this compelling need in my heart, that needs to be put to rest my understanding about the jhalli. I can't be that terrible in reading a person right? Anyway to rest all doubts and accusations once and for all, I do the test. I acquire the sample sneakily. Oh well, all is well that ends well right!!
Report is positive. Feels like a huge weight is off my chest!! Now only thing is, that girl should never come to know about this. I don't want to hurt her. I know how she'll feel, but then I was forced to do it!! I can't trust anyone. She has to understand a friend. I hope she meant what she said when she said she's my friend now. I don't expect her to be happy about it but I hope she'll understand me. That's what friends do right, read between the lines, as it is she's way more mature than people her age.
She came to know about it!! Now she's annoyed. She's right too, but I also need a chance to tell my side of the story, so I went back there. Goodness this is one tough nut to crack. I don't know if I'll ever figure out this girl. I thought a man apologising without going all hulk on her will make her happy. But no, she not only starts screaming, she beats me with a stick!! Can you even believe it? This is one strange girl, but still I hope she'll be my friend. I don't know how this whole friendship thing works, but I think I'll figure it out along the way!!
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