Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Romance

Sonia is in tears with happiness. She can't thank her friend enough.

Soon she shifts to Om's mansion with her children. 

 Maya gives her a one bedroom staff apartment in the backyard of their house and its here when Raj meets Tia for the first time. 

Raj is happy to see more children in his house.Rahul is almost his age where is Tia is only 7 years old.Children become good friends. Om very generously puts them in the Raj's school.

Everyone is happy with the arrangements. Sonia looks after the house and children well. Maya can concentrate on her career. Children are inseparable. Om is happy to come home to warmth and love.

Sonia keeps a strict eye on the staff.The house looks cleaner. The gardens neater and greener. The food healthier and tastier.Sonia accompanies children to their school and other activities.

She helps children with their homework too.And she always waits up for Maya and goes to sleep only after chatting over a cup of coffee with her friend. Maya is relaxed and can't thank her stars enough for having Sonia as her house keeper. 

Then one day when Raj comes home from school he finds a tensed Om at home.It was very strange for him to be at home at that hour of the day.Usually he comes home quite late.Sonia is also looking worried and almost in tears.There is no sign of Maya.
"But then may be she is still not back from her hospital".  Raj thinks and gets busy with his routine.

But Maya does not come back in the evening.Neither at night nor in the morning.Not even when he comes from school next afternoon. 

Now Raj is worried and starts asking his father and Sonia aunty who is very nervous and says she doesn't know. 

Raj asks Om.
There is no answer.
Raj gets angry and demands where his mother was.
No answer. 
Raj burst into tears.
He want his mother. Now.
Where was his mother.

She left.Om whispers. She has left all of us gone away.He says.

Left? 
Why?
Raj does not believe. 
Why ?
His heart renching sobs could be heard in the night.