The fate of her love

CHAPTER 16

I couldn't help but feel lost. My Abbu, whom she loved as if he was her abbu, betrayed her. I couldn't help but go to him.

I exited my study and entered in abbu's study without knocking. Abbu startled at the sudden noice of opening of door.

"Hey Allah! Are you trying to give me a heart attack son?"

"And what did you give to your niece?"

"A new life. I knew that this day will arrive soon. You searched for her everywhere. Do you know why you didn't get her information?"

I just shook my head because I was really curious why I couldn't get any information on her.

"Because I cleared all her information. You know, she was only eleven months old when her parents died. His father was a really good police officer. He arrested every criminal without any partiality. But when it came to Mr. Harsh Sharma, he couldn't arrest him because he was a very powerful businessman. That was the first time he used the fact that he was the heir of D'Cunha and sons. Our business was at the topmost position even at that time. He used every business trick to isolate Sharma enterprises and turn them bankrupt. Mr. Harsh Sharma was powerless. That was the time when he was arrested. My brother, he was so great... Once Harsh was arrested, he once again contacted all the shareholders who once financed Sharma enterprises and asked them to financially help the company again. The company was transferred to his brother Mr. Gautam's name. But the business of child and women trafficking was continued. Meanwhile, Mr. Harsh committed suicide in the jail. His wife died of heart break after 15 days of his death. But still, the business was going on. My brother didn't know what to do. He decided to arrest Gautam also.

On the meanwhile, Jessica was becoming a year old. She never used to be in anyone's arms, instead of her mother and your Ammi. She always used to stop crying whenever she was in their arms. When Kevin bhaiya (elder brother) was busy with the case, Bhabhi (elder brother's wife) asked him to take a break and accompany her to shop for Jessie's first birthday. He reluctantly followed her but Jessica wouldn't go with Bhabhi. She cried whenever she was in Bhabhi's arms. Afreen told them that we will look after Jessie and they should go for shopping. We had to convince them for a long time. Finally, they agreed and that was the day when the 'accident' occurred. I knew about his every case and I knew that this was a move by Gautam. We had to protect Jessica so we told everyone that Jessica also died with them and with the help of my close friend, I registered her in the orphanage. We used to see how they treated her. They didn't even feed her properly but we couldn't do anything. If we take her to another orphanage, she will be known as my niece. Her identity could be revealed. So, we kept quiet and saw her getting sad everyday. The first time when we saw her smile was when she was four years old. A six years old boy fed my baby girl and there was this big smile on her face. My best friend told us about it and we knew that the same six years old boy will become our son-in-law. But after two months, we got the news that the same boy was adopted by none other than the child traffickers. We finally found the boy and helped him to escape. He escaped with some money which we left for him and started working as a shoe polisher. We had to search for that man again until finally after six months we found the boy. We completely changed his identity and presented him as our secret child who is today standing in front of me and asking if I really loved her. I love her very much, as if she was my own daughter. You know, I never became intimate with Afreen, because we thought that if we have child children, we may subconsciously love them more than Jessica. Did you really question our love for her? We loved her so much that it hurts that she is no more alive. It hurts that we can't hear her voice anymore. I curse myself everyday that I couldn't see that boy Gaurav living in the orphanage. I can't forgive myself."

"She is alive."

"What? How is my princess?"

"I don't know. I just know one thing that she is sold into prostitution," I said, tears blurring my eyes.

"No. She was very proud of her dignity. She would rather choose death than this. Please find her as soon as possible."

"I will find her but Gaurav also kidnapped Arzoo. I don't know what to do."

"But I know where Jessica can be."

I looked at my Abbu in surprised state. I hugged him tightly.

"Thank you Abbu for taking care of Jessica so much."

"Hey, why won't I? I love her like she is my own daughter. And thank you for caring about my baby girl," he said and I instantly agreed with his words. Abbu and Ammi really love her very much.