"ohhh you look just like her,we were in the same school"... Massi said as she hugged me tight. We had just reached their Darjeeling home. "Oh so you were brought up in Delhi?" I asked.

She replied, " no... I have never left the state." That had me puzzled. Before I could ask more, she suggested I should freshen up and sleep a while. The room was beautiful with the beautiful valley view and the snow clad mountains in the distance. When I slept, I had that same feeling as if I was home.

So it was around evening that we had the famous Darjeeling tea with home baked biscuits. Now it was time for me to get my answers finally. So I finally asked, " Are you my mom's best friend forever (BFF) so my Massi?"
She looked very sincerely into my eyes
"I am your real Massi."

"But mother has just two brothers only..." I whispered.
" I am your real mother's sister dear Janasya... uhmm Minal beta"....
I was shocked... "She adopted you, your mother, who is actually your Buaji... You are real daughter of a very brave Army gentleman who his family betrayed."...

I couldn't, wouldn't understand... So my Mami was actually my real mother... why....

... to be continued
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