Changing House

Sourav, Raya, Sayan and Ranit are sitting in the car. Today they will return to Chatterjee Mansion. Sourav had been in another house for so many days. Mainly for his office work. In between, Sayan was also brought. He takes Sayan with him wherever he goes. He doesn't leave Sayan alone. He never did this. If he goes to a foreign country, he takes Sayan there too. Sayan takes leave from school if needed. So he doesn't need to keep away Sayan from himself. That's all in his life now. There are some more people involved. But he is the most important part of Sourav's life. So there is no question of separating Sayan from himself. Even though he is in his office, he keeps an eye on Sayan all the time. And talk on the phone on time. Most of the time he talks on video calls. So that Sayan does not feel lonely. Sourav doesn't want to leave Sayan alone as he keeps himself away from everyone. And he fully expresses himself to Sayan. It can be said that they are best friends.

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This time too it has happened. He has also brought Sayan to another place as some important work came in another branch of the office. Sayan came here with several days off for this from school. Bringing Sayan here was suggested by the doctor too. The reason is giving Sayan a chance to socialize with everyone. They could have benefited a lot for coming here in the middle of Holi festival. But nothing worked. On that Holi, Sayan was sitting on Sourav's lap all the time. Sourav tried to make Sayan understand the importance of playing with other kids. But Sourav never spoke much to Sayan's zeal. However, finding Raya is still a question for them.

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Who is this Raya? Looks exactly like Sayani. But she is not Sayani.

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Even though this question comes to mind, Sourav, along with Ranit, kept quiet. Those who knew Sayani also considered Raya as Sayani. But Sourav has not yet raised his question with anyone. He wants to come forward with all the evidence. And since Sayani's death was not reported to anyone except the elders of the family, no one outside, or many in the family, knew about it. Just as this question haunts Sourav's mind every moment, an unknown feeling works when he sees Raya. He does not want to know the explanation of which. If he found out, he might do something he hadn't done before. Is it just because of the look? He doesn't know that. However, he understands very well that the same face is not the cause of that strange feeling.

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When Sourav is intoxicated by so many thoughts, there is another person drowning in the world of thoughts. Sayan is sleeping peacefully. For now, he has made Sourav's lap as his pillow. Raya is not far away from them. She is also touching Sayan with one hand and is bewildered by her own thoughts. She is thinking about the day before yesterday.

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After a long time she met Ritu. She could not have imagined that she would be able to see Rritu on the first day of her work. She met Ritu after 3 years. She last saw her at previous work place. That is in Ganguly Entertainment. There they worked together for 2 years. Ritu was her personal assistant. But there Ritu protested why Raya was kept away from acting all the time, why her roles were given to her sister Saira Ganguly. For this she was fired. Of course, Ritu has been good. She got a job in a suitable place for herself. In the Chatterjee Group. It's a big deal. RItu was at Ganguly Entertainment was just for Raya. Raya repeatedly asked Ritu to quit this job. But she did not give up. SHe was a very good friend of Raya.

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They meet again after so many years, also as her own manager, seeing that, Raya was feeling like crying. However, she can hide her feelings as she is an actress. So she didn't cry anymore. As she hide after seeing Sourav for the first time. Her hands and feet were shaking that day. But she easily brought control over themselves. But now she does not hide any feelings from Sourav, Sayan or Ranit. That house is now a family to her. There is nothing to hide or hide herself here. But crying in front of Ritu is different. Yes, Ritu is her best friend. However, after so many years, Raya does not want Ritu to cry when she sees Raya. Why would she be the reason for her crying on their the first meeting after so long?

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When Ritu introduced herself as her manager, she was sitting on the other chair which was facing the wall. So she couldn't see Raya at first. That's why Raya said,

--- How are you "Rituparna Devdas"?

--- Raya? Why are you here? Mrs. Chatterjee is supposed to be here?

--- Hey, it's me. How are you now?

--- You still say my name like this? My name is "Ritu Das", not "Rituparna Devdas".

--- I have renamed you after two great characters. If one is an Indian Bengali actress (Rituparna), the other is known a known male lead character in a movie (Devdas). Then why are you so sad?

--- Have you irritated me enough?

In answer to this question, Raya pressed her lips to her lips and shook her head.

--- Then tell me, what is the matter with Raya and Sayani? Sayani Chatterjee is not you, then what do you do?

Raya told Ritu everything and took the word so that this things would never come out of RItu's mouth again. Ritu promised, but on one condition.

--- I need to meet Sayan.

--- Why?

--- I only saw Sayan in the picture, isn't he so cute baby? I can say I had a crush on him.

--- Ritu!

--- Okay, to be honest I had a crush on Sayan, but I want to pull his cheeks. In my life, even if only for once.

--- Okay.

--- Yay ...

--- Don't jump. I can't confirm. But I will try.

--- That's it.

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Although they met after a long time, the mischief between them is the same as before. Even at the end of the shooting, Raya did not forget to pull the hair of Ritu. And Ritu has pulled Raya's hair.

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Raya also noticed one more thing throughout the day, Ritu was praising Ranit all the time. When she saw Ranit passing in front of her, Ritu kept staring at Ranit. Now, before returning, it became clear to Raya that Ritu had not crushed on Sayan. Rather she had a crush on the person who was standing taking Sayan on his own lap. And that person in Ranit.

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Sourav knew all this beforehand. He was happy to see Ritu and Raya doing mischief. He took all the news about Raya. Not all the news, but the details of the last 5 years. And when Sourav got the news of Raya's best friend, he saw that Ritu was working in his company. So Sourav gave Ritu the job as Raya's the manager. The next day Raya tells Sourav and Sayan everything about her works on office. Yeah she didn't tell everything, But she told them about the relation between Ritu and Raya, she also told them that Ritu wants to meet Sayan. Sourav and Raya were surprised to see Sayan's interest in this case. When she told that Ritu wants to meet Sayan, Sayan himself tells her to come to their house. Raya understood long ago that this little one was oversmart in all things. But Sayan doesn't usually meet anyone. So Sourav invited Ritu to come to Chatterjee Mansion. Since Ritu is Raya's manager, she will always be with Raya. And she can come home at any time.

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In the midst of so many thoughts, Raya did not notice when she fell asleep.

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She wakes up and sees Sayan lying in bed. But she knows the place. All look the same. Just like Sayan's room in the previous house. So did they turn around and come back there? However, her thoughts were interrupted by an unknown voice.

--- Sleep well, Sayani?

Raya got an unfamiliar voice and looked at her. Her age cannot be calculated by Raya. But she guessed, maybe over 50 years old. Although she didn't looked so old but Raya just guessed. Her dress has a royal feel. She looks very beautiful in a saree having a cup of tea in hand. She went to Raya, put her hand on her head, and passed the cup of tea. Raya grabbed it. The woman may have realized what Raya wanted to know, so she asked her to freshen up first. Raya drank tea and went to be freshen up. Sayan is still sleeping. Raya came out and saw the woman sitting down. She went in front of her. Raya coughed to have the attention of that lady. That worked. The lady asked her to sit next to her. Raya sat next to her. The lady said,

--- I am Sourav's mother.

That was a lot for Raya. She staggered to her feet, touched her feet, and bowed down. The woman pulled Raya back. And she said,

--- There is no need to do so much. You are like my daughter I know Raya, what you are doing is for the good of Sayan. So I won't tell you anything. You can be sure of this. If you want, you can think of me as your friend. Sourav's father is in the office. And his grandfather is resting in his room. Besides, others will come to the family at night. I'll introduce you. Stay with me then and don't worry, we'll just be here today. I will leave tomorrow morning. Sourav likes to live alone. And he is different from us. So you can be like yourself. But no one knows that you are not the real Sayani. Especially the elders know that only. Moreover, no one knows that. So don't worry too much.

Mrs. Chatterjee's words made Raya quite normal. They talked for some time.

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Then the afternoon,

Mrs. Chatterjee showed Raya all over the house. So that it is not difficult for her to recognize. SHe came out of the house. She liked the garden at home very much. Sayan likes the garden also. Although Raya is lazy, she likes to garden. Especially if someone else does all the work in her garden, there is no problem. But she will take care of the work herself. Ganguly Mansion also had its own garden. No one paid for it. Raya made the garden on her own. But that was much smaller than this garden. And the garden here is huge. As she is lazy, she is be able to spend all day looking at the flowers in the garden.

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Raya was walking in the garden watching the flowers. There are all kinds of flowers here. She noticed one thing, this house is bigger than the previous house. The previous Chatterjee Mansion was same like this mansion. But this one is bigger.

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Along with the flowers of the garden, a living flower caught his eye. On the right side of which a bee is walking. Girl bee. And the flower is Sourav himself. And the girl bee is a lady who continues to try to get his special attraction. The lady can be shown as a result of being extremely modern. Raya doesn't want to give the details of the clothes anymore, if the clothes are right then the details can be given. The lady was just sticking to Sourav and trying to talk. The annoyance on Sourav's face is obvious. But showing no anger. That means he may not be able to show anger if he is annoyed with someone. Who could the lady be? Raya went there herself to know the answer.

As soon as Raya got there, the girl tried to get closer to Sourav. But Sourav turned around and stood next to Raya with his hand on her waist.

Seeing this, the girl showed anger on her face but asked with a false smile,

--- How are you sister-in-law?

Without saying anything, Raya frowned at Sourav. Sourav put his face close to her ear and said,

--- She is Saina Chatterjee, my cousin.

--- Oh, how are you?

--- That's good, what did brother Sourav tell you?

"You're a ghost and I should stay away from you."

Though Raya said this in her mind, she can't say this in front of her. So she said to Saina,

--- How can I tell that to you, sister?

--- Can't you tell me that?

--- Would I have given such an answer if I could tell?

--- Oh sister-in-law, tell, if you say nothing will happen.

--- Still, he's in front now. I'll tell you when he's gone, okay? What can I say, he told me that...

Saying this, Raya covered her face with one hand and pretended that Sourav told him about something private. It added fuel to the fire. Saina's face turned red with anger. Seeing that, Raya became crooked. Sourav suppressed his smile. Only Sayan Sayani, his grandfather, Ranit and Raya saw Sourav's smile. No one else. So he doesn't want to smile in front of anyone else. And today Raya made Saina angry without saying anything. This thought made him laugh for a while. Raya can act quite well. Saina may not have noticed, but Sourav saw Raya's crooked smile. Sayan and Sourav understand Raya quite well. So Raya never hides her feelings from them. To put an end to all this, Sourav shouted,

--- Sayani, let's go to the room. Sayan may have woken up.

--- Why brother Sourav? Let sister-in-law stay with me today.

--- Saina, Sayani is going with me now. You go to the room.

He started to leave. But this time Saina started another performance. Saina's leg is sprained. So she sat on the ground holding her feet. Raya understood this very well. Sourav also understood. But he stood silently to see what she would do. For now, he lets Raya try to handle Saina. If she can do this, Raya will be able to get along well with the rest of the family. Raya knelt down and sat on the ground, holding her legs and saying,

--- It hurts a lot?

--- Hmm sister-in-law.

--- Then you need to be taken away. Sourav, can you pick her up?

On hearing this, a smile appeared on Saina's face. But Raya said again,

--- You need to treat this foot first.

She grabbed the leg and pulled it. This time her good leg was really sprained.

--- Right now?

--- Nah, it hurts more this time.

--- Then the injury is serious. Sourav, you call the doctor.

Sourav asked a servant to see the rest of the matter and left with Raya. And as he was leaving, he said to Raya,

--- You didn't tell me to pick up Saina on purpose? And then give her more sprains in the name of treatment.

Raya smiled in reply and said,

--- She should also understand, how it hurts when the leg is really sprained, so she can be careful later. Not only me, if there was any other person, he would give this treatment to Saina first.

--- Okay, let's go to Sayan. And in the evening ...

--- Aunty told me everything.

--- Okay.

They went inside the house.

To be continued...