Chapter 11

Then the doorbell rang. Shyam wiped his eyes and restrained himself. When he opened the door, he saw a ten-twelve-year-old girl standing at the door. The body was fine. Stomach and cheeks were swollen. Eyes were sunken. he said with folded hands

"Sir, you will get something to eat. I am hungry for a long time. I'm thirsty too."

Shyam quickly brought the glass of water. The girl asked to make her hand made of oak, but Shyam handed her the glass. She drank all the water in one breath. Shyam made him sit in the verandah and gave him two rotis and pickles left in the morning. She started eating quickly. Perhaps the stomach's craving was showing haste.

Seeing Shyam, he thanked him through his eyes. Shyam sat beside him and asked him

"What is your name?"

he said hurriedly

"Do not know."

"Why?"

"Everyone is called by different names, so I don't know which one is real."

Saying this she smiled faintly.

"I'll call you Shanu."

Shaking his head, he agreed.

"where is your home?"

"Nowhere."

"Will you stay with me."

He consented. Shyam bathes Sanu. He was given to wear his clothes. He takes her to the market.

There Shyam takes clothes for Sanu from the clothes shop. That's when he thinks of his beloved Surbhi. He takes two pairs of clothes for Surbhi. Surbhi accidentally sees Shyam while making a choice. She takes this thing wrong. She understands that Shyam is buying clothes for one of his girlfriends and who is this girl? Isn't Shyam somewhere?