Serendipity

Dalvik, a 21 years old boy who was a bright student and a lovely son. He loved his family a lot and enjoyed everything that comes into his life. His main subject was Biochemistry. One day, during his final year of study, he got an assignment on DNA Analysis. He took his parents' DNA samples and also his own.

 

He was very excited but suddenly all of his happiness went away when he found out that his DNA matched to his father but not to his mother!!

He checked it again and again but nothing changed.

"How can this be possible?? My mom is not my real mom?? I never realized it from her behavior. She loves me so much. Does she even know it?? Of course, it can't be possible Daivik, what are you thinking? If she is not my real mom, then who is my real mom? Why did she leave me? Is she even alive or not? Oh, God!! what should I do now? Where to go? To whom should I ask all this??" thought Daivik, getting anxious.

Flooded with so many questions he reached home, and missed dinner as he was not at all feeling hungry. Different kinds of thoughts started coming into his mind. He could not sleep that night. The next day, he went to college without eating anything. His body was in the classroom but not his mind. He was sitting like a silent robot without listening to anyone.

"Maybe a dad was earlier married to my real mother and she either left us or died. Dad got married again. Even if this was the issue, there must be a single photograph of her at home. I must look at it in my home deeply. How can my parents do this to me? I am 21 years old now. They should have told me this", thought Daivik, getting angry.

All kinds of movie stories were running through his mind.

"Maybe she left us for someone else and my parents don't want to hurt me, so they never told me this. I guess I should not think that much. My mom loves me so much and I love her too, no matter if she is my real mom or not."

Somehow Daivik managed to calm himself down and reached home. But he could not sleep. The urge to know about his real mom, the reason she left him behind, kept him awake.

The next day, the family members had to attend a relatives wedding. Daivik excused himself saying he was not feeling well and also he had to prepare for his tests.

He was all alone at home and this was his golden chance to search everywhere. He looked in every almirah, suitcases, old trunks, store room, and old pictures. He tried to find even a single document. On his birth certificate also, his current mother's name was written.

"There should be at least my real birth certificate", said Daivik to himself.

He could find nothing.

"It looks like they have burnt everything. That means they don't have any intentions to tell me."

 

He got curious and took the hair from his sister's comb and tested them in his college lab. Her DNA was quite matching to both parents.

"That means the story of the movie 'chori chori chupke chunk is not possible".

He got frustrated. He was not able to concentrate on his studies. Day by day he was turning into a silent person. His parents asked him a lot about his turning behavior. He excused himself by saying that studies had become tough.

The thought of being abandoned by his mother was killing him.

Then one day when he was leaving for his college, the postman delivered him a letter, that was for his father from some 'Sudha Patnaik'.

"Who send letters these days!!? Who is this Sudha Patnaik'?? Suddenly there came a thought in his mind and he kept that letter in his bag and left for college without telling anyone about the letter.

"Maybe my dad and my real mother are in touch. Maybe she does not have his phone number. We have been living here for 35 years so the address is still the same", thought Daivik.

He went to a lonely place and opened the letter.

It was a short letter. She had asked for everyone's well-being. There was a special mention of Daivik, asking about his health, study, and well-being. She was asking about how he looked. She also asked for some of his pictures and also was looking forward to meeting him for one last time.

Dalvik was extremely shocked to read the letter.

"My mom is alive. She left me. How can she be so cruel? What is more important than your own child? However I am doing all well, my mom loves me and a lot, I don't have any issues with her but still why? If she has left me then, why does she want to see me now? She has no right to know about me now", said Daivik to himself and stumped his foot on the ground.

The next day, Daivik pretended as if the letter had just come.

"Dad, there is a letter from some Sudha Patnaik, I am opening it", said Daivik knowingly.

His dad after listening to this, hurriedly fetch that letter from his hands.

"I will see this, you can go", said the Dad.

Daivik went to his room instantly and hid behind the door to watch his dad's reactions. He saw both parents were reading that letter together and then they got tensed. After that, his dad dialed a number on his cellphone.

"Hello! Arora ji. Rohit this side"

"How are you and all your family doing"

"I just called you to talk to "Sudha Ji"

"Ohh!! When?"

"Ok...Good Bye then."

Seema(Daivik's current mother) asked, "What happened."

Rohit said, "Arora's have shifted to Delhi. That's why Sudha Ji has sent us the letter. I think she is on her last days and we should go and meet her."

"What about Daivik? Will you take him with you? If he asks about Sudha Ji, what will you say? If Sudha Ji told him everything then?" asked Seema in a tense voice.

"Seema, I guess we should tell Daivik everything. Now it's time. He should know the truth", said Rohit.

"No, you cannot do this to me. He is my son only. What if he stopped calling me MOM? I can't bear this", said Seema and started crying.

"You cannot ruin our 21 years relationship. He is my son", said Seema while crying.

"You are taking everything in the wrong way. Dalvik has grown up now. He will understand everything and he will respect you even more after knowing the truth", said Rohit.

"Yes, he will respect me more but he will not love me like his own mother then. I wonder why you are not afraid that after knowing everything he may start hating you.

Just think Rohit, everything is going well. He is doing well in his studies, his exams are near. Suddenly he will feel devastated. It is the biggest truth of his life. Don't spoil everything. We are happy and let us all be happy. You can go and meet Sudha Ji alone", said Seema to save the situation for herself.

It was her final decision.

Dalvik was listening to everything. Till now he was blaming his mother but this conversation made him realize other things.

"That means Dad dumped my mother and she could not raise me alone so she gave me to Dad. Seema's Mom accepted and raised me and also she forgave Dad for his cheating but why is mom giving so much respect to my biological mother? From their conversation, it does not look like Mom is unhappy with Dad or with my mother. She is just afraid of losing me", thought Daiwik.

The next day, Rohit told Seema that he would go to see Sudha Ji along with Dalvik.

"Don't worry, I will tell him that she is my distant relative who loves him since childhood. Now as she is in her last days she wants to meet him. I will also take care that Sudha Ji could not tell him anything. Seema, I just want to fulfill her last wish. At least she has that much right on Daivik", said Rohit to Seema.

Seema said nothing.

Rohit called Dalvik, who was already listening to everything.

"Yes Dad", said Daivik coming outside of his room.

"We are leaving for Nasik in the evening. Pack your bag. We will come back by tomorrow night", said Rohit.

"Who is there in Nasik? As per I know we don't have anyone there. Is it your official meeting Dad?" asked Daivik pretending not to know.

"No, it's not an official meeting. One of my distant relatives lives there. She is not well and she wants to see you. She knows you since your childhood. You may not remember her but she loves you a lot", said Rohit without looking into his eyes.

"Dad, I don't remember your distant relative and I harvested Monday. I have to prepare for it tomorrow. How can I go?" said Daivik.

"Do as I say. Don't ask questions. Nothing will go wrong with just one test. I will talk to your teacher", said Rohit while getting angry.

Daivik looked at her mom, she was looking upset but said nothing.

Dalvik was feeling very bad for her mother.

"How can Dad be so rude? Mom already accepted everything in the past and he even now expects from her to accept all. Even now Dad cares about Sudha's mother not my mom. Sorry Mom, I don't want to see my biological mother. You are my only Mom and I love you so much. But I have to go with Dad", thought Daivik looking at Seema.

In the evening they left for Nasik. His Dad had booked A.C. 1st class seats. The train started and both were seating. No one else was there. After some time.T. came and then they got settled on their berths.

"I want to talk to you about something", said Rohit to Daivik.

Daivik who was indulged in his cell phone looked up and thought, "Is Dad going to tell me the truth but why?"

"Listen very carefully and keep patience. Do let me finish first, only then you can speak", said Rohit.

"What is.."

"Only I will talk. You keep calm and listen.

It is a 22-year-old story. There was a couple who was very much in love. They were in college and after college, they decided to get married. Everything was going well. It was their last day in college. So they decided to talk to their parents about their love and marriage.

When the boy, came home from college, he came to know that his uncle had a heart attack and had been admitted to hospital. Everyone was there in the hospital with him. So he also went to the hospital. Doctors said that he was not going to survive. Anytime he could die. Everyone was crying. Uncle called that boy and his dad inside in ICU.

"Subbu I am dying. What will happen to my daughter? She will be all alone. She doesn't even have a mother. I had a strong desire to see her happy and married but God has his plans. I could not even see her married. Subbu please can you fulfill my last wish? Please let her marry your son. I will die in peace..!!" said uncle in a very slow and sad voice.

"Yes, I will surely do that. She is my daughter also", said Subbu.

Subbu looked at that boy and asked him to call his uncle's daughter inside.

That boy gave him a shocked look at his father.

His father took him outside and said, "My dear Son, you have to marry her, you know your uncle has done many favors to us in past. We are doing so well financially only due to him. Now it's our turn to pay for it."

"But Dad!! I love someone else, I can't marry this girl. Today I wanted to talk to you about the girl whom I want to marry. No, Dad, I can't sacrifice that much", said the boy.

Subbu was heartbroken as he was expecting such an answer from his son but he said, "Alright, I will not force you into this marriage. Perhaps I can never pay him back in this life. It's totally up to you if you want to be with that girl whom you would have met just a few times ago or fulfill your parents' wish who raised you till 22 years."

Subbu left from there.

That boy started sobbing and was confused as to whom to CHOOSE.

His father or his lover.

Then his mother came and told him that his uncle could die at any time and started crying. They both had no choice but no choice came to his father.

"I am ready", said he disheartened.

"We don't have much time. You go inside with your future wife", said Subbu while pushing him and that girl inside.

In ICU, the uncle held her daughter' and boy's hands together and died in peace, but that boy's life got changed instantly.

His lover kept on waiting for him to meet but he could not meet her. After 15 days he went to meet her and told her everything. She cried a lot. He tried to calm her down and said sorry multiple times. He asked her to forget everything and forgave him as he could not do anything.

That girl went into depression. After 1 month she came to know that she was pregnant. Her mother asked her to tell about it that guy but she refused and also she refused abortion saying that now it's the only memory of her love that will keep her alive. They changed the city. She delivered a baby boy but she died during delivery as this was a complicated case. Doctors told them that she gave consent to save the baby.

The girl's mother tried to take care of that baby boy but she was not able to, so she went to that boy and told him everything.

The boy was devastated. He found himself GUILTY thinking

"She died because of me. She did not even tell me anything."

"She loved you a lot. She never thought of disturbing your life. You forgot about her but she could never. She was always depressed. That depression took her life. Now, this is your child, I can't raise him that well. You have to accept him", said that girl's mother.

This time that boy took the stand. He told everything to his parents and his wife. He had decided if no one agrees then he would get separated and would raise that baby boy alone. But that lady to whom he had married was mature enough that she accepted everything.

"Daivik, that boy is your father now. That girl was your birth mother and that lady is your mother now who raised you so well and that baby boy is YOU", said Rohit. His eyes were red.

"Now we are going to meet your grandmother in Nasik", said Rohit.

Dalvik was in tears. To whom to blame now? It was situational destiny.

"If you could forgive me then meet your grandmother dearly and don't tell your mother that I have told you the truth. She loves you a lot. I don't want to hurt her.

I have been very lucky that the two women in my life, one who has gone and the other who is in my life both are very courageous and they sacrificed a lot for me, me.

Respect both of them, that is my only request to you", said Rohit.

Dalvik did not utter a single word and went to sleep with teary eyes. The Next morning, when they reached Sudha Ji's Home, Daivik called her Grandmother(Nanni).

Rohit felt so relieved and thought, "Daivik you are like your mother.

MAYA, Thank you for this gift."