"A bedtime story" (Sequel to the fiction featured in Muse India Issue No 75)
After hesitating a bit, ma removed another photo and showed it to me. It was that of a boy around twelve years of age. I wondered as to why ma was showing me Rahul’s photo.
“It is not what you think. This is Varun,” ma said very softly.
Rahul had never mentioned a brother. I was speechless.
“Just between you and me, another time,” said ma as she left the room. Yet another bedtime story was on the cusp of revelation……….
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I could not forget the image of that twelve-year-old boy Varun, a replica of Rahul. Were they twins? Why was ma silent all these years? All of a sudden why did she open up and that too, only to me and not her son? What if Rahul knew but had never spoken to me about it. Slim chance but still…the suspense was killing me. One night, I decided to prod Rahul in my ploy to find out the truth.
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