The atmosphere was as silent as grave when Zara came down from her room when suddenly she heard her adoptive mother talking

"Thank god! we found you , my precious daughter, my blood, my star . I can't tell you how happy I am today that you came back home after so many years and we can finally get rid of her."

"Stop shouting, what if she hears you. Even though she is not our real daughter, we raised her for 15 years. Don't you have a little pity on her ?" Her adoptive father sternly scolded his wife.

"Father, mother I am very happy that I found you after so many years....I have been through so much to finally meet you ...please don't argue..I am feeling sad for my sister too" Tara adani pitifully said .

As Zara adani reached the main hall of Adani house which was a luxurious mansion in a big city of U state she saw the family of three talking and she felt as if she was abandoned again.

"Sister, I finally met you ...I always wanted to have an elder sister and I want to thank you for taking care of my parents" Tara adani said showing that Zara was an outsider who temporarily lived there.

Zara looked at her adoptive parents with complicated gaze and said after a while " I am here to tell you something, I found my biological parents. Thank you for raising me till you find your real daughter. I would like to go back to my real family too."

Father Adani was shocked and walked to Zara, " what did you say? You found your real family? How? When?"

Mother Adani was shocked too but she said with attitude, " oh so you are smart finally leaving when it is necessary...it's better you found your family..what do they do? Where do they live ? How much do they earn?

Tara Adani started whining " sister, I just came home and you are going ..I wanted to share everything with you."

Zara smirked, "I knew you guys never liked me but brought me here to get family inheritance, which only can be given to those who have kids. Now you found your daughter so no need to pretend."

Father Adani shouted," how can you say that? We raised you for 15 years how can you say that we don't like you?"

"Huh.. ungrateful girl, we fed her, raised her, gave her everything she needs and she is now talking like this...see I told you...even if you do everything she can never be our daughter." Mother Adani complained.

" That is why you never stopped looking for your real daughter. That is why you never once came to me when I needed you most ..just giving materialistic things is not giving everything. I said I am thankful for raising me. But there is no emotion involved. I am going back to my real family today"

Father Adani looked at Zara and said, "where do they live and what they do...can they raise you better than us?"

"What this has to do with us, she found her family . Even if they are poor they are her real family..she won't stay here anymore." Mother Adani said to father Adani.

"Don't worry, even if my family is poor I won't stay here anymore longer" Zara went upstairs and brought a backpack with some of her necessary things inside.

"I am just taking my laptop and my phone , if you allow me to..I won't take anything else"

Father Adani felt sorry, " you can take your things and I can give you some pocket money every month...so don't worry about the future."

" Why would you give pocket money to her.. we already spent so much on her for so many years that could be spent on my real daughter I feel so bad for my Tara" mother Adani hugged tara and sobbed.

"Don't worry I don't need money nor do I need anything else. And wherever I go ...I won't tell anyone about you and won't take advantage of your name so don't worry about that either" Zara said and went out of the Adani mansion with her backpack.

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As Zara came out of the Adani mansion, she felt like she was alone in this world and she had to hide her emotions.

She was afraid to go to her real family, she thought what if they are also like them. What if they don't want me....she was thinking and walking down the road when she got a phone call.

"Hello, is this miss Zara?"

"Yes, who are you?"

"Hello miss Zara, I am calling from special organisation, you inquired about your real family and we found out that they are Oberoi who live in city M of state D. We also found out that they have been inquiring about a girl they lost many years back. I guess they are searching for you too. Do you want me to inform them?"

Zara was shocked, " were they searching for me too? " She hesitated, " no need to inform them, just send me an address and I will see by myself"

" Ok Miss Zara, thank you " the call ended.

Zara was afraid to meet her family but she didn't want to be alone...she knew she could survive alone but the emotions she had, forced her to go back to her family.

She took a flight and reached City M. She came out of the airport and saw a busting street with people coming and going.

She got in a taxi and said " sir please take me to the Oberoi mansion"

"Yes Miss "

After about half an hour she reached the gates of Oberoi mansion....she got down and saw a huge mansion triple the size of Adani mansion in front of her.

She went to the gate where two security guards were guarding and said, " excuse me, can I go inside ..I need to meet Mr. Alex Oberoi".

Guards saw an extremely beautiful girl approaching and heard her say that she wants to meet their master.. first they were surprised then they got calm down and said, " sorry miss we can't let you go inside without an invitation or appointment"

Zara coldly said, "can you pass my message and tell them to meet me for once ...I know about their lost daughter"

Guards got shocked and one of the guards went inside and came out after sometime.."miss you can go inside but you have to go through body check..just for security purposes"

"No issues" zara said and went inside after the security check.

As she entered the main gate , she saw a big garden where many types of flowers were planted...it looked really beautiful..in front of the garden she could see a resting area , a swimming pool and garage where many cars were parked...woman standing at the mansion gate looking thin and fragile ...

She was Mrs Pari oberoi, wife of alex oberoi and mother of Zara..

She saw a girl approaching her and she recognised her daughter at one glance...she ran and hugged zara crying, " you...you are my daughter right...right? You are my Zara right?"

Zara was shocked and surprised at the same time, she didn't like anyone touching her but at that time she couldn't do anything. She waited for her mother to calm down and bowed . " Hello, you are right I am Zara, and you are?"

"I am your mother, I finally saw you after so many years....thank god you are safe and sound" mother oberoi couldn't help and cried hugging her again .

She took her hand and brought her inside where alex oberoi and her 2 sons were sitting chatting.

They heard Mrs oberoi's cries and got up concerned..."what happened mom why are you crying? And who is she?" Her eldest son tanuj oberoi asked.

"she is your sister, my daughter....alex ...our daughter is back...our Zara is back" mother oberoi came inside holding her hand sobbing and gleaming with happiness

"What ...Zara ?". Alex oberoi came near them and started observing zara from head to toe nervous ..trying to recognise his daughter

Their two sons also came close after listening to the shocking news.

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"Hello, I am Zara ...for as far as I remember I was in an orphanage when I was 5 years old and got adopted by a family in state U. Recently, they found their real daughter so, I didn't wanted to be a burden on them and then I searched for my real family..." Zara hesitated before she told the truth. She continued when she saw them silent..."I found that you are my real family..but if you don't want me...I can leave."

Father oberoi hugged her tightly and said , " sorry daughter...I couldn't protect you well..I am sorry it's all my fault....I can recognise you even after so many years...I am sure you are my daughter..I missed you every single day...I am so thankful to God and to you that you are safe and sound."

Her brothers finally understood the situation and came close, " sorry sister , it was our fault..we went to park and lost you there ..we tried a lot to search for you but couldn't find you...it's our fault please forgive us."

Zara was overwhelmed by the love ," it's ok..I am not blaming you guys. I just wanted to see if you still want me."

Mother oberoi," how can you think that we don't want you...you are my precious baby daughter that I gave birth to after so many prayers....how can we don't want you"

Mother oberoi calmed down after a while and took her to sofa and sat beside her " sit down ..I am sure you are tired....tell me slowly ...how are you doing these years? Where you lived...how were your parents ....I am thankful to them that they raised you into such a good girl."

Father oberoi ordered his staffs, " prepare

gifts to send them and transfer some money to their account..." "Prepare the best room in our mansion for my daughter"

Zara stopped her father,"no need to send gifts to them....I don't want them to know where I live"

Father oberoi was concerned and worried," did they not treat you well? Did they mistreat you? He became angry as he asked questions.

Zara replied," no, they didn't mistreated me...it's just now they found their real daughter...so, i don't want to disturb them"

When father and daughter were talking ..one of her brothers brought a glass of water for her and introduced himself " hi sister, I will introduce myself properly...I am tanuj oberoi you eldest brother and he is Nick oberoi your second elder brother...nick also said hi to zara with a beautiful smile," hello sister, we missed you a lot....now I am going to protect you from now on"

Zara smiled back while taking the glass of water, " hello I am Zara...thanku "

"Let's go and eat something..you must be hungry " mother oberoi took her to dining table where staff served lots of delicious dishes..." Tell me your favourite food..I will cook for you "

Zara felt the warmth that her mother gave but she was still not used to that warmth. so, she hesitated " I am not picky ..I can eat everything and you don't need to worry about me....I can take care of myself" mother oberoi felt heartbroken when she saw her daughter so thin."

Mother oberoi smiled," it's okay...you will get used to all of it..."

She kept talking and asking all sorts of questions like her favourite colour, her friends , her school, her hobby..etc .

Zara replied patiently...she told them that she was in the last year of high school.

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