Chapter 7

Coming back…

“Does she not live there?” Aatreya Rao spoke as he navigated the traffic

“I have no idea, the Vilas? Casa Medici? “

“That summer was brutal” Aatreya was angry

“How many women are you looking for?” Mendonza (Rahul Mendonza) scoffed

“Ha” he was irritated

“You met her 9?” years ago?

“I guess”

“Who were you staying with that summer”

“No leads… I checked em all out”

“Did u scour SM pages?

“Really?” Aatreya was irritated that was no help

“You know you could pay someone to do it for you?”

“And who would they be looking for?”

“Oh yeah you don’t have a picture of her

“AND I think her name is Nalini” Aatreya was sure

“No last name?”

“Nope”

“HOW can you hook up with someone and not know their name?”

“Easy, because I was distracted”

“WHY would you go searching for that someone after so many years?”

“I don’t know” Aatreya responded grimly

He had hooked up with this really gorgeous girl in the upstairs bedroom of a friend’s friend’s friend, in Lonavala

He was visiting from Bangalore, he was born and raised in Malleshwaram.

He was selected to Wharton, he along with a group of friends decided to visit Goa and Mumbai over 10 days

His friends, Maanik, Abhinandan, Faizal, Aman, had party hopped from city to city home to home

Aatreya had no clue where they were going, he had met Mrinalini twice over 10 days, the first time he saw her dancing by a swimming pool

The psychedelic lights and the loud music did not distract him from noticing how utterly gorgeous she was

She was wearing a tropical leafy pattern green bralette and had wrapped a scarf? Stole over her bikini bottom

He pushed people out of the way to watch her dance

He was able to talk briefly, but was dragged away by her friends

Wharton, Wall St, a wedding, a divorce later, he was in town now looking for her….

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Back in Amaltas..

“The guard got the name wrong” she told herself

Jaidrith was the only human she knew liked and loved… he was hers

“How would this guy even know I have his child, that sleuthing ended in nothing 9 years ago”

She was overprotective and obsessed with Jai

He helped her sleep and kept her up

He was everything she wasn’t

Well… he was insecure and needy as well

But he was shy, and timid

“This is no movie Mrunal, he is not coming after the child”

“Who knows if he is even coming back?”

Stupid!

She relaxed…