Embellished stories
Harish shifted restlessly, Ranjan exhaled, like he was done talking
"Emotional hon dee koi lod nahi paisaab" Harish muttered
"No... I am OK... he did the right thing" Ranjan said, he felt his chin tremble as he suppressed tears
Harish hated his brother that second, how could a runaway son drive a grown man to tears?
"Bolta kam hai par samjh sabki hai" Ranjan said clearing his throat, gulping down his coffee, scalding his throat
Clearing his throat
He hadnt cried last night or this morning during his walk... he was overcome with emotion right now
R&B didnt expect anything from him
Not his money, not his love, not his advice, not his business consultation
He felt his cheekbones hurt as he fought to keep the tears in
He got up and wandered to the window and wiped his eyes surreptiously
Harish saw it though
"Usko... mere se kuch nahi chahiye" he said in a quivering voice
"Usne aape inna kama chhoda hai" Harish said with malice
Ranjan didnt bother countering that
He heard a knock on the door, it was his DIL
Imad stood with her
She was too worried to be able to concentrate on her own work
He smiled wide...
"Aaja gudiya " he invited
She was suddenly hesitant
Harish almost glared at her
"Dad... u left ur power cord... meri gaadi mein" she lied fumbling with her bare hands
"De de beta" Harish said with a smug smile
"Umm... sorry meri car mein hai" she said
"Lunch khilayegi?" Ranjan asked proprietorially
She smiled tentatively
"Lajpat Nagar show room nahi chal rahe?" Harish interjected
"Aaj nahi beta" Ranjan said condescendingly
"Chaliye jee bache sambhal lenge" he said with a big contrived smile
II had visulaized a huge show down, Harish walking out or hurting Ranjan or Trehaan resorting to violence of some sort
She was surprised there was none
"Bataya tere miyan ne?" Ranjan teased his DIL
"Kya?" she asked
"Company ka kinna fayda hoya?" Ranjan gave a big build up
Harish stood up
"He doesnt work here, but he very well could be, he knows the suppliers, how feverishly I adhere to delivering quality in our reapir shops"
Ranjan was aLl flowery, he spent 5 minutes describing everything for II
II blushed
"Aapki taaref nahi ho rahi... itna laal kyon ho rahi hai gudiya?" he teased
"I am not" she claimed
"Bata dena usko shaam ko" Ranjan ordered
"Where are u going?" II asked grumpily
"Mere bache bhi mere naak mein itna dam nahi karte jinna yeh aur iski gudiya" Ranjan said with pride
Harish couldnt care less
"Can I bring ur power cord?" she asked not sure HOW she will do it
"Lunch ke baad aape le langa" Ranjan smiled
She nodded
Walking out, Harish pretended to walk out, she stepped back as Imad came in... bumping on the door
Harish sat down again...
She bumped into R&B in the hallway
Literally ran into him
"Are u still making sure he made it to work?" he mocked
"Shut up" she ordered
"Why are u here?" he asked lounging on a cube wall
"Why are YOU here?" she demanded
He scanned her curves in the grey pants and pearl shirt, she hadnt ditched the nose ring this morning
"Umm... not sure " he said
"U no longer work here" II rubbed it in"
"And u no longer deploy software for Excelsior" he argued
"RAKSHASANEY" she cursed under her breath
Akka was goingt o call... she didnt have time for this rake
"II" he called after her
"Enna?" she barked
"This fell off" he said, handing her her badge that slid off her trouser pocket... he dangle her badge
"KUDU" "Paavi" she cursed
"Did he say anything?" R&B asked abt Ranjan
"Oh... only... the fact that you cancelling the huge bargain on the Hungarian fuel pump is going to be a pain in the ass for him, causing him to work exponential hours"
she lied glibly, proceeding to embellish her story...
He watched her lower lip form the words, in her signature style she spoke a mile a minute and added a bunch of unnecessary mirch masala
He was furious at Ranjan for lacking gratitude, but was too horny to take it out on his wife
She walked away smugly
He walked over to Ranjan's office
"Did u want me to withdraw the cancellation of the fuel pumps?" he asked with obvious frustration
"Kis waaste?" Ranjan asked... baffled... smiling joyously at seeing his son second day in a row
"She said it was going t o cause you hours of rework" R&B said tritely
Ranjan cudnt help smile at his DIL's antics
Edited by Nisha0604 - 9 years ago
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