For the ones you love...
The Friday morning began with II tripping over Nivi's board book with a plane embedded in the pages, sending her careening backwards
to the door, her elbow hitting the door knob
She was so mad she forgot her choices Tamil cuss words
The girls were torturing Ranjan when she went down, his laptop keyboard had a heap of fruit loops on it
They smacked the keys as they pretended to talk to whoever
She smacked both got them off the laptop as they screamed
Mr Sitaraman was coming in at 2 ish to cook the dinner
Amma had informed 30 of her friends, II hada sked Sam for 20 or so names
Looked like Manya was back, her Chanel bag sat on the kitchen table
Ranjan chuckled as he was being taught yoga in the backyard
II lit the lamp, sang a couple of kritis
Her elbow hurt like crazy
She went up to clean up the 2nd floor before another accident happened
The girls were acting out every trick in the book in order to get off the high chair.
Amma called, followed by Akka.
Janaki Athai called, Lakshmi ka called
The string of phone calls left II lost and confused
She gave the girls a bath, fed Ranjan and them breakfast and saw him walk down the back stair case
"Can I have eggs please?" he said gruffly clearing his throat
"Nope, not today" she said firmly
"Can I atleast have coffee?" he sulked
"If there is no poultry or sea food in it, then sure" she said shortly
He glared at her, as he waited for her to bring him her coffee
"Where are the girls?" he asked slowly
"Yaad aa gayin dono? Aaafat hain dono, they make mess after mess after mess, lasya is the leader" Ii was upset
"I asked where are they" he said patiently
"Pehle meri baat suno..." she proceeded to narrate everything they did from teh time she came down at 7:20 to... now
Sam had texted her twice asking her when she will bring the girls for kanya pooja
"Can u do urs at 1 or something please? Dad has promised we wud go to Chachi's" she texted pausing from narrating
She looked up at him
"I gave u ur coffee no?" she said
"But not the kids" he said
"they are upstairs with Manya" she said makinga face
"All dressed?" he asked
"yenn? if they are not dressed u wont watch them or what?" she asked frazzled
"Probably not" he said smugly
"Paavi" she cursed audibly
Mahavir made him toast, and potatoes and granola and yogurt eagerly
She went up and helped the girls down as Manya was gettinga head/scalp massage in her room
II had no idea when the girl came in
Nivi was dressed in a parrot green kanjeevarm with a ornage blouse with puffed sleeves, hair tied in two clumps above her ears and flowers strung in between
Lasya was too bossy to get her hair done, so she wore her peach and purple kanjeevaram lehanga with no flowers
Nivi was even wearing a tear drop like gree bindi
II couldnt help but smile every time she saw the girls
"I am going to do my best to raise u like Iyer chicks and keep u away from Punjabi men. They are stink pots" she whispered going down the grandstaircase
He waited at the bottom
"Wow" he sucked his breath in
Nivi let go of her feet, hanging swaying from II's grip
Too excited too go to R&B
II pushed the gate aside left them downstairs and went up to pick out her matching saree combination
Popped a pill for her elbow...
She wore parrot green and orange with a gorgeous emerald choker, four rows of emeralf with one row of sparklers in between
Paired with her emerald jhumkas it looked like she was going to rock
The blouse required a hand knot at teh back, it had no buttons
He appeared by the bath sink closet area and found her struggling
"My arm wont reach, I fell on her toy" she said irritated
He leaned on the dor jamb and just ogled
"I shud have known" she said a lump in her throat
Bending down to undo her underskirt's knot, deciding to wear another saree with a normal blouse
He was behind her
"What do u say when u ask for help II?" he asked
"Can u do it?" she said purposely
"Is that it?" he asked fingering the two tails
"Pannina pannu illena naharu" (move out of my way) she said disgusted
He began to knot it, quietly
Turned her around
"Now?" he asked
"Ek kaam kiya tumne mera subah se" she reminded him that she never got that kiss
He bend down, she turned her face away
He cupped her curves boldly and began to move on her
"I am already late. U shud save ur horny fantasies for" he kissed her finally
He felt her choker like it was some sex toy... when he finally let go, she was weak and squishy
"Now?" he urged asking for the "please and thank you"
"Now" "was that it?" she repeated the word provoking him
He undid her knot at the back
He found her head buried on his chest
"Thanks" she said breathlessly.
He knotted her blouse again and left her alone, hot and glowing
They arrived at Chachu's after 11
Ranjan went with them, R&B decided to drive, Ranjan was surprised R&B would even go with them
"For the girls' sake I bet" Ii provoked R&B loudly reminding Ranjan he would do anything for Lasya & Nivi
as Ranjan speculated why R&B was going to green park with them
the house was full with Green Park glitterati.
There was an Iyer girl in green that was glittering too
Tall luscious and stunning...
Heads turned most definitely
"I am happy" Chachi said swallowing unwilling to compliment
"What a surprise betaji" Chachu was all over R&B
He nodded urging Nivi to say hi to her young cousins, chachu's grandkids
"She looks like a pwincess aunty" Harish's grand daughter exclaimed
"Aunty? No betaji, she is your chachi" Chachu was all gushy
The pooja happened
The sons wandered aimlessly making arrangements for some family party in the weekends
They ignored R&B mostly
Ranjan tried not to talk shop with Chachu, Chachu insisted he would only talk shop
"He is so busy, he even refused to be home today. Its good bhaisaab is home" Chachi took her first pot shot
"He has a good work life balance mostly" II nodded
The bahus wanted to know about II's necklace earrings and bangles, ii admitted it was Ranjan (& Savvy's) wedding gift. One of many...
Ranjan was overjoyed to be going to his brother's house with his son
That was a rare, umm.. an "im"possibility actually
"Are u spending more time here? U have a gudiya now?" Chachi interrogated II's texting husband
He wore navy slacks and a white cotton shirt
Refusing to wear the traditional garb II had set out on the bed
"I try" R&B said quietly
Lasya was leading a troop of 4, and 5 year olds in running across the house
Nivi was cautious she ran as far as her eyes cud see her Amma or daddy and promptly returned for a cuddle
She was timid and frightened easily
Chachi gave II a gold coin and Nivi a gold chain
II had bought silver trinkets for the girls in the family and sandalwood figurines for the women
Samar and Trehaan began a convo about how much crisis they had handled the past few weeks
Trehaan made it known to II that buying Transpro was the worst decision Excelsior ever made
"U wudnt know" R&B said under his breath
Trehaan looked confused
"Uve been with the company what? two years now?" R&B said firmly
Jo bhi ho..."Aapse se zyaada bhai" Trehaan tried some snide humor
"Ofcourse" R&B nodded not bothering to defend himself or his role as a managing partner at a seed capital firm
Ranjan felt bad for his son, he wanted to lash out and protect his son
R&B looked unfazed
Nivi sat on his lap as he showed her something on his phone
"Bijwasan ke paas 150 acre aaya hai, baat karan tayaji?" Trehan salivated
Ranjan looked rattled, he had no plans to invest anything jointly at this time
"Inne acchee achhe soney deals aate rehte hain paisaab, we shud all live together" Harish linked his fingers to display closeness
"Aaj khabar aayi, kal deal ho jaana hai, agar asee immediate response nahi dein tey del tey nikal gayi? sahi gall haigi nahi?" Chachu urged Trehaan
"Tayaji woh Meerut waali purani Eicher tyre waali factory building ka deal to nikal gaya, bus 7 crore mein aapne mana kar diya" Samar was distraught
"I am going to go round up Lasya" II told R&B
"I can go get her" he offered unwilling to listen to the tripe
Chachi wandered in with a giant silver tray with bowls of kheer
the bowls looked like GOLD to II
SERIOUSLY?
WHAT THE...
"Bache inne sincere haingey ne paisaab, u are so lucky" Chachi praised her progeny
Ranjan nodded "Jee... jee"
"Itne dil se kaam karne waale aaj kal warna kidhar?" she took a pot shot at R&B
"They do it for a price" R&B said quietly
Chachi looked a bit shaken
"between stock, commission and salaries he probably pays them more than he/Ranjan pays himself" R&B said getting up
"I am going to go get Lasya" he told his wife
Chachu's expression smoldered
Trehaan looked like he would take a swing at R&B
"Umm... everybody should be valued beta" Chachi defended her sons in a shrill patronizing tone as if they deserved every bit of the remuneration
... as her own husband fumbled for words,
"Agreed... but not grossly over valued" R&B said leaving the opulent garishly furnished living room
Ranjan stared at his son astounded
He had to lower his gaze lest Harish would notice the expression of sheer joy in his
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