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Frozen Falooda and melting hell
Amma arrived with a "long face". Appa inquisitively looked for his darling SIL
Nowhere to be seen. "Avan enge di?" (where is he?) Appa asked authoritatively
II pointed towards the balcony
Makarand, R&B, Samar, Tan, and a few guy friends stood leaning over the rail
Her husband's clothing starkly different from the other mens
BLUE JEANS and a WHITE LINEN SHIRT, folded at his elbow, snug and soft, the shirt so transparent his tee visible underneath
he had shaved for some reason...
He looked at her from up there, she held his gaze for an extra second and he raised his beer mug as a goading toast
Provoking her to go up and blast him for wearing jeans
She HEARD that question in that in that... umm... in that arghhh nevermind...
"Come up and chew me up I?" that glint in the eyes
She trembled as she reached for her phone
Entered the passcode and typed
"I wouldnt give a rat's hiney if you even went naked" she said and HIT SEND
ADI PAAVI
ADI PAAVI
ADI PAAVI
Her alter egos chorused as Amma's Tirupugazh (Lord Kartik hymns) troop singers
She dropped the phone on the grass when she realized
"Kulurarda?" (Are u cold?)
Amma unfurled her crimson pretty shawl, the scent reminded II of Amma's Godrej
The warm familiar scent of D II
Now Rohini...
Delhi's who's who started showing up
Manya looked gorgeous in a rustling peach tissue lehanga with silver bead work
Her would be MIL was admiring her henna
The lady looked dazed... under all the glitter and glitz at the MM residence
Makarand's two sisters were both married and they looked at Manya like she was some celebrity
Manya loved the attention
She craved for it since she lost it when she divorced hubby
Sam found the Iyers and greeted them warmly
They chatted animatedly.
Sam dragged a Shubhang carrying Amma to introduce to Manya
Amma turned towards Appa witha plea for help
Appa sprinted closer
Manya was all smiles and actually teased Amma that she will feed her idlis next time when she sees her
"Very good, learning to cook is like an art" Amma spoke like a teacher
"I know, Ma ne kabhi insist nahi kiya, I just cooked kebabs occasionally when we had backyard picnics" Manya smiled sheepishly
"Very god very good" Appa chimed in "Our ishita learned from her sister and from my sister Janaki and from her mother. She only make vegetarian so she cant feed her husband" Appa exaggerated
Potshot #1
"Uncle woh vegetarian bhi khaata hai" Manya laughed
"Where? i say... he is always eating different food" Appa argued
Amma gently squeezed his hand
"Appa I am going to go check on dinner" II mumbled
"Hey are you going up to the 2nd floor on the way to the terrace, can I ask you for a favor?" Manya cooed
II nodded
"There is a lil pouch in Dimpal's top drawer can u bring it?" "I hid it from the lil girls this morning, I didnt want to lose it" Manya said slowly
"Kya hai?" II was nosy
"Umm... something for my new SIL ... LAWS" Manya giggled
II nodded
"I am not sure how long it will take but I will bring it sure... I am supposed to talk with the planner an hour ago"
"Where are the kids?" Amma asked
II pointed to the yard, Ranjan was holding both the girls... her daughter looked like DOLL
The girls were dressed identical, Sam's choice
In dark pink sequined lehanga and a shimmering sequinned choli with no dupatta
Nivi's cheeks were pink from all the October running around.
II went up to the terrace and spoke with the planner. Sam was taking care of everything, II had never organized a event with the help of a wedding planer and Sam was more than happy to help
The planner was more posh than II, but polite and respectful because she knew which side of her bread was buttered
Mr Sitaraman articulated his disagreements loudly to her in Tamil
II squirmed and nodded and defered the decision to the planner
The terrace would seat a 100 people in circular tables, the service was white glove, after the catering stalls there was enough room leftover for a singer.
II stole a bowl of falooda and slurped it as she walked down
II made her way down to his office
Turned on the light there was paper EVERYWHERE
She took her shoes off by the door and gingerly danced on empty spots on the rug to get to the giant desk
"Hell must have frozen over" he muttered shutting the door behind him, his arms crossed across his chest...
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