Interrogation
"Avantika, I told you not to go down he said directing his anger at watching her be touched by some random dude
She cried quietly
"I don't get it... don't u have a phone, charge nahi hai phone mein? Raat ke 9 baj rahe hain, aur aap neeche chali gayin?
"Hamey laga aap ghar aa gaye aur match dekh rahe hain she scowled sobbing
"TO TEXT KAR LETIN?
"I just went down she whimpered
"Na Ma ne roka aapko na Bauji ne, na kisi Bhabhi ne. Aapne dekha kabhi bhabhiyon ya bachon ko neeche jaate, to the offices?
"I don't know this house has too many rules
"Which you don't care to follow any
"Listen to yourself. Its 20 freaking 18 NOT 1918
"Maybe I should have stayed away and let you defend yourself when that creep pulled your hand?
She cried inconsolably
Lakshmi and Sita Ram came in panicking
"Beta hum keh chuke hain inse
"Ma. Who Sulabh Govil... neeche hain. Aslam jee ja chuke hain. Yeh wahan unka form bhar rahi hain
"Harit baat ho chuki beta Sita Ram tried to calm him down
Lakshmi approached her new DIL and tried to hug her
Teeku was too upset to give in
She got off the chaise and stood up stiffly. She saw them all as one team herself as alone and defenceless
"Harit hum kahe Bauji ko kal se jab gate band karenge tabhi taq Aslam bhai rahenge
"Ma there is a ridiculous number of hangers on downstairs. Hum samajh nahi paaye. Bauji ka court mein daftar hai, hamara hai, phir bhi official residence mein?
"Who tab ki baat thi beta, its been going on for 40 years
"I don't know... hum kya kahen... ladne lag gaye Sulabh. Hum unko pakadkar gate ke bahar chhod aaye
"Haatha paayi hui? Lakshmi panicked
Harit fumed... which mean "hui
Lakshmi was stunned
"Abhi nayi hain... chhoti hain, bhabhiyon se
"Bauji hum inko pehle ek din kahe neeche na aayen. Hum us din bhahiyon ke saath match mein lage the
"Aap cricket dekhna band karen Lakshmi inserted her pet peeve into the equation
"Why are u telling them? Teeku was stunned he would tell them she went looking for him once before
"Aap to kisi ki sunti hain nahi, kahenge to log aapki fiqar karenge
"Oopar kyon nahgi dekte TV? Teeku argued
Lakshmi looked at her like "Now you want to make rules around here?
"Baat who nahi hai, baat yeh hai aap bina ijaazat neeche gayin aur kisi mulzim se baton mein lag gayin. Un par kayi aarop hain
"How was I to know that. I was only helping
"Help? Beta ghar par neeche dason Clerk hain, aur korat ke aadmi hain Lakshmi disapproved
"Unhoney hamey kaha bhar dengi kya form? Teeku wept
"Wohi form who 10 logon se bharwa chuke hain. He doesn't give up. He is not a good man
"I didn't know that
"that's why its safe to be upstairs or use the back staircase if u want to go down to the courtyard
"Chalen khaana khaayen. Aao beta Sita Ram mumbled ambling out followed by Lakshmi
"Hamey bhook nahi hai she wept
"That's fine Harit left her
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