Lyin lizards
"Unke paas 6 baloon animals hain, aur 3 magic tricks seekhen hain who Harit was overjoyed as the family sat around in the living room after dinner enjoying rasgullas
"Yeh to koi bhi kar lega beta, Yash uke janam din par who kya kahen hain joker unhoney karey saare kaam Lakshmi was sure therapy was pure humbug
Harit laughed until he shook
"Ma clown nahi hain yeh, Dr Maheshwari kaafi jaankar hain
"Daftar dekhen hain hum. Ek khirki band na ho Lakshmi shook her head disapprovingly
"AAP bhi gayin bachpan mein? Harit teased
She flung a soft toy lizard at her own son
"Kuch kahen she begged her husband
"Aap bina preface aur epilogue ke bina kuch kahengi to bache sawaal karenge Sita Ram nodded approvingly
"Hum gaye rahe shaadi mein bulaane. Tab dekhe, baarish bhi tez thi us din Lakshmi said fuming
"Ma ache hain, Bauji ko kaafi yaad kar rahe the Harit told his Dad
" Bula lein kisi din? Sita Ram rubbed his ear and yawned
"Abhi bulawen to samajh lenge bacha beemar hai, neeche karamachariyon ko pata laga, baat phail jaayegi
"Maa... aisa kuch nahi hoga Suman insisted
"Unka koi nahi hai... unke paksh mein bolne ke liye koi nahi. Hum kahenge, zaroor she was sad
"Chandu se unhoney kaafi pyaar se baat ki Teeku spoke up finally butt hurt her MIL had hinted Chandu had no one
"Lo... Ma... see hain aap, aur aap bhi maan gayin? Lakshmi wagged a finger
"Umm... unhoney daraya nahi bache ko Teeku argued
"Avantika... let it go Harit murmured
She went quiet as the family began talking about Suyash's annual day celebration
"Yeh abhi kaha gaye ghoomne, bache mein lage hain. Bekaar ki bimaari aur uska anavashyak ilaaj Lakshmi pointed to Harit
"Kab jaayenge beta? Sita Ram sat up
"Umm.. yeh Pandeyji ki hearing hai, uske baad Harit said politely
"Bahu utsuk hongi
"Bahu to bechaari jis din se aayin hain munne ke saath hain Alka shook her head
"Hum fatafat so jaate hain Teeku claimed
"Who theek hain... par ma baap ne soney ke liye shaadi nahi karwayi Lakshmi whispered to Suman
Suman patted her thigh asking her to lower her volume further
Sita Ram was ambling towards the exit, ready for bed
Rishu peeked "Match shuru ho chuka hai, chalen? he begged his brothers
Harshu gave him a constipated smile
Alka had his hand in a grip
"Kaun batting kar rahe hain? Harit question
"Super King Rishu winked
Harit got up
"Dekhen to? Who turant soney ko lekar khush hain, aur yeh, Super voopar ko lekar Lakshmi sighed
Teeku watched as her husband made his way out of the room
They had barely spoken a word since returning
He had showered, so had she, they had all eaten and before that she had told him she had folded his home wear clothes and set it on his bed.
He did his own laundry so there was little belonging there
Occasionally Lakshmi did not pull his clothes from the line and Teeku folded his with hers
"Harittt... baithennn Suman squealed
"Bhabhi please, 10 over dekh aayen? he begged
"Inko le jaayen... sab employees to ja chuke hongey neeche??
"chalengi Avantika? 😳he turned to her amused
"Nahi she sulked refusing "hamey cricket pasand nahi she claimed😭
"Inse potey ya poti ki ummeed chhodni padegi" Lakshmi vowed sadly😭