Love's a B... - Page 62

Having money or no money is a very relative thingy isn't it?. The more appropriate way to look at it would be what do you have money for or what do you not have money for. He doesn't have the money for pumping into business and that's just about it.

Her business & His business

Simple yet a soul touching chapter. I loved how he is casual about expressing his attraction to her and jokes about all his downsides. Uber cool about everything but super excited about the baby, their baby.

Their emotional connection will begin here.

Handful

He stared at the palm multiple times during the day to reimagine the throb when he placed it on her belly

He felt goosebumps then, and felt it now

Unexpectedly it turned out to be the happiest day of recent years

He hadn't thought about Charu in a while he realized, and he suddenly felt like it ID NOT matter

It f**king did not matter what she thought of him and why she dumped him

He was goingt o be a Dad

The best Dad the world had ever known

He chuckled audibly

He had a picture of Toast as his home page

"Hey dude he whistled as he went to the text app

"Ma do u want to meet for lunch?

"Koi aur khabar to nahi denge na aap

"Humse yeh sawaal karna band karen aap, I am not making any more women pregnant

"Aviii

"I had to shut shut you up somehow he grinned at the screen

"Dad is still upset

"I haven't given him many reasons to be happy Ma

"This one is so shocking beta... your mausaji was in town from Ajmer, he was insisting he meet you

"Hamey text kiye rahey who

"Aapne keh diya?

"Not yet he said calmly

She called him

"Beta how are you going to handle this?

"Just like I am now... Ma

"Unmarried and living together and having the baby?

"Family ke chakkar mein bhaagkar shaadi karne ko keh rahin hain aap?

"Don't u love her?

"Why?

"Phir BACHA kaise?

"Ma... have u heard of the word lust?

"Avi kitne baje milenge aap batayen... I don't want to go down this path with you

"Sorry... How about 2 PM at Lajpat Nagar? South Ex?

Chaliye text karen hamey she hung up unhappily

His brother had texted him. Avi was sure Sarvansh knew about the baby weeks ago, or as soon as Dad did

But hadn't bothered to connect

He called him

"How are u?

"Congrats bhai

"Thanks??

"U shud be happy... khush nahi lag rahe aap

"Us baat se aapko kaafi Khushi mil rahi hai, maloom pad raha hai

Sarvansh grunted

"I am meeting Ma for lunch, aa jaayen if u can

"U have not invited me to anything since you came back from Singapore and she dumped you

"And THAT'S exactly why... u throw that on my face

"U say it your self right?

"So its OK for u to rub it in? I get it

"Ma se kyon mil rahe hain aap?

"Just like that

It bothered Sarvansh that it one stroke Avi had turned Neeru towards himself yet again

His own battles with infertility will now take a back seat until the baby is born

It was out of wedlock but yet everyone seemed curious and accepting

Arghh!

"Thanks for giving her a ride to the Doc when I was in HKG

"U are welcome

"I heard your girl friend has a doc at the same clinic

"Yes I heard Avi lied

"Isnt it 16 weeks haven't u gone to an ultrasound

"I might have

"The baby must be moving na?

"Oh yeah... she does Avi immediately cheered up

Nothing else mattered to him

His financial doldrum, Dad dismissing him from his life, mother disenchanted, not being legally married, over bearing brother... Nope... none of it mattered

"Oh yeah!! for sure!! She is going to be quite a handful Avi declared proudly about a 16 week old foetus who he had felt for less than two minutes😆😆😳

Awww its a magical feeling when baby moves

Adoption

Her constantly yammering in Kannada on the phone didn't bother him anymore, made him wonder if his kid was going to be bilingual. The way she pushed his grooming stuff out of the way to place her moisturizer and skin routine stuff didn't bother him.

She was not a slob, maybe because of Mrs Mitra or by nature

She did not tell him how the pick up of her belongings went

He suspected Mrs Mitra must have found out

Between the two of them they had more disappointed people in both their families and friends than both their fingers and toes

His accountant and lawyer were pulverizing him when they heard he was going to be a Dad

"Avi you don't have enough money for a long drawn out legal battle

"there wont be any

"Sure... have u heard of the word divorce?

"We are not married remember?

"EXACTLY

"She knows I am broke

"Yes... until she realizes you owe her money by auctioning yourself off

"I don't think so... she had a husband... he died in combat and left her money

"Did she tell you how much?

"I don't know

"U are basically letting her live for free?

"That sounds awful Varun (lawyer) she is pregnant and I had something to do with it

Varun rubbed his eyes taking his glasses off "U should atleast put down some kind of words on paper

"U think she will bail

"What incentive does she have to stay? No wedding ring, no family support, no relationship, no love

"Gee thanks Avi laughed

"I mean it... its better to be safe... if u want to continue seeing the kid... if u want the kid?

"Of course I do

"Well then...

Avi was not convinced

"Dekh yaar... Ive seen 20, 30, 50 years of marriage disintegrate... money is a really bad... moldy, toxic thing

"I know what u mean... I am just thinking, shaadi hi nahi hui to tension kis baat ka

"Abey bacha hai na?

"True

"It was an affair... tu sahi keh raha hai... turns out u did the decent thing and owned up and invited her to move in... warna aaj ki date mein Dilli mein bandey, pehli ulti mein desh chhodkar bhaag jaate hain

That just made Avi livid... as he imagined someone doing that to Samidha

"That's... that's... f----- insane

"South Indian bola na?

"Yeah?

"Hmm... she sounds like a nice chick Varun tried to convince himself too

"Think about it... adoption... legal involvement kuch to soch Varun muttered

"Well... I am going to give it some thought... u do too Avi got up

Varun walked him to the door

He checked on Samidha usually around 1 or 2, driving towards Def Col for lunch with Ma he called her

"Is my dog OK? he asked

"Which dog she teased back

"The one that eats out of the bowl you got him

"Ah... don't know... I am on the couch watching a kannada movie

"Which one

She laughed heartily "Katheyondu Shuruwagide

"Oh yeah that one he tried to come up with something

"Hmm?

"Oh that one

"Avi... u said that already

"Give me a clue

"U can watch it when u get home she laughed

"Will u translate?

"Only the guy's not the girl's lines

"Thanks

"Avi your dog is very annoying

"I KNEW it

"I mean... I left a bunch of clean wet clothes on the stand, I was goingt o hang it, he went looking for a chew toy and threw my clothes all over the flower pots

"I am sorry

"I am going to give him up for adoption

It's so sweet that he checks on her everyday at lunch. They are falling into a everyday life pattern like other regular couples

Painful to think he needs a pice of paper to establish his rights over his daughter. He might laugh over Sams thots of putting Toast for adoption but would that have brought back the intense conversation with Varun. Both have tabled the conversation about future for later. But they need to address the white elephant in the room as soon as possible.

Nisha ... Oru Saturday special? Howz your weekend ?

Jas, Nisha any info on case western reserve univ if you would like to share please.

Sorry guys been a bit occupied with a few admitted student visits.

Such sweet updates last couple of them.