Morals & Murder
She is going to end up hating me more” Viveka realized in shock when Anu narrated Smrita’s apology
Anu had admonished Akash for it too that night after returning home
“Bina baat ke aapne Veev ke liye sankar paida kar dee”
“Nahi yaar, it was totally inappropriate”
“Kaha kya Smritaji ne?”
“I am sorry”
Anu cringed shamefully and shuddered
“Hey Bhagwan”
“Chill woman!! Jaise bache kehte hain”
“Saare bache aaj raat wahin hain oopar se, wonder what will happen tomorrow”
“Now you sound like we live in the 1960s”
“I am fine if Viveka responds in any way Akash, but for this thing to become a big deal”
“Nupur Dhamija had no business telling you to restrict Naina”
“Savi was telling me, Smritaji ka gussa bada tez hai”
“Hoga yaar who cares”
“The way she said sorry I couldn’t even tell if she was sincere”
“It was not her fault Nupur Dhamija had to say it”
“Apne brother ki biwi ko kaise nahi defend karegi who?”
“Umm”
“Savi is like a commando” Anu chuckled
Akash pressed her feet
“I am going to pay you big money for doing that every night”
He tickled
“Akaaash, MA Bauji doosre hi kamre mein so rahe hain”
“Who bhi na, aaj raat ko Savi keg har ne gaye dekho”
“Kaise jaate unko pata tha hum dono ne kal ki chhutthi kar rakhi hai, Bauji is sweet he offered to go, Amma will want chai at 5 AM
“Main banal eta hoon, tu so ja yaar”
“U think Naina will be OK?”
“She will be perfect” Akash yawned laying down on her calf and stretching
“I am in half mood to say just get married if you want to”
“Phir to uski mauj ho jaayegi”
He shut his eyes, it was almost 3 AM
Dadi was a night owl, staying up until they got home at 2 AM
“I was chatting with Naina over dinner, she sounds so mature some times” Anu choked up
“To ro kyon rahi hai yaar”
“If she found out she is being thought of as some piece of trash”
“Don’t get carried away, think of it like a guy’s mother being over protective” Akash sat up and crawled over to her side
“How come a girl’s mother never says such a thing?”
“I bet Kalyani’s parents think like that, Satyen ke bhai ki wife” Akash pondered
“Are they as wealthy?”
“must be yaar”
“Satyenji was telling me he has more tests next week”
“Poor man, he has not be able to get a break”
“He was extremely happy though” Akash nodded “Raanav is pig headed and arrogant but he completely surprised me by choosing Viveka”
“Viveka surprised ME”
“Her moral compass is strong”
“Kya matlab?” Anu sat up in shock
“matlab….”
Father knew his daughter, he suspected Viveka did not go into the marriage suddenly on discovering she was smitten
He suspected she felt she needed to do something….
Akash wasn’t ready to share that with Anu yet
She was already heart broken tonight
To have it be revealed that her studious rational daughter chose to marry a man on a leap of faith would crush her
Some things should be left alone for now….
“I have a collection of bad, botched up murders scenes” Raanav winked at the twins
“Raanavvvv” Viveka smacked him
“Whattt? They are 18 arent they”
“Jeej, we are ALMOST 20”
“K, you have to swear you wont tell your parents”
“WE WONT WE WONT PLEEZ PLEEZ”
“Raanavvvv” Viveka grabbed at the highly technical remote
He dodged her arm and played
The girls squealed
“waise THIS IS NOT YOUR sleepover” Viveka ordered primly
Pulling him off the plush couch
He yanked her, she fell on him
“GET A ROOM” the girls screeched
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