Anchored Tempest - Page 27

Yes Mrun you are in right track. Do tell him. Scare him off! We will love it! 😌

Her plans to scare him off might just backfire. This guy will not scare easily.

No dad will get scared off a kid who defended himself. Mru would not know that.

Athe

“Dhru’s lip is bleeding again, and his right knuckle is purple, that boy only has a scar on his jaw, its red”

“I am sorry”

“This is his third this year” she said coolly hoping he would be scared off

“Niiice”

“You still like him?” she asked earnestly

He laughed out loud

She was insanely naïve he thought

“I do” he said

“OK” she said candidly

That made him laugh more

He craved to see her facial expression

“May I chat with him on FT please?” he requested

She hated anything that required him to interact with Jaidrith

“Now?”

“Umm.. yeah?”

She shut off the cooker with some frustration

He called and she answered, stirring the curry in the pot, he saw her face through the fog of steam from the cooker

“Dinner?” he enquired

“Hmm”

“Whats on the menu”

Dal ani baingan” she muttered, turning off the stove

that had dal boiling

“Dhru… Kr̥payā bōlā kī hē tumacyā ōḷakhīcē kōṇītarī āhē (it is someone you know)

Dhru thought it was the boys next door

“Tey maajhi mitra aahet ka?” (my friends from next door?)

“Nakko” Mrunal turned the phone around

“Hello lil guy?”

“Hi!”

Dhru was soo soo happy to do a FT call, sometimes Zaira put Zainab on a FT call, no one else called him

No one else called his mother either

She rarely FT her friends group

“Are you coming to my house?”

“Umm.. probably not tonight”

“Why?”

Aatreya laughing

“Well my sister is coming”

“You have a sister?”

“I do” he smiled joyously

“Is she big?”

Dhru’s way of asking if she is older

“Well she can be little many times” he flashed a smile

Mrunalini didn’t want any of that talk she went back to the kitchen

“What did u do? “In school”

Jai’s expression crumpled

She ran to the bedroom holding her stirring ladle

“Dhruu” she warned

“Well Rushal said mean things I PUNCHED HIM” Jai said ignoring his Mum

And then looked at her

Mrunal was smacking her forehead

“That’s my MANNN” Aatreya celebrated

She grabbed the phone from the child

“Don’t congratulate him” she hissed

“I mean he defended himself”

“Physical is NOT OK, ONLY WORDS” she was furious

“Did u want him to get beat up?”

“This is his THIRD time”

“Well then he wont be mean again… whoever Rushal is”

“It doesn’t work that way”

“Aaiiiii” Jai came to the kitchen

“Whattt?” she barked at him

“Is he coming?”

“NO”

“WHYYYY not… I want to go to the pool”

“Not right now, you took a nap, you are tired, dinner Rātrīcē jēvaṇa āṇi jhōpēcī vēḷa (eat and sleep)

“Aaaiiii” he shouted

“Dhruuu” she had set the phone against a wall

He watched the dynamic live with increasing interest….

Malā jhōpāyacē nāhī tō mājhyāśī bōlata hōtā “Aaai…

(He was talking to me I am not sleepy)

“I have to talk to him” she lifted up the phone and did not make eye contact

“Hang on… a sec” he panicked

“Hmm? I would like to see him tomorrow” he said firmly

“It’s a weeknight, he has chess”

“Chess?” his voice was incredulous

She nodded

They had barely made it to 4 classes they had moved from Bandra

“I can bring my sister to the spot”

Jaidrith was busy climbing the kitchen step stool

He tried to reach a mango candy/cookie treat she had hidden from him

Being tall helped

He could see what she was doing when she stretched behind her dishes

He sent a bunch of dishes clattering to the floor

The neighbors downstairs pounded their ceiling

“DHRUUUUU GHATGEYYY” she screamed

He took a pack of the treat and retreated to the bedroom

“Later” she mumbled and hung up

This boy was becoming more than a handful

She sat on the bed exhausted

Ran her fingers through her hair and cupped her face and groaned

“Sorry” he said AFTER munching the whole thing

“You were not supposed to touch it because you HIT a kid” she said calmly

He was grumpy and did not finish his dinner, just read and read

She did the whole routine for shutting the toilet door, and plugging the crack under the bedroom door to “fight the spirits”

And mother and son were knocked out at 10

The next day after school, she took him to tennis at a center near Chembur.

Aatreya texted her “7 PM?” good?” he demanded

“I am not responsible if he misbehaves” she texted sweetly

Mother and son were not on talking terms, well she initiated it to rein him in for the stunt at school

“Understood” responded Aatreya

Location?” he asked

Apoorva Bhat was the most cutest person she ever saw, Mihir had a cold and wanted to take a nap so didn’t make it

Apoorva was as tall as her brother

Her jaw dropped when she realized mother and son both had blue eyes

Well, Mrunal “came out” a few days ago at work

No use of running anymore, She was found… however much her eyes shamed her, they were hers

Sagar Ghatge was not going to be remorseful or ashamed

She had bought a stack of anime books Jai liked to read

“Hi!” she reached for a handshake

He scanned Apoorva’s face and looked at Aatreya and quizzed

“Why is she so tall”

“I am tall too Ive never seen you so deliriously happy about it” Mrunal hissed under her breath

“Ask her” Mrunal mumbled

“Hi!” he nodded

“jaidrith” Mrunal mumbled again grudgingly

“Apoorva Athe” she said kneeling down

Mother and so are so cute

Waiting to see how Apurva makes her feel bit comfortable …

Nisha, the men you have created are so awesome. From R&B to Neel to Ashwin to Harit to Tapan to Ranaav.

all were awesome in their own way.

Just like I thought. A man appreciates a kid that defends himself. Women never like it but it does work many times.

So Mru is not hiding her eyes any more. Good for her. Even if her parents have let her down, she is who she is.

Apoorva is here. Is she like Atty? Is she warm and fuzzy? We are waiting to see.