Sulk for good
“Jaegi lautkar?” Nidhi questioned Pallavi as she guided the help to put away leftovers
“Nahi maloom Ma”
“Poochh usko”
“Abhi nahi” Pallavi responded softly
“Waha uske saath rehkar she got pregnant and now will not go back, everything is on a whim with this one”
“No Ma she is very thoughtful”
“Don’t support her, I wish you had scolded her back then”
“She loves Papa” Pallavi teared up, I love my Papa I would neverrrr do such a thing, she is amazing”
“Not amazing, foolish”
“What if he is not thr right guy for her”
“She lived with him for 7? 9? Months?”
“Ma… I cant explain everything, but in Taroo’s generation, umm.. physical stuff doesn’t mean anything”
“To bacha kuch vi nahi?” Nidhi was furious
“If that was true she wouldn’t be pregnant”
Nidhi glared at her washed her khichri bowl by hand and left Pallavi alone
Pallavi felt bad for Taaruni, what started out as being warrior for family had ended up becoming girl that makes bad choices
She texted Taaruni
“So gayi?”
“Nahi bhaabs”
“Aaja neeche, Ma chali gayi”
“Nahi”
“Chal main aati hu”
“I am going back to that house tomorrow”
“Fine”
Pallavi went upstairs after a few
Tushar wanted to hang out
“Tushar, jab taq Taroo hai don’t flirt”
“Are she doesn’t care”
“I do, sisterhood”
“Uski ab tum best friend ho” he teased trying o pull her back on bed
“Thanks”
“Tumhe hi de raha tha compliment” he scowled
She went up and found Taaruni on her computer
“Kya kar rahi ho?”
“Buying baby stuff”
“Ma se poochha?”
“I have money”
“Nahi she says god bharai taq nothing new”
“Its OK she wont know I will keep it at that house”
“That house is full, because you have 5 million books”
“I will keep it at the new store”
“It’s a nice spot Taroo” Pallavi smiled
“Thanks” she nodded
“Harkeerat Uncle ne help ki?”
“Hmm”
“Hes been nice to you”
“He wants his share soon”
“Purohit? What is he saying?”
“I have to go for a meeting” she nodded nervously
“Aaj baat ki us se?”
“Umm.. no” she shook her head vigorously
“Its so hard for me to imagine you guys fell out like this”
“I said hi” he didn’t even respond, just nodded”
It hurt her like hell
“Tumhe usko batakari end karna tha” Pallavi admonished gently
“Umm.. no… yeah… nope” she said thoughtfully
“You two have such a complex equation”
“No… I mean its pretty simple”
“Nahi hai simple”
“He is upset you didn’t tell him”
“I am leaving him, its not like I told him I am going on a girls vacay without telling him” she laughed cynically “Its ended, there is no “fight” here Bhabhi, its not like we sulk and make up, we just sulk… for good”
Saying that out loud hurt her badly
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