Chapter 10
With no intention, unknowingly you brought out the best in me
We seemed so right
However we didn't fit into each other's worlds.
"Geet, Geet" Marissa called out continuing to knock insistently.
"Oh my days!" Geet groaned pulling the pillow over her head.
"Geet!" Marissa's voice rose.
"Geet is dead, leave!" she yelled.
"It's 2 in the afternoon" Marissa reminded.
"I don't care, I've only been back a day. I want to sleep"
Being a flight attendant isn't easy on the body, the different working hours can mess with one's body and sleep. Geet usually sleeps for a full day before she's able to function properly. Hence, she prefers sleeping at her apartment rather than going to stay at her parent's. At their home, it was routine to sleep at the right time and wake up before 10am, even on a weekend.
"If you wanted to sleep in peace, you should've come home" Marissa called out.
"Mum! Leave me alone. I don't pay 2 lakhs each month towards this apartment for nothing! This is my home"
"Your home is where your husband lives" Marissa responded.
"Are you going to leave or do you want to chuck a bucket of water like last time?" Geet warned.
"Try it and I'll roast you" Marissa responded. "You ruined my hairdo last time. Open up"
"I'm never coming back to live with you and dad" Geet climbed out of bed walking down the hallway and opened her door narrowing her eyes at her mother. "I don't like you"
"I love you too" Marissa kissed her cheek and entered the apartment. "C'mon get into the shower and change. Tara is holding a barbeque"
"No, no and no" Geet shook her head returning to her bedroom and climbing back in bed. "Tar knows better than to invite me over, I'm knackered"
"Ooh what's this?" Marissa looked down at the gift bag on the dressing table.
Opening one eye Geet glanced at what her mother was pointing to and answered "A passenger gave this bracelet to me, I took care of her son who'd been ill on the plane so she'd sent it to Qatar Airways in my name"
"That is so sweet" Marissa smiled admiring the bracelet. "Seems like sterling silver"
"Mmhmm... now can you leave?" she mumbled closing her eyes tightly.
"No, come on. Tara will be waiting"
Geet shoved the blanket off sitting up scowling. "I'm guessing you aren't going to stop!"
"You guessed right" Marissa smiled. "C'mon. I'll make you some lunch, how about porridge with banana and honey?"
"I need extra shot of coffee" Geet climbed out stropping into the bathroom.
"No one would think you were 31 years old" Marissa laughed walking out the room.
"Did you have fun at Canary Islands?" Marissa questioned when Geet joined her in the kitchen sitting down on the breakfast stool.
"Yeah, we'd partied, enjoyed the blazing sun. I cheated on my night outs, I ate the most amazing food. I miss it already" she murmured. "Do I look tanned?" she asked.
"You've got this golden colour to your skin" Marissa nodded.
Geet smiled pleased with her mother's answer
"Your father found someone" Marissa informed Geet slowly.
Geet arched her brows. "Some tradition tv serial types?"
"No, your uncle Anil brought this proposal" she responded. "The guy is a federal government analyst and he's had two tours abroad when he used to work for the indian army" she added.
"He worked for the army?" Geet looked surprised.
"Yeah, from what your uncle Anil said this guy is disciplined, he's very polite and respectful. He knows how to cook, he's completely independent. It sounds perfect"
"Pay bracket?"
"We don't exactly ask how much he earns so early on" Marissa laughed.
"Mum, my pay bracket is 72 lakhs a year with me flying and my interior designing. I don't want that the guy marries me for money, also envy and feelings of impotency can stem from the feeling of his wife earning more than him" she explained.
"I understand that and we'll know more if we were to go ahead with this, from what I've until now, it's all great"
"What about his family?" Geet arched her brows smirking at her mother.
"Grandparents, parents and a brother" Marissa responded.
"No way! I don't want someone with a family" Geet shook her head.
"But..."
"Mum, no. That's one condition of mine, I don't want in laws"
"Geet you're being unreasonable" she looked at her daughter exasperatedly.
"How about you meet him Geet? You're marrying the guy"
"Do you see where we live?" Geet waved to her surroundings. "Here, If I'm marrying the guy, then I'm marrying the family"
"How about you see him? Maybe speak to him. Once you speak to him we'll ask about his expectations and find out more?" Marissa suggested.
"Erase the family from this equation and I'll think about it. Also tell them, they can't expect me to leave my job. That is one thing I won't give up for anyone"
"Geet..." Marissa sighed approaching her daughter and cradled her cheek. "That is one thing I won't let anyone take from you. You worked so hard to get here, I won't be letting anyone tell you to sacrifice your job"
She smiled hugging her mother tightly. "Can you please erase his family?" she murmured.
"What has your father told you?" Marissa tweaked her daughter's nose.
"Never judge a person without knowing them" she answered rolling her eyes. "Funnily it seems fine when people judge me with their googly eyes"
"They don't know you, precious" Marissa pressed a kiss to her temple. "Just know that your family loves you"
"If my family loved me sooo much, they wouldn't be pressuring me to get married" Geet moved away pouting her lips.
"No one's pressuring you, you're 31 years old Geet. Living here, it's not normal to be unmarried at this age especially arranged marriage"
"Blah blah blah" Geet huffed. "Anyway can I just eat my porridge, I got hit the gym before I even come to the BBQ. I've just been eating so unhealthily. Oh I also got a meeting at the office" she glanced down at her watch. "When's the BBQ?"
"In about 3 hours" Marissa responded.
"Great, I've got enough time. Gym is going to have to wait, I'm going to have to go and meet the girls today before they head off early morning" she hurried out the kitchen and into her room.
"What about your porridge?" her mother called out.
"Tupperware and spoon, I'll have it when I meet them in the office"
How do you accept a nightmare as a reality?
I feel like I'm trapped in a nightmare
Looking for a way out
I can't seem to see the end of this
"Talk to me Kirsten" Maan pressed the call button.
"I need you to look up a police officer who goes by the name William Dessant"
"What do you need?"
"Can you link him to Florida between the years of 2012-2015?"
"What am I looking for?"
"Possible homicides or suspicious suicides" Kirsten responded.
"Alright, I'll get back to you when I get the results" he answered tapping away rapidly on his keyboard. Ten minutes in, he called Kirsten and told her the results and informed her of the current address the guy was residing at.
"Thanks mocha! Catch you later" she sang cutting the call.
Maan chuckled and pulled up his files sifting through them, he worked in his office for a couple of hours silently until his mother called from downstairs for dinner.
He paused at the top of the stairs as he listened to his grandfather speak about the proposal, it'd made him curious but he knew it wouldn't lead him anywhere.
He knew what he was, his eyes drew to his reflection in the hallway mirror.
Who'd want to marry a beast?
"Anil has said, he'll get back to us once his niece gives her okay" Gaurav informed Savitri and Rhea. "She's very hard working"
"I guess I wasn't wrong then" Savitri chuckled.
"Experience helped a lot" Gaurav smirked.
Savitri shook her head and smiled noticing Maan entering the dining room. "Maan bete, we were just..."
"I heard and I don't want this" Maan replied. "I don't want to go through all this"
"Maan" Gaurav stood approaching his grandson.
"Dadaji please stop doing this to yourselves and me" he looked at Gaurav. "We all know, it's not going to happen. You need to stop holding out hope for something that isn't possible" he looked between them.
"None of those other proposals were good enough for you" Gaurav informed.
"I appreciate what you're trying to do dadaji but why don't you see that the hope you build only continues to be shredded" he replied politely. "It doesn't hurt me anymore but I know you're all affected by it" he swallowed thickly. "Stop wishing for the impossible"
"Stop talking like that" Gaurav stood in front of his grandson and cradled his cheek firmly. "You're worth it, you risked your life for this country. These scars are marks of your heroism, they're a mark of pride"
"Then why does it hurt to look at myself?" Maan questioned. "We all know what happened, they're marks of my failure" he whispered, his eyes stinging as tears welled up.
"I'll see you at Tar's!" Geet waved at her mother climbing into her lava red BMWi8 which she'd gotten imported from Abu Dhabi as it wasn't available here in India.
She placed her phone on the phone holder calling her colleagues. "Kanchan, I'm pushing our meeting to 3.30pm today, call everyone to join you at the office" she told her.
"Alright, what reason should I give them?"
"Just say I said so" Geet laughed. "They're not going to be questioning it, I am their line manager"
"Alright, I'll message everyone. How come you're pushing it early?"
"Tar is holding a BBQ so I have to be there. She'd kill me if I miss her BBQ"
"Okay, I'll see you in half an hour then" Kanchan cut the phone and text their colleagues telling them to meet Geet in the office in half an hour.
"Sorry for calling you all early" Geet walked into the office noticing all of them already here, "Family BBQ that I couldn't get out of and I couldn't push this meeting for another time" she told them sitting down on the chair pulling out her file.
"Alright, so first topic is annual training is set for the end of this month" she informed. "Pencil in the 27th in your diaries, you all must attend"
"I can't do the 27th" Yasmine spoke up.
"We'll discuss after this meeting" Geet looked at her and looked down at her list. "Second order of business is we've had 2 complaints from passengers that say that someone from the airline is fraternizing with the passengers. All the line managers have been briefed, if its someone from here - come speak to me. You all the know the consequences of fraternizing"
"I don't know why people are complaining though" Ashley chuckled. "Isn't that something everyone assumes? We've all joined the mile high club?"
"If only they knew what goes in on those toilets" Kanchan scrunched her nose.
"That's rumours we can't stop, I want these complaints to be just rumours like any other. If I find it was someone from my team, I will terminate your contract right away" she warned. "I don't need my bosses raining hell down on me because some of you couldn't keep your hands to yourselves. If you know anything, come talk to me whenever" she flipped onto the next page. "Any questions so far?"
"Jess is looking confused, you might have to explain to her as she's new" Brian pointed.
Geet glanced over at Jess who looked embarrassed.
"I know the rules" Jess spoke out. "I'm married" she lifted her hand.
"Quick recap - consequences of fraternizing with passengers - you can be fired, suspended which looks really bad on your documents if you were to apply for another airline. That is why there is rarely any cases of flight attendants fraternizing" Geet explained. "Also when you've been in the plane long enough, you don't even want to join the mile high club. We've had women miscarrying in the toilets, we've had people soiling themselves and the toilets, we've had it all... so whoever even thinks of joining the mile high club might want to think about fraternizing" she smirked. "Now moving on..." she continued to go through a few more bullet points that she needed to highlight with the team, once she'd done that she concluded their meeting. Standing up she called Yasmine to follow her into the office.
"Take a seat" Geet pointed grabbing herself a glass of water and sipped. "When were you planning to tell me?" she questioned sitting on her chair.
"Tell you what?"
"You're pregnant Yasmine, you know well enough you're not cleared to fly" Geet responded.
"Oh... I don't want to go on a maternity break so early" Yasmine murmured.
"You're not cleared to fly, that's in all of our policies. I'm happy for you, I really am. And I can understand the passion for flying but in this state, no"
"I understand" Yasmine nodded.
"Alright, I'll draw up your papers and post them out to you" Geet informed. "You wouldn't need to come to this training meeting" she winked.
Yasmine managed a small smile.
"Boy or girl? You found out yet?"
"No, I'm only in my 14th week" Yasmine replied.
"Give me a hug, I'm happy for you" Geet hugged her. "Congratulations, give your husband my congratulations. He must be over the moon"
"He is" Yasmine chuckled.
"Anyway c'mon I think you should share the news with them before they leave. Once the papers drawn up, you probably wouldn't see some of them as they're flying out tomorrow" Geet suggested to which Yasmine agreed to.
Edited by --B00KW0RM-- - 8 years ago
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