Girl with gestures
"I can open another bottle of wine if you want" II said slowly
Marleise hadnt touched her second glass
"No, I drink dry wine... this umm... not so" she waved her hands animatedly
II wondered if she was always so expressive
"Were you here when the accident happened?" she asked M
"No... I only hear about it" M giggled
"You took care of him"
M made a sad face
"He is very adventure?" yeah adventure" she nodded
II nodded slowly
"My brother, his partner, other work people help" M explained
"She very cute" M said
"Thanks"
ASK HER WHO SHE THINKS NIVI LOOKS LIKE
NO DONT
YOU WONT LIKE THE ANSWER
SHUT UP AND SMILE DI
"Who does she look like" Ii asked
AYYYOOO
"Baby?" M asked raising her shoulders
OMG
SHE CANNOT SAY ONE
ONE ONE DAMN THING WITH OUT A SHAKE OR A MOVE
HE MUST HAVE LOVED THAT ABOUT HER
I MEAN
"Baby?" M asked again
II nodded mutely
"The hair" M touched Nivi's curls as Nivi proceeded to stand on the first step of the leaning ladder and push all of R&B's books down from the second shelf
"Yeah hair" Ii explained
"Hair, face... smile... eyes... that... look... the naughty?" "HIM" M pointed to the wall to wall bookcase to indicate the back bedroom
"Oh?"
ALRIGHTY THEN
"The cheek? You" M chuckled
I AM FAT?
RAKSHASANEY
YOUR EX JUST CALLED ME FAT
YOU ARE SO DEAD WHEN U WAKE UP
"Beautiful baby
I SHOULD ASK HER WHY THEY DIDNT GET MARRIED
"UMM... You like India?" Ii began
M's eyes widened like saucers
" MUCH MUCH" she squeaked breathlessly
Looking through her phone.. to share pictures of high end shopping malls and sarees and jewelry
II recognized Sam's living room
The massive MM formal dining room
The back yard
The purpose of the pic was to show Indian attire or jewelry
But II fixated on the surrounding
"Beautiful kontry, beautiful peepul" M sighed loudly
"You want to go back?" Ii asked holding her breath
Nivi fell on the heap of books face down
SAT UP ON THE BOOKS
Waved her hands and said "I OK... I YOKKK" and grinned cutely
II got up and picked her up smacking her butt
"Ur Dad is going to KILL you" II whispered
"ammmaaa" screamed the toddler
R&B appeared within minutes, in sweats and a old soft tee
"Hey" he said startled to see M
M got up to give him a polite hug
Being short, he instinctively held her by her upper back
Like he knew how to do that
"When did u get here?" he asked in French
"See... I ATE everythings he gave me and drank two glasses of wine" M laughed heartily waving her hands at the food
II let Nivi jump off and run to her Dad
"she shoved all the books down" II muttered
"Huh" he chuckled
Nivi waved to him wanting to show him how she could climb the book ladder
"Sure" he muttered
"Do u need wine?" II asked
He turned to look at her and winked
"No... but I will take a beer"
"Lot of medicine?" M reminded suddenly
OH YEAH
HE CANT HAVE ALCOHOL
OH GREAT THE EX REMEMBERS IT
NOT ME
GREATTT
SHITTT
II sat down on the couch
"she came to see if you are OK?" II explained
R&B and M talked in half French half English
"Can u stay for dinner?" II asked politely
LIKE YOU ARE A RECEPTIONIST AT MAURYA
AYYYO
"I have to go three places" M giggled and waved three fingers
WE GET IT WE GET IT
I KNOW HOW TO COUNT THREE
WHATS WITH EXPRESSIONS
GESTURES AND SOUNDS WITH YOU?
"So? no dinner?" Ii asked
"Other time?" other time?" M waved her arm as if she was leaping over a hill
II nodded
"U wont sit?" R&B asked as his daughter crawled all over him finding knick knacks in the drawer by the couch
"Umm.. I can make dinner" Ii said
He looked at her curiously
II left them and walked to the kitchen
Clattered pots and pans and began prepping for Thai noodles
Texted Akka
"You wont believe who is here" she said
No response
"Amma where are you?" she texted Mrs Iyer
no response
She leaned on the kitchen doors and stared at the pigeons..