Pastry & Kinship
“Arey beta wallet kisi ne pick kar li”
“I cant believe you do this” Viveka sighed
“Arey it happens”
“Phone nahi tha?”
“Desk par chhod gaya” he laughed
“THEN?”
“You will not believe who paid?”
“WHO?”
“Satyen Parashar”
“He is nice” Viveka smiled
“UNKA beta”
“How do u know him?” Viveka asked
“I don’t know him, who wahi tha, Le Meridien ke pastry shopmein, maine bill banwaya aur paise gaayab”
“Sh—”
“I can get that” bola "It was more than Rs.2,000"
“U shud have left it and walked away”
“Ek to black forest… don’t even joke about it… doosri baat2 km chalkar apne office se gaya hoon… pastry CHHODNE thodi”
She laughed
“Diya will love you for it”
“Maine bola number de do PayTM mein bhej doonga”
“Phir?”
“He said No”
“Arey wah… dayalu” Veev laughed out loud
“I hope he does not go home and tell his mother”
“On the contrary, he MUST” she laughed hysterically
“Who lady Bua ko keh dengi kia age se hamey kisi social mein nahi bulaya jaaye”
“Like Bua will ever listen to her”
“Kitne baje aa rahe ho beta?”
“Papa… Abhishek came home this morning at 4, main mili nahi”
“To who to soyega na?”
“Papaaa” she cooed
“Achha khaane se pehle? Soch raha hoon Italian banaoon, whoMa duty free se Rao’s pasta sauce laayin”
“YUMMMM I could bring Abhishek”
“Lao beta, Dadi ke aane se pehle karlo mauj, uske baad tobas” he began to laugh
“When are they coming?” she asked worried
He began to laugh hysterically
“did u have to hide from her like this?”
“Arey hamari kahan chali? Shaadi jo ho gayi 28 saal mein”
“Yikes”
“Aur tum hui 29 mein”
“Papa I have another class, I am opting to fill in… so Ican feel like a BOSS”
“Congrats beta… tu Dilli ruk ja aur yahi kar le Ph D beta”
“Ughh… don’t blackmail me emotionally”
“Oh I will” he smiled
“Don’t eat all the pastries”
“I wont”
“Kab niklogi ghar? Main Metro mein lekar nikla pastries topaste ban jaayega”
“Oh BTW I have to go to Janpath to pick up a suit material at 5, aap ruk jao”
“Tu phir Abhishek se milne kab ja rahi hai, “
“Umm… 7”
“To khaane ke time nahi rahogi tum?”
“Dad pleez?”
Mehul Karmakar had a meeting at 7 with Satyen, so he wasgoing to sleep all day and head to work at 5 PM so Abhishek was free to haveher over
Worked out beautifully
“Achha fine” he growled
“I promise I will tell you all about a talk I had with ProfAnsari on food inflation and core inflation, I cant wait to show you an example”
“Arey wah” he nodded
“I am giddy” she laughed
She went to pick him up around 5:30
She waited in the marble lobby reading the list ofoccupants in the building
Darting a glance towards the elevator each time it opened
6th time, Akash stepped out holding the largepink pastry box gingerly, his laptop bag cross body across his chest
“I am sure my daughter has cash” he pointed
And they all came F2F, he was in formal dark trousers and a watered down pink shirt and shiny black shoes, his laptop hanging from one shoulder, finishing up personal banking work at Bank of America
She was in yet another saree… yellow Kaanjeevaram cotton with a lime green border with a lime green blouse with dark pink flowers allover with tiny white beads on them
She was wearing her nose ring and had ditched earrings
Her eyeglass frame in green
He couldn’t take his eyes off her
Unexpected bonus
“Hello” she nodded
“Achhe se thank u bol beta, yeh inki badaulat” Akashreminded
She joined hands and smiled “Thank u” and looked at Papaand asked “Bas?”
“change hoga iske paas”
“how much?” she began sifting through her voluminousleather bag as she pushed her glasses up her nose
She pulled out her mirrorwork beaded purse and opened
“It doesn’t matter”
“Arey kaise nahi matter karta” Akash was adamant
He held Raanav’s hand and stopped him from leaving
She paused and quit looking through her purse
“Did u report your lost credit cards Papa?” she askedlooking at her phone
“Pehle inko do betaaa” Akash was exasperated
“No you shouldn’t” Raanav shook his head inaudiblysignaling her
“It’s a lot of money” she leaned over and pulled the tapedreceipt closer so she could look
“How much Papa?” she crinkled her eyes
Raanav plucked it off the box
“Its fine” he said crumpling it and shoving it in his pocket
“Chalo bhai inke ghar check bhej dete hain” Akash let go of his hand and laughed
“No, don’t do that” he insisted
“We wouldn’t want to take so much money beta” Akash wasdistressed
“That’s fine” he mumbled “Enjoy”
“Inka hissa main fridge mein rakh doonga, yeh to ja rahihain boyfriend se milne”
“Ah” Raanav tried to be unaffected
“But she has promised to show me a cool example of how tocalculate… kya tha?”
“Umm.. real inflation and food price inflation”
“Using kyat ha beta?” “Who?”
“Cecchetti Moessner and Clark idea” she said coolly
“Make sure you ask him (Abhishek) if he is related to me?” he reminded her blandly
“Ah… umm… Ohh?” “Umm… yeah” she nodded
Akash looked confused
Raanav and Viveka knew
He left them alone walking away, as he got on the phone
Edited by Nisha0604 - 4 years ago
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