Part 8:
As I walked in with Bhau, he asked me about the guy who beat me up and told me to keep a watch on him.
We came to a halt on seeing a girl with pink spectacles and long curls in the verandah looking at Bhau's picture with Aai. Bhau immediately froze on seeing her.
I shouted out to her, "Aye! Who are you and what are you doing here?"
She didn't answer me. But she turned to Bhau and said, "Spiderman" in whispering tone that I could barely hear. I looked at Bhau who seemed to swallow a lump forming in his throat before answering her. "Spiderman? There it is." He pointed towards a spider on the wall. I could hardly hold my giggles. Bhau had the best sense of humor.
The girl walked towards us looking Bhau in the eye. No one had dared to do it till now. She had to be something for Bhau didn't (or couldn't) say a word. I answered for him. "He is Vasu, Vasu Bhau, the Lord of Ganesh Chawl." The girl didn't take that as answer to her question.
Vasu Bhau turned to me and said, "Bala! See what she is here for". He left towards his room with uncomfortable look on his face.
I tried to talk to this firecracker. She only shouted at me, "I want to talk to him, not you". With that she shoved me and ran towards Bhau's room. I alerted our men to stop her and throw her out. She tried to fight them but couldn't. After a short struggle, she was out of the house.
I went to ask Bhau about his connection with that crazy girl. He said, "May be there was a relationship between us in the past."
Not may be but was and is.
It's short as there is another one coming up as Part 8.1. Hope you liked reading this.
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