"Is that her?"
Akka forced her every hour of every day... well almost... convinced her to quit and go with him to Paris
II refused to answer texts after a point
Akka was also the recipient of Appa's negativity about the entire thing
Friday morning dawned bright and sunny like any other, Ranjan couldnt go to Subbu's baby's party, it was at the Hamilton Court club house in Gurgaon
He had requested her personally on Thursday night "Puttarjee I appoint you" he said cheerfully.
She couldnt refuse😭
She had been fighting all week with her husband at every opportunity declining the invite
Amma agreed with her too
"Kandravi (disgusting)WHY should u go? U are more superior now, he hangs out at your father in law's company hoping you guys
will sell more of the cars his company manufactures. U guys have no connection, let him invite Mr Ranjan, you are not obliged to go
"Dont tell Appa he even invited me personally OK, Amma?" I know Appa will blow a fuse"
"I know that very well, dont worry, hes not home yet"
"He acted like we have no history ma" II vented
"Paavi" (terrible man)
"What did R&B say?"
"He acts like the bas***d doesnt even affect him" she sulked
"Paavam di what do u want him to do?" Amma chuckled
"He needs to tell me I will punch him and give him a black eye" II said
"Tamizh cinema style?"
"Yes... and then he needs to run the man over with his Jaguar"
"Blood thirsty devil" Amma cursed
"Yenna per vechirkanam pillai ku" (what has he named the baby>?) Amma gossiped
"NAA KEKALE Ma" II was irritated
(I didnt ask)
"Good good u dont need to know" Amma agreed
Pause!
"U should think about having one too" Amma said gently, hopeful, wishing her
daughter would get the exact happiness the man that dumped seemed to have gotten so easily
"Ippo daan velai OK va poyindrikku ma, ivan jaaliya Paris poraan, it takes two people to make babies"🤣 she was irritated
(Now only my work is going OK, he is leaving for Paris joyously)
"Chheee enna pechu Ishita? (Dont talk dirty with ur Mom)
"Its the truth" II said dismissively
"He was here three months, what did u do?"😳 Amma demanded
"Umm... appo I was too busy fighting with him a denying him a baby"😆 II giggled
"Very bad kanna, quit your job and go, if KV had transferred me out of Delhi I would have quit u know" Amma said
"Amma adu anda kaalam" (Those times were different)
"Podi! u act like it was the 17th century"😡
"Close" II laughed hysterically😆
"Edu seruppa" (let me smack you)
"When they transferred me to Hindon AFB KV Appa wanted me to quit" Amma said proudly
"U didnt" II argued
"Yellathukkum yettikki potti pesaade" (Har baat par argue mat karo)
"Seri ma, I am going, romba thitre (u scold me too much) dont tell Appa OK" II muttered
"Come over and sing the Mayur Vihar temple songs one evening"
"Po ma, I am tired of singing when the dude leaves for Paris I am quitting"
"ISHITA!!!!"
II hung up..
She took the day off, promised her team "she might come in"
Go to the 20th first and change into something more decent and "work while" before heading to the 7th
She wore a orange chiffon saree with a criss cross spaghetti cord blouse, she spent an hour finding a citrine earring to match the saree,
He was taking a call since she didnt know when...
"Its at 11, u are not even ready yet" she said
As he leaned on the door jamb staring at her
"Shave pannikko otherwise I am not going"
"Uve made a promise" (to Dad) he said smugly
He rubbed his jaw
"I can hear it here" she warned as he approached
"What about the saree?" (if u dont go)
"I will just call Naina and go hang at Emporio Mall" she said smugly.
Employ someone that will show up just to give u a shave everyday" she ordered
"I need one twice"
"If u count bed time then three" she said
She looked for a bindi in a huge round box... "Ummm now it doesnt matter" (since u are leaving)
He stripped so she could watch
"Jerk!!!" she hissed
He showed up 30 minutes later closer to 11
"Onnala late" (u made us late)
He nodded agreeing
"I didnt buy anything, so drive to Tanishq or something" she ordered
They reached the club house at Noonish...
Neeraja wandered among guests the baby was in a corner in a cradle wrapped with jasmine strings
Subbu was all smiles
His Amma was startled to see her
Subbu greeted them, took them to his parents who stood by another couple
The lady by Subbu's mother stared openly
"Ivala?" (is this her? the girl who Subbu was going to marry?)
"Yes yes, Ishita, she married a Punjabi entrepreneur, his Dad owns the largest chain of M showrooms" he said with pride👏
Men obviously less affected and possessing far less venom than women in most cases
"Oh?" that Mami still couldnt bring herself to say anything... II's Cartier diamond necklace worth atleast as much as the jewelry the two women wore combined, if not more
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