Amma made idlis, she had two with two yogurt her husband had 3.
"He eats so little" Amma shook her head
NO MA
HE EATS A LOT
BUT THE FOOD HE CARES ABOUT
BY CHOOSING SOMEONE YOU AND APPA DONT APPROVE
I HAVE FOREVER SET MYSELF UP FOR
THIS SCENE TO REPLAY IN MY LIFE
She felts terrible at that realization
HES VERY GOOD TO ME
CAN U PLEASE FORGIVE HIM FOR NOT LIKING THINGS US IYERS ARE USED TO?
HES PROTECTIVE AND CARING AND GENEROUS
HES UNLIKE HOW I THOUGHT OF HIM AT FIRST
HES QUIET
SO I ASSUMED HES NONE OF THE ABOVE
SILLY ME!!
PLEASE MA
She took coffee to him "Ready to go ?" he asked as she bend down to place some mithai Mahavir had sent for D II on Ranjan's behalf
"U can if u want to" she whispered
"Well... u see I am not pregnant and Dr Gupta wants to see the pregnant one" he mocked
"Tum dono ek doosre ko kya kehte rehte ho?" Akka quizzed
"She wanted me to have mithai" R&B lied
II nodded selfconsciously
"Aur jhooth to dekho" Akka said meaningfully
Bala handed baldie to R&B
He held the lil guy with both arms and smiled into his eyes
A pang of quivering warm goo cascaded inside her
She had met with Periappa before eating idli.
She hadnt said anything to the old man for a change today just held his hand and cried with gratitude
"Nambave mudiyale" (I cant believe myself) "Ivana vittu evlav dooram polam nenaicheno, avlav kashtama irukku" (I thought I shud run away from him)
Here I am pregnant with his child and a visitor to my own house
"we shared a common wall and we both stayed up, when Subbu dumped me... I would come over to your room and cry standing near the foot of your
You would moan and whimper as if you knew I was awake and were aware I had just lost the biggest thing of my life, Periappa. You seem to know everything about me"
"The day he kissed me by the Monet you were the only person I told u at first. When it comes to him, I am unable to stop. Oru pudu suham inda vedanai la (I get such pleasure from the agony)
I look at him I dont see the fact that he is a million times more wealthy, or shrewd, I only see HIM..." she whispered
R&B walked over and leaned on the door jamb the nurse chatted in the phone in the balcony
II quickly turned to the window and wiped her tears
"Vanduttan, ippo paduthuvan" (hes here now he will torment me) she whispered and chuckled softly
And R&B took a step , and another and another
"Is he awake?" he asked not knowing what to say
"He is... he is mostly... its like he knows both Akka and I are here... baldie's here, I mean have u heard him scream?" II tried to change the topic
"It bothers u so much u had to complain to him?" R&B gently turned her over clutching her elbow
And looked at her pink moist puffy cheeks
"Onn kitta solla mudiyadu" "U have unconditional love when it comes to babies" (I cant tell YOU) she scoffed, evasively
He looked deeply, and exhaled... waiting... waiting
"None of ur biz" she whispered and exhaled, unwilling to share "unpeakable secrets about Rakshasan"
He let the back of his fingers caress her cheeks
More on Bala-Appa-R&B interaction later...
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Dr Gupta's clinic was in Jor Bagh, one of the poshest localities of Delhi
the street was tree lined and quiet even on a Saturday afternoon, some diplomat lived in the corner bungalow, so Delhi Police's barricade
"Dilli Police Aapki Sewa mein" stood blocking one end of the street.
He parked outside the clinic, it was a bungalow the
almost the same size as MM
Quiet and landscaped with a ton of flowering plants.
Swings and fountains, and archways with jasmine vines... it looked more like a Zen meditation zone
The receptionist spoke like she lost her voice this morning
II looked dazed, she clutched R&B's hand instinctively "I dont belong here" gesture
"Dr Gupta?"
"Oh u must be Ishita" she smiled at II
Ii nodded
A man brought water and juice and other liquids only rich people drink at prenatal Doc apptts
Dr Gupta's nurse greeted them, and took them in for vitals
II was later taken to a exam room right out of overseas hospitals... R&B listened to music or checked email
"My Doctor is good" II complained
He looked up and half smiled
"I would probably need to invest in "clinic/prenatal appropriate designer duds" she whined
"Shud we save it until we get back?" (the fight?) he asked
"No I am serious, just LOOK AROUND... romba posh... I am not"
There doc knocked before a blow up could occur in that room
"Hi! Welcome"
"this will be your room until u have the baby and this can be your time slot too, if u want weekly I can see u weekly"
NO I DONT
AKKA MET HER DOC WEEKLY ONLY
IN THE LAST TRIMESTER
THAT TOO BECAUSE IT WAS HIGH RISK
"U mean every week of 36 weeks?" II asked outraged
"thats exactly what I mean" Dr Gupta smiled
R&B told her about how nauseous she had been the last couple days and going to DII this morning etc
She brought a laptop on a wheelie cart, she read through the vitals and smiled
"U are doing GREAT"
"Thanks... but I dont feel it" II mumbled
"But u will get to be called Mom" Dr Gupta joked
II's heard skipped a beat, as she imagined a lil checked dungaree clad fatso,
with thick long curls looking up at her, reaching out with his fat icky hand "amma kai pichiko"
(Hold my hand) (in literal Tamil it translates to tear my arm)
She smiled, as a quivering moan escaped
"Do u have any initials questions for me?" Dr Gupta asked
"Is it OK to have sex in the first trimester?" HER R&B LOVING, PREOCCUPIED, OTHERWISE MUTE HUSBAND OF A RAKSHASAN ASKED PROMPTLY.
she had "denied" him last night citing "danger to the baby"
"I dont see why not" Dr Gupta stifled a chuckle
PAAVI!!
I AM GOING TO DO UNSPEAKABLE THINGS TO YOU WHEN WE GET HOME
ERMMM... UNSPEAKABLY CRUEL THINGS
UNLIKE WHAT "YOU" HAVE IN MIND
PEEDAI
RAKSHASAN!!!
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