R&B just walked to the balcony and checked email, shoving his ear bud into his eyes
Nobody talked to Sam for a bit
"What is going on in our house?" she asked shocked
"Ask him its his wife" Manny mumbled
R&B looked up from his phone
"Is Tan home?" R&B walked over to the phone and bend down to talk
"Haan hain" Sam said fearfully... kyon?"
"Can u tell him I am calling him please?" R&B said completely unconcered about his sisters' drama
"R&B can we talk" Sam asked softly
"Not right now"
"Are u OK?" Sam asked
"Why wouldnt I be?" he asked with an incredulous look
"Manya seems upset" Sam offered softly
"Over what?" R&B asked as if he didnt know
Manya glared at him for shurgging off the "grief"
"U are on speaker BTW" R&B picked up Manya's phone, it asked for password when the light came on, Manya keyed it in quietly
R&B hit the speaker icon, Manya was deflated? She reluctantly got up and went in to take a shower?
"How are u?" Sam asked caringly
"Good" R&B nodded walking to the balcony
"She is really upset" Sam whispered
R&B was confused, Sam never got carried away usually by Manya's antics
He wondered what Manya told Sam
"Over what?" R&B asked as if he was clueless
"Badi ladai hui? she said u kicked Dad out of the room"
R&B chuckled
"TU HAS RAHA HAI?" Sam shrieked
"He reminded me shes pregnant and tired" R&B chuckled
"What did u do to her?" Sam asked terrified
"I cant believe u are asking me that"
He wondered if Sam thought he hit II
"Ridiculous!!" he said to himself
"We just made out for a bit and I got a rain check on sex" he said flatly
"Chhheee I DIDNT NEED TO KNOW" Sam yelled
"U asked, so u shall know" he mumbled
"Was it a bad fight?" Sam began again
"I dont have the user guide that helps me measure" he was sarcastic
"I am sorry" Sam backed off, apologizing
It was her brother's way of saying "Shudnt u mind ur own biz"
"Hey R&B u know Manny, after what shes been through, shes just afraid?"
He didnt respond...
"Please?" Sam begged
"Dad called me too he said, she shud either quit or get that goddamn degree and return to India. Makarand was here last night for dinner with Mukund, he seems like a really nice guy"
"So we are setting her up now?" he smirked
"She set herself up, we are just background checking him" Sam chuckled amused
R&B didnt say anything... he waited
"Dont u wish she would settle down?"
"u mean get married?" he asked
"Kuch bhi... u know"
"she will if she wants to" he said casually
He never really interfered in his siblings' love life
"U can wish for things, cant really force it" he gently reprimanded her
"WHY CANT WE? FOR THE ONES WE LOVE?" Sam cried
"U can try" he shrugged
"SAB karte hain..." Sam went on the defensive
"When Vik approached me for a venture, she walked away" he reminded
Sam nodded wearily, Sam forced herself to like Vik, going above and beyond by even forcing Tan to hang with him every minute Manya and him were dating
"She met him ON A PLANE" Sam was digusted and angry at Manya
He grunted cynically
He didnt believe in "matches made in heaven" or arranged marriages"
"Many meet on planes" he gently dinged her for her prejudice
"But YOU KNOW what I mean" Sam was irritated
Manya was still in the shower it looked like when he walked inside
"she will live with who she likes Sam" R&B reminded his sister to adopt his approach
"NOT ALL OF US CAN BE ALOOF" Sam hissed crying "some of us care enough to set things right" "Or steer things" Sam mocked his detached nature
"And? how did it work out for you with Vik" he lashed back
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