🤣He is here
“I need to see his reports” he announced coldly
“Its in the car” she mumbled
“I am just not happy, he chose to hide this from me”
“You are not exactly chatty as you know”
“Don’t throw that on my face II”he growled
“I am NOT. Have you tried to talk to him? I care for him, he is OK, you should talk to him, he misses that”
“Like you are offering it up”
“I am not, I have always challenged your assumptions. I have always told you to let go. Now that he is sick you are suddenly guilty”
“I AM NOT GUILTY” he shouted
“No you are not, but you feel guilty for ignoring him”
“Enough II”
Of course” she mumbled shutting him in the bathroom
“Are u going to bring Sahana?”
“No, you can”
“What do u mean?”
“I am just giving you an opportunity to visit Sam and Tan”
“Here we go… magnanimously manipulating me to get me to do things I am not smart enough to do on my own”
“You know what?” “Go…. Don’t go”she picked up her keys and left
He waited assuming she was at Samyukta’s,but she had driven off to Rohini
The boys were asleep on Ranjan’s bed
Nivi was at Macy’s next door
She texted R&B at midnight, can stay the night
“What did your mother say?” he put his book away for a second to text her back
“Amma said if I am going to the pool party tomorrow I need to be home”
“Oh?” he got up hoping his wife and baby were asleep
The bed was made as if nobody had slept on it for weeks. He sprinted down, Ranjan was asleep on the couch as the boys slept on his bed
He sat up when R&B opened the door
“have u seen her?”
“Kaun si her?”
“II”
“Na beta”
“How are you?” he asked softly walking over to the bed
“Mere kol vaith” he urged
He sat down. “Umm I heard about the surgery”
“Umm” Ranjan was sad too
“Its not a big deal” R&B reassured his Dad “I am going to start looking at Doctors, do u want to get it done in paris?” he offered
“Dimaag kharab hoya” “Hor kuchnahi” Ranjan shook his head exasperated
“Its possible” he said reassuringly
“Chaar chaar bache hainge ne,onanu kithe pejega?”
“they can go with us”
“Nivi da school?”
“she will be fine at Rohini”
“Na jee na” he shook his head possessively
“where is II?”
“Mainu ki khabar? Voti teri haigi”
He grinned disarmingly
He went downstairs and looked everywhere, woke Mavvy up, he didn’t know
He texted her, livid
“where are you?”
“At a bar drinking” she texted
“Buy me a drink?” he asked
“No” she said
“Are u bringing Sahana home?”
“No, I am at Rohini” she texted 30 minutes later
He showed up next morning at 6 AM
“Vanduttan dee” (he is here) Mr Iyer scowled