Agent
Avi begansprinting after him
Returnedin less than 10 minutes
Didn’t saya word about what was exchanged in the parking lot
He lookedunperturbed
Justgrabbing the baby from her, stroking the tiny wrinkly hand
“Yeah…its so cold… want to go on a drive later to have malai doodh?” he whispered onthe baby’s cheek
The babywas wide awake and lapping up the cooing
Samidhawas in the bathroom
Hismother was crying
“Sropcrying Ma”
“I amsorry, I didn’t know”
“I knowthat… otherwise I would have asked you to leave too”
Shelooked hurt
“He hashated me all along, now he seems to hate the woman… I picked”
Neerulooked at him deeply
“Pickd tohave a baby with” Avi corrected himself sheepishly
“Beta didu yell at him?”
“No hedid Ma, IN MY house”
“He wasupset with me”
“I don’t care…nobody mistreats my baby and my baby’s mother”
“Aapshaadi ka lete to yeh saari baat hoti hi nahi”
“Ohreally?” he froze turning toward her
“I mean…u know Dad, he has never been angry”
“I let ustay and u are his defense attorney now?”
“No… no…I am not… ab to baby bhi ho gaya, shaadi ka sochen” Neeru whispered
“Why areu whispering?”
“I don’t wantto hurt her” Neeru nodded
“Nice”
“Beta aapsocho yeh sab ek second mein door ho jaayega agar aap shaadi kar lein to”
“Ma aapGHAR jaayen, all problems will be over” he bit out
Neeru wasdeeply hurt
“Its notabout my amoral behavior, its about how I stole his wife”
“Beta, hecan never be mad at you”
“Baarbaar is baat ka kya matlab hai Ma?”
“HE isyour dad beta”
“So he ismad at Samidha? I was tricked into having a baby?”
The babybegan to snooze
Toastkept him guard, circling him
“Aisa nahi hai… yeh sab jo ho raha hai”
“Ma I amfully aware, I didn’t walk into it blindly. I had 9 freaking months. Nobodytricked me”
“Toshaadi kyon nahi kar rahe”
“MERIMARZI” he hissed hoarsely
“Dad kagussa bas”
“So u aretrying to justify his anger” he interuppted her
“I loveyou both”
“Clearlyyour allegiance lies more with him” he spoke walking away
Samidhalay there staring at the ceiling
“Stopfearing that man”
“Hmm” shesat up
“He wasout of line… I am sorry” he spoke gruffly, his gaze lowered in shame
“U don’t haveto apologize
“I do”
Neerucame in
“Beta aap dono na shaadi kar lo”
Samidha was horrified
“MA stop it”
Toast barked sensing tensión
“Aveee” Samidha warned
“Beta hum aap sabko chahte hain, aisa kab taq chalega”
“Ma hejust insulted her… do u even get it?”
“I amgoing to the root cause Beta
“No youare being his agent”
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