Monday, March 31, 2014

"Routine"

Sunil joined the group in a few, he was surprised to see Shaan in the lounge....
Dadi defended him ferociously "He has started coming home on time, dekha"
Sunil rolled his eyes "Ma, what did u score in statistics?"
Dadi smacked him...
Sunil:I am just sayin! You are basing your conclusion on sample data of ONE DAY.
Shaan laughed "Here we go!" he said smugly "Beat up on the baby of the house"
Sunil:IN your dreams... Amogh is younger!
Khanak blushed furiously... trying to hide the person that was little-ER than Amogh
Dadi: Kal ko iska khud ka hoyega to that would be the youngest
Shaan: Thanks Dadi! But no thanks! (firm)
Khanak looked disturbed....
Shaan:I like routine.... there is none after a baby... I see Bhabhi... and Akshay... they look like theyve been hit by a truck most mornings...
Sunil:Phir tu kaise aata?
Shaan:Too bad you made the choice Dad! (he laughed out loud)
Sunil did too at his son's brazen cockiness

Dadi tried to be the voice of reason "Its the natural succession path for any marriage beta"
Shaan:Mine seems to be just fine without the baby...
Khanak's belly churned....."Dadi" she stopped the woman feebly...
Dadi:I hope God gives you septuplets!
Shaan:Wont be "God" (he winked) 
Dadi:Thanks ab mujhe apni bedroom stories na bata, khotha! (yelling)
Madz got off the phone

Madz: He must not want any Mom!
Dadi:What about what she wants?
Madz squirmed....
Khanak played with Amogh... Maria went in to grab Amogh's sippy cup
Dadi: YOU wanted a second one... Sunil ne mana kiya kya?
Sunil: Oh! boy! That was something...
Madz:Not funny Sunil
Madz: Life just turns upside down Ma, Shaan is very ambitious...
Dadi:More than Sunil? More than Akki?
Dadi was very passionate today... her words were shrill... she didnt want her daughter in law to win... Khanak's victory would mean, she would go into hiding... that wont be good... all around....
Sunil:Relax Ma! Things will turn around....
Dadi: He abs refuses to talk about it... that annoys me
Shaan was on the phone... her "blingy" one
He leaned while he was on hold "We just need to go up... all this baby talk is making me -----" he chuckled in her ear
She squirmed... "I am already pregnant" she wanted to blurt...
He lingered on her ear....his stubbly... breath disturbing her already fragile sanity
"I need to ask the Doc if women have higher libido when pregnant" she made a note to herself....
"Mmm..mmm" she said weakly
"Thats what I heard through the honeymoon from you" he barked in her ear...
Maria: Maam, iska grape juice...
Amogh slanted it al over Shaan letting the gold liquid spray over....
"You lil...devil" Shaan picked him up and threw him in the air
"Kakeeee" he yelled
"Shaan please" Khanak pleaded...
Amogh reached for his sippy in Khanak's hand now... "I have another beverage for you" he chuckled... reaching for his chilled mug...
Amogh was ready for ANY drink...
"You are so bad!" Khanak fumed...
"Then lets go upstairs" he muttered softly...
Sunil: Grooming an alchoholic there?
Dadi:You guys are terrible...
Shaan laughed in joyed...
Dadi:I hope you have three girls... and all of them fall in love with a guy like you!
Dadi helped yank Amogh from Shaan's arms and handed him to Khanak...
Dadi:You should have run away... gone back to Ahmedabad... ekdum chup chaap... you should have let him burn and stew (in Punjabi)
Khanak turned red....
Shaan was expressionless... he didnt say anything
Both him and Khanak knew they would have sought each other out....
Dadi:Dhoondta rehda si... deewana (Dadi cursed her grandson fondly)
He spoke on his phone.... staring at the two women....
Dadi:You are too nice to him puttar

Khanak:I know (quick)
Shaan put his call on hold "Thanks Dadi... love you too" (snarky)
Dadi:She puts up with you! You are arrogant and selfish...
Shaan:Dont put words in her mouth! Call you back" he said to the caller... hanging up...
Dadi: You must be hungry beta... let me get you something to eat, urging Khanak to go with her...
Khanak started to get up
Shaan: What about me?
Dadi:Get your own food.. you carnivore...
Shaan laughed...latching on to his wife bangles...
Khanak:I have to go!
Shaan: Nahi (firmly)

Monday, March 24, 2014

Next part tonite

Sorry you guys...
Was hoping to write this morning... time just got away :(

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Clues?

Oh! You know I was in the vicinity and so called her, she agreed to buy me coffee and brownie at Starbucks.
I mean we ate 5 between the two of us" Dadi explained without batting an eyelid.

Khanak felt fresh and cheery, like her nausea was gone for good.
"She sent Pradeep home" "Why did you?" he asked his wife, pulling on one of her gold like fine bangles, she wore three dozen on her left wrist...
A gold and copper crinkle form fitting skirt and a black almost sleeveless blouse...
He didnit know HOW many pairs of skirts she had... each one seemed hotter to him...
This one especially with its plunging neckline...
"Unko bhi break chahiye" Khanak answered...
"NOT while he is driving you around on a week day" Did you have to take a cab to your construction site?"
"No the draftsman for the annexe didnt show up, mujhe aaj jaana nahi tha, I still have to review the design tonite" she made a face.

Madz sauntered in "Oh my! The three best friends?" she mocked
"No, 4! You just arrived" Dadi mocked back... without malice...
"If Khanak and I were in the same class she wouldnt talk to me, I know" assigning some "posh image to her"
Khanak smiled, not responding...
"But you know... she is very dear to me" Madz hugged her
"You smell like roses" she commented
"REALLY?' Shaan mocked...
Khanak chuckled softly at his private joke...
"Whats the occasion... sab log aaj jaldi ghar?"
"Khanak bought me a coffee we shopped later and were so tired" Dadi lied again.
"What did you buy? Taj Mahal has new Fendi bags, Sunanda sent me the link" Madz checked her phone
Shaan went on his phone..swore... "Hey can I use your phone?"
He asked his wife
"Only if you swear more colorfully" she responded smiling softly
"Like I do in bed?"
"Ummm... maybe" she giggled...
She fished for it in her purse... and handed it to him...her password was the combination of numbers he kissed her first in the rec room... the day month and year...
"Whatt?' he asked starying at her keypad trying to figure the combination...
"Its private" she said coyly...
He rolled his eyes... taking the sparkly gold/copper case from her...
"Is it supposed to match your outfit?'
"If its going to be an inquiry I want my phone back please" she argued...
He held it out of reach
He grinned... she leaned....she lay over his chest...
Held his ribs with one hand as she fought to get it back...
"HL mere liye chai, Khanak ke liye chamomile chai... aur crackers lao"
Shaan busy being playful with his wife, didnt hear that instruction, Madz on the phone with Sunanda, his hand on her bare waist, his thumb sliding slowly... closer to its dream destination.. she pulled her skinny black tee frantically over his hand... hiding it within...

"I swear I have to make an important call" he begged...
"Use urs... you have 7 back up juicers last I counted" she said
He laughed out loud.. she was sharp as a tack...
"I need sunglasses"he said choking on his laugh, turning the phone around to stare at the sparkly back...
"Shantanu" she muttered...offended at being made fun of..
"One call pleasee?" "I am sorry this phone is not blingy at all" he said holding his laughter
Sliding off underneath her... standing up
She lay on the arm rest hissing...as he left her... dropping his dead phone on her belly as he walked away... dialling...

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Mom & Dad

Dadi looked at her bent head, she was vehement "Even in spirit she did not want to disown her family"
"Especially when she spoke with any Gujral she wanted to be a Mistry"
A small smile broke out in Dadi's lips.
"My grandson wants to wipe out any trace of Mistry past from your life.... Mistry and Vaishnav"
She grunted as if in agreement with Shaan 
"I dont want his pity" Khanak blurted.

"WHHAT?" Dadi asked shocked...
"Agar unko pata chala then he will acknowledge and support the event out of pity"
"What pity?' Dadi accused...
"He wants to live life with me" Khanak stopped at her own inadvertent admission..."He has made it very clear"
"He will be happy when the baby gets here" Dadi reassured... her stomach muscles tightened... she knew both were extremely pig headed, they would head for the nearest exit sign upon spotting smoke...
"For all you know like Chachi you might have twins" Dadi gushed, trying to change the topic...

Khanak blushed...
Dadi wondered how she could unfailingly everytime something connected to Shaan was mentioned...
Khanak visualized herself laying in some ultra posh boutique birthing clinic in South Bombay... holding the twins...one or both were sure to look like him...
She would hold and cherish and love them forver just for that...
He would hold his very own in his arms...and smile...
That little yawn... the stretching...his eyes would sparkle...

OR...
NONE OF THE ABOVE

He would not be there...
"Yahan coffee shop par tum agle 9 mahine nikaalne ka plan bana rahi hai puttar?" Dadi asked confused
Her phone had rang a doz times like her grandson's

"Ghar chalkar sabko kehte hain" "We need to celebrate with a party" Dadi acted like the last hour filled with turmoil, had just not hapened...
Khanak looked at the septuagenarian ... with frustration...
"Dadi I dont want a party"
She stood up and ran to the bathroom...
Dadi flipped through her folder... and found a number, and called... demanding to speak with the OB-GYN
The Doc came on line "Dr Mehta?" she asked
"Ya this is Sneh"
"I am Khanak Gujral's grandmother"
The women gushed for a few minutes... Dadi asked her directly why there was so much nausea
They spoke for 20 minutes...
Khanak returned and waited, thinking Dadi was on the phone with a friend.
"Thanks Doctor, I am keeping her under my watch the next 9 months"
Then she laughed
Khanak was pale in shock
"Aapne baat kiya?"
"You have to stop worrying and take care of yourself"
Dadi stood up "Lets go home beta"
"PLEASE DONT TELL HIM"
"HOW?"
Dadi was angry
"Tum har 10 minute mein nauseaous ho jaati ho, how have you been dealing with it the last 4 days?"
"Shaan to usi kamre mein hai raat ko" Dadi wondered
"He went to work, two nites" Khanak mumbled... letting her hair hide her flaming cheeks, hiding telltale signs that he had only retruned home for dinner and his "treat", and had left when she dozed off after making love...
"Uve been throwing up through the nite?" Dadi asked in horror
"Mmmm...mmm" not much after 11 ish I think"
Khanak couldnt remember anything
She was in a happy daze... floating...

Dadi grabbed her LV bag and her laptop case... and her "stuff"
"Mujhe deejiye" she protest
"Tum bus gaadi mein baitho" Dadi ordered
The Merc slid out to the front door, as Dadi stuffed the pink/blue folder in her laptop case.

"U cannot be in Almora for more than a couple weeks, you wont quit your job" Dadi reminded her
"Aada ke ghar kitna rukogi?" "He will think you guys have separated. I can see it in the man's eyes... he is very dignified to ever say it out loud. He does not have a very high opinion of us wealthy Punjabis... from Mumbai." Dadi continued...
"Will you be OK during the drive?" she asked suddenly worried?
The AC was on full blast... Khanak closed her eyes and smiled... she didnt know she deserved such affluence but in her current state She was SURE GLAD...
Beats the auto anyday... she thought... the smell of exhaust fumes, the stench of fish...the auto driver reeking of beedi and sweat...Mumbai's 110F heat...
Her belly rumbled...
"Dadi she said trembling
I have a barf bag like airplanes... my knee meds give me nausea in the morning on an empty stomach when I go to Siddhi Vinayak" she said handing her a bag
The driver did not pay ANY attention... didnt utter a word..."The drivers of rich and famous" Khanak thanked

She held the bag...
"You are eating something and getting a loong nap" Dadi ordered

Khanak smiled... half asleep
"Bhabi said the best sleep in the world happens when u are pregnant" she said softly
"Tera miya to tujhe soney deta nahi warna"
"You should just tell him so atleast you can sleep" Dadi laughed at her cheesy joke

Khanak turned crimson... "My sex life is out in the open... wait until I see you Shantanu I am going to clobber you" she fumed silently

She slept the whole hour... Dadi texted and chatted with friends

When they got off Dadi muttered softly "I am giving you tonite to sort out the confusion in your mind beta"
"I am telling him tomorrow if YOU wont" She hugged her tight
The driver grabbed all the bags.....
Dadi had stopped and bought a bunch of pastries, fruit, mithai and stuff along the way
She steered Khanak to the elevator

It was past 6 when she entered the house
He was on the phone pouring himself a chilled beer.. turned around... and their eyes met
The mother of his child and the father of hers...
He walked upto her and placed his cold mug on her cleft on the chest.. and winked "Hey" he said...
The ice crystals and water slid down her kurta soaking her
"Dadi's with me" she hissed
"You are home early" Dadi chimed announcing her arrival before her grandson got too frisky with his wife
"So whats cooking?My two fave girls out on a date?" he asked steering his wife towards the couch.



Monday, March 17, 2014

Straight talk

"I could send you away for a week or two to my extended family in Almora Himachal. But it will be impossible to hide from him"
Khanak shifted uncomfortably, quickly getting up to go retch
Dadi stared out the window, at the challenge she had been entrusted to handle for the girl. She would do anything for her in a heartbeat.
The stoic image of her with the faraway look in her eyes, when she met her at Pune at the Foundation office tore her heart.

She hadnt seen that look ONCE... since her grandson started pursuing her.
Infact it was replaced by a soft, self conscious, embarrassed acknowledgement of the attention he paid her...
"Dadi is here" she had heard the young girl whisper many times, as she entered the rec room or their suite..The frustration and and thrill in her voice unmistakeable... frustration at having to constantly fight his advances... and thrill at being aroused by it...
Khushboo and Akshay were different... they obviously dug each other a lot... but Shaan and Khanak shared a very electric chemistry...
"Dadi" she would complain... in ONE word... at the breakfast table many mornings... not saying anything more...
At being late for an appointment or missing one or missing dinner or failing to show up at an event...
He would have whisked her away for something fun or kept her in the room..
She still spoke very less when the family was around... she would point to things in a magazine or the TV and comment to him softly...
Smile at something he would point...or she would give him a look of "U have to be kidding" "NO, NOT NOW" "I am not leaving the room with you"
Her face would turn red trying to free her hand from his, under the plush velor throw...he would drink and eat with his left or maker her do it with her left until Sunil would notice and publicly embarrass them...
"Hes not letting go" she would blame him hissing... Sunil and Janaki would exchange a knowing happy look...
Extremely shy... she would avoid going anywhere near him most evenings....if he was late to the family "hang out" as he almost always was, she would make sure she seated BY someone... so the spot next to her was taken...
He would ASK to sit by her and start getting frisky....
She returned... tired...
"We cannot have you disappear to someplace where there is little or no medical arrangements. He will KILL me if we risked your or the baby's life"
He doesnt want the baby" she croaked.
That doesnt mean he would destroy its life" Dadi spoke to her as if Khanak was an idiot.
Khanak leaned back and closed her eyes...
Sleep knocked her eyelids shut...
Sonali, Kaka her finances all melted away...
"You could be at your parents for a month"
"If you quit your job it might make it easier"
Dadi's plot ideas were deliberately grandiose...
"I cant quit Dadi... Sanjay has agreed to "give me time off until I get better" Thats it.
Your committments to your family HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED beta Dadi appeared distressed
"Because I am having a baby I cannot stop helping them... they are not THEM.. they are mine" Khanak opened her eyes to look at Dadi with a guilty plea.


Thursday, March 13, 2014

Tricks..

You do realize its next to impossible to trick your husband? Dadi asked baffled...
"Dadi... par unko" she began...
"He obsesses over you and everything about you"she supplied....
Khanak squirmed...

"He ASKED to be loaned out to DLF in Delhi when you left him...." Dadi said worried....
"He doesnt want kids" she argued...
"He was saying that because you were not pregnant" Dadi responded
"He doesnt like Amogh" Khanak countered...
"But have you seen the way he cares for him?" Dadi wondered...
"Maine unko yahi baat poochi" "He said its a responsibility that he doesnt care to take on, its OK on occasion"

Dadi appeared frantic...
"We have to go home today" she offered...
"But Dadi I am not doing this to defy him" Khanak said sombrely

Dadi looked at her... the girl had no hopes, no aspirations... she just trundled along... when she invited Nivedita and the team for lunch to thank them for visiting Shaan during his fractured arm...
"Mera koi nahi hai Mumbai mein" she had said...
NOW....
She was running away from the man that enveloped, and constituted her world.... running away with something..........

Khanak wondered the same strangely....
The last thing she would have ever thought about was hiding Shantanu Gujral's baby... when she had bumped into him at the elevator she would have laughed unil her insides hurt... if someone were to have told her "U will be married to him someday and would run away when u are pregnant with his child"

I mean going to BED WITH SHANTANU GUJRAL.... BEING HIS WIFE? HAVING HIS CHILD?
She would have dismissed the person suggesting the person was high on some banned substance.
"Pradeep is picking up Bhabhi and the tyke she texted me" her screen glowed
Kaun hai" Dadi asked...
"Shaan" she said softly...
"Pradeep ko bhej diya maine"
"Main baat karoon?"

NAHIIII" Khanak jumped... "He will want to know WHY u are here with me at 3 in the afternoon

She sipped some water... made a face
"Did she give you something for nausea?"
"Nahi" Khanak answered in distress

Dadi sighed... wondered, worried... her brain stopped working...

Khanak was dreaming about the man...
"You PROMISED" she had texted him one afternoon upon receiving a HUGE bouqet of flowers at work and a box of Belgian chocolates...
"I did" he had responded

They had argued the night before  in bed......for an hour almost... she had wrangled a promise out of him that they wouldnt gift each other anymore... "I cant keep up" she had wailed....
His gifts were expensive and BIG
She was running out of ideas and money

The next day he sent her flowers and chocolate in defiance



Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Secrets

"WHAT are you planning?" asked Dadi, sitting down, steering her towards a spot by her seat....
The waiter appeared...
She asked for chai...
"He doesnt want kids Dadi" she told softly
"Mujhe kuch nayi gal das puttar" she said in frustrated Punjabi "Well God thought differently didnt he?" she smiled smugly.
Khanak looked down...
"HOW did it happen?" Dadi thought aloud...
Khanak squirmed....
She didnt know how to tell Dadi... that her grandson and her were intimate multiple times a day some days... atleast once every day/night...........
"I know he loses his head when he doesnt see you at home" Dadi offered proudly...
"Dadi he hates babies"
"NOT HIS OWN?"
"He has some convoluted logic..." Khanak began her story...
"Kya?"
"He doesnt want to share" Khanak completed in her usual short sweet style
"Share what?" "the baby?" "So he can go live with you in Bandra or Juhu" Dadi offered a solution proudly...
"Share...ummm....me" Khanak swallowed the "me"

Dadi did not say a word....
She smiled though... Khanak's head was bent....
Dadi was grinning....
"He is a fool" she concluded...

"WHY does it feel like sharing?" she looked confused...
"Matlab" Khanak began and stopped...
"Ummm" ..."Dadi... he just wants to " Khanak didnt say anymore...
He chased u and bothered u until you agreed" Dadi reminded her... "You married him, tujhe ghar jaane nahi deta... arey Chembur bhi nahi" she shook her head...

"He doesnt want babies.." Khanak reminded Dadi just as Dadi was reminding her of her husband's passionate persuasive style...

" So u want to run away?" Dadi looked at her deeply...
"I" the girl began...
"You are reckless and courageous" Dadi muttered... shaking her head
Khanak's belly rumbled kicking up more bile... as she stood up...
Dadi stared at the sprinting girl with worry as her mind worked furiously...

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

The Plan

"WHERE are you?" asked Dadi worried...
"Starbucks mein" she said softly..."Bandra"  "I am sick Dadi" she cried...
"Oho mera bacha" Dadi babied her...
Khanak was sweaty and tired....
She wanted to go home and get in bed...
"Miya kahan hai tera?" Dadi asked...
"Dadi he doesnt know" she said... beginning her conspiracy...
"Kyon?" "Stay right there... I am on my way" "Dadi" she interrupted...
"BTW puttar, Congratulations... for your sake I hope you have a shy talented boy... for HIS I hope its a bratty flirtatious handful girl" "Will serve him right" Dadi gushed...

Khanak blushed a deep red....
"I am happy that atleast you guys have been "together"" (embarrassed)
"THAT we have" Khanak thought to herself.... "Even this morning" just before her nausea hit her...
Dadi hung up...
Ritu called back...
"Where are you she asked?
Khanak sipped her milkshake... and set it down...
She wondered how can make it for 10 months without any food in her system...
"On some self righteous principle path again?" he had asked her last night savagely as he fondled her and found a rib cage...
"Noooo" she had fumed...
"I wondered Mrs Gujral... as you are so forward thinking... maybe u should start contributing the family monthly" he bit her ear...
He didnt give her any peace... awake or asleep... in bed or out of it...their explosive chemistry intact through the years of marriage... fuelled by frequent fights and make up sessions...

WHERE can I go....she wondered
Her hand went over her belly protectively....

She was always ON TIME... 29TH DAY.... today was her 32nd...
in his craving to make love he hadnt paid much attention to the count she realized staring out the window as Dadi's car pulled over...
"Did you tell him?"

Dadi hugged her TIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTT
"Mmm...mmm" "I wont" she said softly into Dadi's shoulder

As Dadi jumped out of her skin...
Putting space between them and staring at her in fear and shock


Monday, March 10, 2014

Another Gujral Grandbaby

Khanak uned h volume down apidly, looking sheepishly around her... the barista brought her milk shake and cookie over... her belly rumbled, kicking up a fresh bout of nausea....
She stood up and nodded at the barista and sprinted to the rest room...
Ritu was talking as if reading from a script... the MIDDLE NAME has to be MY NAME....
As Maasi I will hold her FIRST....
he heard Khanak retch....

"Oh! Love" "Are you really sick?"

Khanak grunted and hung up.... leaned over the sink.... washed her face.... now red and glowing....

Ritu and Dadi both called back, she answered thinking it was Ritu

"Please dont tell anyone I am pregnant" she begged hoarsely

"Beta" said Dadi in shock...........first and Overjoyed later
Khanak dropped her phone in fear,
And THATS HOW, Dadi was made an unwitting part of Khanak's grand plan of disappearance

Friday, March 7, 2014

8th June 2012

She stepped out in the 100F blazing sun.... dazed.... holding the half pink half blue folder.... She had taken a couple hours off at lunch for this one....asking the driver to return home... not taking the car...
She had had a miserable week at work... not being able to keep anything in...
She waved to an auto.... and then declined.... walking briskly to the nearby Starbucks.... entered the freezing confines.... the placed buzzed with activity... lunch crowd.... kitty crowd.... wannabe movie scripters....
She found a corner and sat down............GENTLY...
Her heart raced....
She dialled Ritu... with nervous trembling hands.....
"Hey Mystery"
"Hey.... kidhar hai?"

"At work"... "No sorry in Krit ke saath bistar mein... bol sweet"
"I AM PREGNANT" she said... her voice failing her completely

Her friend SCREAMED AT THE OTHER END.............

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Truths continue...


"U will walk away in a second... the moment u think I am being unfair... U will disappear with the child" he said harshly...
"No I wont share" he said bluntly... as her jaw dropped.... at that explosive admission.
And… the thing u said earlier about not… (he paused when he heard footsteps by the front door)
The the bad joke about not having sex ever again… that’s not happening! (softly)
They both didn’t say anything for the next few minutes…. Until she looked away…
“Start scheming and plotting Mrs Gujral” he offered…
“What I want doesn’t matter to you” she said bluntly…
“That’s not true… being together is what we both want” he said pompously…
“Sure… where you work 80 hours a week and get… and get… and..”
“Make love multiple times each night?” he finished it for her…
She stood up… hiding her crimson cheeks from him…
He did too
Followed her to the window…
“u are crazy” she said… “U are crazy” she whimpered…
“I wont deny that” he said looking her straight in the eye
She leaned on the wall by her fave bedroom window, he stood in front hands placed by her head…
She suspected he meant “Crazy about you” a strange feeling of thrill slid all over inside… up and down… up and down… like like honey sliding in a bottle….
“You are as adamant and pig headed as I am… our kids are going to be out of control”
“I will want my daughter to be a virgin until 50… but as luck would have it she will find someone like me at 12” she turned red at that implication.... "and would do things to her like (I do to you)" he said and stopped... meaningfully... swallowing the last words..
His hot breath fanned her neck… she squirmed….
A man as insatiable as I am” his hand felt her bare waist…. as she buckled….there is no telling what the boy will be like… (he laughed derisively)




Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The truth..

"I dont lie... I just dont like sharing uncomfortable truths" she said defiant....
"Its the baby isnt it?" he asked calmly....
"Ummm"
"We talked about it Khanak.... (he paused) Until we hand over Ulwe"
"NOW THATS A LIE" she said in a whisper but FURIOUS...
He squirmed....
She met his eyes....
"We seem to be doing OK" (WHY do we need a baby?) he argued...
"Its the natural progression" she answered like a documentary....
"Khanak... we dont have to follow"
"So u dont want any?" she asked anguished....
"I dont want every minute of the rest of your life to be about the child" he was SULKING....
"Not having any is certainly causing it to be" she said sadly...
"I see the look in your eyes when u hold Amogh"
"What look?" she asked...
"It it somehow envelops u in something...its the look u have when we make love"
She linked her fingers and  clutched them tight....
"U will walk away in a second... the moment u think I am being unfair... U will disappear with the child" he said harshly...
"No I wont share" he said bluntly... as her jaw dropped.... at that explosive admission