Chapter25

By mid-morning, Janani went to Ava's school to personally meet up with Ananya Mittal.
Aadesh who got to know that, volunteered to babysit his niece and nephew, and informed
Armaan that he wouldn't be coming to the office that day.
"Heyy Janani." Ananya greeted her as soon as she saw her
"Hello Ananya. I came by so that I could personally thank you for this opportunity " Janani
said as she took a seat across Ananya in her office
"I should be thanking you Janani. I was in search of a teacher to replace Avanthika for quite
some time. It's the matter of small children, so can't give the job to anybody with educational
qualifications" Ananya said
"Glad that you trust me with these precious babies"
"Of course, I have seen how much you love Ava. And even if it's only been a couple of
weeks I got to know you enough to trust you with the kids" Ananya smiled.
Janani liked the woman.
And she respects her too.
Being independent and being a single mother is worth anyone's respect.
"There is another reason why I dropped by." Janani started
"Go ahead, what's it??"
"I would like to have the personal data of all the kids enrolled here," Janani said, making
Ananya frown.
"Why??"
"I told you yesterday about Ava's illness right. It was an allergic reaction. A very nasty one.
And I was not prepared for that. I think it would be better if I am well informed about any kind
of medical histories of the children so that I can be well prepared if something ever happens"
Janani said and Ananya was all the more impressed.
"Sure. I will mail the details. But you will have to sign a non disclosure agreement as per the
protocols" Ananya said with an apologetic smile.
"That's totally fine. I know the kids here are all from high profile families. I can totally
understand" Janani said.
Ananya Mittal's phone rang for the fourth time in an hour.
Ananya sighed looking at the caller ID.
Inder!
The man doesn't know how to take no for an answer.
She disconnected the call and sighed looking at the photo of another man in her office.
The one who was her life.
Janani saw the change of emotions on Ananya's face after the phone call came.
"Everything alright, Ananya??" Janani asked bringing Ananya back to the present.
"Yes yes. I would love to have you here Janani. Hope Ava is better now" Ananya said and
Janani smiled in response
"Momma. Superman is here" a child squealed and Janani peaked in through glass partition
to see Ananya's child being thrown in the air and caught back by a man.
Ananya huffed.
"Ye banda samajte kya hei apne aapko." (What does this man think of himself) Ananya stood
up from her seat all ready to throw out the man who is creating havoc in hers and her baby's
peaceful life.
Janani smiled amused at the look on Ananya's face.
She always thought Ananya was the calm type.
Now she is seeing an entirely different Ananya who looks angry yet animated at the same
time.
"I will take your leave now. Will see you on monday, Ananya" Janani said and walked
towards the door leading outside.
Before exiting she heard Ananya saying looking at the photo.
"Dekha na Dhruv. Mere peecha pada hei ye banda. And he has our Aarav eating out of his
palm. Jab dekho superman superman bolke gumti hei aaj kal" complained Ananya to the
man in the photo and walked towards the connecting door that leads to playroom where the
kids are now surrounding the man who is giving them lollipops now
(See Dhruv .He is after me for sometime now. And he has our son eating out of his palm.
The only thing that comes out of his mouth nowadays is superman superman).
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Meanwhile at Verma Mansion, Aadesh was having a tough time dealing with two kids alone.
He, being over confident had refused to take help from Shanthi Seth when she offered and
had given her an off so that she could go shopping.
His brother is going to kill him if he comes to know the nanny has been given an off without
consulting him.
Aadesh took a colouring book and crayons and gave it to the kids to keep them occupied
and went to attend a call just outside the room.
Once the call is over and he returned to the room only to see the children colouring the
walls, abandoning the colouring book.
"What are you two doing??" He cried out seeing the stick figures on the wall drawn by Ava
and concentric circles of various colors drawn by Advi.
They book looked up from their task and smiled proudly at their chachu who is now
sweating.
"Chachu, see Ava and Advi" Ava said pointing at the two stick figures on the wall.
"Great" Aadesh muttered prying the color pencils from the kids.
Advi started crying in protest and tried to grab it back from his uncle.
"Sorry kiddo. You two will be safe. I will be the one getting an earful from your momma and
dada." He said placing the color pencils out of their reach.
As Advi's screams intensified, Aadesh picked him up and tried to hush him, which proved
futile.
"Wait,I will bring your milk. Ava, sweetie, play with your brother. Chachu will come soon" and
he placed them both on the floor as it is the safest and closed the door so that they wouldn't
crawl out and harm themselves and went to the kitchen to get Advi's bottle.
According to him, crying babies stop crying when they get milk.
So the best solution is to give him milk.
As Aadesh walked into the room with the bottle of milk, he was relieved to not hear screams
from inside, which was short lived because soon he saw them drawing on the cupboard with
a marker.
His marker.
Which he brought to check the files and mark the points while the children sit there and play
quietly.
What an impossible dream it was??
"Kyu kar rahe hei mere saath aisa" he cried looking at both the kids who looked up at him
innocently.
(Why are you doing this to me)
That was the scene Armaan saw as he walked into the room.
He was restless in the office knowing that his brother who is a baby himself is babysitting his
kids .
His apprehension was right.
Look at the mess in the room.
"What the fuck, Addy??" He asked in horror
"Uck uddy??" Another voice came from down there and both the brothers looked at Advi in
horror.
"Maan, what are you teaching your son?? Janani will kill you if she hears this" Aadesh said,
using the opportunity to get away from the scolding which was due for him.
"If she hears what??" Asked Janani coming into the room.
She looked around the room and gasped.
She had gone out for an hour and look at the state of the room.
"What is this?" She pointed around and asked no one in particular.
"Uck uddy" Advi repeated with a mischievous smile making Aadesh and Armaan stiffen.
"What is he saying?? Uck??" Janani asked confused.
"It's it's- yeah, it's duck. He is asking for his duck toy" Aadesh covered up
"Arre arre. My baby used to say ucky for his duck . Now it became Uck. Aren't your
vocabulary improving little man" Janani instantly forgot the mess of the room and scooped
her baby in her arms and kissed him on his cheeks followed by kissing Ava too.
"That's right! His vocabulary is definitely improving" Aadesh muttered to Armaan who was
watching the scene with an unreadable expression on his face.
"Shut up Aadesh"