Dedicated to all the traditional food lovers. I love Brownies and cupcakes but nothing is comparable to the best kesaries and payasam made by our granys. Agree?
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Chapter 22

Adith's POV:

"I don't want you to go Aarav." I told him.

"Baby wivll be waivting uncol, paati wivll schold me." He told me with a sad face pouting, I kissed his chubby cheeks and carried him to cross the road.

He circled his small baby arms around my neck and rested his cute chin on my shoulder, we entered the building crossing the road.

He spotted someone on the way and hurriedly got down from me. He corrected his ruffled hair and wiped his hands on my pant, I smiled at his antiques. A beautiful girl walked came in front of us, "Aarav baby.... My cutie... Your paati was looking for you. Where were you? " she asks him ruffling his hair.

" I was wivth my chriend." He told her smiling, pointing his finger towards me. That girl gave me a smile and left the place.

"Uncol, che is my girvlcriend. (Girlfriend)" He told me blushing.

I pulled his cheeks and laughed out loud. " You are so cute Aarav, I love you." I told him kissing his cheek.

"Love too.... " he kissed my cheek, simultaneously I got a call from my office. He slipped down from my grip and told me "Byee uncol... Chee yovu." And ran inside his building. I sighed and left the place with heavy heart.

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Urmila's POV:

Few minutes ago Krisha came running with welled up eyes and locked her inside room, I have been searching my grandson to boost up Krisha's mood. But that boy was no where to be found.

The other day he gave me a heart attack, I died for a second when I thought I lost my chella kutty (Aarav)

Thank god, Kabir and I convinced Aarav not to utter a word about that incident to Krisha and I also scolded my Aarav badly. After all I see my Adith in my grandson, Aarav was the heart of me.

I saw a man carrying Aarav, walking further more I found it to be my....my... Adith. My Son, finally he came back to us. He recognized Aarav, I was rooted at my place with tears falling down from my eyes.

" I was wivth my chriend." I heard Aarav saying, so Adith didn't accept him as his son yet, my eyes watered and I ran back to my house.

I sat in front of the idle and prayed god, " Why are you doing this to us? Please it's enough... Reunite Adith and Krisha, give the life Aarav deserves. Stop punishing my children. " I was crying just when the door opened and came in Aarav.

He switched on the television,

(Don't miss the song... Do watch it!)

Hey en goli sodavae
En kari kozhambae
Un kutty puppy naan
Take me
Take me...

Aarav's favorite song played on the television making him ecstatic.

Hey en silku satta
Nee weightu katta
Loveu sotta sotta
Talk me
Talk me

He got down from the couch showing his baby teeth and started dancing.

Hey my dear machaan
Nee manasu vechaa
Namma orasikkalaam
Nenju jigu jigu jaa

Hey my dear raani
En dreamula vaa nee
Namma onna sera
Fire pathikkiruchaa

He was shaking his bum and moving his arms incoherently making me laugh with my eyes full of tears. I knocked Krisha's door she opened it with swollen face.

"Look at your Daddy..." I told her, her tired face flashed a beautiful smile the moment she saw him.

She sat on the couch and started encouraging him by clapping her arms.

Raa...you are my
Only girlfriendu
I will give you poochendu
We will make us new trendu baby

Pothaam...
Vesthaam...
Rowdy baby...

Girlfriendu...
Poochendu...
New trendu baby

Rowdy baby...
Ra ra ra ra rowdy baby...

He pulled Krisha and started dancing with her, soon she carried him, both the mom and son duo danced. Aarav changed Krisha's mood as well as mine.

Finally, Aarav came into the picture, I had full confidence that he would reunite his mom and dad.
Suddenly, Krisha got a call from her office and went inside her room.

I switched off the television, "Paaaatiii... Switch ovn the TV. I wavnt to che that sovng. " yelled Aarav.

"Where have you been?" I asked him.

"Pla...playing..." He told shurging his shoulder. But I knew him more than he knows himself.

I wiped the chocolate from the corner of his mouth and raised an eyebrow at him showing my finger. He looked at me wide eyed and gulped his saliva.

"Dei... Nan un paati da. Unmaya sollu... Yaara paatha yenna sapta. (Dei, I'm your granny , tell me whom did you meet? And what did you have?)" He squeezed his lips and pretended crying but I didn't leave him.

Googling my son's name, I showed Aarav a picture of Adith. "Did you meet him down? Is he your friend?" I asked him.

He smiled looking at Adith's photo and nodded yes, I made Aarav sit on my lap and kissed him. "Whvy are yovu cryving paati... Chorry, I wivll not mveet him nexth time. Pleach don't cly. ( why are you crying paati... I will not meet him next time please don't cry)" He wiped my tears with a sad face.

"Do you like him?" I asked Aarav.

"I love hvim paati.. He is choo schweet." Aarav exclaimed.

"Oh.. My baby. " I hugged him tight and cried. Carrying him to my room I made him sit on my bed.

"God... Why are you doing this to a small child. He needs his family. He loves Adith totally unaware of the fact that he was his own father. " I though and cried my heart out.

"Don't cly paati... Pleasehh" he hugged me.

"Dei, I'm going to tell you something but you have to promise me that you will not tell this to anyone. " I asked him.

"On onve conditon." He showed me his forefinger.

"What?" I asked him raising my eyebrows.

" Yovu have to mvake kesari forl me... Yumm" e swirled his tongue around his pink baby lips.

"Iraivaaa(oh..god), okay I'll make yummy kesari for you right away. Now promise me. " finally Aarav promised me and I told him the truth.

"Dei... This Adith is not just your friend. He is your daddy. " I told him." He glared at me and said "Nov.. I vam daddy."

"Appudiae kottiruvean... (I'll beat you now) Just because your mom calls you daddy you are not a daddy. Daddy is not a name chella kutty, it's... It's... Aarav chellam(baby) every family have a mom, dad and a baby. Okay.

Example, take your friend Arun, he have a dad and a mom, he is the baby. They all stay in one home. It's a happy family. " I hope my baby Aarav understands.

"Yes... Alun(Arun) call that uncol... daddy, he pucshes swling forv him everly day. If Adih uncol is my daddy whyv is he novt with mev and baby, he cshould bev with uls in ourl home and pucsh me in swling daily. iscn't it?" He asked me with his eyes slowly pooling with tears.

I hugged him and kissed his forehead, Aarav started crying. He was a growing intelligent boy and he had all the rights to know about his parents. It's high time for him to know his dad.

"Stop crying and look at me. Your mom and dad loves you so much. You are going to bring them back together, sweetheart." I ruffled his hair.

"My daddy lovesch me?" He asked wiping his tears with his baby fingers.

"Yes, of course... yes. That's why he is coming to meet you. " I assured him.

"My chellam (baby) don't call him daddy now. Play along and spend time with your daddy. I will tell you when you should call him daddy. Don't tell Krisha about it. Deal?" I asked Aarav. I didn't want Krisha to know because I didn't want to give her any false hopes. Already she's struggling a lot marrying my son.

" Dveal" Aarav showed me a thump up.

"Dei...sirida (smile). Come on, I'll make kesari for you. " I made him sit on my waist ignoring my backache and went to the kitchen to make kesari.

We should start any good thing with sweet. "Let that drive all the bitterness from my family."

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Krisha's POV:

All of us have been called for an important meeting, So I had to visit my office as soon as possible. Once I entered the conference room, I saw all my team members. They were waiting for me, "I'm sorry sir... I couldn't make up on time. The traffic was hectic." I apologized to Manohar sir.

"No problem Krisha, I know this Strom and stuffs took a toll on our day to day life." He told me and all of us took our seat.

Adith was giving me few glances while I was staring at him obviously, We were instructed about the project and Adith started producing the progress details to Manohar sir, when the meeting was over, we all were dismissed.

Adith and I along with our other team mates walked to the elevator. Selva and I entered the elevator but Adith was stopped by Alka, she was pulling his hands towards her cabin increasing my blood pressure.

I clearly told this girl about my relationship with Adith, then why does she want to intervene between me and Adith?

Adith shoved Alka's hand and tried to get into the elevator but before he could make it, the door closed.

"So... You have a son." Spoke Selva. God! I totally forgot about the fact that I spilled all the beans about my son to him.

I didn't reply, I didn't know what to and how to reply him. I was waiting for the elevator door to open so that I could escape the situation, I didn't have any mood to talk on this topic right away.

Without any indication he pushed the stop button and made us hang in between. "What are you doing Selva?" I asked him panicking.

"I'm not here to force you or something else Krisha. I'm not that kind of a man but I want my answers. " he told me folding his hands and maintaining some distance.

"Why are you so keen to know about me? What's your problem if I have a son or not, does it mean anything to you?" I asked him irritated.

"It does it means everything to me because I fell in love with you the moment I saw you. You didn't tell me anything about your family. If you did, I wouldn't have seen you the way I did. So it does matters. At least tell me now." He pressurized.

What the hell? I thought he was my friend but all the time he was in love with me. If talking to a guy and laughing with him would give him a reason to fall in love with me, the I wouldn't have done it. Not only me, many girls would never try it. Adith was right, Selva was having certain other feeling for me other than friendship.

Adith was always right.

"I have a son. True, his name is Aarav." I told Selva. I could feel his heart broke into pieces it was visible through his eyes, all because of me. I have hurted a good man.

"So....so your are married." He told the statement more like questioning.

"Yes, and that's why I have a son. " I told him in a unbelievable tone, what does he think about me?

"I'm sorry Krisha, I will never ever cross your path unless until is professionally necessary. I can't act around you like a friend because I'm not that one. I want to forget you so please you too maintain some distance with me." He said in a breaking tone his eyes watering slightly.

"I'm sorry." He said before the elevator door could open and was ready to step out. The moment he placed his foot outside the elevator, a hard punch fell on his face.

"How dare you? Huh? How dare you stop the elevator. I will kill you damn it." Adith was throwing back to back punched on Selva's face.

I tried to pull Adith back but he shoved my hand, in that force I fell on the ground.

"Next time, think twice before getting close to my wife." He warned Selva with a deadly glare.

"Wa....wife." Asked a shocked Selva with bleeding nose.

"Yes wife, she is my bloody wife and I am her husband." Screamed Adith and pulled me towards his car with a deadly grip. Surely there would be marks on my wrist.

He was shouting at me nonchalantly throughout the ride and stopped the car in front of my apartment. But I cared less about his rude words only his sentence "Yes wife, she is my bloody wife and I am her husband." that kept resonating in my eardrum making my heart rejoice with hope and happiness.

He glared at me and said "Behave your bitchy self, if not you know me Krisha, I will never think twice before killing that bastard." He shrilled with temper.

Pulling his collar, I placed my lips on his cheeks and let it linger on his cheek long. Then I looked at him, he was giving me a confused as well as shocked looked with an unknown emotion swimming his face.

"I'm your wife and I have all rights to kiss my husband. At least on his cheeks." I gave him a full hearted smile and left the car.

After years I was happy without limits and I ran to my house and started playing with my daddy with a trusted hope and happiness.

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