This chapter is dedicated to all my dear cupcakes who hates maths. I hate it with passion. What abut you all?

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Chapter 23

Adith's POV:

              "I guess we have to make a right turn Adith. That's what this stupid Google map states." Told my dad. We have been roaming through the streets to find his friend's home. There was a small function to attend. Usually I wasn't interested on these stuffs but dad insisted me, he also blackmailed me emotionally that if at all mom was here he would attend the function with her, So I agreed to accompany him without interest.

           "Dad.... Please call your friend and ask him to guide us. You just can't simply relay on Google maps. We need a proper landmark." I sighed irritatedly.

          "You are right. I'll call him right away." He said and dialed his friend.

         I got a call from an unknown number and I left it unattended with no interest. Then I got a call again from the same number, "Who the hell...?" I muttered and picked up the call.

         "Hello... Sir, I'm Raagas Apartment security. " spoke someone.

              "What Raagas..?" I didn't know anything about it.

               "Sir, Raagas Apartment sir, you visit here, don't you? To meet Aarav baby. " he told me and then it hit my brain.

             "Hey.... Yeah... Yeah... I got it. Is Aarav fine? How is he doing? Is he with you? Can I talk to him?" I bombarded him with so many questions at a time without patience.

             "He is fine sir... But actually he is crying right now and all alone so I thought I'll call you up. Do you wanna talk to him?" He asked me and what did he say my little chicken was crying but why?

           "Give him the phone." I ordered.

         "Hellooo Aarav..." I spoke through the phone.

         "Hloooo....,..(cries and hiccups)" I heard my boy cry. That was it, hell with that bloody function I took a U-turn and drove to Aarav's apartment.

             "Where the hell are you going Adith?" My dad yelled.

              "To meet Aarav." I told him taking a sharp turn.

                "Aarav....? Who's Aarav? Adith slow down the car, your speed  is off limits." Dad warned me.

               " I don't mind dad. My boy was crying there and I had to get to him." I told him pressing the accelerator more.

            "For God sake tell me who is this Aarav?" He asked me impatiently.

            "The small boy who stayed with us the other day, don't you remember?"I asked him and cursed when I had to stop at the signal.
 
             "Oh... That boy, the one who was lost the other day, why do you care about him so much son? Don't tell me he is lost again today. " he glared at me mockingly with irritation.

         "Don't ever say that again dad. I will not let anything happen to my little chicken." I told him determined.

           "Why do you care for him so much? I don't understand." He told me rubbing his forehead to reduce his tension.

             "Even I don't understand dad. The mention of that boy's name was enough to give me goosebumps." I told him the fact.

                      "You are exaggerating Adith." He told glaring at me.

              "Well, I'm not." Does he think I'm mad.

               "All the boys of your age are settled with wife and children. Here you are standing alone because of that girl." He taunted.

               "Dad, please... Not today." I didn't had energy.

                "Please Adith, my friend's daughter Meena is waiting for you there. She was so interested to meet you, I have given my word that I will bring you with me. Let's finish the function and then we will go and meet Aarav. " the moment my father told me that I stopped the car pulling the breaks jerking both of us.

              "Watch your way... Idiot." someone on the road yelled at me but I cared less, it was better to ignore such people.

                   "I guessed it dad, I knew you would pull a stunt like this. Why dad? Which part of my language you don't understand. I'm not interested in any other girl apart from my wife. I'm telling you this for the last time. " I told him while driving.

           "Then go get your wife, I don't mind, but do something. If you still love Krisha why are you pushing her Adith?" He asked me worried.

         "Because, I don't trust her anymore." I told bitterly.

            "Then why aren't you allowing any other girl in your life, whom you could trust son?" He asked me placing his hand on my shoulder.

      "Because, I still love Krisha." I told him.

           "You are complicated Adith." He told me in an unbelievable tone while I stopped my car in front of Aarav's apartment.

             "That I am." I told him and got out walking towards the security.

                 "Where is Aarav? What happened?" I asked the security.

                  "Sir, actually the children playing in the park had a fight, everyone started making fun of Aarav since he don't have his father. " he told me.

              "Aarav's dad is dead or what?" I asked the security.

            "No sir, Aarav's father had a fight with Aarav's mom it seems so his parents were apart. That heartless man didn't even cared to meet his son from the day he was born. I don't know much sir, his family shifted here just few days ago." My knuckles tightened when he told me the information about Aarav's family.

                That bloody bastard didn't cared to meet his own son, what kind of an arrogant moron he could be?

           "What about his mother? Who is taking care of him?" I asked him.

          "He lives with his mom and grandma, his mother had to work to meet their expenses. While his granny was old enough to run behind this sweet boy. So most of the time he spends alone playing in the park." when the security told me that, the love I had for Aarav increased and the newly developed hatred I had for Aarav's dad had no limits. He doesn't deserve such a son and what would his wife do alone? He was not a man enough to take care of his family.

              I walked towards Aarav when he saw me, he came running to me not caring his surroundings. He jumped on me and buried his face on the crook of my neck.

                I started rubbing his back and kissed his head sitting on a stone bench nearby. "Come on stop crying my little chicken."

         "I'vam novt little, Alun also called me thavt." He yelled at me with his eyes full of tears.

          "Woah...woah... Okay. Now please stop crying." I wiped the tears off his cheeks. He looked at me for a minute and got down from my lap.

         " Covme... Covme... Covme wivth me." He dragged me towards the play area exactly to a group of kids.

              "Haha... See our little boy with no daddy is back. How sad? Hahah..! " Taunted a kid who might be a older than Aarav.

          "Shuvt up. I have daddy. I brivng my daddy wivth me. Chee (see)." I froze for a second and looked at the small frame crying in front of me with hope and love shining on his eyes.

       "Daddy.... Tvell thvem. Tvell daddy. Tvell thvem." He was nudging me holding my pant tight.

           I didn't react, I just couldn't.  He climbed on me and shook my face.

           "Daddy... Pleashh tvell thvem. Daddddddyyyyyy." He tried to get my attention.

  Did he just called me his daddy?

             "Hahaha... Hey little boy. You just can't call any man standing on the road and tell us he is your daddy. See, that man is not answering you. You don't have a father. Admit it. He left you because he don't like you. He hate you. Hahahaha..... He don't like you... hahaha...hahaha....hahah. " a fat short boy taunted Aarav making him cry more in my arms.

     That's enough!

         I put Aarav down and walked to that boy, I held him by his collar and lifted that ugly boy making his legs dangle in the free air. He was frightened.

          "Leave me. Leave me, put me down..." He was screaming with fear. I saw Aarav jumping and clapping his hands.

            "How dare you make fun of my son. Next time if I see you troubling him. I'll smash you. Did you get that?" I warned that boy in a calm, cold tone and put him down, he was terrified. That boy ran away along with his friends.

        Aarav jumped on me and kissed all over my face not giving me a second to react. Hugging my neck and burying his face on my neck he said "my daddy." A gush of unknown happiness spread throughout my body when this small boy called me 'daddy' I didn't had any boundaries for my happiness. I hugged him close to my heart and I realized, I was crying.

             "Hereafter you will call me daddy. I'm your father. Understand." I told him making him flash a billion dollar smile.

               Aarav's father doesn't deserve a son like him, that moron left my little chicken without knowing his worth. Well, my son, he left this earth before I could see his face, he left me without giving me a chance to prove as a good father.

        What an irony! A son was starving for a father's love while I starve for a son's love.

         I would fill that space in Aarav's life. I would be his father and fight all the demons in his life. He would be my son.

          "Let's go out somewhere." I told and carried him to my car.

      Once inside my car he jumped on my dad, "Thatha... How arve yovu thatha?"

           My dad kissed his cheeks, they both started talking and enjoying themselves. I gave a look to my dad raising my brows.

              "Stop giving me that look man, I like this boy too. There is something about him." He told me and wiped Aarav's face with a tissue.

          We had a great lunch laughing and enjoying in a restaurant listening Aarav's sweet words and I dropped him back in his apartment with no heart.

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Urmila's POV:

          I saw him calling Adith 'daddy' and left along with him. God I told this small fellow not to tell Adith anything but he couldn't keep up his word.

       Would he come back or Adith would take my grandson forever. What would I tell Krisha? I'll wait for another hour if they didn't return I had to call her.

         The main door opened and there came in my Aarav with a big smile and hugged me "Paati."

        "Dei, I told you don't say anything to Adith then why did you called him daddy?" I asked him.

           "I divdn't cavll Arvjun's favther daddy. I cavlled my favther daddy." He told me narrowing his eyes.

          "We had a deal. Then why did you eat my kesari?" I asked him mad.

           "Kesarli... Vuaaa.. yuck.. Thavt was novt tasvty at all sov dveal canvcel." He said and sat on the couch.

           "Deiiii.... Stop talking like your grandfather. Typical Srinivas... Right...! You are his bloodline, then where will it go? Okay, tell me... if you don't like it then why did you had two bowls of kesari?" I asked, holding him in between my legs.

       "Adhu... Adhu vandhu...( that..actually...) " he was out of words.

       "Deiii... Please da. I know you want your daddy but this is not the right time chella kutty.(cutie pie)" I told making him sit on my lap.

             "Thevy are tevasing me paati... I'vam cryving......"  He told me about his friends and cried.

That idiots!

        "Deii.. Why didn't you tell me?" I asked him. "I trived bvut youv are buvsy watchling serial."

     That's my fault, I hugged rocking him back and forth. All on a sudden an angry Krisha came inside "Aarav..." That was unreal she used to call him daddy wasn't she?

       "Aarav...?" She spotted us and walked to us. "Babyyyy" Aarav hugged Krisha but she pulled away and asked him "How dare you go out with a stranger alone? Who gave you the permission to do so?" She asked him making Aarav flinch with her tone.

Oh...God!

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  PRECAP :

      We both rolled down the swamp crushing both our bodies together. I was looking at his deep eyes "Suhhh... Quiet Krisha don't utter a word." He told me in a husky voice.

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