Lightening the Sky (Sloth Updates)

Chapter 15

"Sir, are you sure you want to do this?"

Sanskar glanced up from the file on his desk at his PA's enquiry, "Do you have any objections?"

At Animesh's denial, he hummed, "Then call a meeting of Board members, I want to talk to them about the same. Also, I have added some points in it to call the contractors to see if they have any problem with those."

"So, what do you want me to answer WHS' contractors?" Sanskar scrolled the monitor screen down, "Tell them as it is, we are trying to partner up with Maheswari Enterprises for their bidding, and waiting for Board members' opinion."

He caught Animesh rolling his eyes at himself, and cleared his throat, "Refrain from projecting your emotions in the company of those who might take offense to it. Sometimes, I wonder how you manage to represent us without fumbling."

Instead of getting a response, he received solace as his PA took the file and left. Sanskar hadn't yet disclosed his work to the family, not knowing how to reveal the rival of Maheswari enterprises was himself, Sanskar planned to do it with a formal olive branch.

But Papa and Bade Papa, on the dinner table last night, instructed Lucky to join their family business formally and agreed to his request of trying to get his wedding annulled. He wasn't forgotten as well, Adarsh Bhai and Lucky expressed their desire to work with him in their family business.

Sanskar didn't have to answer anything then because Uttara informed the family she would return back to Kolkata for further studies.

The phone dinged, Maa?

Exiting the Word file, he turned the computer off and called her, "How are you?"

Years of stay in Mumbai, hadn't dented her Bengali a bit, as fluent as always, "I am fine. How are you Maa? Sanjana takes care of you?"

"I am fine, what will happen to me? Everything that could have happened has happened. Tell me about yourself, are you really not going to listen to your Bade Papa? He's your family."

Sansakar closed his eyes while recollecting how he misunderstood his family, "Maa about that," he narrated how the people of the society did send goons, but his Bade Papa wasn't made aware of it. It was his Bade Papa, who ensured the goons were jailed and the people who contacted them were exiled from the society.

"If only you talked to them, you wouldn't have lost such a precious time suffering."

Sanskar apologised, "I am sorry, I never listened to you and left you all alone there in my thirst of revenge. But don't worry, I have some work here as soon as it's completed I will come back to you."

Kaveri watched the sea from her chair on the balcony, "I can't stay in Kolkata because I lost my Kavi- but you have your whole family there, who would want you to be there."

"She was my everything as well, Maa. Anger might have kept me in the city but it hurts so sweetly when I roam around now without the shield of revenge." Sanskar replied in Bengali, which he sometimes did to express his heartfelt emotions. A habit he picked up from Kavita who turned to Bengali at every extreme emotion.

Kaveri smiled when he sighed, no matter how conscious efforts he made to not do it Sanskar failed to stop himself especially when someone conversed with him in Bengali, "It isn't a bad city Sanskar, my city might have taken my daughter but also gave me a son. It won't disappoint you, spend time with your family, it's your family."

Sanskar hummed, "But you are family too."

"As I said, my city doesn't only hurt. Bye, take care of yourself. Sanjana is here to take care of me."