"Out house Wale guest ne complaint kar di hogi kya?" Aman asked
"Mujhe kya pata?!" Ayan said
"Amma dategi na" Aman said
"Main toh bata dunga Amma ko ki tune hi ball mara tha zor se" Ayan said and Aman glared at him
"ManAn Sirji" Jojo yelled waving at them and they walked to him. They sat in the car and Jojo started to take them home.
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Nandini did her puja and turned to see Manik and Mr Reddy standing there. She looked stunned
"Main ne bulaya. Prasad kha lega. Nashta kar lega" Mr Reddy said
"Baba yeh humare saath kyu nasta karega?" she said narrowing her eyes
"Kyuki main ne kaha" Me Reddy said and Nandini shook her head.
She gave aarti to Surya first and then gave him prashad. Then she gave aarti to Manik and gave him prashad
"Ek aur lu?" Manik asked seeing the bundi laddu. Nandini looked at the two ladoos. Her babies also like them.
"Nahi yeh kisi aur ke hisse ke hai" she told and he frowned
"Two two" he said and she nodded
"Mujhe bhi chaiye two two" Manik said
"Zidd mat karo. Tumhe chahiye toh main kitchen se laa ke deti hu" Nandini said.
"Tum dono ka rakho chalu, main nasta ready hu ki nahi dekh ke aata hu" Mr Reddy said. Manik saw no one around and so he went and stood close to Nandini behind her
"It's paining abhi bhi?" he asked concerned
"Manik, hum mandir mein hai" she said looking scandalized
"Haan tih Jaan Bhagwan sab jagha hote hai na... Toh main ky..."
"Chup" she said hitting her koni in his stomach and started to leave to kitchen.
"Arey bolo toh" he asked but she left.
As Manik walked ahed he saw Aman and Ayan enter wearing their basketball jerseys. Manik frowned and the same time Mr Reddy came and saw this
"Yeh dono..." Manik started and Manik saw them ran to him
"Yeh beta... Yeh Abhimanyu hai na uss ke behen ke bete hai." Mr Reddy said getting panicked
"Oh par yeh yaha?" Manik asked
"Yaha school mein padte hai toh hostel mein nahi rakha hai, utni hi fees bach jati hai. Yaha rehte hai. Nandini aur main hi sambhalte hai inhe" he blabbered what came in his mouth
"Nanu Amma..."
"Ammu, Ammu kitchen mein hai beta. Mujhe Nanu aur Nandini ko Ammu kehte hai dono" Mr Reddy stopped Ayan and then showed eyes towards Manik. The kids remembered the game and nodded
"Hi Manik, aap yaha kya kar rahe ho?" Aman asked
"Yeh beta... Yeh Manik humara new Assistant Manager hai" Mr Reddy said
"Assistant to the manager" Manik corrected him and he nodded
"Wow!" The kids said together "Abhi aap yahi rahoge?" they asked
"Outhouse mein" Mr Reddy said "Aur tum log joa kya isse baat kar rahe ho, school jana hai na" he added and then they ran in. Manik saw them coming back with wet hands and they had removed their shoes too. They ran to the mandir and picked up one laddoo each
"Nanu one more laddoo nahi hai" Ayan asked making cute face and Manik smiled
"Kitchen mein hai" Mr Reddy whispered "Nanhi ko mat batana main ne bataya" he added and Aman and Ayan grinned looking at each other.
