Finally found / book 3 of life series

Date

Note: Need to read In love with life and Taming him to understand this book. This is a sequel to both the books.

(Minnu's VOC)

"What is this?" Geetha asked me again and I gnoared. She kept asking me silly things every other minuites.

"It's Parda." I said while swiping the photographs on her screen. She really is having a lot of fun. Not that I'm jealous.

"There are a lot of clothes and accessories with tags. Did you not use even one?" My mom's better than her in asking questions.

"Open the cupboard at the back." I said and continued with the swiping.

"Whoa!" She shrieked out as all my clothes fell near my feet.

"I was just wondering why your closet is soo clean." She said and I rolled my eyes.

"Put them back just the way they are." I said but she glared at me.

"Your coming right now and helping me to set it right!" She warned and once Geetha warned it's better listening to her.

"I like it that way actually. I'll mess it again in no time. So, it's better if it stays that way." I said but she narrowed her eyes.

"Fine! I'm doing it!" I said and picked up a skirt.

"No one sets your cupboard?" She asked and I shook my head.

"I don't let anyone open this. This is where I keep my edible cloths." I asked and she furrowed her head in confusion while holding a shirt of mine.

"Edible clothes?" She asked and I nodded.

"The once I wear everyday and the once I'm very comfortable to use." I said and she nodded.

"Last time I'm here, I haven't seen this. What about all these?" She asked pointing at all the dresses which are hung on hangers of my walk-in-closet.

"Going to bid next week." I said and her eyes widened. My shirt in her hands fell on the pile of clothes. Yep, she's shocked.

"Why would you do that?" She asked.

"To raise money for the orphan home, I'm about to start." I answered placing the skirt I just folded on the ground. I sat down on the floor in front of the pile of clothes and picked the shirt which just fell off her hand.

"You can raise it in another way too and how much money would you get by selling clothes?" She asked sitting beside me on the floor picking a black jeans.

"Believe me, people think my fashion sense is amazing. I'm their new toy in the market. My popularity is reaching the sky. So, I thought, I might as well use it for a good use." I answered picking another shirt.

"But still, don't you like anything among these?" She asked and I gaged at them.

"High end brands make me sooo sicko!" I said and she chuckled while placing a jeans on the pile of clothes we folded.

"Then why did you even get them?" She asked and i sighed.

"I went to shopping with Maya and when I'm home, dad saw the shopping bags in hand. He though I wanted a change in my closet and bought all these." I said and she chuckled.

"You can keep a few for yourself anyways. It wouldn't pain to keep a Louis Vuitton or a Prada bag or maybe a Tiffany jewelry." She said and I blew off the hair which fell on my eyes.

"Mom's closet is filled with almost all the high end brands. I don't need them and I kind of like using her's." I said and she threw a suit pant of mine onto my face.

"That's old fashioned." She glared and I rolled my eyes.

"There's a thing called Vintage." I said and she sighed.

"Take your vintage and shove it into your ass." She cursed and i gaged at that.

"That's gross lady." I reminded and she just shrugged.

"I'm okay if you keep a few for yourself. Take whatever you want." I said but she shook her head.

"No thank you, I don't go to places where I carry a Prada or wear a Gucci dress." She said and I scoffed. We sat for the next two hours folding my cloths and arranging my clothes in the cupboard neatly.

After I'm done, I pulled her to dad's room to show mom's closet to her.

"Dad, are you decent?" I asked while knocking onto his door.

"I wouldn't have unlocked it if I'm, right?" He asked and I pushed the door wider to find him at his study.

"What brings you here when you clearly mentioned that you wouldn't want to be disturbed?" He asked with obvious sarcasm.

"Not soo funny dad but anyways, I came to show Geetha mom's closet." I said and he gestured me to take her.

"Finish off all your business by lunch by any cost." He said and I nodded moving towards the closet.

I opened the door to the walk in closet and we are met with dad's clothes. I walked to the corner to open the door for mom's closet.

"Wow, your whole family has a problem with new clothes." She said and I turned towards her.

"What?" I asked and she pointed a tag on one of of dad's formal.

"He'll use it later on at least, he wouldn't give it to charity like me." I said and she left the shirt from there and followed me to mom's closet.

The familiar emotions kicked in as I stepped into her closet. How much ever I try, I can not get over her absence and I wonder why. Dad and I still believe that she's somewhere watching us.

"Did your mom ever used these?" She asked and I sighed.

"She didn't and dad kept adding things to her closet. She is still alive for dad." I said moving my hand across the fabric, longingly.

"Your father is great." She said and I nodded.

"Alright, let me show you around." I said.

"Okay." She said and I showed her everything in mom's closet.

Even though she's seen everything, she's still in the impression that they are old fashioned. We reached the dinner table just before dinner.

"So, when is the wedding?" I asked her and she blushed.

"What wedding?" Dad asked and I pointed at Geetha.

"Oh! I almost forgot. When are you planning for it?" He asked and she shrugged.

"I don't know uncle. Guna wants it by the end of this month." She answered.

"Speaking of him, when would he come?" I gnoared at dad's question.

"Dad for god's sake! Don't give him your cold treatment." I warned him and he shrugged.

"Well, you are supposed to when he's about to marry her." I sighed at his reply.

"Geetha?" I called her to divert the topic.

"Dad wants to take care of your wedding arrangements himself. Only if you like though." I said and she shook her head.

"Thank you uncle, but please don't. I'd be very happy if you could make it." She answered and he frowned.

"I would obviously be there but why do you have a problem with me taking care of your wedding arrangements?" He asked.

"I don't want to trouble you in any way." I wish I could smash her head.

"Nonsense! I wouldn't have any trouble and besides I and Sanjana were expecting another daughter before the accident. You have been there with Minnu like her own sister." Geetha's face softened at what was said, nothing to offend. I would melt at dad's words too.

"I consider you as my other daughter but if you don't, it's alright." She fell for this. I know it in my guts!

"No uncle, I do but........"

"A daughter's wedding is never a trouble to a father." Dad interrupter her before she could finish.

Bulls eye is hit.

"If it makes you better, then okay." She said and I and dad hified at our success.

Guna came at seven in the evening to pick up Geetha. Apparently, he is here as dad invited him. I know interrogate him till he's feed up with my dad. Dad kept questioning him but I and Geetha sat at a distance enjoying the way he felt nervous in front of dad. Suddenly my phone rung and Geetha took it from the coffee table and gave me a Cheshire smile.

"It's Romeo!" She shrieked and I rolled my eyes.

"Trust me, he's anything but that." I said and grabbed my phone from her hand.

"Hey." I answered after swiping the screen.

"Where were you? I was sending texts since an hour." He yelled and I gestured Geetha that I'd be back in five. She winked her eye and I walked away, ignoring her to the Back garden.

"Well, hello to you too!" I said.

"Stop with all that, will you?" Whoever told him that you need to treat your girlfriend like your friend, should rot in hell!

"Okay, fine." I said while keeping an eye on Geetha. I so don't want her listening to this conversation.

"Why didn't you reply to even one of my texts?" This is too much! He keeps texting me stupid stuff to annoy me and he expects me to reply to them? It's not like he ever sent me an I love you. Forget texting, he hasn't even told that to me.

"I was stuck up with Geetha. She is home." I answered.

"So? What does it take for you to look at it and reply once in a while?" He is definitely impossible!

"You text only to annoy me, It's not like you ever texted an I love you." I spilled the beans and he had the audacity to chuckle. I'll kill him for good, one fine day.

"Aren't you expecting too much?" He asked and I rolled my eyes.

"If expecting a stupid I love you from my boyfriend for just once in my life is expecting too much, then I think I am." I said and he chuckled even more louder.

"I guess you'll have to wait for forever, in that case." He could be a complete i***t, almost every time. Whenever he speaks soo sweetly and cares for me, I always wonder if he had a long lost twin who is caring and gentler.

"What happened? Why are you quiet? Did you run out of words? But, according to my knowledge, you running out of words is highly impossible." He's a douche.

"Oh yeah, I did run out of words to describe you." I said and I can feel his smirk from here.

"Why? Am I that enchanting?" Really? He's asking me that?

"The opposite actually." I answered.

"Why do I have the feeling that your mind disagrees to whatever you say?" As if he knows me that well.

"I swear Bhatia if your right in front of me, I would have punched your face!" I yelled and I heard him chuckle way too loud and clearly.

"Then why don't you give it a try?" I heard his voice from behind me. I turned to confirm and there he is standing in front of me, dressed prime and proper with his ever heart shattering smirk.

"What the heck are you doing here?" I asked and he chuckled again.

"I think the question is supposed to be when did you get here?" He asked and I rolled my eyes.

"Alright, answer me already!" I shrieked.

"To take you out for dinner." Whoa! That's a first.

"Close your mouth, you may catch a fly." He said and it's then that I realized that I opened my mouth in disbelief.

"What can I do when your taking me out on a surprise dinner?" I asked and he just rolled his eyes.

"Are you coming or not?" He has to be impatient even now.

"Of course, I am." I answered and he held my wrist and started pulling me from the back garden.

"Wait! I can't come out like this!" I yelled trying to get rid of his hold on me.

"Why? You look absolutely yourself. Crazy and out of your mind. You need not give any false appearance for the people. You need not be someone else, just be you." Is he mocking me or praising me? He would never compliment straight. Confusing bastard!

"It's my first date!" I whined and he stopped walking and turned towards me fully annoyed.

"Not exactly, you've already been to a few dates with that bugger in the living room and Vikram." I shouldn't have told him about my past relations. I told him so that he would open up about all his affairs in the past but he's way too intelligent to see through me.

"Okay, first date with you." I said and he raised his eyebrow in question.

"So what if, it's your first date with me?" Did he really lost it or are my ears deceiving me?

"Your totally out of your mind, right?" I asked and he raised his eyebrows. I'll shave them off one day!

"Last time I checked, it's you, who is out of mind." What?

"If your going to keep annoying me, I won't come." I said and he gave me a lopsided grin.

"Either way, your coming." He said trying to pull me away but I wiggled his hold on my hand and I succeed.

"I'm not coming." I said sternly folding my arms in front of my chest. I'm not going to back out and listen to all his s**t. He's going down today.

"I'll see how you wouldn't." He said and I rolled my eyes at what he said. He smirked and bent down. Probably to catch my feet. Such a chicken.

"Wa-Hey!" he didn't bend to catch my feet but he did the impossible! He bloody had the audacity to throw me onto his shoulder!

"Put me down Bhatia!" I yelled trying to punch his back.

"Just so you didn't know, no!" He yelled the last part as I punched his back with all my strength.

"Now, put me down or I'll shout for my dad!" I warned him but he started walking. I tightened my fist and punched him strongly again.

"Ouch!! What did you eat for lunch?!" My punches are irresistible until he puts me down.

"Put me down or I'll punch you straight!" I warned him but he started walking again.

"I can endure those until the car at least." What?! It's time to show him the power of my foot. I swung my leg to strike him at bulls eye but I guess I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today as he caught my leg stopping it to strike him.

"Let go of my feet!!" I yelled punching his back again.

"So, that you could ruin what makes me a man? No way." I huffed and gave up.

"I wish I would have kicked you." I muttered.

"Trust me, you'll be the one to suffer even if you ever dream of kicking me there." What?

"Ewww! Grose!" I shrieked and he chuckled.

"What? It's natural." Yeah, he wouldn't even say I love you and he's thinking about the latter.

"What's happening here?" I heard dad's voice and the next thing I know is I've been thrown onto the ground. I winced as I landed on my butt.

Gravity sucks!!

"Owww! Why couldn't you be a little gentle?" I asked him while rubbing my poor butt.

"Minnu, get off the floor now." Dad said and I got up without uttering a word. It'a better to keep quiet when dad is serious.

"What's all this, Anand?" Dad asked with his hands folded over his chest. Anand face turned red. His eyes were everywhere but my dad. He scratched the back of his head and took a deep breath.

I never though I would see Anand this uncomfortable. I wouldn't mind him like this anyway. He is kind of cute when he's blushing.

"Umm....." Something just came out of his mouth and dad raised his eyebrows, gesturing him to continue.

"Ah-I ac-actually......." he tried again and dad's stare got even more serious. Is Anand really in trouble? Damn! I need to fix this.

"Well, dad actually......" Dad stopped me by raising his hand. Anand is on his own, I guess.

"What actually, Anand?" If at all anything goes wrong I'm definitely taking a lecture to dad.

Anand closed his eyes and took a long breath.

"I want to take your daughter out, on a date." He said and opened his eyes slowly, like he's scared to see the outside world.

"Of course you can, Anand, but I still don't understand why you threw her over your shoulder?" Dad asked with a wide grin. Anand sighed in relief at that. Thank heavens! Dad is just joking!

"Dad! You almost gave me a heart attack!" I shrieked and he chuckled.

"I did but anyways why do I sense a trouble?" He asked.

"She doesn't want to come, so I threw her onto my shoulder." Anand answered dad's previous question.

"I didn't say that I wouldn't come. I said I won't come, dressed like this." I told Anand, gesturing to my outfit.

"Why? What is wrong with it?" Dad asked.

"He doesn't want me to change into anything. He wants me out like this." I answered and dad waved it off.

"I understood that part. Why do you have to change when you look decent enough like this." Wow! I wish my mom is alive to knock some sense into my dad's head.

"Yeah! See? Even your dad is with me on this one." This bastard will get it from me once we're out.

"Oh you both are one and the same! Can't you get it dad! He looks prime and proper. Like he has absolute precision! Of course, I'd like to change. I don't want to look like a mad girl whose been taken on a date due to shear generosity." I vented out and dad just smiled while Anand eyed me with disbelief.

"But that is you." He said and my attention turned completely towards him.

"You are mad and crazy and all that. I won't lie to you on that to make you feel better or anything. All that is what makes you, you." He said and a felt my lips twitching at it's side.

Traitors!

Can't blame them when he actually made an effort to say, I'm beautiful just the way, I am. I masked my smile none the less to trouble him more.

"Do you realize that your calling me mad in front of my dad?" I asked and he rolled his eyes.

"Believe me sweetheart, he called you anything but that." Dad said with a smile.

"Your teaming up with him? Not fare, dad!" I complained and he chuckled.

"Don't explain anything to her uncle. If asking her to come out just the way she is, is calling her mad. Then maybe I did." He answered glaring at me. I just love annoying him. He gets annoyed very easily.

"Before things turn upside down. Go upstairs and get changed." Dad said and I squeaked, giving a fist pump in the air at my victory.

"Come on Anand, accept the way she wants to be." Dad tried to explain and he just huffed.

"It's not like I don't accepts the way she wants to be. She gets whatever she wants done, no matter what. There's no question of my opinion anywhere." He said sulking.

"Maybe but I bet my existence that nothing can ever buy that million dollar smile." Dad said and for a minute there is a twitch in Anand's lips but that bastard had to cover it up quickly. Can't he let loose for a minute.

"See? You actually need relationship advises from dad." I said and Anand gnoared.

"Don't make this even more awkward to me and him, sweetheart." He said and I chuckled.

"Thirty minutes is what you get. Even if your late by a second, I'll drag you down however you are." He would obvious do such a thing, even if my dad is there to witness all that. I gestured to Geetha, who was watching all this from a distance with Guna beside her, to come along with me. She got the hint and ran behind me.

"You have thirty minutes, thirty freaking minutes only?" She asked as soon as we stepped into my room and I nodded.

"You could have demanded him for a few extra minutes!" She freaked out just as I opened the door to my closet.

"You don't know him. If he is extremely emotional, he wouldn't hesitate to distance himself from me." I answered while searching for a perfect dress or anything for the evening.

"Okay, maybe it's time to use your high end brands." She said and I shook my head. I'm not going to use them when they are about to be auctioned.

"I can't use them! Did you forget that I'll sell them up any time near?!" I asked and she sighed.

"You can keep a few for yourself." She said and I gnoared internally.

"I can wear something from mine or mom's!" I whined.

"We haven't got much time and besides, this would take your revenge on him." I think she's right but......

"It's against my ethics." I muttered slowly.

"To hell with your ethics! They aren't even your ethics! They are shear stupidity!" Maybe she's right but they are only a tiny bit stupid.

"Okay." I agreed finally and she grinned.

Geetha turned into a savage beast within minutes. She eyed each and every dress which is hung on the hangers, rapidly, like a infrared beam scanning objects. She kept throwing a few dresses onto my face, frequenyly until she scanned all the dresses hung.

"Go try them on! Quick! You have twenty more minutes." She reminded and kept looking at all the things in my closet. I dropped all the dresses onto the floor.

I picked a green floral dress first. I just love flower patterns. Maybe, I'll keep this one. I put it on at record speed and asked her to turn.

"Too bland, no." She said leaving my mouth handing.

"But......"

"No time left for arguments! Just try the next one." She shut me off before I could even utter a word. She went back in examining the hundreds of heels. I tried the next one only to find out that it's way too booby.

"It's soo booby." I said and she turned my way.

"Yes it is." She muttered turned back to what she's doing. I tried a few more on but nothing did get her attention properly. It was either too catchy or too bland for her.

I was finally left with a white knee length dress. I put on hoping that it would set me right at least and for heavens sake, it did. It was completely perfect. It made me look like, me. Just the way Anand asked me to be. I knew I'll wear it tonight even if Geetha rejects it.

"I'll wear this even if you hate it." I announced proudly and she turned back in an instant. Her eyes bulged out in pure surprise.

"No wonder why you liked it. I think I would grab you away from Anand, if i were a boy." She said and I threw a dress onto her face.

"Okay, no-one is separating you from Romeo." She said and I sighed. She wouldn't stop.

"Fine, get your strapless bra on and change, while I check for your heels, You still have only ten minutes." She said and I nodded. I searched for the perfect bra and rushed to the bathroom. I washed my face, put on some moisturizer and a lip balm. I tried to set my curls right and wore my dress. I walked out of the bathroom even more quickly. Geetha was sitting on my bed with silver color heels, a silver bracelet and a silver purse.

I didn't argue much knowing that she is the best. I put my heals on and the bracelet she choose. After keeping my phone and a few credit cards and a little money in the purse I was completely done.

"We didn't have time for your make up too." She whined but I hugged her tight and she hugged me back.

"I wonder what I would do without you." I said and she chuckled.

"You don't have to wonder." She said and I let go of her knowing that my time is up.

"Okay, okay, got to go. Bye." I kissed her on her cheek and ran downstairs even though I'm bad enough to walk with heels. I heard her yell from behind to slow down but I don't want Anand to throw me onto his shoulder, just because I'm late.

I reached downstairs to find him engrossed in talking with dad and Guna. It's good that he's warming up to Guna. Anand is making amends for me and this is making me fall for him even more deeper.

"Why do you have to run?" I head a panting Geetha ask from behind me.

"Let's get some water before I go out." I said and she nodded.

"I definitely need gallons of water after rushing down like that." She said and I dragged her down before Anand would notice us.

"You look soo pretty!" Savi said bringing a huge smile onto my face.

"Thank you! I'm going out to dinner with Anand." I said and she gave me the warmest of her smiles.

"Take care." She said and I nodded.

"I will and give Geetha a little company until I arrive." I said waving both the ladies goodbye until I reached the chatty men. Anand turned my way as soon as he head me. He smiled when he eyed me but dad has this eye narrowing look on.

"Isn't it too long?" He asked sarcastically and I narrowed my eyes at him. Giving his look back to him.

"This is from the clothes you bought." I said coldly and he raised his eyebrow.

"Don't use that on me, lady, I'm your father and besides. I asked Sharmi to choose those for you." Now I get it why there are many high end brands.

"I'm not going to force her into anything you won't approve of uncle." Anand came to rescue and for once, I felt very thankful of him.

"It's not that I don't trust you Anand. It's just a father's instinct which kicks in." Almost every time I go out in case of my dad.

"I know but whatever she wears, she's still the mad and crazy girl with crazy hair." What? Again my hair? What's his problem with my hair!

"My hair is just fine!" I complained and the three men chuckled. Not even one decided to respect my poor, curly, innocent hair.

"Just wait until you repent for this." I warned Anand and he just winked his eye.

"Let me get you out before." He said.

I swear I won't make this easy for him!

He will pay for insulting my hair!