My Soulmate Is A Mafia

Advance Wedding Gift

Chapter 14

Karen 's POV

" Uncle we are done. " I shouted. He came to us wearing a red apron, head cap, and gloves in his hand. Elle is right he is looking old and has lost some weight, his grey fringe peeking out from his cap, powder white beard is neatly trimmed showcasing his wrinkled loose skin, his eyes are heavily lidded and weighed down in wrinkled folds his forehead has perspiration from the smoke in the kitchen. He removed his gloves showcasing his knotty fingers he cleaned his hands with the towel and kept in his aprons pocket.

He looked at us with his megawatt smile. " Wait I have something for you two. " Me and Elle looked at each other. " Are you giving us your handmade pickle again uncle " Elle shouted. He always gives us pickles, taste makers, or food we can preserve in refrigerator and have later. We heard the creak of opening drawer. He came back to us with two jewellery boxes. I looked at him confused. I didn't see it but I know Elle has the same expression as mine.

" What is this " we said in unison. He gave us the box we looked at him.

" Open it. " I opened it to see a beautiful pair of pearls earings a white pearl at the centre with white tiny stones surrounding it in overlapping lines. " Uncle this " I asked him. Elle too looked at him .

" These are my wife's jewellery she wore on our wedding day. "

"What " I shouted in shock. Elle questioned him " Why are you giving these to us Uncle. " " These are your wedding gift I am giving you in advance. "

" But they are precious Uncle. We can not take this. "

" I know that's why I am giving it to you guys. You both are my daughters. I know you 'll treasure it with love and keep them safe like I did for all those years. "

" But this should belong to Kairav's wife. "

" No, these are your girls and I don't how his wife might turn out all her remaining jewellery will be given to Kairav's wife but I don't want to take a risk with them. "

" They are more precious than her other jewellery so I am trusting you with this. I know you will value them. "

" But ". " I said no buts " he replied. " But " said Elle he again stopped her.

" Will you let me speak " she said loudly. Uncle nodded is head in no. She whined " uncle please " I chuckled at her.

" Okay, speak but let me tell you they now belong to you guys I am not taking them back. "

" I am not gonna say that " she cut him off. " I am saying why are giving them to us now they are our wedding gifts you can give us on our wedding day. "

" Yes uncle, Elle is right. " i backed her on this she is right.

" I am getting old who saw the future. Elle is already engaged soon, will get married and you don't even have a boyfriend. God knows when you will get married and I don 't want your D day to happen without my and your aunt's blessings " , he said with teary eyed. We hugged him Elle is sobbing in his arms a tear rolled down from my eye I pulled away wiped my tears and clicked the picture of both of them. She covered her face because of the flash. " Hey let me pretty up a little before clicking a picture I might be looking like a monkey from all the crying. "

" You are a monkey. "

" Shut up. " She combed her hairs with fingers patted her face. " Done now, click " she is clinging like a monkey to uncle side. I clicked a few. " Now let 's take a selfie." We clicked selfies.

" Ren can you this picture as my wallpaper. " "Sure uncle and why only yours we three have this picture as a wallpaper. " I sent it to the group where Elle setted her wallpaper and I setted it on mine and uncle's phone.

" Thank you uncle for the food and memories. "

" You are not that grown up that you will thank me. "

" Thank you, children for being so loving and caring towards me you both deserve the best. " if we are not grown enough to thank you then you are not allowed to thank us.

" Elle show me your gift. " You show me yours. " We exchanged our boxes. I opened it to saw a alluring brooch. It has three adjacent small pearls beads at top followed by three curved lines embedded in tiny stones just like my earrings. Three lines formed a heart shaped structure kept on the bow made with red stones. This is so beautiful.

" Now, pls wear them and show me. " Elle put the brooch just above her heart and i remove my earrings and wore the gifted one. " See uncle. "

" You both look so beautiful in them even more beautiful than your aunt. " We removed the jewellery, kept it inside the boxes, closed the lid and kept it inside our purse. " Bye Uncle, see you soon. "

" Bye girls and drive safely Ren. "

"Sure uncle. " We strapped our seatbelts. Elle opened her side of the window. " Uncle didn't forget to come to the hospital. Bye. " We both waved him and left.

Where now she asked. " Did you have to work tomorrow? " No

"Great, we are heading home. Let 's get drunk tonight. " Okay " Let me call Eva. " Hmm.

I drove towards the beer shop bought few cans of beer I was keeping it on the back seat I heard Elle talking to eva ' Okay, great I'm sending you the location. ' Elle introduced to Eva to me at her graduation ceremony from then we became friends. We are not close friends like me and Elle. I don't know but I didn't get good vibes from her. She seems like bad news to me initially but, I don't want to mend in their relationship Elle is smart she must have felt the vibe to choose her as her friend. " So, she is coming ?"

"Yes, she is nearby to your home she will be reaching there directly. "

"Okay, Let's go. " I reached at the condo

" Elle carry the cans go wait for the lift I will park the car. "

" Sure babe. " She went down opened the back door carried the bag went towards the building. I parked the car and came out to saw eva ran towards Elle and hugged her causing the bag fall down from her hand. Silly Girl. I ran where the cans are rolling down the stairs I hold as much I can in my tiny hands. " Will you guys help me or you decided to hug each other till eternity. " They both looked at me dim light on the stairs behind them shadowing them over. " Sorry sorry we are coming. " They descend from the stairs. I gave Eva cans I was holding " Carry them I will pick other cans ". She is wearing blue denim with a crop woollen top with long sleeves. " Let 's go upstairs. It's getting cold outside. " We registered our entries. " Let's use stairs. We'll be sweating till we reach your floor. "

" You guys can use the stairs I am wearing heels so i am using lift I am not gonna climb stairs in them " Elle pointed at her heels. " You are lazy Roch, if you were in sneakers instead of heels you would still choose lift we know you better. "

"Yes, eva is right. "

" Stop it, you guys are so irritating common let's move or you planning to stand here for whole damn night. "

We reached at my unit I unlocked the door. Eva is coming for the first time. Wow your house looks so cool. " Thank You eva " . "What do you expect eva she is an interior designer of course her house will look good. " Stop it, let me arrange wafers. I live in a single bedroom hall kitchen apartment. I have painted the centre wall of the hall in Sacramento green colour, with other walls painted in thunder white colour. I have three white frames at the centre of the green wall with navy blue couches and wooden centre table and a huge vase filled with artificial pampas grass kept beside the shoe rack. The corridor wall is filled with frames of our pictures pictures of me, my parents, my siblings, Elle, uncle and my fur pets I have back at my home. I love to keep pictures framed in my house. It makes me happy and secure to see my people. I looked at them at least twice a day it became a habit of mine. Now, I am going to add one more frame with today's picture we clicked in the restaurant.

" Elle get changed first took out anything you want. "

" Are you staying here tonight Roch. " Yep she replied. I picked out three bowls from the rack filled one with chips and one with spice coated peanuts and other with popcorn. I ordered a pastry for Elle I know she will need it after her long day. She usually doesn't like sweets but when she is stressed out or emotionally exhausted she eats pastries like a pig. " Eva help me with the tray please. " She kept the tray at the table while I placed three cans on the table. " Eva how are you going back ? "

" With my boyfriend, why? "

" So I can decide how much you are allowed to drink tonight to keep you sober. "

" Haha, Don't worry my boyfriend will be picking me up so I can get drunk without worry. "

" Elle, what 's taking you so long ? "

" Coming " She shouted from the bedroom and she came out wearing my pyjamas. " Hmm, take this you are allowed to have 2 cans only. "

" Hey Ren, that's not fair. I came here to get drunk and forget about everything. "

" Did you broke up with Richard did he cheated on you " eva blurted.

" What why everyone think like that why would we broke up. "

" Okay, girls stop this Richard's topic. Let 's play something. What about housie or never have I ever game what do you think." Hmm let's play housie. " It was kept behind you Elle in third drawer. "

" What are we playing for ? " ' Money ' eva said loudly. Of course it has to be when we are with her.

Few Hours Later

Eva left a while ago while Elle was sitting on the couch. She has been crying for the past hour, repeating the same thing again and again. I don't want to go to Moscow, Ren. "Okay enough baby get up. "

"No, I don't want to go to Moscow. "

"Baby, we are going to my room just two steps away. "

" Really " she asked me with puppy eyes. Really. " Okay, but I want to have a pastry first then I will go. " I ran towards the refrigerator and brought out a pastry for her. Baby your pastry, come on get up, we'll have this in the room.