Janani looked at the dress Ava is wearing in stark disbelief . Last night the child was only wearing an under pants.Today she is wearing a frock made in brocade cloth.Who dresses a three year old in such clothes? Maybe in the eighteenth century, the royal family might have made their royal babies dress up like this.This is the 21st century for crying out loud. She turned towards Mrs Seth, now Shaanima, for her name is Shanthi Seth."Shaanima, aren't there any other dresses for Ava in here?" Janani asked."There is a cupboard full of clothes for her, but all like this" Shanthi pointed at the dress Ava is wearing. Ava and Advi were now sitting on the rug on the floor and playing.Ava is being the momma and Advi her little baby. Janani opened the drawers one by one and checked what all Ava had got in here. They were full of new and exquisite baby clothes which made her catch her breath.Not in admiration. In dismay! Lovely though they were, these were what she privately call

"Cute family" Janani looked up from feeding Ava when she heard the voice and saw the sales girl who was assisting her looking at them and sighing, a dreamy smile on her face."Oh no. We are...-" Janani began to correct the sales girl but Armaan beat her to it."Thank you" he said with a smile and added "why don't you go ahead and bill all those clothes we selected. We will be right behind you" "Sure Mr Verma" the sales girl smiled and walked away taking the shopping bag with her. "Why did you let her think that we are a family? I was going to tell her" Janani frowned at Armaan "And have her advertise our surrogacy deal?" He asked dryly "You could have told I am the nanny" Janani countered "She heard Advi crying for you calling you mama. I don't have the time to sit here and explain the complicated relation we share" Armaan said taking the empty bottle from Advi and giving it back to Janani."Right" she mumbled reluctantly "Now come on. The shopping is over right " Armaan aske

"I miss my babies" The older woman sniffed and Janani tried her best to console her weeping mother and deeply troubled father as the three of them were on a video call.Her adoptive parents have returned back after their two week vacation to an empty home.Janani hadn't informed them about her trip to Mumbai as she didn't want to spoil their much needed vacation. Because she knew very well, if informed about the happenings in her life, they would have cut short their vacation and rushed back home.Janani couldn't let her parents do that. Not after what they went through after her twin made a mess in their orderly life."Maa, Advi is Armaan's son and the poor guy has been searching for him for months" Janani pointed out.Janani was feeling sick with shame. Never had she lied to her parents before. Not about something important. They would be horrified if they knew she was pretending to be her dead sister and faking being Advi's mother. Nothing she says in her defense will persuade th

The next morning Armaam walked lazily downstairs as it was a sunday and he is free for the day. He didn't have much sleep last night either.He had tossed and turned for most of the night and had fallen asleep somewhere near the dawn.He came into the kitchen to see both Ava and Advi sitting in their high chairs.Janani was feeding them alternately.She was feeding Advi some kind of paste that looked hideous and his son was eating it without any complaints.He made a face involuntarily and Janani saw that."Careful Armaan. Babies are very much attuned to your body language" Janani said in a warning tone.As if to prove the point, Advi turned his face away when Janani took the next spoonful of that mix to his mouth, and he made a face similar to how Armaan did.Janani glared at him "See what you have done," Janani complained."What did I do" Armaan asked perplexed All he did was make a face at the hideous mixture his son was heartily eating.Who would have thought Advi would imit

A week passed by after their visit to the preschool.It was pretty much busy after that, with the admission papers and school shopping.The Monday morning came by quickly and the Verma Mansion is so excited at the news of Ava joining for school.Janani gave Ava a bath in the morning and got her dressed in a beautiful cotton frock, purple in color."Now let's tie your hair," Janani said, combing Ava's hair and tying it in two pigtails with purple color bands and placing a hair band finishing her hair style."Now for accessories" she said and took a beads chain and tied it around Ava's neck and also made her wear plastic bangles of the same color."Not ready yet??" Aadesh asked coming inside the room with Advi perched on his shoulders who was gleefully clutching onto his chachu's hair and hopping on his shoulders."Nearly over. Socks and shoes left" Janani said and she made Ava sit on the bed and went to the shoe rack Aadesh quickly examined the shoe rack. "There is no purple shoe" he