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For
applegnat, who's having a bad day, a drabble that ties into the fabulous a game the whole family can play.
“We’re naming the girl Meenakshi,” Sweety announces, “for my Aai.” He thinks it’s a name that’ll get the girl teased mercilessly, but if Guddu’s not about to man up for the sake of his spawn, he’s not likely to. Besides, they survived. “And I thought,” she says, voice soft, as great a hint of coming trouble as any, “we might call Chhotu Mikhail.”
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“We’re naming the girl Meenakshi,” Sweety announces, “for my Aai.” He thinks it’s a name that’ll get the girl teased mercilessly, but if Guddu’s not about to man up for the sake of his spawn, he’s not likely to. Besides, they survived. “And I thought,” she says, voice soft, as great a hint of coming trouble as any, “we might call Chhotu Mikhail.”
Sophia, source of all Mikhail-related information, lifts one shoulder in a minute shrug. “You want to name your son after a man I fucked?”
“Someone you loved,” Sweety says, jaw clenched, and will not be persuaded otherwise.