Chapter-6
Next day morning, Alex gets up and goes to see Rumi and finds that she had gone. There was a note kept on the table and it was written:
I hope that we would never meet again.
Thankyou
Regards
Rumi
Alex smiles when he reads the note. He keeps the note in drawer and gets ready for office. He reaches office where his friend Nyon was waiting and seeing him coming he hugs Alex and says that no one can hold you forever in a sarcastic manner. He asks what would happen if she cancels the deal of Georgia shipping company. He replies that she won’t cancel the deal because I had made the agreement with such clauses with the client a week before without letting her know and now on cancellation, they would suffer heavy loss than us. He hears the voice of his father outside the cabin and asks Nyon to leave. His father enters the room angrily and questioned that why he had cheated on June? Alex didn’t utter a word and he left disappointed from him.
After two weeks he was waiting in his car at the traffic light. Suddenly, he noticed a girl with an umbrella across the road waiting for the bus at the stand. He asks his driver to stop the car near the stop. He opens the window and asks; do you want a lift? Rumi was surprised to see Alex. She smiles and says thank you! The bus will arrive soon. Alex looks out of the window and says that it is going to rain heavily, he can drop her where she wants to go. Rumi thinks for a minute and agrees to go with him. Finally, the mirror is repaired now? Rumi asks while sitting in the car. He replies yes, it was done long time back but this is another car. So, what are you doing now? He asks Rumi. I have just started my new job with Skyler firms. Rumi replies. This firm deals in event management, isn’t? Alex asks her. Yes, it is a small firm which organises events like charity, marriages and few business parties. Rumi replies excitedly. Alex notices the expressions on her face and the movement of her lips.
Alright, you were a part of that charity program where this mirror incident happened, he says laughingly. Yes, I did it on behalf of my friend Olive because he was ill that day. I manage the events, she replies. That charity event belonged to you asks Rumi. Yes, every year we raise funds for poor children on my mother’s birthday. We usually give contract to nuclear firms which can handle such big projects like ours because they hire experienced staff to handle the events says Alex. Then after a while Rumi asks him to stop the car. She thanked him and comes out of the car pointing towards the street where she lives. Miss Johnson, why did you leave that note, ‘hope not to meet again’? Alex asks. Rumi was surprised and answers that she did something which she never wanted to do. But we have no control over destiny. Bye sir!
Alex comes back home and looks at the pictures hung in his house and remembers Rumi’s words that we have no control over destiny. He checks his phone, reads message from his dad, Nyon message reminds him to plan the engagement party of his sister Catherine. Alex smiles while reading the message because of his relation with Catherine who always treat him like her own brother Nyon. This remembers him of his own sister Ellen who is married and living in Australia with her two kids. She loves Alex very much and last time they met was on the day of Alex’s engagement. He calls Marie, his secretary to find out the details about Skylar firms while drinking coffee.
