‘Riya, babe, you only got guy friends? Or you have some lovely
ladies to introduce me to?’
‘Plenty. Come to the poolside.’ Riya said.
‘Yeah. Don’t make me hang out here with the oldies.’
Riya and Rohan turned towards the pool.
‘Hey, Madhav,’ Riya said.
‘Yeah?’
‘Stop looking so lost.’
We rejoined Riya’s gang.
‘Ah, so this is where the loveliest ladies in Delhi hang out,’ Rohan
said.
Why couldn’t I think of clever lines like that?
Riya introduced Rohan to everyone. Rohan held each girl’s hand
for a second, lifted it and said ‘a pleasure to meet you’ or something
like that. It was too much, if you ask me. However, the giggly girls
liked it.
‘So you are the London hot-shot,’ Yamini said.
‘From London for sure, madam, but not a hot-shot,’ Rohan said.
Everyone laughed. I think when rich guys say something, girls find
it extra funny.
‘Wait a minute, guys,’ Rohan said as he took out his phone from
his pocket. ‘Yes, Mummy ji. Everything okay, right? When will you be
here? Everyone is asking for you... Okay, don’t be too late.The party
can’t start without you.’
I watched Rohan’s face as he stepped aside to take his call. It
glowed, perhaps due to the facial he had mentioned, or maybe it was
just his mother’s voice.
‘You ladies like to party? Is there a nightclub for afterwards?’
Rohan said when he came back.
‘There’s Agni at the Park,’ Ayesha said, playing with her hair.
I wondered why on earth anyone would leave such a fancy party
and go anywhere else. However, rich people like to have options and
try different things.