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STORIZEN CONTRIBUTE
PART 3
through the
presentation as if on
autopilot. I was out of
the office doors at the
stroke of 5, only to see
the rear tire of my car
flat.
Shit! I exclaimed
loudly.
“Problem?”I turned
around to see that Mr.
Nasty had seen my
outbreak of frustration.
Flustered, I tried to
keep anxiety at bay.
“I urgently needed to
be somewhere but
have a flat tire”.
He eyed me
suspiciously, and then
at my car.
“I can drop you if you
wish to. Where do you
want to go?” he asked,
to my surprise.
“No, it's fine, I will take
a cab,” the over smart
me replied.
JUNE 2018
“Okay”, he shrugged
and began walking
towards his car. What
had I been thinking? I
wasn't his girlfriend
that he would insist on
going with him!
“Wait,”I called out,
running after him,
“Actually I need to be
somewhere...urgent,” I
said.
Mr. Nasty looked at
me, eyebrows raised
in...surprise? Mockery?
I am not sure.
“Okay, where should I
drop you then?” he
asked.
“Samata hospital”, I
replied and watched,
as expected, as his
expressions changed.
“Anamika?” he asked
after eyeing me
suspiciously for an
uncomfortably long
time, brows furrowed
together.
“Yes”, I replied.
We got in the car. This
was the first time I was
sitting next to my boss.
I felt a devilish
pleasure with him
acting as my driver
today.
I tried to make
unsuccessful small
talk, the attempts to
which got aborted after
a few curt replies.
We both got down at
the hospital. I
wondered if he was
already planning to
come here or he made
the plans after learning
that I was visiting her. I
mentally slapped
myself. I had just lost
the chance of earning
some brownie points
over him, by being the
first one to visit her.
He led the way and
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