There was an uneasy calm at the table as Karan, Kumar and Aditi waited for each other to initiate a conversation. Neither was sure what to talk or where to begin with none of them wanting to strike the wrong conversation.
Karan and Kumar were yet to recover from the shock of having bumped into each other. Their last meeting ended with each other hurling the choicest abuses at each other. In just a matter of two hours these two close friends ended up as strangers.
The uneasy silence was broken by the ring of Karan's phone. Karan looked at the number and immediately stood up. This was a call he had to take.
"Hey Aditi, I need to take this call. Will not take more than five minutes", Karan said as he moved away from the table. Kumar did not even bother to look up.
"Hello Mr. Mridul. Was not expecting your call. Is everything fine?", Karan was not sure why he was getting a call from the Mumbai team. There were still a few days left for the 15 day deadline.
"Hi Karan. I just received a call from your friend Rajiv. He wanted to get an appointment fixed with our MD Mr. Sudheer. As Sudheer was travelling, I said I will let him know in the next few days."
Karan was surprised at this piece of information. He was not sure how to react.
"I am not sure what Rajiv intends to discuss with Mr. Sudheer. I thought I should let you know of this development, just in case if you are talking to Rajiv. As I told you earlier, make sure everything is in place before the deadline day."
"Thank You for the information Mr. Mridul. I will surely take care. Thank You once again. You have a nice day." Karan disconnected the call and walked back into the restaurant.
Karan was feeling rather vexed with the way the entire situation was panning out. His efforts to reach out to Rajiv were not giving him the desired result and now he was not really sure why Rajiv wanted to talk to Sudheer.
As he walked back to the table, Karan had a lot of questions that he needed answers for. He was pretty sure most of them would be answered in the next few hours.
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