So I held my breath to have patience till I got back with her and hear what happened. Then the day passed with more meetings and I got free by 5pm. I called Uma to see if it was a good time for me to come back.
She said “Thank god you called Krishna”. I asked “why what happened? Did Jiju do something to you”? She replied “yes, he got me very tired and now Zulfi has been relentlessly calling saying he wants to come and meet me now”.
I replied “I am fine with it if you want to meet him. I can find other things to do till the time when you tell me to come home”. Uma literally screamed “are you mad Krishna? Jiju just left half an hour back and I too need rest”.
This cemented my doubt that a lot much have happened between her and Jiju because she was inviting him over around noon and if he left just now then he obviously was not flying kites with her for 4hrs…
I said “so tell me what you want me to do”? She replied “you please come back home right now if possible so I can give that as an excuse to Zulfi and get some rest”.
I replied “fine, I am not too far and will be with you in 20mins” and hung up. I reached home and after parking my car went inside with my key. I found Uma sleeping in my bed.
She was in deep slumber wearing a negligee totally lost to the world. I decided to let her sleep and settled with a beer on the sofa. I looked around and noticed the sofa and couch, both were out of alignment.
Now I am a perfectionist when it comes to the way my furniture is arranged and Uma also knows that. But now almost everything was out of place.
I re-arranged everything and settled again watching TV. Around 7pm Uma walked into the hall still rubbing her eyes and sat directly in my lap hugging me.
I asked “are you okay? Did something bad happen”? Still waking from her slumber she said “no Krishna. Nothing bad happened”. I asked “did you rest well”?
She replied “yes kind off but I am still slightly tired. Can I bring you some coffee”? I said “no don’t worry about the coffee. I am having beer. Is there something you want to talk about”?
Uma replied “yes. Lots to talk about but let me get my coffee first”. She went to the kitchen to get her coffee while I resumed watching TV. Then she sat with me hugging me sideways with her arm around my back sipping her coffee.
Placing my arm around her shoulders I pulled her more snugly me, Uma rested her head on my shoulders leaning on me. I asked “so did Raja take care of you well”?
Uma looked at me surprised, she asked “wait don’t you want to know what happened at the training institute with Charles first”? I said “oh yes, I totally forgot…”.
In Uma’s words from here:
I reached the training institute and as usual Charles was waiting for me at the reception with a wide smile. I pretended to be normal and after the handshake went inside with him.
Once in the room he tried to hug and kiss me but I was quick to take two steps away from him. In a stern tone I said “now don’t start this again Charles. I have come here for a purpose so let’s complete that first”.