“Sir, where shall we sit”
“Come on! let’s sit in that sofa. Nobody will disturb us there”
“Ok sir”
He sat on the sofa. I sat on nearby another sofa. They are arranged in “L” shape. We sat near intersection of sofas.
“Sir! Tell me why you wanted to meet me here?”
“Neha! Did you get my recommendation letter I sent you on email?”
“Uhh……Hmmm…I didn’t check my email sir. Wait…..I will check now….”
“Neha! if you want any corrections in that, I will change it. No problem. Check it when you get home”
“Ok Sir”
“Neha! Did you read newspaper today? Our company has some good news”
“Yes! I have seen it. I want to talk about that. That’s later. First tell me why we are here”
“Neha! I called you because of that news”
“Am I getting my job back?” I exclaimed.
“Well, not exactly. I do have an offer for you”
“What is that?”
“I don’t know how to say that to you”
“Its ok. If I don’t like it. I will reject it”
“Well Neha! You know our MD’s son right?”
“You mean Mr. Raj?”
“Yes yes! He has seen you last time at our company’s party”
“ok go on….”
“He called me last week. He asked about you. He didn’t know who you were. When he described, I could recognize that he was talking about you”
“He asked about me?”
“For what?”
“Well, he said that he wants to meet you once”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. He seems to like you”
“Like me?”
“Yes. He wants to meet you once privately”
“Sir, I am not a prostitute. I am a decent woman. I can understand your intentions”
“Neha! I am just a manager. I have no choice but to follow his instructions”
“Sir, please stop your drama. You want to keep yourself in his good books so that you can ask for a promotion”
“Neha! Stop attacking me. You need to understand that I do have needs and I do need to keep myself in good books of my boss”
“Sorry Sir! I am not interested. This whole thing is my fault. I should have said no when you asked for a meeting”
“Neha! Come on! You just lost your job. I do know that you need money right now. You are a nice young woman. You are very beautiful. You have a long future ahead. Do you want to say no to this proposal?”
“Sir, what do I get for this?”
“Well Neha! What do you want?”
“I want my job back. I want a raise. I want promotion. I want to become a manager like you”
“Wo Wo Neha! Slow down. Please. What you are dreaming is too big”
“Sir ! Really? This company is not in difficult state anymore. It will have good future. You talk all non-sense. You want promotion but I shouldn’t long for a promotion too?”
“Well, Neha! I am not the person who can decide that”
“Upper Management?”
“Yes”
“Really Sir?”
“Now, that we reached an understanding. You should stand by your word”
“Sir, I will. What about you?”
“Well…..”
“Upper Management”
“Sir, that’s not even a proper word. Now what?”
“Mr. Raj is upstairs waiting. He is in Room Number 305”
“Sir, Mr. Raj is here? Is that why you called me to this hotel?”
“Yes! Neha! I did”
“Hmmm ok. I will sure meet him. If I feel not to proceed forward once I go there. I will come back ok?”
“Well, ok Neha”
“Should I take a bouquet or something?”