Cross-border Merger

Trust and Cringe

Uncle had left shortly after for an urgent matter at his office. 

That left me alone with Michael for the second time in the past 24 hours. Last time we were together, I was blinded by rage and I locked myself with him in his room. Yeah, that was stupid. But to be honest, there is a part of that is kind of relieved that Michael knows everything now.

Today there is a shift in the atmosphere. There are questions, doubts, awkwardness and a whole lot of 'so, what do we do now' in the air but there is no hatred or lies here and for that I am thankful. 

I have a feeling that Michael doesn't fully trust me now but I am hoping for both of our sakes that he sees the purity in my intentions. 

"Look", we both said at the same time. 

I stopped waiting for him to continue.

"Whatever you said in front of Dad or whatever you've talked about previously, I am not saying that you are lying, but I can't trust you completely", he said.

Bingo! Told ya! 

The thing is this time I am not angry with him. I understand trust is not an easy thing and especially for someone who lives in spotlight, I can only imagine the number of people who cling on to him for one reason or the other... the contract at the center of the mess that I'm here to sort is the primary example before me.

"I understand" is all I said. 

From the looks of it, he didn't expect those words to come out of my mouth.

"Michael, I know I can't expect you to trust me just like that considering you didn't even basically know who I was till a few hours ago. However, I would like it if you just try and give me a chance."

He opened his mouth to say something but then closed again.

"Right", I said slightly disappointed that he didn't say anything and started walking towards the stairs. 

Suddenly I had an urge to say something more so without thinking I turned back, "One more thing."

He looked up at me. I walked back to him and stopped at less than an arm's distance. 

I smiled and said,"Hi! I'm Sanyukta Raizada. I am a lawyer by profession and am here to attend a legal diploma course at Queen Mary University of London. I am also here to work on a client's case if he would let me. The diploma is just a cover up actually but I think you get it. Nice to meet you Michael. Hope to see you tomorrow addressing me by my name. Good Night."

I quickly turned back cringing at all the words that just came out of my non-calculative stupid mouth and made a dash towards my room. 

It had truly been a long day and there were three things that could calm me right now - a nice shower, calling Ma and eating dinner along with some ice cream. So I did it exactly in the same order. 

It was all going good till the second step but the third step was where I hit a snag — I was in no mood to make dinner right now. On top of that there was another issue that I didn't think of —where would I get ice cream from? This is not Delhi, I cannot just walk outside and go to my favorite ice cream parlor.

I was craving ice cream so badly right now that I was basically on a mission. I decided to call someone here but playing by the rules, I couldn't call anyone who didn't know where I am staying because that is an information which I can't reveal. 

After drawing all the pros and cons list, there were three names I ended upon - I could either call Finn or Ashar or Sam. 

There is possibility that Finn might be still with Uncle, so, there goes his name. Between Sam and Ashar, after giving much thought, not really since I only had Ashar's number, I call him. 

A/N: Just a few hours late ¯\_(ツ)_/¯