Lost and Found

Chapter 21

"Matt? Before writing about the final draft please check the records of September," I told Matt handing him couple of papers and typing down the detail on the emails.

It was a chaos going in the office right now, as closer as we were getting to the end of the year or more likely to the board meeting everyone was going wildly crazy. Matt, the director; Mr. Aaron Lewis and I were sitting in my cabin since last four hours, passing each other different files, figure sheets and details from different branches we had gathered and the way we three were arguing I am sure none of us is going to leave the building before eleven tonight, this part of the year have always been the most infuriating one and with the surgery date I have got I am sure by the end of this year I would take retirement and leave for Narnia.

Oh man! Those days!

The growl from my stomach made me keep my pencil down and look away from the sheet scattered on my table.

"We should head for lunch," I looked at the two man who had a sly grin on their face but were focusing on their work, "What? A man can be hungry!" I said trying not to smile, taking my coat from the back of my seat walked towards the door.

"Sure he can be." Matt looked at me and Aaron burst out laughing.

"You two are following me or what?" I ignored his remark and walked out.

Taking the lift and without waiting for them I finally got out of the office and started walking towards one of the small Chinese restaurant owned by a Turkish couple and without a doubt it's one of the best Chinese restaurant around. Entering the warm environment I made my way towards one of my usual booth and waited for Matt and Aaron to join me like we discussed earlier. There was still half an hour left for zuhr prayer so finally after four hours of continuously making my brain work I'll finally get almost an hour to relax my nerves, just the mere thought made me smile.

"What are you grinning at?" I looked up to Aaron who sat in front of me while Matt sat beside me.

"Oh! Nothing! Just that after being trapped in that office behind my desk and continuously letting my grey matter get destroyed by you two for hours I am finally getting a break, isn't that such a joyful thing?" I smirked and he rolled his eyes while Matt muttered something about my clots. I chose to ignore it.

After an hour when I walked back in the building with much fresher and relaxed mind, I found Megan nervously pacing in front of my cabin and I silently prayed to not listen about any emergency call from Boston branch or the head office, because if that's the matter I am surely in a deep trouble. As soon as her eyes fell on me she came running towards me, making me take few steps back.

"Whoa! Calm down, Megan!" I said looking at her nervous face.

"Oh sir! Thanks to the lord of heavens that you are back," she started walking with me, "Your mom," and I relaxed, "Sir, your mom have called for like ten time in past forty-five minutes! And she is in such a bad mood, why weren't you picking up your phone, sir?" She stopped once I opened the door to the cabin and turned to her.

"Thanks for telling, Megan!" with that I walked inside.

Walking back to my desk which was covered with papers of all sizes and three laptops and their chargers surrounding the floor, just by looking at the mess, my migrane was coming back.

"Your secretary was missing you." Aaron said to me without looking up from the papers in his hands and I scoffed.

"She was miss-" I looked at Matt, daring him to continue, he knows how uneasy I feel about this and he shrugged with a smirk.

Taking off my jacket, I picked up my phone and sat on the couch while dialing mom's number which she picked up after the fourth ring.

"Wali! Kaha thay tum?" (Wali! Where were you?) She asked in an irritated voice and I gulped.