Start of another ordinary day. I was sitting by the window in the city bus, my ear phones plugged in, my favorite 5star chocolate in my hand and my foot tapping to the music. It is next to impossible to get such a peaceful seat in Mumbai buses. But as I board the bus in the first stop, luck favors me almost every day.
I am Nivedita, I go by Nivi. I work as a personal secretary for the renowned business person, Prithvi Kapoor, the chair person of Kapoor Industires.
It takes 40 minutes to reach my office by bus from my place. And only if I take the first bus, I will be able to reach my office before my boss comes. For everyone, he is a rich arrogant boss, but many a times I have seen the simple side of him too.
It was this on this day in the office when, I had to get some urgent signatures from him and went to his room. I have the special permission of entry without knocking the door. He was in the small balcony adjacent to his cabin, playing with bubbles, the ones with which children play by blowing air.
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He was blowing the bubbles out and trying to catch them at the same time, which wasn't very easy. I walked into the balcony and extended my hand asking him to give me the bottle. First he was hesitant, as I was his secretary and he was The Boss, but he also knew, I have seen him doing many such childish acts. He gave me the botle and I started blowing the bubbles now. He was so ecstatic on seeing them and was trying hard to hold them, without popping.
"What brought you here?" he asked as I stopped blowing and put the cap back to the bottle.
"Sir I need your signatures on these pay checks, it's month end" I said and put the checks on the table. He cleaned his hands and came back, quickly signed the checks for me and got back to his work. That is his specialty, he can easily transform his moods.
He's lenient in everything but punctuality. He hates if people show up late, and especially me as he thinks he cannot start off his day without me, professionally.
Today we had a meeting at 10:30 and it is 9:15 already. And I don't know what's wrong with this bus, it is going unusually slow. Normally, in 10 more minutes I reach my office, but looks like today is not my day. I was scared, as I was getting late for work. And yes! The bus has stopped moving now.
Break down!
Not happening!
I called up a friend of mine who drives to office if he could pick me up, but he wasn't responding. Along with everyone, I got down the bus and was checking my watch constantly, looking for the next bus. And that's when I noticed, this big black shining Volvo. It was Prithvi's. That car kind of fascinates me, how I wish I could I get into it once.
I know he doesn't look on the road while he is in the car, he looks into a business magazine like every other business person. So I was not even expecting for the car to stop. But today, I must have woken up on the wrong side, everything is just happening the other way round. The car actually stopped a few steps away from me and He got down.
