Ray of Sunshine.
It was four in the evening and everybody in the office were on their toes looking out to stay out of the firing range of their boss. He wasn't usually this angry - he was an angry man but not this angry. Kate, his highnesses secretary just came out of his room crying and Natalie at the reception went to her and inquired if she was alright.
"What did you do wrong now?"
"The meeting was supposed to end at 3:45 and it went past 15 minutes. He almost fired me for messing up his schedule."
"Did he leave?"
"He is about to."
That was Virat Vadhera, the creative head of a publishing house in Manhattan. He had a very bad reputation at work. He was a stickler, for perfection and he did not tolerate any deviations from what was assigned and expected from his employees. But, at the same time, he did reward people who matched upto his expectations. But, today he was in a rush - he doesn't do rush. He was the most punctual person around.
"Where is he headed to? That to so early in the evening?" the office staff murmured looking at the six feet tall dashing young man almost running out of the revolving glass doors at the entrance. His personal life was a closed book. Nobody knew what was going on with him. He was one of the most eligible bachelors in the city - filthy rich, heart-stabbingly handsome and mesmerizingly charming. Everybody around him could not help but wonder about the lucky girl in his life. There were many gossips circulating around but he remained absolutely tight-lipped. He maintained a high level of privacy when it came to his personal life.
They all sagged in their respective chairs in relief as the lean and mean firing machine had left for the day restoring their peace of minds. Their rest of the day is going to go in peace and calm.
But Virat Vadhera knew he was in big, big trouble. She would not forgive him today. She had told him repeatedly since the last one week that he had to be there at sharp 4:30 in the evening. She had threatened him that she wouldn't come home if he would not make it and that she was serious and really meant it this time. He zoomed ahead in the express lane shuffling through the lanes like it would be the end of the world if he didn't make it. But unfortunately, the city traffic played the villain. Once he hit the downtown area, ten minutes away from his destination, he was welcomed with bumper to bumper traffic. It was going really, really slow. At this rate, he would only reach after an hour. He couldn't afford to do that. What does he do now?
He looked out of the window in a panic and shouted at the interlocked cars blocking the traffic at the signal. They didn't look like it would be resolved any time soon. He climbed out of his car to check what the fuss was all about and within no time there was a huge uproar, he yelled at the car driver who wouldn't move his car and one thing lead to another and there was a huge brawl within the matter of minutes. The police were summoned by the on-lookers and he was taken into custody for creating public nuisance.
"Officer, I was in a rush. I am supposed to be somewhere five minutes ago.." he argued with the cops.
"Sir, please remain silent unless spoken to."
"Okay, listen officer. I really do not have time for this. I have to be somewhere. You do not realize how important this is.."
"Sir, put your hands on the back, we will have to restrain you..."
"WHAT THE f**k!"
And it was six thirty by the time his lawyer had come and settled everything.
He entered into the auditorium and it empty. Everybody was leaving - the program had ended. Small little children were beaming excitedly as their moms and dads were telling them how brilliantly they have performed on the stage. He searched around to spot her. She was nowhere. He went and asked her teacher apologizing for not making it on time.
