Chapter 36 - First meeting (1/2)

FLASHBACK- 7 YEARS BACK- FIRST MEETING

7 years back he went to Country Y on a business trip.

After winding up a long meeting he was on his way back to his hotel. It was raining on and off throughout the day. When he left his office it was only drizzling but later it started pouring. That day he gave his chauffeur a day off and decided to drove himself.

When his car stopped at the Traffic light, he noticed a coffee house in the corner of the street and decided to stop by for a cup of coffee.

A cup of hot coffee in a beautiful rainy season is an ideal way to refresh your mind. He picked his laptop bag and headed inside the coffee house.

It was a small but neat and clean coffee house. The decoration was minimalist and the furniture was antique giving it an old day's vibe. There was a huge canopy outside the coffee house and some sitting arrangement was made under it too.

He didn't go inside and sit under the canopy to enjoy the weather. A moment later a teenage girl, not more than 15-16-year-old came to him, ”Sir, your order please!”

Without looking at her he gave his order, ”One cappuccino with no sugar”.

”Anything else would you like to take with it, sir? Our orange muffins are handmade daily.”

He heard the enthusiasm in her voice, but rudely replied, ”Just a cup of coffee”.

”Ok, sir! Just give me 5 minutes”, she said politely and went inside to make his coffee.

At that time his father called, telling him to check his email for the details of the project in country Y.

He opened his laptop to check the details and started working on some figures. But his computer started creating problems and crashed suddenly.

There was still some important data inside it and he had not created a backup. This annoyed him and he started tapping roughly on the laptop to restart it. Turning it upside down, from left to right, taking out the battery and putting it back in, pressing the restart button umpteenth time, he tried everything but it didn't budge.

”Damn! You stupid laptop”, He cursed loudly.

”Sir your coffee”, she put the coffee cup in front of him.

But his mood was completely spoiled and he lost his interest in that cup of coffee, ”I don't want it. Take it back”.

He got up, take out his purse and put a 100 dollar note on the table, ”This is the price for your coffee”.

When he was about to leave, she stopped him, ”Wait, sir!”

He halted in his steps but didn't turn back.