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Unlikely II
There were many misses or snafus in the whole pregnancy scenario
II not pinging Ritu despite being awake all day Wed. And not pinging Bally on Wed.
Ranjan taking matters into his own hands by reaching out to Mr B
II owed Ritu a hint, or atleast Bally a hint "using him as a friend"
Thursday morning when R&B contacted Bally to let him know of her being unable to come in the rest of the week Bally was indeed a lil startled
A response to Ritu that would have otherwise been more conciliatory, turned out to be blunt and dismissive "Client's call"
Kind of giving Ritu back handed support that Excelsior was screwing everything up by steering direction
Bally would meet with Bansal over a quick lunch at the 5th floor fast food place and Bansal would "share what he knows"
Making Bally even more curious as to why "freeze" was chosen
He would meet with Ritu at 2, and they would agree on bringing Ashwini in, so her resources can be used elsewhere
Fixing the Gurgaon bugs, fixing the Lajpat Nagar fall outs and the 100 other "small and mid size" deployments that waited their turn in line
II was knocked out most of Thursday morning
Dr Gupta would visit armed with a nurse and a lab tech, and set up IV
She would be given something mild for nausea, FINALLY able to keep down a glass of juice and a couple of crackers by Thursday night
The whole house turned upside down with frenzy
Sam making a visit in the morning, Amma visiting after school
R&B working most of the day
By 8ish Thursday Bally would ping R&B
"Will she be back Monday?" he asked bluntly
He needed to be told if she was going to be out
She was burning her bridges with Bally in, working a week in Punjab, working a week in Gurgaon citing Ranjan's illness
And then contuining in Delhi and not returning to Punjab and finding herself pregnant at the end of that week
And taking personal time off
He had never encountered such erratic behavior and genuine lack of concern on her part, it baffled him
R&B called him
"Hey"
"Biwi gusse mein hai kya, call bhi nahi kar rahi" Bally teased meaningfully
"Huh" R&B chuckled
"Is she OK, does she have what ur Dad had?" Bally asked
"Bally, shes pregnant" R&B came out with it
"OH TERI!!!... OH TERI!!... Umm... I mean CONGRATS" bally laughe dout loud
R&B grunted
"Oh wow!! To yeh baat hai... is she really sick?" Bally's tone softened a lil
"Well she dehydrated considerably unable to keep anything in, so we IVed her today"
"Oh shittt!! Kidhar hai, ghar par ya?"
"At home" R&B said
"Hmmm... I am sorry yaar" Bally was apologetic
"No worries" Bally reassured
"She either sleeps or throws up" R&B said
"Ughhh..." Bally shook his head "suman will be thrilled, thanks for sharing man"
"absolutely" "Umm may I have Ritu's number?" R&B asked
"I can text u, u dont worry I will let her know. What does it look like? Will she be able to WFH next week?"
"I DONT know" R&B stressed on the "dont"
"I understand" Bally signed off
Bally was able to connect dots to Mr B's sudden diktat
R&B had no clue.
By Friday she woke up a lil more energetic and pleasant... her insides didnt hurt as much from retching
Ranjan came by to check on her at 9 ish...
"I feel much better today" she advertized, in a ploy to be able to get permission to work
"No no, you must rest betaji, I spoke with Omi, I froze Punjab as is, Haryana and UP, we will do later" he said flatly
"OMG!!!" II clamped her mouth in horror
As her sickness and the larger professional implications of it slowly sank in...
There were many misses or snafus in the whole pregnancy scenario
II not pinging Ritu despite being awake all day Wed. And not pinging Bally on Wed.
Ranjan taking matters into his own hands by reaching out to Mr B
II owed Ritu a hint, or atleast Bally a hint "using him as a friend"
Thursday morning when R&B contacted Bally to let him know of her being unable to come in the rest of the week Bally was indeed a lil startled
A response to Ritu that would have otherwise been more conciliatory, turned out to be blunt and dismissive "Client's call"
Kind of giving Ritu back handed support that Excelsior was screwing everything up by steering direction
Bally would meet with Bansal over a quick lunch at the 5th floor fast food place and Bansal would "share what he knows"
Making Bally even more curious as to why "freeze" was chosen
He would meet with Ritu at 2, and they would agree on bringing Ashwini in, so her resources can be used elsewhere
Fixing the Gurgaon bugs, fixing the Lajpat Nagar fall outs and the 100 other "small and mid size" deployments that waited their turn in line
II was knocked out most of Thursday morning
Dr Gupta would visit armed with a nurse and a lab tech, and set up IV
She would be given something mild for nausea, FINALLY able to keep down a glass of juice and a couple of crackers by Thursday night
The whole house turned upside down with frenzy
Sam making a visit in the morning, Amma visiting after school
R&B working most of the day
By 8ish Thursday Bally would ping R&B
"Will she be back Monday?" he asked bluntly
He needed to be told if she was going to be out
She was burning her bridges with Bally in, working a week in Punjab, working a week in Gurgaon citing Ranjan's illness
And then contuining in Delhi and not returning to Punjab and finding herself pregnant at the end of that week
And taking personal time off
He had never encountered such erratic behavior and genuine lack of concern on her part, it baffled him
R&B called him
"Hey"
"Biwi gusse mein hai kya, call bhi nahi kar rahi" Bally teased meaningfully
"Huh" R&B chuckled
"Is she OK, does she have what ur Dad had?" Bally asked
"Bally, shes pregnant" R&B came out with it
"OH TERI!!!... OH TERI!!... Umm... I mean CONGRATS" bally laughe dout loud
R&B grunted
"Oh wow!! To yeh baat hai... is she really sick?" Bally's tone softened a lil
"Well she dehydrated considerably unable to keep anything in, so we IVed her today"
"Oh shittt!! Kidhar hai, ghar par ya?"
"At home" R&B said
"Hmmm... I am sorry yaar" Bally was apologetic
"No worries" Bally reassured
"She either sleeps or throws up" R&B said
"Ughhh..." Bally shook his head "suman will be thrilled, thanks for sharing man"
"absolutely" "Umm may I have Ritu's number?" R&B asked
"I can text u, u dont worry I will let her know. What does it look like? Will she be able to WFH next week?"
"I DONT know" R&B stressed on the "dont"
"I understand" Bally signed off
Bally was able to connect dots to Mr B's sudden diktat
R&B had no clue.
By Friday she woke up a lil more energetic and pleasant... her insides didnt hurt as much from retching
Ranjan came by to check on her at 9 ish...
"I feel much better today" she advertized, in a ploy to be able to get permission to work
"No no, you must rest betaji, I spoke with Omi, I froze Punjab as is, Haryana and UP, we will do later" he said flatly
"OMG!!!" II clamped her mouth in horror
As her sickness and the larger professional implications of it slowly sank in...
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