the INEVITABLE!! ch 5 : pg 61 - Page 8

Chapter 1

AN almost IMPOSSIBLE FIRST!!

Maan

I still cant believe I m doing dis..!!

Wasting a week!!

A week whn so much work cud be accomplished..

Bt here I was stuck wid my younger brother dev and my best frnd adi!!

I still haven't overcm d shock of all of it..

As yesterday after landing here, I was told that tht the project for which we were here had been postponed.. n tht too for a week!!

At first I was angry.. bt knowing I cudnt really give those clients a piece of my mind!!

Bt d way bth adi n dev had reacted.. had made me suspicious!!

They were calm n .. happy!!

A little probing had made me realize..

Tht I was d only one who wasn't aware of this development!!

'twas all adi n dev's palnning to still continue as per planned!!

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It dint take d brains of a genius to realize tht they wudnt have done so without daadi's backing!!

Yes.. my beloved daadi!!

Whose only motive in life was to make sure I was enjoying my life!!

Bt I m happy.. n satisfied wid my life!!

Bt much as I may try to explain it to her, she just wasn't ready to listen!!

She wanted me to indulge myself..

N I did..

I did indulge myself in work!!

I loved my work.. n mind u it was more than a handful to run Khurana Constructions and tht too wid d kind of success it enjoyed ryt now!!

Bt no.. daadi was alwaz after me..

Get a life.. she tells me!!

Life full of frnds, parties and lately a life-partner!!

Frnds.. I had adi and dev!!

Dev was just a yr younger and adi my classmate since school!!

I cud trust dem wid my life!!

Bt I just cudnt bring myself to trust any1 else!!

All ppl cared was for my money and fame!!

Parties I already had to compulsorily attend more than enuf corporate parties!!

Though dey irritated me to no end!!

The facade evry1 put up whn inside all dey cud wish was for the other's downfall!!

Worse still were those who had tried match making .. trying to pair up their daughters and me!!

Why cant ppl keep their personal and professional lives separate??

N the girls..

I hated the way they indulged in me.. or tried to..

Again it was name, fame and bank balance they cared for..

N course their artificial looks and artificial selves!!

What else did ppl indulge in??

Lately d constant pestering by daadi was getting to me!!

To make it worse, my asst architect sasha had just made a mess of the project I had given her.. she had used unfair means to acquire the project from a smaller company!!

N I absolutely detest unfair means..

Its better to lose a project than tarnish the image of the company!!

This was supposed to be her project.. as I generally avoided travelling abroad unless absolutely necessary!!

Bt I dint want to give her such an important project!!

Also it was a get-away for me!!

N hence I had decided to take charge of dis project..

N adi n dev had decided to accompany me!!

Bt instead of a punishment for her, dis was turning out to be a punishment for me!!

A two day trip was now more than a week long!!

All thanx to the "trio" of daadi, dev and adi..!!

N hw did I know of dis??

Cmin here n realizing d situation, I wanted to fire my secretary for her inefficiency!!

But d duo here had owned up dat they used daadi's influence to force her to keep quiet!!

N their ever ready excuses..

A vacation.. away from india, no media interference..

A luxury we cud not njoy in india!! Bt still..

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So I had been unwillingly dragged into it!!

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As if all dis wasn't enuf.. dey had decided to travel all over Europe by rail??

Why cudnt we just use our pvt jet??

Bt no.. dey wanted to experience a vacation like a common man!!

Dev n his weird philosophies..

As he said..

"bro.. forget we r THE khuranas.. for these 7 days.. u r 'just' maan, I m 'just' dev n adi bhai 'just' adi.. plz plz.. lets really njoy dis one!!"

He knew I cud never say no to d "trio"..!!

N they took full advantage of it!!

On boarding d train, I realised they had not even booked the luxury coach..

So much to experience being a common man!!

so here I was being 'just' maan!!

They had even forced me to dress up casual..!! smthng I never did since ages!!

Finally as we settled in,

I thot I shud catch up wid sasha on d day's work!!

Bt due to all d commotion inside, 'twas impossible to hear a word!!

So I walked towards d deserted area near the door!!

I knew wht d future held for me!!

Thr wud b so my work tht wud need my attension thanx to dis week's sojourn!!

I wanted my routine work-o-holic life..!

The train was all set to depart..

Marking d beginning of an almost impossible first vacation for me!!

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I cudnt wait for it to end!!