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“Was Roshni supposed to be here?”
“She was. Roshni cancelled this trip because you were in Mumbai. All changes were made yesterday morning,” Sanjay replied.
“What!” exclaimed Deepak.
“Yes, yesterday morning she talked me into coming to this meeting while she stayed in Mumbai, managing the project.”
Deepak was not happy with Roshni for manipulating this. He was disappointed that she was not there with him. More importantly, this training would have really helped her, especially after she came to the US. Very unfortunate indeed! He decided to call her later to find out why she did what she did. It was apparent he was angry at her.
After all the introductions were made and as the evening meet and greet went on, Deepak found out that one other guest speaker was not able to arrive until Tuesday due to a personal emergency. Deepak reviewed the agenda and met with the organizer for any flexibility to alter the schedule since the other speaker was arriving later than planned.
After reviewing several options, it was decided that Deepak could do his training and presentation Monday through Wednesday. Deepak was very excited because this would give him an opportunity to spend one extra day with Roshni. The revised agenda was announced to the delegates, and he changed his flight reservations to leave Bangalore on Wednesday evening.
Deepak went to his room and could not wait to talk to Roshni. It was 9 p.m., and he called Roshni on her cell phone. No response. He tried a few times, and she did not answer the phone, and he became furious. After several attempts, he was finally able to talk to her.
“Roshni, why are you not picking up the phone?”
Roshni sensed he was very anxious. “Excuse me, I was in the bathroom.”
“You know I met Sanjay here,” he said. He could not wait any longer to vent it out.
“Very good, I forgot to tell you he was attending the training.”
“Yeah, you changed all the plans yesterday
morning, didn’t you?”
Roshni was quiet for some time. She suspected Sanjay had conveyed all the details to Deepak.
“Roshni, I am talking to you,” he said with a raised voice.
“Why are you talking so loudly? Where are you?”
“In my room,” he replied.
Roshni sighed. At least he was not in a public place.
“Roshni, why did you change your plans?”
“Because you were going.”
“So?”
“So…I did not want to be at the same place with you,” she replied.
“What?” he yelled.
Roshni was calm. “Deepak, calm down, please.” She continued after a pause, “As per our agreement, I should be avoiding you as much as possible. Unfortunately, I could not avoid you here because we also agreed to act as husband and wife in front of our family, so we had no other option.”
“Roshni, forget about the agreement. Do you know you missed a golden opportunity with the training I was doing here with this new software?”
“Yes, I am aware, but at certain times we have to set our priorities straight, and that is what I did,” she replied to the point, very direct.
Deepak knew her enough to believe she would not compromise in this matter. It was better to let her go now and deal with it when he returned to Mumbai. The new agenda was in front of Deepak, but he decided not to share it with her. He was worried she would change her plans on him.
Roshni was aware he was upset because of her change in plans but decided not to argue with him anymore. Both of them abruptly said good-bye to each other and hung up.
Deepak paced back and forth in his room. “How could she do this? She missed such a great opportunity.”
