Chapter 15

June’ 2002, Saturday – 23:00 Hrs,
Midtown, Manhattan Borough, NY.

It was twenty-three hours, Aryan grabbed his laptop and opened the airline portal on the web browser. At the same time, he dialled on Jenny’s number to let him know that he will not be returning back to Austin.

“Hey Aryan, Wassup?” Jenny was in excitement after receiving the call.

“Nothing much yo. How is you?”

“I am all good. When could we expect you back here?”

“Jenny, I’ve just called to tell you that I’m staying back at home. I will not be able to arrive in Austin for quite some time”

Jenny got himself caught on the hop and he was dazed by Aryan’ s revelation, “Oh is it. Why a sudden change in the programme?” and Aryan elucidated, to which jenny replied, “But dude, Pooja is leaving for Canada this week. so maybe you may wanna drop by. You know, we will scrape together and it will be a good send-off sign to her as well, don’t you think so?”

“Oh really? But what’s up with her and the Canada? Anything you know?” Aryan flabbergasted after apprehending the fact that she is egressing the country.

“Yes, we could talk more after we catch up, don’t skip this bud, I am counting you in,” the sidekick said leaving all holds barred.

“Alright! I will call you after I reach there, the day after tomorrow” he conveyed. He hung up on the call and swooped down mulling over dayanand’s lurgy with a great affliction.

He seems to be doing well after a small perturbation in the health. Aryan thought. The only change in Dayanand was he’s been resting all day unlike the days before. Aryan never ever felt bored of being home, Dayanand had always made it a much better place. They had an excellent rapport maintained between them right from Aryan’s childhood. Sometimes Aryan wondered, how lucky he was to have such a smartest person as his grandpa. He felt like talking to him but it was already dead of night and he believed that Dayanand might have slept by then. Usually Dayanand sleeps late in the nights due to lots of his personal works from the industry but lately, he had been advised on a serious note to avoid unusual schedule at his age and was insisted upon to stick to the suggestions from the doctors. Otherwise, it would only deteriorate his health abysmally. Dayanand endured an indisposition since a long time, the infirmity had only evinced lately. He had the premonition of malady but only confined by him within his four walls. Eventually, he decided to broach the question of a new CEO for JAPMI. At the tip off, Mr. Satya had been given the province.

Aryan called his mama on the intercom to let her know of his updated tour. She had got no course of action but only to agree with Aryan.