|| A Sudden Meeting ||

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After taking a last glance of the retreating car, Raima reaches to her class while all the time the college boys and girls are looking at her with a stunned expression. Her two best friends c*m room mates Emily and Alice come to her running. Emily asks her worriedly :- "What was that Rai? The Damien Anderson Grey has come to our college to drop you?" Raima says in a matter of fact tone :- "Nothing like that you're reacting. I've just saved his baby to get a cut on my wrist in this process. So he's taken me to hospital and then dropped here." Alice says in little worried voice :- "Are you really sure, Rai? I really wonder if you know him...." Raima gets surprised with her friends' reaction and all the attention she's getting suddenly from all :- "Ohhh..don't worry he's already introduced himself to me....okay, leave this all and let's go to the class as in this commotion I have already missed my first class." Saying this she dragged her friends to the class but fear is already visible on their face. But why is so? Other side, Rian has woken up from his sleep and thinks of Raima..a sudden happiness engulfs his heart. He looks at his side to find his granny - Mrs Rebecca Anderson Grey like always! The little boy thinks how for the first time he's received a warm motherly feeling from anyone and how she's fought with the goons to save him. Even she's scolded his own father too. His little innocent heart fills with joy just thinking of her. So he decides to meet her again. And as thought, he goes to his papa's room. Meanwhile, Damien is only in his white t-shirt and black trackpants in his room doing nothing but daydreaming! But suddenly a soft push on his bicep brings him back to reality. Controlling his emotions, he keeps the laptop on the bed beside him and picks up his baby on his lap to listen his ranting about anything. But what the kid speaks in next makes him shocked! He's never thought his baby would ask from himself to meet that Indian beauty again. But it's his inner happiness that he couldn't control now and hugs the little boy to his chest warmly and places a soft kiss on his forehead. He just doesn't know this feeling why he's feeling like a teenager but he's liking the feel and wants to enjoy it till eternity. But will she be happy to meet them? Will they force her to meet them if she's not willing to? .. For now he let's go the unwanted thinking and tries to pacify the baby saying they're going to meet her the next morning only. And the father receives some happy kisses from his boy! The next day morning, Raima gets up from her sleep to remember today is the day she must have to meet the broker. Quickly taking a bath, she wears a royal blue coloured kurta with white palazzo ; she completes her look with black eyeliner and baby pink lipstick that brings out the natural beauty from her more. Wearing jhumka, she turns to the mirror and remembers of the child but soon comes to senses and dismisses the thought. After bidding bye to her only friends, she goes out to meet the broker. After crossing some good 30 minutes of distance, she's reached to the broker's office and met him. It's about her parents' school which has been their only dream. Till the last breath on this earth, they've fought for teaching slum kids! Everything has been going good ; they've fallen in love in that school and then their marriage resulting to her - their only girl's birth! But destiny has thought something else for them. They've left this world miraculously in unison and have kept her burdened for the only memory she's of her parents : The School. It needs two million dollar more to free it from mortgage. Raima promises him to meet the amount very soon ; she just needs few more months to pay the debt. After walking for few minutes, she reaches to a small school just beside the street she's been walking that day to college and has met the baby suddenly. And just beside the construction site stands a two storey building which has been the dream of her parents. Now it's in locked state. It might look an ordinary building for others but it has memories of her parents. But her parents' sudden accident has forced her dadi (grandmother) to keep it as mortgage to meet the hospital expenses. But now they are not drowned in debt except for this school building so she has decided to reopen the school and to help in reach of education to the poor slum children. Suddenly her tummy makes some noises and she remembers in hurry to meet the broker she's come without doing her breakfast. So she goes to a nearby cafe. Other hand, Rian quickly gets up from his sleep with the first ray touching his already shining face ; because today is the day he's going to meet her with his papa and he knows if his papa has promised something then he'll fulfill it. So with speedy steps, he runs to the next room of his as it's his papa's. But when he enters inside like a storm, his face falls abruptly as Damien is all ready in his three piece suit to attend a breakfast meeting. But seeing all colour drained out of his baby's face, Damien bends before the little boy and cups his face in his big hands and inquires why his baby is up so early and moreover, why he's sad at this time? Rian says with a ballon like face that his papa has started to forget everything nowadays. He's promised him last day to meet her this morning but now he's going for a meeting! Damien gets to know in calming down his baby, he's forgot of his meeting last night but how he'll pacify him today as his baby is as stubborn as him. So he takes a chance to wait till evening but Rian remains statue to his statement that if he wants to meet her now then it'll be now only. Damien thinks what will be her reaction if they both go now only to meet at this hour of time! So he thinks evening would be better choice. But when Rian denies to eat anything..even doesn't co-operate with his daily chores, he thinks to take his boy with him only. Meeting is not important than his baby but today this meeting will help him from Rian's stubbornness. But thinking something, he quickly makes a call to a person whom he has appointed for her safety and there he gets to know everything .. from her meeting with the broker to her present location! And the last information brings a big smile on his lips. As the place is the same where he's a meeting with his clients. Before cutting the call, he asks him to investigate the matter in deep and then to let him be informed. Happily he goes to Rian and tells him that now they will go to a cafe for breakfast and then will go to meet her after the completion of his meeting which makes Rian happier. Rian quickly runs to his grandma and asks her to help him in getting ready. Seeing him happy, the old lady hasn't asked anything .. rather she's prepared the little man so that he could go outside with his happy. It's not everyday all can see Rian that much happy! It's rare so they've not asked much. And then Rian runs to his papa and drags him holding his hand towards the car. While all become astonished to see his fondness towards that girl. Yes..they know everything about yesterday's incident. • In Royal Blue Cafeteria • After finishing her breakfast, Raima stands up from her place and goes to the counter to pay her bill and on other side, Damien with Rian enters the place. With curiosity filled in his little eyes, Rian looks around the place and his heart gets filled with a sudden joy..so he turns towards the left and founds her standing there in counter only. And soon Rian runs to her leaving his papa's hold. While all people in the cafe become silent seeing Mr Damien Grey standing there. Meanwhile, Raima turns to leave the place as soon as she completes the billing process but collides with a baby. So with a worried face, she looks down to only get surprise....in the form of Rian. She gives him a warm smile, getting to know why suddenly she's felt so happy. Other hand, Rian shows her his little hands and already getting what he's trying to say, Raima takes him in her arms ; soon the kid places some sloppy kisses on her cheeks before hiding his face on her neck. Damien smiles at the scene before him making all those present in the cafe too shocked to react! He's smiling is a news to them ; and moreover, the scene is displaying before them in live is like a family show. People seem curious to know about the baby and the girl whom they could really assume as an Indian by her look and appearance! What relation they hold with Mr Grey? But alas, they can't ask him direct of their query..just to get erupted under the wrath of Damien Grey. Raima says in a cooing voice - "So..what my baby wants as breakfast? As you're here in this hour means this little tummy (placing her hand on his belly) is still hungry!" Rian shies with the noise his belly is making for food, making the adults smile in his innocence - "Yeah! I am tho(so) hwangi (hungry)." Raima nods her head while heading towards a table - "Okay, so baby tell me what you want to have for now in breakfast?" And so is his quick reply :- "Sandwith (sandwich)." Raima happily chirps in :- "Okay..so today I will feed my baby..his favourite sandwich with my own hand..okay, baby?" In this while Damien is a silent spectator of how lovingly the incident is taking place before his eyes. Rian is sitting on her lap when she takes a seat around a table. He goes to them and takes a seat but it seems he, the great Mr Damien Anderson Grey is invisible to them! As soon as Raima places an order for a bread sandwich with fresh orange juice, Damien himself asks for two cups of cappuccino, much to Raima's denial. In between, he's already messaged his secretary to ask the party to have their breakfast as after half an hour, he'll go for the meeting. So till then, they should continue! Hence food arrives just to make Rian's belly to make more noise ; with a loving and affectionate gaze, Raima feeds him where all the while the father-son duo are watching her without a blink. After finishing the food, she helps him to have his water and then wipes his mouth with her dupatta. And then only she gets a call which makes her smile lightly. As soon as she touches the received option, her eardrum hits with her friend's worried voice! She feels guilty to make her friends worried unnecessarily. So she tries to explain the matter on phone only - "Take a breath, girl. I'm safe (and there she could sense Alice's breath to be normal) and in cafe with my child. Sorry darling for making you worried but don't worry I will reach there within 10 minutes..okay, bye!" She cuts the call without listening other side. But here two persons are huffing in jealousy..and they're none other than the father and son! Listening 'darling' from her mouth for someone else, they are too hurt. Somehow hiding his sorrow, Rian asks whom she's been talking to and why she's leaving so soon? Damien couldn't stop thanking his boy in mind when Raima explains the reason of jealousy is actually baseless. But then also her leaving is making them sad! So sensing Rian's tone getting heavy, Raima places some soothing kisses on his forehead and says :- "Baby, I also don't want to leave you so soon and go .. but I have no choice as I've a college to attend..so I'm sorry that I have to go. Please don't get sad, baby..smile a little till I leave..please, a little for me!"
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