‘Ten minutes to midnight. Oh no. Sorry about this. You should go home, Radhika,’ he said.
‘Just mailed you the final term sheet.’ I logged out of my computer.
‘Well done. You were fantastic in this deal. You are a real asset to the group,’ Jonathan said.
I felt a warm glow of happiness inside me as I left the Goldman building. Jonathan’s words
stayed in my head. I couldn’t wait to share them with Debu.
‘I am sleeping, baby,’ Debu complained as I switched on the bedroom ceiling light.
‘Sorry,’ I said as I switched the light off. I turned on the bedside lamp instead.
‘What time is it?’ he said in a sleepy voice.
‘12.30,’ I said.
‘What?’ he said, and opened his eyes wide. ‘You were in office until now?’
‘Yeah. What to do? My first big deal. You know what Jonathan told me?’
‘What?’
‘Radhika, you are a real asset to the group.’
‘Why not? They seem to be dumping all their work on you.’
‘Nothing like that. They stayed late too. Many little things one has to be careful about in the
documentation. It took me a while.’
‘Did you eat dinner?’
‘No, baby,’ I said.
‘What?’ Debu sat up in bed.
‘I didn’t get the time.’
‘This is terrible. Wait.’
He got off the bed, walked up to the open kitchen in the living room and took out a tray of eggs
from the fridge.
‘I’ll make you some bhurji,’ he said, ‘have it with bread.’
‘Go to sleep. I will have some cereal.’
‘Have something hot.’
‘I will have my hot boyfriend then. Come here.’
I pulled him by his T-shirt and kissed him.
‘Sorry I was late. Let me make it up to you,’ I said.
He pushed me away.
‘Wait, eggs first.’
He got busy whipping the eggs. He cut onions and tomatoes and placed a saucepan on the
stove. Ten minutes later he served me my dinner.
‘Try,’ he said.
I took a bite.
‘How is it?’ he said.
‘Yum. Thank you.’
‘Welcome.’
‘Debu, listen.’
‘What?’