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‘How do you know that? Besides, I am allowed to do anything on the
weekends. I am not making any money from it, so by contract the company
can’t sue me.’

‘Oh! I wanted to congratulate you, little boy. I’m happy you’re getting
over the Tara episode. Besides, I know Ricky runs this place.’
‘You’ve got to answer this right now. How do you know this and that?’

‘Ricky called me up this morning.’

Gosh! Ricky can be so unpredictable at times. ‘Sir! He is a retired
psycho, but he is good at heart. Don’t mind anything he says. He’s just
helping me cope with the breakup.’
‘Of course, I wouldn’t. I am happy that a stranger isn’t keeping secrets,

unlike my own bachcha,’ he laughs. ‘Besides, Ricky sounds like a
gentleman.’
‘Have you finalized tomorrow’s script?’ he continues.

‘No, I will do it in the bus. That’s why I take the bus. It helps me write
and travel at the same time.’
‘Why don’t you perform here at office? We will pay,’ he winks.

‘Someday!’

‘You’ve a meeting with my boss at the head office near CST station in
Mumbai at 5 p.m. The cab is waiting downstairs. Get going!’
‘Sir, but I have to reach Goa.’

‘By Konkan Kanya Express, right?’
‘I didn’t get you.’

‘Here you go.’ He hands me a ticket. ‘The office will pay for the cab to
Mumbai.’
‘Akshaye, why did you do this?’

‘I’m just making it easier for you.’

‘Thank you, sir! You’re the best!’
‘You’re a rockstar!’ he chimes.

I live with the burden of my dreams, with a burning desire to reach out to
millions. I have started to find bliss in this quagmire, for it acts as a fuel to
keep me moving. Every day. Every time. If there wasn’t a thing to fight for,
I would become stagnant, a living dead, like a million others who fit in and