Still laughing, Rishi said, “You deserved that. Wish I was there to see that.”
“No wonder you’re so confident that she will not sell the land to you. Anyway, what’s done is done. What do we do now? We need that land, Sameer,” Kabier said.
“I know, I’ll do something,” Sameer responded.
“Sort it out, Sameer. Work your magic on her and get her to like you enough to sell the land. And if you can’t, I’ll talk to her because I know for sure she will not refuse me,” Kabier told him confidently.
“I can talk to her too,” Rishi offered.
Sameer glared at him in return.
“I said I’d do something about it. You both don’t need to get involved. This is my project and I’ll get it done, no matter what,” Sameer spoke with a sharpness that was quite unlike him.
“One more thing, I know Keya doesn’t know, otherwise she would have told me about it. What about Sheena or grandfather?” Kabier asked.
“I don’t think grandfather knows. But Sheena is aware of the whole situation.”
“Oh! That’s why Sheena’s been so rude to you the past few months,” Rishi remarked. “I didn’t quite understand why, though it was entertaining as hell. I thought it was some silly tiff you guys were having because you didn’t do something that she asked you to or some other inane reason. But I like this more and more.”
“You know I will have to tell Keya,” Kabier stated.
“I know,” Sameer accepted.
“More fun! Can I come and watch when Keya gives you a verbal bashing?” Rishi gave him a naughty wink.
“Rishi, behave,” Sameer said sternly.
Rishi made a face at him, “And now I understand why Raashi was so cold to you the other night when we bumped into the three of them when they were out driving so late.”
“What are you talking about?” Kabier asked, looking confused.
“Sheena, Raashi and Keya. We bumped into them on their night out. They were driving their car at full speed at four in the morning. You should have seem them zipping on the empty streets,” Rishi replied with a fond smile.
“The girls were racing a car in the middle of the night? I don’t know anything about this,” Kabier remarked, alarmed.
“You were in London last week,” Sameer reminded his cousin.
Kabier’s lips flattened into a hard line before he exploded, “And my wife uses the opportunity of me being away to be in a speeding car for fun and then conveniently forgets to mention it to me?”
Sameer exchanged a look with Rishi.
“There’s more?” Kabier asked the two of them, not missing the look that had passed between them.
“Uh, actually, it was Keya who was racing the car and it was your Cayenne that she was driving,” Rishi said.
“My God!” Kabier stood up. “I’m going home. I need to have a very serious conversation with my wife.”
His cousin took a deep breath to calm himself before he turned to look at Sameer. “I trust the land issue will get resolved.”
“Yes, you can count on it.”
Kabier waved at the two of them and marched out of Sameer’s office.
6
“You’re scaring me, Raashi,” Janak said. “What is wrong with Keya and why is Kabier not with her?”
“She sounded odd to me on the phone. I wonder why she has called us here. She was to meet us at AquaNox for dinner,” Raashi said turning into the driveway of Kabier and Keya’s house.
