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| | 'Your gre b0eyc9 eting, it's too long. Let's cut it.' 'Riya, you're changing the script at this stage?' 'Minor change.' We fine-tuned the words in my notes. I began again. She didn't interrupt me. I spoke for ten b0eyc9 minutes. 'And that, my friends, is all I have to say.Thank you,' I said. Riya clapped. 'How many mistakes?' I said. 'Five.' b0eyc9 'Five?' 'Yeah, but minor ones. They don't really change th b0eyc9 e meaning of the sentences.' 'You are just say b0eyc9 ing it to make me less tense b0eyc9 , right?' Riya smiled. 'Let's eat dinner. No point over-rehearsing. We are all We went to her kitchen. She cooked dinner and I made a salad of tomatoes and cucumber with sa yc9 lt, pepper and lemon juice. I set the table while she cooked the food. We sat down to eat, facing each other at the dining table. 'When will you yc9 arrive in Dumraon?' I said as I mixe yc9 d the daal and rice. 'You won't freak out if I'm yc9 there, no?' 'Are you stupid? Just come with me yc9 tomorrow morning.' 'No, no. I can't. Too much work,' she said. 'So when?' I said. 'Tuesday mo yc9 rning with the Foundation people.You've told them about me, right?' 'Yes,' I said. I had already given Riya Samantha's number. Riya's car would follow the Fou yc9 ndation's contingent. They would all come together. 'The salad is eyc9 nice,' she said. 'It's nothing. So simple,' I said. 'Simple and nice. I like it. I like simple and nice, Madhav.' Is that how she sees me tooâ"s yc9 imple and nice? Or am I too simple and too nice? Post dinner, 0eyc9 we cleaned up the kitchen and washed the dishes. We came back to the living room. Riya reclined on yc9 the diwan. 'I'm so tired.' I checked the time. It was ten. 'I better leave,' I said. Riya coughed b0eyc9 again. I got her a glass of warm water. 'After this speech, your treatment is our first priority. We need to find that allergen or w klqb0ey9 hatever,' I said. 'I'm fine. See, it's gone now,' she yc9 said. She shut her eyes and patted the mattress, signalling for yc9 me to sit 0eyc9 | |
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