Can You Mend My Broken Heart?

Chapter 3: Coffee Again !!!

3 Coffee Again !!!

He stared in her direction for quite some time but then again started arranging her papers.

Little bit of coffee had spilled on his hands and had scalded him a bit. His jacket had taken all the hit. Annoyed he took it off and put it in his suitcase. "Damn, these papers are gone." He muttered to himself. Anyways as his contract went for a toss, he didn't care much. That's how Raymond worked. No second approaches, no second chances and no second thoughts. He was a man who was always singular in his thoughts and his focus was like a directed laser beam.

He dumped the whole stack of paper into the nearest dustbin and started walking towards the nearest information panel to check his gate number. His eyes were fixed on his Airline and he read -

China Southern Airlines

Flight to JFK - Delayed. New Boarding Time - 03:30

"You got to be kidding me!!! ".

Nothing was working for him today. So he decided to get back to the resting area and do some productive thinking. He took his laptop out and started charting out his design model. He decided to give his existing game some twist by creating new avatars and levels. He started drafting his ideas to capture a whole new demographic. He was super swift and creative with his work and within 80 minutes a new agenda was ready. He immediately emailed it to his folks in New York and started scheduling meeting to discuss further with the design and graphics board. He knew the new plan was tight, but there was no other way around.

He knew the meaning of pushing off the contract signing date. It was not going to happen. Not when he knew who was behind all this scheming. He knew why someone didn't want him to win. But he was not going to let them get what they want. He knew he had to perform better and take aggressive measures to get financial backup. He was not going to let some third party extinguish the fire of creativity in him. He knew he needed a plan B and his new project was his plan B.

Now that he had sometime left he decided to get back to have another coffee. Standing in the queue he saw the girl coming out of the washroom. She looked a bit composed than before but her eyes were stark red. Looking at her clothes and hair it looked like something bad had really happened. She went near the information panel and started looking at the screen. She was staring at it non-stop. Totally unfazed and unaware of what was happening around her.

"Your order please."

"SIR, your order please."

Raymond was startled at first and shook his head.

"What's wrong with me?" He muttered under his breath.

"One latte please. No cream, no sugar".

He took his coffee turned to see if she was still there near the information panel but there was no trace of her. Without any second thoughts he started walking towards his gate. It was almost his time to board.