The Wolseley
The glasses were big.
Tom Ford sunglasses were what she wore. These had frames and really dark lenses. The Tom Ford sunglasses covered half of her face.
Esha looked in the reflection of the shop window. She thought she looked silly. The way she was dressed made her look like a person who did not want to be seen. It was, like something you would see in a spy movie, where the spy is trying to be sneaky but everyone can tell who they are. Esha looked like that spy or maybe a celebrity who was trying to hide from people. Was not doing a very good job of it.
It was noon. The sun was out in London. It was really bright. I did not like it. The sun, in London made everything look too sharp. The sun was annoying me.
She walked into The Wolseley. The place was really nice. The Wolseley is a famous restaurant. She had heard a lot, about The Wolseley.
It was loud.
The noise was the thing that she noticed. It was, like a wave that hit her. She heard the sound of clinking. It was clink, clink, all the time. People were. Having a good time. The waiters were shouting out the orders they got from the people. The noise of the silverware clinking was really loud.
The floors were black and white which is a simple combination but they were also really geometric you know, with a lot of shapes and patterns. This made them look dizzying like the floors were spinning around or something. The black and white floors were really something to see.
"Do you have a reservation?" the host asked. He looked at her sunglasses. Then he judged her. The host was judging the woman who was wearing the sunglasses. He wanted to know if she had a reservation, at the place.
Esha said to Roy "I need a table, for two people." She was speaking in an accent.
Mr. Roy is waiting for us. We need to go see Mr. Roy. Mr. Roy has been waiting.
The host led her through the room. She walked with the host. The host was showing her the room.
Esha kept her head down. She had a grip on her bag holding it close to her stomach. The thing is, her stomach was hurting her. Her stomach was twisting and turning it was really uncomfortable, for Esha.
The woman saw the man.
Arjun was sitting at a corner table. Arjun had on a grey suit. He did not have a tie on. Arjun was looking at his phone.
The man looked really tired. He had a face and his eyes looked tired too. The man just looked tired.
The man had bags under his eyes. They were a purple color. His hair was all messy and sticking up everywhere. He looked really tired like he had not slept in a long time maybe not even for a whole week.
The man looked up.
The man saw the woman.
The man stood up. He had a smile, on his face. The smile was nice. It was a smile. The mans smile was really nice.
"Ms. Sharma " he said. "You are finally here Ms. Sharma."
Esha did not smile. Esha kept the glasses on her face.
The woman said "Mr. Roy".
The woman sat down. She did not take off her coat. She also kept her scarf wrapped around her neck. The woman looked like the woman was ready to run at any moment. The woman had her coat on. Her scarf, on which made it seem like the woman was not planning to stay for very long.
"Please " Arjun said. "You can call me Arjun. My father is Mr. Roy. He is a scary man Arjun thinks that Mr. Roy is terrifying.
The man laughed. The thing he said was a joke. He thought the joke was funny. The joke made him laugh.
Esha did not laugh. Her father was really scary. Arjun did not know how bad it really was, with her father.
Esha looked at Arjun. Said what do you want Arjun. She told him that she has a meeting at two. Esha said this because she was getting ready to leave for the meeting at two. The meeting at two was important, to Esha.
Arjun said "Straight, to business." Then he sat down. Arjun thought that Zaviyar trains them well. The way Zaviyar trains them is really good.
The waiter came to our table. He was a nice man. The waiter took our order.
Arjun said "I want tea. The Earl Grey kind.. I want two pots of it."
Esha cut in. Said "I want coffee. It has to be coffee. I mean Espresso."
Arjun looked at the woman standing in front of him. He was looking at her. Arjun wanted to know what she was thinking so he kept looking at her.
The man talked about Americans and their coffee he said. Americans really love their coffee.
Esha said that she really needs the caffeine. The caffeine is what she is looking for now. Esha wants the caffeine to help her feel more awake. She needs the caffeine.
The waiter got up. Left the table.
Arjun leaned forward. He placed his elbows on the table. Then he looked up. Arjun was really interested, in what was being said about Arjun. Arjun wanted to hear more.
He told me that he wanted to meet me. He said this was because I am the person who is going to make a difference the new variable.
"Variable?"
Arjun said that the situation is different now. For a time it was just him and Zaviyar. They fought each other. Stopped each other. The equation of Arjun and Zaviyar was not moving forward. Arjun and Zaviyar were at a standstill. Arjun and Zaviyar were not getting anywhere, with each other.
He looked at her through the lenses of her glasses. The lenses were really dark. He was looking at her at the girl, with the dark lenses.
He said to me "But now you are here. Things are happening. The stocks are going up and down. People are talking about things. You are really going after things Anya. You are being very aggressive Anya."
Esha said "I am a good person, at getting things done."
Arjun said you are a person. The thing about the companies joining together that was a move. It was a thing to do but it was clever. Sterling was really upset he almost had a heart attack when he heard the rumor about the merger. The rumor, about the merger really got to him.
Esha looked at the table cloth. The table cloth was white. It was really really white I mean stark white. The table cloth looked stark white, to Esha.
She said it was not a rumor. That was not true. She said it was a plan, a way to do something. The woman said this. She was not telling the truth it was a strategy the strategy she was talking about.
Arjun said it was not true. He said this in a voice. Zaviyar does not join things together. Zaviyar takes over things. I know Zaviyar well.
The man stopped what he was doing. Just stood there for a moment.
Arjun said that he knows something is going on. It is, for the launch of Project Icarus. Arjun is talking about Project Icarus. He thinks something is being planned for Project Icarus.
Esha just stopped moving. Her hand got really tight, on the napkin.
The woman looked confused and said "I do not understand what you are talking about " she said this to the person who was speaking to the woman.
Arjun said "Come on". Zaviyar really hates Icarus. Zaviyar hates Icarus because I built Icarus and he could not build something, like Icarus. Zaviyar wants to kill Icarus.
Arjun reached across the table. He did not touch her. Arjun just put his hand near her hand.
Arjun said "Do not let him"
Esha looked at him. Then Esha looked at her cousin.
"What?"
Arjun said "Do not let him destroy it." His voice was really quiet. He sounded very desperate. "This project is not, about making money " Arjun said. "It is my life. I made it from nothing. The code is good Anya. The project helps people it really does."
The man looked at the woman. The man was really begging the woman. He wanted something, from the woman badly that the man was begging the woman.
Arjun said that Zaviyar is a bad person. Zaviyar likes to start fires and watch things burn. The reason Zaviyar likes fires is because he thinks they are fun. Arjun told us to stay from Zaviyar so we do not make him want to start a fire. Arjun said do not be the thing that makes Zaviyar want to start a fire, with Zaviyar.
Esha did not feel well. She was feeling really unwell. Esha was not sure what was wrong, with Esha.
The espresso arrived. It was really small. The espresso was dark too.
She picked up the cup. Her hand was shaking badly. The cup was rattling against the saucer. It made a clink sound. The cup rattled some more against the saucer.
Esha said "I do my job". Her voice was really cold. It sounded like a machine. "If your product is good it will be okay. If the product is not good the product will not do well. That is how the market works with products, like this product."
Arjun sighed. He let his body fall back into the chair.
He told me that I sound like him. I mean my voice is, like his. He said I sound like him.
The man picked up his tea. Then he poured some milk in his tea. His tea was still not ready to drink so he stirred his tea.
Clink. Clink. Clink. Three times.
Esha watched him. She remembered that sound. It was the sound of Arjun stirring his tea at the Roy house on Sunday mornings during breakfast. Esha thought about those Sunday mornings, at the Roy house. Arjun would always stir his tea.
Arjun said this to me out of the blue. He told me that I remind him of someone. I do not know who this someone is that Arjun is talking about. Arjun just said that I remind him of someone.
Esha just stopped breathing all of a.
"Who?"
Arjun frowned. He looked at her face really looked at it. He wanted to see what was, behind those glasses that covered her eyes so he tried to look behind the glasses to see the real Arjun wanted to know what was going on in her eyes.
He said my cousin is Esha.
The world just stopped. Everything was quiet. The noise in the restaurant stopped too. It was like time stood still. The world. So did the noise, in the restaurant.
"Esha?" she asked. She said the name loud it was hard for her to say Esha.
Arjun said "My uncles daughter". She lives in New York. I have not seen my uncles daughter in years.. Something about the way you sit the posture of my uncles daughter seems familiar, to me.
The man shook his head.
Arjun said that she used to be really stiff. She was scared of everything Arjun added.
He smiled,. It was a sad smile. It was one of those smiles that says the person is not really happy all. The smile of a person who is feeling sad is what he had on his face. His smile was a smile.
He said that he misses her. He texted her the night. She did not text him back. He is waiting to hear from her from the woman he misses.
Esha held the cup tightly. The ceramic cup was really hot. The hot ceramic cup burned Eshas fingers.
Esha said that maybe the woman is busy.
"Maybe " Arjun said. ". Maybe she does not like the family at all. The family is really complicated. Arjun thinks that the family is very complicated."
The man looked at his watch. He wanted to know what time it was. The watch was something he looked at times during the day. He looked at his watch again.
He said "I have to go". He has launch preparation to take care of. The launch prep is causing him a lot of stress.
The man stood up. Then he put some cash on the table. He was paying for the things he bought so he put the cash on the table.
"Think about what I said, Anya " Arjun said. "You do not have to be his weapon. Anya can be her person or rather you can be your own person, Anya. You have the power to make your choices Anya and not just follow what someone else wants you to do, like being a weapon, for him.
He looked at the woman one time. He really looked at the woman. The woman was someone he wanted to see. He looked at the woman. Then he walked away.
The man looked at the glasses. Said that they are really nice glasses. He thought the nice glasses looked good on the person who was wearing the glasses.
The man walked away, from the place. He just turned around. Walked away. The man did not say anything he just walked away.
Esha was just sitting there. She did not move. Esha just stayed in that position.
The woman did not move. The woman could not move.
You remind me of someone I know. That someone is a person I have met before. You are really similar, to that person. The person I am thinking of is that someone.
The woman was really scared of lots of things. She would get scared of everything that came her way. The woman was scared of everything.
She was still scared. She was terrified.
The woman looked at the espresso in front of her. Then she picked it up. Drank the whole thing in one gulp. The espresso was really bitter. The taste of the espresso was, like dirt it was that bad. She did not like the taste of the espresso.
She grabbed her bag. Then she stood up from where she was sitting, ready to go with her bag.
The woman walked out of the restaurant. She went outside after being, in the restaurant. The restaurant was where she had been and now she was leaving it the restaurant.
The woman walked into the sun. She felt the bright sun, on her face as she walked into the bright sun.
The woman walked fast. The woman wanted to go and run because the woman was, in a big hurry. The woman just wanted to get to where the woman was going.
She had to destroy him. The boy who missed his cousin she had to destroy the boy who missed his cousin.
She was a bad person. Zaviyar was right about that. You see people like her are made that way they are not born to be like that. Monsters, like her are created by something or someone. Zaviyar was right monsters are made, not born.
The woman was being made now. She was actually being made at this moment the woman was. This was happening to the woman.
The Code
She went back, to the hotel because she needed to get some rest. The hotel was a place for her to stay. She liked the hotel.
She did not go to the office. The reason is that she could not face Zaviyar. Not yet. She was not ready to see Zaviyar, at the office.
The woman sat on the bed. Then she opened up the laptop that was right in front of her. The laptop was something she used all the time so she was very comfortable, with the laptop.
The script was just sitting there waiting for something to happen. The script was waiting.
Target: Project Icarus
Status: Armed
The woman looked at the key on her keyboard. She was thinking about what would happen if she pressed the key. The delete key was something she used a lot when she was typing on her computer.
She has the power to delete it. This means she can save him from trouble. She can save Arjun from all this.
But then what?
Zaviyar would fire her from her job. Her father would not want anything to do with her anymore. She would have no home and no money to buy things she needs. There would be no family to turn to when she needs help.. In the end she would not even get her revenge on Zaviyar. Zaviyar would still be, in control. She would have nothing.
She was thinking about the coat. The coat was made of gold. She remembered the story of the coat. The story of the coat was really something. The coat and the story of the coat were connected in her mind.
The people took everything that I had. They just. Took all of my things. I am left with nothing now. The thieves took everything.
So did they really do that?
Arjun did not look like a thief. He looked like a tired man who wanted to write code. Arjun looked very exhausted. All he wanted to do was sit down and write some code. The man looked like he had been up all night thinking about Arjuns code. Arjun just wanted to write code and go home.
Her father was really sick. He was in a room, in Queens. The problem was that they did not have any money to pay for the things he needed. Her father was dying in that room in Queens because they had run out of money.
That was real. That was a fact.
She took her hand off the key.
The woman closed the laptop. She put the laptop down. The laptop was now closed.
She was not going to save the man. The man needed help. She was not going to save him. She just did not want to get involved with the man and his problems. The man was, in trouble. She was not going to save him.
The woman was going to destroy the man. She was going to ruin him. The mans life was going to be messed up because of her. The woman was determined to ruin him.
The woman was going to mess up her life as well. The woman was really going to ruin the womans life.
Buzz.
Her phone. The brick.
The girl said "Papa," when she answered.
Vijay asked, did you meet that guy I mean did you actually meet him?
"Yes."
Did the person suspect something was going on with the situation? The person had a feeling that the man might have suspected it.
The woman told me that this man said I reminded him of Esha she said.
Silence. Heavy silence.
Vijay said that is not an idea. The man is getting really close, to us. Vijay thinks this man is a problem because he is getting too close.
I know that already.
Vijay said you have to finish this thing. The day we launch is coming up in two weeks. You need to crash the system. This will really humiliate him. When the system is down and he is totally broken he will not be looking at the Computer System. The Computer System will not be a problem for him anymore. He will be looking at the floor because he will be so upset, about the Computer System.
Esha said that she will do it.
Vijay said that she is a girl.
Click.
Esha threw the phone on the bed. She was really upset. The phone just went flying onto the bed. The phone was still ringing. Esha did not bother to pick it up. Esha just sat there staring at the phone on the bed feeling angry and frustrated with the conversation that had just ended.
Good girl.
The woman walked to the bathroom. Then she looked in the mirror that was hanging on the wall. The woman took off her glasses. Put them down.
Her eyes were really red. She looked like she was totally crazy. Her eyes were red from crying or something it was pretty scary. Her eyes being red, like that made her look crazy.
She turned on the water. Then she washed her face with the water. The water felt really good, on her face as she washed it.
She really needed to see Zaviyar. It was very important that she talks to Zaviyar.
She really needed to see the monster. This was the monster who actually knew what she was the monster who understood her completely. She had to see this monster.
She picked up her coat. Then she put it on. The coat was hers. She had her coat now.
The woman was going to the office. She had to go to the office. The office was where she worked. She was going there.
She needed to be near the fire. Even if it burned her.