Chapter 308

He picked it up after a couple of rings. She was delighted to hear his voice. "Hey! You sound happy. Looks like everything worked out fine I suppose" he said. "Yes. Everything went great. As I promised I gave you a call" she said. "Are you still at work or..." he said. "No. I am near Danbury. Just dropped of some documents at a client" she said. "That's wonderful. Absolutely great. I am pretty close to you. Can you meet me at the Hilton Garden Inn in Mill Plain Road? I can get there in about ten minutes" he said. She keyed in the search for Hilton in her GPS. In a minute the screen refreshed indicating that it was about 7 miles from there. Excited she said, "Sure. I will see you there." It took her about twenty minutes to get there due to traffic as there was some event going on at the Ives Concert Park nearby. She learnt that from all the signs and advertisement. She wanted to get there a little early and freshen up before Akshar got there. But it looked like that was not going to happen. When she was just about to park the car her phone rang. It was Akshar. She picked it up immediately and said, "Got stuck in traffic and I am at the parking lot." He said, "That's fine I will come out. I actually want to take you some where else." She was a bit puzzled but it didn't really matter anyway so she said, "I need to freshen up a bit" and walked towards the entrance. He was there waiting for her. He pointed her towards the bathroom and indicated that he shall wait in the lounge. She breezed past him and in there put on some make up. Something heavier than before but not too much. She looked like she was going to work so she took her coat off and adjusted her top so that it looked more casual and not professional. She had dressed up for a professional meeting, not too much as she came directly from the printing arena. Satisfied she stepped out and walked towards him.

He looked at her and got up and asked her, "Have you been to any fun place lately?" She thought for a minute and said, "Not really!" He said, "I thought so. If you would like to follow me, I shall take you somewhere, where you definitely will have some fun. It is just a couple of blocks from here." She nodded and followed him in her car. He was not joking when he said couple of blocks, but he didn't say how big those blocks were! With traffic, it took some time to get there even though it was pretty close. It looked like a warehouse. They parked the car and he took her by her hand they both walked at least a mile and it was a club house and a diner. It had some jazzy neon sign with one letter that was hanging. Only after getting closer that it was not hanging but was designed on purpose. They both walked in and he spoke to someone in the front and gave his credit card and in a couple of minutes they walked towards the rear end of the building. There was a hefty man in his uniform. Akshar showed him some paper and he stamped something on both their hands and opened the door. She was expecting it to be something like a dungeon and was a bit concerned about the place. When the door opened it looked like a whole new world down there. The steps had red carpet on them with a huge chandelier and it was apparent that it was a underground club. It was huge and there was a stage at the other end where someone was talking something on the stage. It looked like a stand up comedy. A waitress dressed in black pants and a white full armed shirt and a sleeveless black jacket with a red bow welcomed them and looked at the stamp on their hand and took them to the front and seated them somewhat in the middle of the room.