Chapter 40

On his way to the main dining hall, Shravan met his grandfather.

“Dadu,” Shravan greeted his grandfather.

“Shravan, my boy. How are you?” Tej Maheswari asked.

“Good. How are you dadu? Are you taking your medications on time?” Shravan asked.

“Yes yes,” Tej Maheswari said waving his hands off dismissively.

“Don’t exert yourself dadu,” Shravan said.

“I know I know. Where is the girl? I asked you both to meet me,” Tej asked.

“She must be already there. I had asked her to meet us there at five. Its five now.”

Shravan said looking at his wrist watch.

“Is she of any good boy?” Tej asked.

“Yes dadu,” Shravan said and he entered the dining hall with his grandfather.

He’d left instructions with her that she should meet them for tea, but when they made it to the dining room the table was laid with tea and snacks, but the room was empty apart from two flustered footmen, one of whom was sneaking looks out of the window as Shravan