Chapter 47: chapter 47

He opened his laptop and started hitting its keyboard. After checking about five minutes, he said gladly, “Wow! Amazing!”We became happy to hear that. He added, “Both of you have almost cleared the debt. You just have to pay five lakh rupees more to us. That’s all!”Our hearts skipped a beat. I said, shocked, “What! We have to pay five lakh rupees more to clear the debt!”Vijay - I mean you have to pay five lakhs alone and Jay has to pay his five lakhs. Total ten lakhs!Our faces became pale. Jay said, “But sir, now from where will we pay the money to you? We don’t have anything!”Sania - Sir, we never got anything. We can’t pay you anything!Vijay thought for a while and said, “You don’t worry. I will talk to the company to waive off your debts. Well, I will make sure that the company will waive. I will convince them that both of you have put your best in the company. Don’t worry, nobody will ask you for money. As long as I am here, I will not let anyone from the company trouble you.”I said with a pitiful face, “Sir, it means we are not going to get anything.”Vijay said in a bit rude tone, “You should thank God, if the company waives off your debts. Just imagine, if the company starts forcing you to pay its money, then what will become of you?”We got terrified to hear that. This time we didn't dare to argue with him. We were left with neither courage nor bodily strength to put up our points. We closed our eyes for a couple of seconds, accepted our fate and got up from the chairs. We walked out of the building. The gatekeeper and the security of the company permitted us to go out as we had retired from the company. Jay boarded a train to go back to his home and I boarded a bus. While travelling in the bus, I thought, "I always wanted to be a pop star but not at this cost…"