06-09-2022, 07:32 PM
As we began searching for a good hotel, we could find none nearby, and we had no other choice but to stay in a small hotel just behind the Temple, which the minister had come to inaugurate and Stage Play was going on. The Hotel had only one AC room, and others were Non-AC. Since Raju was going to sleep in the car, it was a matter of me and my boss to stay. “Sir, I will stay in the Non-AC room, you stay in the AC room,” I said, since I had got used to being without AC. “Anjali, you don’t know about these remote places, it is too hot in here,” my boss said. “It's okay sir, there is a fan right, I can adjust and sleep,” I said. “If you want you can sleep in my room,” he said. “It's okay, Sir, I will adjust, as I said. “Okay, let's get settled down, and I will come and check on you in some time, don’t lock the door from inside,” he said and left for his A.C. Room. As the room service boy opened my non-AC room, and switched on the fan, the room was still hot. As he left the place, I placed my hand bag on the dressing table, and looked at the door. My boss asking me not to close the door came to my mind, and did not latch on the door, and just left the door closed just like that. All of a sudden the fan stopped working and I started to sweat, and as I opened the windows, I could watch the Stage Play. Though the windows were open, I continued to sweat, and decided to remove my saree and sit freely in my blouse and petticoat.