21-08-2019, 11:24 PM
Chapter 2 : The chain of command
Asish's hand froze while browsing phone gallery, everytime he watches her face he feels like crying,an old picture of him, Rekha and Mahesh.
They all belonged in same college, Asish was 3 years junior to rest of the two.
He had a massive crush on Rekha despite being younger than her and Rekha married Mahesh in future.
Asish made peace with that fact later in life, later when he himself became much ambitious person, an innocent hearted Rekha would have been a bad companion for the rest of his life.
Although there was a nasty rumour circulating back then that Mahesh had something to do with Rekha's untimely death but the security officer investigation declared Mahesh not guilty.
Soon he heard Mahesh remarried some gorgeous beauty, he didn't attend the marriage ceremony in fact he does not attend any kind of grand ceremony,not even company functions. He is a very private person and crowd bores him extremely.
He is a person who knows what he wants, very singular minded and industrious.
Looking at the picture makes Asish sad not cause of Rekha is dead but cause it reminds him of how naive he was back then, how soft hearted and a complete idealist. Rekha found that self of him so cute in her words, the picture pains him cause he murdered that former gullible self of his and from that bloodbath he rebulit a persona who is completely opposite of what Rekha was fond of.
"May I come in Sir?" Mahesh enquired.
But his new avtar payed off well, despite being much younger than Mahesh, Asish is his current boss.
Asish locks the phone screen and gesture Mahesh towards the seat in front of him.
" Why?" Asish looks sternly at Mahesh.
" What do you mean?" a puzzled Mahesh asks.
" Why did you not inform us before giving the final quote?" Asish grit his teeth.
" I thought that much amount was enough to outbid other companies" Mahesh promptly reply.
"You were specifically instructed to consult your superiors before sanctioning the quote amount" - Asish slaps the arm chair lightly to exert his seriousness.
" But I was said I couldn't use more than 2 crore fund" a callous Mahesh reply ignoring the gravity of the situation.
"How stupid are you?2 crore for that massive project? That 2 crore was given to bribe the officers so that they can reveal the quote amount of other companies. Your job was to notify us about the quoting amount of other companies so that we can outbid them even if we quote only 1 rs more than them " infurated Asish informs.
" Bribe the officials? What are you talking about? "Asish's reply baffled Mahesh.
" Yes you imbecile" Asish lash out.
" But nobody said that directly to me, like you are doing it now"the whip of sarcasm must have hurt Mahesh as he bitterly speaks out.
"The blunder from your part clearly demands a thorough clarification about bribing lesson now. If we knew you are so dumb we wouldn't have chose you as our go between guy in the first place. You were given the responsibility cause we knew you have no problem with under the table deals"Asish has a keen eye of turning someone's negative traits in favour of himself and in this case for the gain of the company.
" Yeah ofcourse,I am ballsy enough to take such crooked path." an agiated Mahesh responds.
" Clearly you got the balls but not the brains." Asish's tongue doesn't held back the amount of displeasure he has felt regarding this bizarre ordeal.
"I am sorry for that but careful now Asish, just because you are my boss, it doesn't mean..." Mahesh has had enough of this.
Asish interrupts Mahesh " That's right you dumb fuck, I am your boss and that means I can speak to you anyway I want after you cost us a lucrative deal, on the other hand next time you try to get upper hand I will sack you for insubordination. Now get your sorry ass out of my office and hide your dumb face somewhere else. "
A furious Mahesh gets up immediately and pull the door.
For one last time Asish couldn't help to add salt to Mahesh's injury now that the door is open " Check Your mail, I have sent the grocery list. Consider it a first installment of the compensation you owe your company"
Asish look at insulted face of the Mahesh and the giggling employees outside his office.
It was time for Mahesh to learn about chain of commands from Asish long he has milked Asish for favour just cause they scored some beer in college.
Those days are gone so is the Asish of the past,either Mahesh must learn to live in the new reality regarding the reversal of their fortunes or he can drag himself down believing he is the same Asish who used to call Mahesh "bhaiya" with utter respect.
Asish's hand froze while browsing phone gallery, everytime he watches her face he feels like crying,an old picture of him, Rekha and Mahesh.
They all belonged in same college, Asish was 3 years junior to rest of the two.
He had a massive crush on Rekha despite being younger than her and Rekha married Mahesh in future.
Asish made peace with that fact later in life, later when he himself became much ambitious person, an innocent hearted Rekha would have been a bad companion for the rest of his life.
Although there was a nasty rumour circulating back then that Mahesh had something to do with Rekha's untimely death but the security officer investigation declared Mahesh not guilty.
Soon he heard Mahesh remarried some gorgeous beauty, he didn't attend the marriage ceremony in fact he does not attend any kind of grand ceremony,not even company functions. He is a very private person and crowd bores him extremely.
He is a person who knows what he wants, very singular minded and industrious.
Looking at the picture makes Asish sad not cause of Rekha is dead but cause it reminds him of how naive he was back then, how soft hearted and a complete idealist. Rekha found that self of him so cute in her words, the picture pains him cause he murdered that former gullible self of his and from that bloodbath he rebulit a persona who is completely opposite of what Rekha was fond of.
"May I come in Sir?" Mahesh enquired.
But his new avtar payed off well, despite being much younger than Mahesh, Asish is his current boss.
Asish locks the phone screen and gesture Mahesh towards the seat in front of him.
" Why?" Asish looks sternly at Mahesh.
" What do you mean?" a puzzled Mahesh asks.
" Why did you not inform us before giving the final quote?" Asish grit his teeth.
" I thought that much amount was enough to outbid other companies" Mahesh promptly reply.
"You were specifically instructed to consult your superiors before sanctioning the quote amount" - Asish slaps the arm chair lightly to exert his seriousness.
" But I was said I couldn't use more than 2 crore fund" a callous Mahesh reply ignoring the gravity of the situation.
"How stupid are you?2 crore for that massive project? That 2 crore was given to bribe the officers so that they can reveal the quote amount of other companies. Your job was to notify us about the quoting amount of other companies so that we can outbid them even if we quote only 1 rs more than them " infurated Asish informs.
" Bribe the officials? What are you talking about? "Asish's reply baffled Mahesh.
" Yes you imbecile" Asish lash out.
" But nobody said that directly to me, like you are doing it now"the whip of sarcasm must have hurt Mahesh as he bitterly speaks out.
"The blunder from your part clearly demands a thorough clarification about bribing lesson now. If we knew you are so dumb we wouldn't have chose you as our go between guy in the first place. You were given the responsibility cause we knew you have no problem with under the table deals"Asish has a keen eye of turning someone's negative traits in favour of himself and in this case for the gain of the company.
" Yeah ofcourse,I am ballsy enough to take such crooked path." an agiated Mahesh responds.
" Clearly you got the balls but not the brains." Asish's tongue doesn't held back the amount of displeasure he has felt regarding this bizarre ordeal.
"I am sorry for that but careful now Asish, just because you are my boss, it doesn't mean..." Mahesh has had enough of this.
Asish interrupts Mahesh " That's right you dumb fuck, I am your boss and that means I can speak to you anyway I want after you cost us a lucrative deal, on the other hand next time you try to get upper hand I will sack you for insubordination. Now get your sorry ass out of my office and hide your dumb face somewhere else. "
A furious Mahesh gets up immediately and pull the door.
For one last time Asish couldn't help to add salt to Mahesh's injury now that the door is open " Check Your mail, I have sent the grocery list. Consider it a first installment of the compensation you owe your company"
Asish look at insulted face of the Mahesh and the giggling employees outside his office.
It was time for Mahesh to learn about chain of commands from Asish long he has milked Asish for favour just cause they scored some beer in college.
Those days are gone so is the Asish of the past,either Mahesh must learn to live in the new reality regarding the reversal of their fortunes or he can drag himself down believing he is the same Asish who used to call Mahesh "bhaiya" with utter respect.
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