Chapter 3

The N Café

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Sunday 3 PM

I reluctantly stepped in there not that I trust Deepika or something like that, I stepped in there because I felt I needed some help with what I am going through and she sounded like the best shot. We have a lot of people who turn up when we need them but they always come with a solution that they think is right and what I should be doing based on their experience. I am not saying that they are all wrong. All I am saying is they come with a baggage and expect me to follow the same. I feel that they are prejudiced and I wanted someone who does not know me and give me the right 3^rd person solution.

So I am right now at the N Café searching for the person whom I think would help me get out of my state of depression.

The Café is an amazing place, situated in one of the most peaceful and less occupied parts of the city, plush green trees and bushes all over the place. The view itself is enough to make a dead man alive! It had the peaceful calm and relaxing look. Most of the café looked like it was cut out of a huge old tree. It was as if a huge banyan tree has fallen and these people just drilled in and made some cozy chambers to make it look like a Robinhood hideout with a small passage walking into different closed cabins.

I walked around a few tables to see where Deepika was seated.

Hey Pulkit! Over here! Wow…. I was not at all expecting you would come out here in search of me. You do have guts. I like it!

Hi Deepika. Thanks, actually I was not thinking at all to come over here but you know, the questions that I have in mind, my current situation and persuasion by a close friend of mine brought me here today.

No, no it’s all good. I said that because most of the people back off from therapy sessions because they feel they are inferior or incompetent and they do not like that feeling so they avoid coming to the sessions. But trust me you did not make a wrong choice. So what do you want to have? We will order it so that you can have it while having your first session with me.

Wait……..!! what?! You are going to take my session here? Are you sure? I mean like do you not have an office or something more private than this place?

This place is as good as a private one Pulkit. My friend Panji owns this place. She built this place for the people who wanted to hang out with friends for hours together and have some privacy while not worrying about burning a hole in their pocket. So you do not worry about your secrets getting out. But if you are not comfortable then we can go to my office and then start your session there.

No, this place is good I just wanted to be sure.

Awesome! Make yourself comfortable. So? From where do we start?

Ummmm…… I think from where we stopped last time. So after we parted ways, I called my childhood friend Taran. He is one of my closest pals and always there to answer the call. I just said “Taran, yaar I am messed up, can you please come and meet me at Navap circle. I need someone here right now”

He didn’t ask any questions he just said see you in 15 minutes and he was there bang on time. I have a very few close set of friends and he is one of them we have been friends since schooling and I guess I can say safely that he is more than family to me.

So he came and asked me what was wrong with me. I told him the complete story about me being fired and how they said they would support me and also our small meeting. He heard me out patiently and let me finish. I asked him 2 questions.

1. What should I do after I get home? Do I tell my family that I lost my job or not to tell them anything until I get another opportunity?
2. What do you say? Shall I go meet this Deepika girl who claims to be a counselor. Would it be of any help to me?

He actually said what you told me that it is just a job that I lost and not the skill and I was thinking too much. He said that if he were in my place and got fired, he would be on cloud 9 because he does not need to work for 6 whole months and he still gets paid!

He asked me to look at the brighter side of it. He told me that it will give me a lot of free time to reflect on my life, spend more time with my family and enjoy the time off. In fact he asked me to go on a holiday saying that it would do me good. After speaking to him for an hour, I was at peace. I felt I could survive this and it is not that bad either. He dropped me home and said that it is better I tell my wife what happened when she is ready rather than breaking it to her right now and he said that coming here for the sessions might also help me release some tension. So here I am.

 

Sorry for the long delay in writing this bit. Will try to keep up and keep updating as soon as possible.

 

Chapter 3 continues….

https://myjourneyinsearchofhumanity.wordpress.com/2019/09/22/honey-the-job-lost-me-chapter-3-continues

 

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