A Twisted Love Story - Episode 2

The results were ready. Bhaskar's dedication to his work was so pronounced that he didn't even break for lunch. And by the time he decided he wanted to go for lunch, it was time for the kids to return.

"I don't know how much will I score", mumbled Rushali as one by one all the new joiners entered the conference room. Anticipation was the norm of the day for them as they sat anxiously waiting for Bhaskar to announce the results.

"So Guys! All ready for the results. What do you think you must have scored?" Asked Bhaskar wittily as he knew most of them had fared real bad and not many had even crossed the 50% mark.

"So, to start with the good news. And that is that only 3 out of 15 people have cleared the passing level of the test and you guys qualify to go for second round of training. Rest others, you will have to give a re-test in 2 days"

Except the 3 faces, gloom had engulfed all the others. "Oh no!" "Shit, this is bad" "What the hell" were some of the exclamations that were audible in the room.

"Silence please", Bhaskar said in an authoritative tone. "Please distribute the papers", he said to Meena, who, to Bhaskar's chagrin, was sitting in the front row, on the first chair. Bhaskar was not liking her presence there, but he couldn't help it as she was a part of this new workforce.

"And you Meena! You have just scored 15 marks. What's wrong? Is it something that you didn't understand or is it that my teaching method is not good?". Bhaskar was annoyed because in his career as an additional trainer for the new sales group that was at its nascent stage, this was the lowest score he has ever encountered while training.

"Sir, I understood everything but I couldn't prepare", said Meena in a meek voice.

"That's not an excuse, today is Monday. You had 2 days of the weekend and I presume sufficient time as well to at least go through the notes"

"Ya Sir, but..?"

"No excuses Meena, this is not done at all. And all these results have already been sent to Mehta Sir. Now those who have not cleared would have to anwer him why?"

"Sir, I will score good in re-test", chuckled Meena.

"Let's see"

And with this the session for the day was over as Bhaskar had ordered everyone to be on their desks and prepare for the re-test. For the 3 who had cleared their test, he would hold a round of viva's to test additional knowledge.

With this Bhaskar was on his spree of managing client demos, project milestones and requirements and other essential stuff that made up his daily grind.

He sent a broadcast on the Chat Messenger intimating everyone to leave office on time and report to office tomorrow by 10 am sharp.