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‘That would be wonderful. Little me will look good to my bosses
in New York,’ Michael said and winked at me. Americans can make
you feel you are their best friend in the whole world, ‘I need a favour,
Michael,’ I said.
‘Sure.’
‘I need to be in New York for a while. Can the foundation give me
a job, an internship, anything for a few months?’
Michael raised his eyebrows. ‘Really?’
‘Yes. I will go anyway. However, it will help if I have a base there
and some income to survive.’
‘Bihar to New York. Is everything okay? You seemed so passionate
about your school.’
‘I am. I need to look for someone in New York. That’s all. Of
course, an internship would be a great experience.’
Michael tugged at his lower lip.
‘Well, I will put you in touch with people in the US,’ Michael
said,‘and put in a word, too.’
‘Thanks, Michael,’ I said and shook his hand.
‘No problem. Don’t forget to send me the scanned articles,’ he said.
*
‘The things you make me do,’ Samantha said. She passed me a
sheet of paper. It was early in the morning in Lodi Gardens, next to her
office. Brisk morning walkers strode past us.
I looked at the sheet. It was a copy of a US visa.
‘She applied, and the consulate granted her a visa on 5 April.’
‘Thanks, Samantha.’
‘My friend could get into a lot of trouble for this.’
‘I owe you,’ I said.
She looked at me with her deep grey eyes.
‘No, you don’t. Hope this is helpful.’
‘It tells me my hunch could be right.’
‘But it doesn’t say which city in the US. Or if she went at all.’
‘New York. She always wanted to go there.’