No news of any kind. Turkish Airlines tickets will cost me 600 pounds. I have 1000 pounds in the account. I don’t know if the apartment will ask me to pay.

I am just going to pack up and leave.

Will I go to jail?

If I have to go to jail I hope I go to jail in the UK or US. That I can somehow hide from Gouri and family.

If I got to jail in India … ayyo. Can’t even bear thinking the social problems that will happen. Four or five years ago Vasudevan master’s son went to jail briefly for some minor supermarket robbery. After that Ramankutty got alliances only from below average girls with bad things in their horoscopes. Finally he married Vatsala chechi who had the best horoscope: minor unhappiness for husband, but foreign travel and wealth was assured.

Ramankutty is now in Libya for stealing money from a local businessman. But at least he was able to send it home and his family is fairly comfortable.

Every time I sit down I get visions of prison life.

Maybe I should call Turkish Airlines and see if I can pre-pone tickets. The faster I leave the faster I get out of trouble.

Wait …

Is that Sugandh in the lobby …

20 July 2007

7.43 a.m.

Lederman board of directors wants to meet me!!!!! Running for office now.

Prison looking more likely every minute.

Sugandh is not the SEC mole.

21 July 2007

5.50 p.m.

No time. Will explain later. Need to run to the bank to check on some transfers from Isle of Man. Have to find a taxi. And then lunch with one of the directors at the Hilton.

The board wants me to stay back, but I have refused. Bastards need to learn to stop pushing people around.

So much to do before I fly back to Bombay and start work again.

Also there is a fantastic news update: Bore Atlantic shares just dropped below a dollar.

I’ve taken care of Sugandh’s requests and put in a good word for Dominic.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A spectacular couple of days. Came as a surprise, but even till the very end I had a niggling feeling things would work out fine. So am I that surprised?

To be frank, no.

8.02 p.m.

Ooff! These bankers are unbearable. Yoshi insisting that I check out from this serviced gutter and move to the St Edmunds even if it is only for just one night. Have to check out now. Thankfully Lederman have sent a limo for tonight and for the airport drop tomorrow.

22 July 2007

10.05 a.m.