Fifteen minutes from then, the movie started. It must have been a really good movie, because I liked it even though at the back of the brain I was calculating my maximum, minimum, mean and most probable loss. And I was somehow having the eerie feeling that I would lose something else as well soon. So from time to time, I was checking my pockets if everything was there (of what was left).
While coming down the escalator after the movie, the conical roof caught my eye. I looked straight up. It was majestic. I took out my camera and took a picture. Next I tried to angle properly to get a better pic. I took off my cap, since it was obstructing my view. Two minutes later as we walked along Elizabeth Street, I realized that my cap was gone. I asked the others. No one had a clue. We searched a lot. It was nowhere to be found. I seemed to be in one of those scary movies, where you are wary of impending danger but it occurs no matter what you do. I told my fellow men to keep an watch on me before I lose myself.
The night, I slept at Jai’s. Today morning, no alarm was required to wake me up as I went downstairs to meet my landlady. Got a duplicate key to open my room. Found my mobile and key there.(the apartment door can be locked from outside without the key) And then I rushed to the Optus shop at Union House and was relieved to get my card there.
But the cap was gone. It had cost me 300 rupees, but no,…. it is only 7 dollars. That’s not even as costly as a haircut. ;)
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