Harry laughed heartily "You gotta be kidding me. You don't even need half a day to collect the sources. Tell me what's going on." He asked again.
He won't let him go. leaving his company for Assignment? No chance. Soham doesn't need that much time definitely out of all of them.
When the man asked again the image flashed in his mind. Serene! He wanted to spend time with Serene and no one else! But won't it look crazy. I hated her a month ago and now he wants to stay close to her? Why? Because of the guilt that she suffered?
"Soham!" The man called him again.
Soham got out of daze and replied "I will tell you when the time comes."
The man went silent for two seconds "Ok take care let me know if you need help." He said and hung with Soham.
***
Head master came back into his office and saw Soham standing in front of the window. He went to his chair while speaking.
"Hello Soham it's a pleasure to have you here. But I got informed that you are going out of the country this week. So?"
Soham got shaken little by his same question as his friend. Now he has actually forgotten what he has to say. Initially his answer was a lie but he was comfortable with it because he didn't know the truth but now he isn't sure because he knows why he did that. He wanted to accompany Serene all this time.
He still chooses to answer him with the lie "I missed my plane."
Head master nodded "Ohh I am sorry. So you are here to submit cheque or first wanna check the last month expenditure." Donators have the right to know where they donate every single month.
Soham shook his head in denial "No it's alright. I know you aren't one of those people." He was indicating towards the corrupted orphanages who took money for their welfare.
"Thank you for the compliment. But before anyone, this orphanage's Madam deserves every compliment." The only thing he does is to make sure that things are executing properly.
Soham nodded too. "She sure does. Anyway this is the cheque i'll be on the way after visiting the library to see what books we are missing, you don't need to trouble." He said and got up from his chair.
"Sure. Go ahead."
***
"Where are all the other kids?" Soham asked after returning back from the Library. He saw no kids around the whole orphanage, not even the cafeteria. He thought they might have gone to picnic but then the Head Master would have also gone with them.
"They're all in the playground." Head master politely answered. While showing him the way.
"Playground? Why something up?" He asked again.
"Not just their favourite sister is here after one month long. They kind of miss her a lot." Head master said happily. He is also happy as kids to see Serene around them. Having her gives them a lot of courage to face any problem together.
"A volunteer?" Soham noticed the smile on the head master's face and got a little curious about their favourite volunteer.
"You can say that. She comes every month twice or thrice. So they are very attached to her." Head master replied.
"You people do have lots of good people around you." Soham truthfully said. It's really rare to find so many good people at one place. And this orphanage is full of them.
Headmaster proudly looked at him and said "We select people not only on an education basis but also ethics too."
Soham smiled slightly. That's the main reason he selected them. They are very different from other NGOs, they are not uncorrupted but also full of humility and humanity.
Harry's sister did a great job in handling this orphanage. He does respect her a lot for this. Not just this, the way she helped Harry and Henry to get out of the pit, all alone her, was commendable as a 14 year kid.
The way she didn't forget her origin even after succeeding this much, and helped other kids with everything she had, was something no one could do all at this age.