Zee is in her cabin, staring at the wall while being in deep thoughts. She is thinking about Sam's story, but something is bugging her. She gets up and walks around her desk.
While walking around the desk, she sees a magazine and recalls Jimmy. She reaches up to the white telephone on her desk. She calls her secretary Jenny.
"Hello, Jenny, connect me to Texas Times."
"Yes, ma'am. " Jenny hung up the call and searches for the Texas times office number in her phone directory. She finds the Number and calls them.
"Hello, Texas Times. How may I help you?"
"Hello, I'm from Smith & co and our C.E.O. wants to talk to you." Jenny connects it to Zee's telephone.
Zee's telephone rings, and she picks the receiver in a flash.
"Hello, Can you connect me to Mr. Jimmy?"
"I'm sorry, but there are 5 Jimmy working here. Can you tell me which one do you want to connect with?"
Zee takes a thought.
"Hello, hello are you there?"
"Yes, UMM. The Photo journalist Jimmy!?"
"You mean the Jimmy carter?"
"Yes!" Zee crossed her fingers.
"Okay, hold on a second, please."
"Hello, Jimmy carter this side!" says in a mild tone.
"Hi, I am Zee, from Smith & co, Nyc."
"I'm sorry, but I don't photograph big shot parties!"
"No, no, I wanted to ask you. Do you know Sam?"
"Which Sam?"
"The one who was your classmate, roommate, and your best friend"
"Yes, who are you?" Jimmy's tone gets milder.
"Actually, I'm Sam's family friend and our parents are talking about our marriage. I like him, but can you tell me what made him like this?"
"What do you mean, what happened to him!?" Jimmy gets shocked.
"He is in depression. I know about his break up but, I don't think so, He has said the whole truth. I feel like he is Still hiding something!"
"What? He hasn't moved on yet!? that's surprising! Tell me, how can I help you?"
"Can you tell me what exactly happened to him?"
"Sure, I will!"
"Okay, we can meet tomorrow at my office."
"Your office!? Actually, I can't come there. I mean, I am in texas and I got some work."
"I can, so tomorrow?"
"Um, Okay I will meet you at the Cafe opposite to my office."
"Okay, see you tomorrow, thank you!" Zee hung the call.
She dial's to Jenny.
"Hello, book my ticket for tomorrow's 1st flight to texas!"
NEXT DAY IN TEXAS
Zee walks into the cafe and looks around for Jimmy. She notices a chubby man with salt and pepper beard style and a camera on the table sipping his coffee. She walks up to him.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Jimmy?"
Jimmy looks at her and stands up to greet her. He shakes hand with her, and says "Hello, you can call me Jim"
"Hello, I'm Zee, and thank you for giving your precious time!" She sits opposite to him.
"Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed! So, you were saying he is still living in Megan's memories?"
"I guess, yes, he told me about you and his past, blaming himself for all the failure or misfortune happened in his life."
Jimmy takes a deep breath and leans backwards and sighs.
"Oh, bloody Aroused Sammy," Jimmy says it while nodding his head.
"Excuse me!"
"Oh, no, I mean, Sam was always mysterious. It was pretty hard to know what he really thinks, or he wants. It always felt like he is wearing a mask nobody knew how and why he acts, but we always thought we are his best friends and we know him very well, he is not a guy who would be sad, we never saw him sad, I thought he would have moved on but after listening to you, I think even I don't know him."
Zee gets confused and raises her eyebrows.
"What do you mean by acting or wearing masks?"
"ugh," A waiter walks up to them and interrupts Jimmy.
"Excuse me, what would you like to have, ma'am?"
"One Hot chocolate moksha and one pastry please!"
"make it Two" Jimmy smiles..
"Okay, thank you!" the waiter leaves.
"From mask I meant, it was really hard to know what is going through his mind, he used laugh even in tough situations, he used to be a completely different person in front of different people, he was very much ambitious about his dream but he used forget it for others like he never had an ambition."
"I never saw him smiling or this ambitious side of him. He feels dead"
"I wish that wedding shouldn't have happened. That's the day when he met Megan."
"But can you please tell me what exactly happened? The truth!"
Jimmy nods his head in yes and leans towards Zee.
FLASH BACK
Sam is on the couch typing on his laptop while Jimmy is watching television. Andrew comes up to them and hops over the couch.
"Jim, why don't you let him write and shut the t. v off?"
"Well, he told me to do so. I'm not interested in watching T.v."
"Okay, Ugh, Sam were up all night again?"
"Yeah, I was. We were discussing her family and career plans. Why?"
"Are you serious about her?"
"No, not yet"
"Dude, you are always with her. It's like after a month I'm seeing you writing. What's up with you? I think you should get serious with her!"
" Yup, Andrew is correct, Sam, like she is into you very much."
"And she is going to become a doctor and you don't want to join your dad's company. She can feed you while u will struggle for work, and as Jimmy said she is into you, re think it!"
"Well, that's a valid point, but there a problem!"
"I'm telling you, Andrew, Andrew, Andrew, all he wants is sex, no relationships."
"What's the problem?" Andrew asks
"See, I'm a happy-go-lucky guy and she is kinda depressed girl. I'm not judging her, but she probably with me because of that, and I'm trying to help her with that and she will probably leave me once she is out of it. So this can never happen."
"Okay, but what? if she stays like, look at me and Sarah. We are happy together, and one day Jimmy will find one for himself too!"
"Okay, if you both say so, I can give a shot!"
Sam's phone rings. He picks it up from the table and sees Megan's name on the screen. He. He answers the call and gets up from the couch.
"It's her bye, guys. See you later!" Sam walks to the door
"Hey, Sammy, what about the script?"
"I will finish it tonight!" Sam closes the door and leaves .
"Son of a bitch," Jimmy cusses.
Andrew's phone rings, and he answers the call.
"Hello, baby!" Andrew leaves the room.
Jimmy gets irked and looks at him before leaving.
"Sons of bitches, bloody simps!"
to be continued....