Matthew laughed. Veronica was ashamed. She tried to sush him by raising her arms. The hotel owner and Banka were astonished too at seeing Matthew laugh madly. Trying to calm himself Matthew said to the rooted Banka, "It is nothing brother, bring us two plates of noodles and fish."
When Banka dispersed Matthew laughed and said to Veronica in a low tone, "You can not pay me for saving your life from the police now…"
Veronica lowered her gaze and reddened on her cheeks.
She said, "Sorry. I am very sorry for my words. I did not mean to hurt you. In fact I don't want to hurt you anymore. See wherever I go danger follows me. I don't want to drag anyone else to danger. For your life's sake you must go back."
"I love danger dear," he said.
"Don't use filmy dialogues before me," said she becoming firm and stern. "You don't know me."
"Yes, so, I want to know you. – You might be thinking that it is meaningless to make this boy understand, but this is not it. I may appear a cause of frustration for you, but, in my eyes you are an interesting girl. Dangerous. Serious. Beautiful. And what not."
She could not help but blushed.
The food order came. Matthew started eating. To change the topic he asked food in his mouth, "So what is your plan?"
She said, "Nothing. Take a cab and go…"
"Are you mad? I know, you don't have that much of time."
She stared at him for some time. Then said, "Where the hell you get the ideas – your speculations?"
"I know because I observe. You were not at all asleep at night in the train. You were frequently looking at your wrist watch."
She sighed and said, "Oh."
"You can't take a plane. Who knows police might be checking for you at the airport; train is unreliably sluggish…"
"Will you please stop? What are you talking about? I can not understand what are you muttering."
"I guess you have to cover a long distance and reach another place. You are worried whether you can reach there in time or not."
She said, "Stop worrying about me. I can take care of myself. If I have to go anywhere I will take a cab and go there…"
He interrupted, "It will take days on."