April 3. “Button, did you watch the cricket match from the start?”

“I missed the initial part of the Sri Lanka batting as I was fast asleep. But I saw most of it.”

“And what a match! I apologise once again for not writing to you last evening as I was totally engrossed. And, especially, after Sehwag went for naught and then Sachin, for 18, it was one scary situation till Gambhir and Virat put us back on track. Ofcourse, after Virat and Gambhir went, MS and Yuvraj took us along the path to victory. This time, MS really took on the mantle of a captain and played like a true blue leader. India’s victory was a very emotional one and that, too, after 23 years.”

“How was your Kolkata trip?”

“Good. Very good actually. While Dost did his meetings, I rested, watched cricket, ate and, basically, took as much rest as I could.”

“Did you go and meet your mother?”

“Of-course. But not for very long which offended my sister hugely.”

“We’ve got to complete our story.”

“I remember. We’ll start from tomorrow.”