Wife strays to help repay Husband's loan
CHAPTER ONE
"You did what?" Aditi screamed at her husband. "How could you do that without talking to me first?" In all of her twenty-four years she had never been so angry. Suresh and Aditi had been married three years, and right at that moment it looked doubtful to her that the marriage would survive to four years.
"I was under the gun," Suresh said. "It was time critical. I had to move and move fast. There just wasn't time." Suresh is twenty-nine years old and an account manager at Prima Energy.
"So you got our savings out of the bank and bought stock," Aditi said her voice dripping sarcasm. "You bought ten lakhs worth of worthless stock!"
"No, I had to borrow some more to put with it," Suresh said miserably.
Aditi looked hard at her husband for a full minute. "How much more?" she asked, willing herself to speak calmly.
"Twenty lakhs," he answered, his voice subdued. "Where on earth did you borrow twenty lakhs? Who would make you an unsecured loan for that much? Please don't tell me you stole it!"
"Of course I didn't steal it. I didn't get it at a bank," Suresh said, his voice so low she could barely hear him. "I got it from Pritam."
"Who, pray tell, is Pritam?"
"He a famous person who gives quick loans," Suresh said.
"Is that a euphuism for Money lender?" she snapped. "Surely you didn't borrow money from a loan shark." Aditi saw the expression on her husbands face. "Oh my God! You did get money from them. How stupid can you be, Suresh?"
"Aditi, this was a sure thing," Suresh said, his voice rising. "There was no way to loose on the deal."
"Yet apparently you did lose." She said the anger and disgust evident in her voice. "It wasn't such a sure thing. You have thirty lakhs in worthless stock."
"It could still take off," Suresh said. "Maybe it's just slow getting started."
"Slow? dammit Suresh, it's not going to take off. The company went belly-up and the managers are in Africa or somewhere. You couldn't sell that stock for ten dollars and you know it." She took a couple of turns around the room and came back to face him. "So, how much trouble are we in?"
"A lot," Suresh said looking at his shoes. "The first loan payment is due now. Pritam is looking for me, and I don't have it."
"How much do you have?"
"About the two lakhs owe for this week."
"Week?" Aditi yelled. "You have to pay two lakhs a week? How much interest are you paying?"
"I don't know for sure. I have to pay two lakhs a week for six months."
"That's forty-eight lakhs!" she said. "That's crazy, Suresh. We need to call the cops."
"No, no cops!" Suresh said jumping to his feet. "Do you have any idea what happens to people who blow the whistle on that kind of person? They don't live to testify. That's what happen to them! The very best case would be, I get fired."
"Okay, you're right, I suppose," she said in a calmer tone of voice. "Get your stereo and computer equipment on the market. What else can we sell or pawn?"
"That stuff might bring enough to pay a couple of weeks," Suresh said. "What will we do after that?"
"Maybe I can get my old job back," Aditi said.
She had been a secretary to a man she despised. Jamil, an up and coming high flyer with the company, had been transferred in to replaced her old boss, who was a nice older man. Jamil was a lecherous man who couldn't keep his hands off of her. It was an extremely happy day when she told her boss to go to hell and walked out. "God knows I hate to go beg that low-life bastard for anything. Can we borrow anything on the house?"
"No, I tried that before I went to Pritam. Maybe you can get a job somewhere else."
"Yeah right," she sneered. "In case you haven't noticed it, the job market is tight right now. I've had applications out for several months, and they're not knocking the door down."
"I hate for you to go back to your old job," Suresh said. "Maybe..." he let the thought die. They both knew there was no maybe anything.
CHAPTER ONE
"You did what?" Aditi screamed at her husband. "How could you do that without talking to me first?" In all of her twenty-four years she had never been so angry. Suresh and Aditi had been married three years, and right at that moment it looked doubtful to her that the marriage would survive to four years.
"I was under the gun," Suresh said. "It was time critical. I had to move and move fast. There just wasn't time." Suresh is twenty-nine years old and an account manager at Prima Energy.
"So you got our savings out of the bank and bought stock," Aditi said her voice dripping sarcasm. "You bought ten lakhs worth of worthless stock!"
"No, I had to borrow some more to put with it," Suresh said miserably.
Aditi looked hard at her husband for a full minute. "How much more?" she asked, willing herself to speak calmly.
"Twenty lakhs," he answered, his voice subdued. "Where on earth did you borrow twenty lakhs? Who would make you an unsecured loan for that much? Please don't tell me you stole it!"
"Of course I didn't steal it. I didn't get it at a bank," Suresh said, his voice so low she could barely hear him. "I got it from Pritam."
"Who, pray tell, is Pritam?"
"He a famous person who gives quick loans," Suresh said.
"Is that a euphuism for Money lender?" she snapped. "Surely you didn't borrow money from a loan shark." Aditi saw the expression on her husbands face. "Oh my God! You did get money from them. How stupid can you be, Suresh?"
"Aditi, this was a sure thing," Suresh said, his voice rising. "There was no way to loose on the deal."
"Yet apparently you did lose." She said the anger and disgust evident in her voice. "It wasn't such a sure thing. You have thirty lakhs in worthless stock."
"It could still take off," Suresh said. "Maybe it's just slow getting started."
"Slow? dammit Suresh, it's not going to take off. The company went belly-up and the managers are in Africa or somewhere. You couldn't sell that stock for ten dollars and you know it." She took a couple of turns around the room and came back to face him. "So, how much trouble are we in?"
"A lot," Suresh said looking at his shoes. "The first loan payment is due now. Pritam is looking for me, and I don't have it."
"How much do you have?"
"About the two lakhs owe for this week."
"Week?" Aditi yelled. "You have to pay two lakhs a week? How much interest are you paying?"
"I don't know for sure. I have to pay two lakhs a week for six months."
"That's forty-eight lakhs!" she said. "That's crazy, Suresh. We need to call the cops."
"No, no cops!" Suresh said jumping to his feet. "Do you have any idea what happens to people who blow the whistle on that kind of person? They don't live to testify. That's what happen to them! The very best case would be, I get fired."
"Okay, you're right, I suppose," she said in a calmer tone of voice. "Get your stereo and computer equipment on the market. What else can we sell or pawn?"
"That stuff might bring enough to pay a couple of weeks," Suresh said. "What will we do after that?"
"Maybe I can get my old job back," Aditi said.
She had been a secretary to a man she despised. Jamil, an up and coming high flyer with the company, had been transferred in to replaced her old boss, who was a nice older man. Jamil was a lecherous man who couldn't keep his hands off of her. It was an extremely happy day when she told her boss to go to hell and walked out. "God knows I hate to go beg that low-life bastard for anything. Can we borrow anything on the house?"
"No, I tried that before I went to Pritam. Maybe you can get a job somewhere else."
"Yeah right," she sneered. "In case you haven't noticed it, the job market is tight right now. I've had applications out for several months, and they're not knocking the door down."
"I hate for you to go back to your old job," Suresh said. "Maybe..." he let the thought die. They both knew there was no maybe anything.