We had done only a few projects together. But last week when my client from Europe got back with some repeat business, the only name that came to my mind was his. It had been a few months since we worked together on a project...but that was the only writer I could think of then.
I tracked down his last mail to me and wrote to him about how happy the client was with the project we had done for her last year. That she wanted us to do her project this year too. And I was pretty clear who I wanted to delegate this project to.
It had to be him. The young Indian student at Pittsburgh who had done her project last year too. I wrote to him. I usually write to a group of writers and ask them about their interest and availability for a particular project and then subcontract the project to one of them. But this time, I wrote only to him. I was sure I wanted him to write this one.
He did not reply my mail yesterday. It is a weekend and I thought he was probably not checking his gmail account. So I wrote to him again this morning asking him to reply back by EOD today. But I don't know why I had no patience.
He was a friend on Facebook. So I wrote on his Facebook Timeline asking him to check his mail and reply ASAP. I knew if he was not available it would take me some time to select another writer who would be just as good. I was also considering doing the project on my own if I did not get a positive response from him.
Just then I happened to read other posts on his Facebook wall and it was clear to me that he was no more. He had left this world a few weeks back. I don't know what happened or how.
I lost one of my best writers and a friend.
I will miss you. Rest in peace!
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