"Huh? What do you mean?" Rhehan halted in surprise, looking at the elderly man.
"Sir, I mean there were no advertis.e.m.e.nts or invites from our side. Since it is a charitable event, we did not waste any money on advertising. We want to raise money for the orphan kids! We are already falling short of money as the number of kids are increasing drastically, day by day." The man spoke up warmly yet with a sad voice.
"Then who sent this invite on your behalf ?" Rhehan raised out his palm but to his surprise there was no invite in his hand. He looked at his hands in confusion and turned to look back at the ground. Did I drop it? The card was no where to be spotted on the ground. "Huh?" He turned to look back at the organizers. "So it"s a charitable event for orphaned kids, you say?" Rhehan smiled warmly at them.
"Yes sir, it is!" They replied, nervousely. Is the big boss going back? Please don"t go back. Our kids really need some money!!
"Ohk then! Let us go! Give me the name of the orphanage too, I want to adopt it, under my company"s name!" Rhehan smiled warmly looking at them.
"What?? Oh my G.o.d!! Thank you so much sir!" An old lady who looked about seventy years old, spoke up happily. "This means a lot to the kids too!"
Rhehan smiled looking at the old lady. "Please call me Rhehan!"
"We had heard all good things about you sir, but now we have seen it with our own eyes. You have no idea, how happy the kids will be!" Another man spoke up. "Infact the kids have prepared a special dance for the event, if you would like to see."
"Offcourse, why wouldn"t I. I would love it." Rhehan smiled as they all entered the hall. Somewhere in his mind, he knew what thus happiness meant. Finally being adopted by somebody!
The decorated hall was full of hundereds of people, more than what Rhehan antic.i.p.ated at the entrance.
The middle aged man, ushered him to the front couch amd rushed towards the stage and held the microphone. "We have a very special news to share with you all. Today, CEO Rhehan Jobs has not only planned to visit our humble auction, but also decided to take our orphanage under his banner!"
Suddenly a loud roar of clappings and happy hootings by the kids sitting behind, errupted in the hall.
"Umm. Sir, do you mind, showing your face to the kids. They want to thank you!" The man spoke up, happily looking at Rhehan.
Rhehan pursed his lips in embarras.e.m.e.nt but nevertheless obliged. As soon he stood up a large group of kids came rus.h.i.+ng towards him and surrounded him. They all clapped for him, happily, some of them even teary eyed.
Rhehan looked lovingly at their teary faces and patted their heads. "From now on, all you have do is study hard and be somebody very good. So that, when you grow up, you can also adopt more orphanages like me. Ok?"
"Yessss!!!" All the kids spoke up in unison.
"I was also brought up in an orphanage, until someone very nice adopted me. Even then I did not stop working hard. I used to go to school and then handled business after that. So, don"t forget what I said. Ok?"
"Yes!!!" The children spoke up again in excitement, hugging the man in grat.i.tude.
"Awwwwee!!" Rhehan hugged back the kids, while patting some others. "Ok then go sit at your places. I will see you all after the event. Maybe we can bring some new nice changes in your home. Ok?"
The children followed the man"s instructions and hurriedly settled down on their seats, while the organisers were all teary eyed looking at the kids. The audiences too could not help but praise the kind man.
Rhehan who could feel all the eyes on him, pursed his lips again and sat down on the couch, looking at the stage. He thanked G.o.d for sending him at this auction, so that he could meet these cute little kids.
Soon, the auction started and the first anitique item was brought on the stage....