Unforgettable Discovery of Loss.!!

This is the subsequent part of my previous post And When You Turn Your Instinct Down..!!

My colleague suggested that it would be a good idea to catch a tram from the junction at the right hand side of the hotel. We waited for a couple of minutes at the stop but all in vain. Soon did we hear the the crackling sound of fireworks, every Saturday sharp at 9:00 pm occurs the show at Darling Harbor. We did want to witness that but had completely forgotten about it. So, we decided to buck up, take the other route alongside the Harbor, as soon as I came up with the proposal. But, we missed that anyway. Since, I had googled about it a couple of days back, I did not remember the exact location of 'The Star'.

When we reached halfway, we decided to get the direction reaffirmed with someone around (possibly a local resident). While my colleague decided to go, check with guys at a bistro, I simply asked a guy at the harbor, as there were quite many people around. When he returned after a few minutes, I asked him if he found out anything. He nodded in denial. I had already found out and conveyed the same to him. We continued walking in the right direction. We finally did reach our destination in another 5 minutes or so. 

Soon we took the escalator cutting through the mall, reached the entrance of the casino only to discover a mob of people and a couple of guys who were asking these people to form a queue & show their passports as the proof of identity to get an entry. 

This very moment, I asked my colleague to hand over my passport back to me. I guess he did not notice my utterance. He conveniently took his passport out and stood in the queue. So, I requested him once again to give it back to me. That's when he smiled and asked if I ever gave my passport to him. I was surprised to hear that and thought he was just kidding, for there was a smirk on his face and was more or less laughing. I once again asked him for my passport, saying that I gave it to him only a couple of minutes ago. I was surprised that he had forgotten. He finally conveyed after searching all his pockets that he does not has it. 

I still could not believe that he was serious for there was still a grin on his face. I could not find it funny at all. I was kind of worked up, asserted the same only to find out that he really meant what he just said a few times. It was annoying to observe that kind of a behavior for the loss of a valuable document like passport. The only thing that I said next was that we need to go to the police station. 

..to be continued