Next day, MG and MR had locked themselves up in her room on pretext of video conference, thus avoiding further discussion on the land deal… “Kuch pata chala Vineet??” she asked… “Sorry Ma’am… Lekin maine sabhi files dekh liye… kuch nahi mila… Hazaron files hai jinme uske sabhi illegal transaction details hai… Lekin kisi mei bhi property details nahi hai…” he replied… “Aapne sabhi files dhyan se check ki??” she asked anxiously… “Haan… Lekin kuch nahi mila…” he replied sadly… “Nahi… nahi… aisa nahi ho sakta… kuch toh hoga jo miss kar rahe hai hum…” she said… “Lekin Ma’am…” he tried to reason but she cut in between… “Fir ek baar sabhi files check karte hai… Hum bhi aapki madat karte hai… Chaliye…” “Bohot sari files hai… Kaafi time lagega…” “Toh lagne dijiye… Waise bhi hume Deal ko delay karna hai… Agar yaha rahe toh aasani se Shiva Reddy ko avoid kar sakte hai…” “Ok… jaisa aap kahe…” he replied and positioned the laptop between them… After spending two hours they still couldn’t find any clues… “Yeh kaise ho sakta hai??? Itni files hai lekin ek mei bhi koi clue nahi mil raha…” she said frustrated… She stood up and started pacing back and forth… “Hum jarur kuch miss kar rahe hai Vineet…” she said trying to think harder… “In sabhi files ko dekhne ke baad, ek cheez humne notice ki hai… inme kisi bhi property ki details nahi hai… In sabhi files se hume uske illegal kaam ka toh pata chalta hai… Lekin woh kaam kaha hote hai iske baare mei koi details hi nahi hai…” she said still trying to join the dots… “In files se hum Shiva Reddy ko criminal prove kar sakte hai lekin woh ye sab kaha karta hai yeh nahi pata laga sakte…” he said… “Correct… Matlab court mei Shiva Reddy yeh keh kar choot sakta hai ke use frame kiya gaya hai… kyunki hum in documents ki validity prove nahi kar payenge considering there is no location connected to it…” she said… Suddenly something struck her… “Vineet… Systems ko external devices bhi connect ho sakti hai… Kya aap pata kar sakte hai aisa koi device connect hua ho kisi bhi system ko?? Mostly hard drives…” she asked… “Pata kar sakta hu… Lekin kyu??” he asked… “Kyunki hume shaq hai Shiva Reddy ne apna data smartly segregate kiya hai… Woh apne properties ke details kisi Hard disk mei save karke rakhta hoga…” she replied… he nodded and began furiously typing on the laptop…
“Ma’am… Kuch mila hai…” he said after 5 mins of hitting the buttons on his laptop… She at once stopped pacing and took a seat besides him… “Kya??” she asked… “Itni files check karne ke chakkar mei humne ek device miss kar diya…” he replied… “Matlab??” she asked… “Yeh dekhiye… yeh ek laptop hai… lekin isko humara software hack hi nahi kar paya…” “Lekin aisa kyu?? Sirf ek laptop hack nahi hua??” “Kyunki ispe firewall laga hua hai… Jo bohot strong hai…” “Toh agar hume ise hack karna hoga toh kya karna padega??” “Hum covert hai… nahitoh bas ek call karna padta headquarters aur waha ke experts firewall crack kar dete… Lekin hum aisa nahi kar sakte…” he replied… She held her head in worry… “Lekin kya hum sure hai ki is laptop se hume koi clue milega??” she asked… “Koi guarantee toh nahi hai… Lekin haan… baki kisi device ko hard drive kabhi connect nahi hue hai… Chote mote pen drives connect hue hai but usme itna data nahi save ho sakta… Yeh laptop humara best and last shot hai…” he replied… “Ok… Ab hume yeh bataiye… Is laptop ko hum wifi se hack nahi kar sakte, toh kya koi aur tarika hai jisse yeh hack ho jaye??” she asked… “Ek tarika hai… Mere pas ek software hai jise maine ek pendrive mei save kiya hai… Us pendrive ko is laptop se connect karna hoga… fir mai us laptop ko hack kar sakta hu…” he replied… “Yeh toh bohot risky hai… aur waise bhi hum woh laptop pehchanege kaise??” she asked… “Mere pas uska IP address aur device ID hai… usse identify ho sakta hai… Shiva Reddy ke sabhi devices uski study mei rehte hai… Bas waha jaa kar yeh pendrive usme fit karna hai…” he said… She thought for a while, “Ek kaam kariye… Sir ko call kijiye… Hume baat karni hai unse…” she said while he worked towards establishing a secured connection…
Next day morning, MG sat at the dining table having her breakfast accompanied by SR… “Eme… Amma kosam idli pettu… (Sunti ho… Idli paroso inhe…)” SR said… He was unusually happy today… She too smiled and continued eating… “Tumhari beti dekhai nahi de rahi hai??” she asked trying to keep the conversation going… “Woh school gaya hai…” he replied… “Ohhh… Pyari hai… jane se pehle ek baar milna tha usse…” she said while he only nodded… “Anna…” a sturdy man call out and SR looked in his direction… “Em ayindi Chinna?? (Kya hua Chinna (CN)??)” SR asked… “Anni peparlu siddhaṅga unnayi… (Sabhi papers ready hai…)” CN replied… She looked at them questioningly… “Amma… sara paper ready hai… Sirf humara signature baki…” SR answered her unasked question… She nodded and got up to wash her hands…
They were seated in the living room with MR standing right besides MG… “Yeh lo Amma… Property ke deal ka paper…” SR said and handed over a bunch of papers… She took the papers and gave them to MR to read… MR went through all the terms and conditions and handed over the bunch back to her… “Speak…” she ordered MR… “All good Ma’am… We can go ahead…” he replied… “Hmm…” she said and gave a tight-lipped smile… She placed the papers on the centre table and raise her hand, “Pen…” she asked… MR handed her the pen and she bent forward to place her signatures on the papers when, “Anna…” one of SR’s men came in running… She stopped as everyone looked in the man’s direction… “Em ayindi?? (Kya hua??)” SR asked… “Anna… adi… (Bhaiyya… who…)” the man said panicking… “Cheppu ra… (Bol…)” SR yelled impatiently… “Stay order vaccindi… (Stay Order aaya hai…)” the man said handing him a letter… SR quickly opened the letter and read it… “Adi ela jarigindi?? (Aisa kaise ho sakta hai??)” SR murmured… “Kya chal raha hai yaha?? Koi mujhe batayega??” MG asked… “Amma woh…” SR fumbled… “Faltu time nahi hai mere paas… jaldi bolo…” she roared… “Land pe stay order aaya hai… Aaj yeh deal nahi ho sakta…” SR replied… “What??? How is it possible?? Mishra… Legalities check nahi ki thi kya??” she asked angrily… “Ma’am humne sab check kiya tha… Koi problem nahi thi… Pata nahi ab kaha se ye sab…” MR trailed… “What do you mean pata nahi?? Kisne kiya yeh pata lagao… Abhi…” she yelled…
“Hey beautiful!!!” a voice was heard… She froze at the familiar voice… All looked at the door from where the voice came… She turned and was shocked… “Tum!!!” she said surprised…
