Deadly Games

|03|: Intriguing Evidence

Tiara finished her task and stopped her fingers from tapping the keyboard continuously. She pushed back the desk chair and stood on her feet. Carrying her phone, she entered the store room, she opened the call log and tapped on Khushi's contact. The call connected and she pressed her back on the rack, leaning on it.

"Yes, Tiara. New information - The bartender was former accountant in the company, he left the company in 2014 due to some conflict with high officials and he had no family members."

"The killer wants revenge" Tiara said in a affirmative tone.

"How can you be so sure?"

"Ranjana sent me the character map of this killer. I studied his relations with the victims. Okay, I have my hands on the file of the shady organisation. Keep me updated. Thanks"

Tiara skimmed through all the files in the rack and came across a grey, somewhat old file. She opened the contents of the file and found what she was looking for. A photograph of all the victims huddled together.
She looked below and read the paragraph on that page. It mentioned they were the members of a secret organisation.
She clicked some pics and saved in her phone. Muffled noises were heard outside the storeroom, she put back the file where it was and exited the room.

Ryan was talking to his secretary outside the storeroom, that's when he saw Tiara coming out of the store room.

"Ms. Malhotra, There's a meeting at 6 pm with the board members. I hope your prepared the report"

"Yes sir" She nodded and took her cue to leave.

"So why do you think this project will be profitable. I don't see, why do we want to extend our business in education sector" One of the board members darted the question

Tiara scratched her forehead and looked at the presentation on the white board behind, before she beamed at the people sitting in the room and came up with an answer.

"It's for the reputation of the company. JSC Gray Corporation does its business in liquor, gambling, mining industries and so on. A tad of social welfare does no harm" She said confidently, grinning.

"Social welfare isn't amongst the motives of a capitalist society" Another board member added, arguing with her opinion.

She would have very liked to indulge in a debate with the board members, but with lack of time, it restrained her from concluding the meeting with one final statement.

"Every businessman makes investment with the aim of profit with accordance with the interests of the consumers in the market. We have to convince the people with a good reason, why this initiative is best for them. After all, every family person wants to spend hefty amount in their child's education. Who doesn't want to see their child do great in their life. Thank you"

Ryan Merchant couldn't help but be amazed at her skills and sense of mind.

The meeting ended, after the board members walked out of the conference room. Tiara collected the files and closed the laptop. Ryan stood outside the room, waiting for her. As she came out of the room, she was startled by her boss's sudden appearance.

"Sir, you didn't-leave." She stuttered, a little confusedly.

"I love how you responded to the board members in the meeting. It was wonderful to have you there." He said quirking his eyebrow.

She pursed her lips and acted coy.

"If you don't mind, can I ask you a question."

"Sure" She replied, taking a deep breath, expecting he would ask something certain.