A CORPORATE SCANDAL

#6

The cab ' 5056 ' stopped during the late night. A female passenger walked out of the cab and the driver in cash. The driver thanked her for the payment after which he accessed the mobile phone which was mounted on the car system.

The GPS displayed another passenger who was at a fewer miles away from his location. He drove his cab straight and then turned to the right from a square. He arrived at the location where the passenger sat at the back seat. The driver looked at the face of passenger in the rearview mirror. The passenger was none other than Neel Oberoi.

The driver geared up to drive.

" How far is the destination? " Neel asked him.

" Around seven miles or less. We'll be there in next fifteen minutes possibly. "

" That would be enough to have a long conversation. "

" This is what I love to do. Talking with the passengers excites be for late night driving. "

" Really? "

" Sometimes I drive a lot that I don't go home and spend the whole night in my cab. "

" Whom do you live with? "

" My wife and a son. "

" Does he go to school? "

" Yes. He is eight. "

" Imagine if your wife would be waiting for the whole night but you didn't make it. Not just the night, one day, two days, three days. Days by days, weeks by weeks she would be waiting but you didn't appear once before her. How would she react then? "

" She would get worried about me. "

" Not only you. She would be worried about her son too. "

" Yes. He means a lot to our life. "

" That's why I am warning you if you won't be able to give an explaination of my accusations then you'll be disappeared from the eyes of your family. "

The driver asked him while stammering, " I... I didn't understand sir. "

" You were instructed not to spell about the incident to anyone. "

" Sorry? "

" How did you forget the night? How much you were paid? "

" I understand what you are talking about. "

" Tell me hiw how much you were paid? "

" 50k."

" What for? "

The driver nodded his head.

" Yes. I did a mistake. But I was compelled to do so. "

" That means you still owe me the money. "

The driver kept quiet for a while. He stopped his cab at a roadside. He looked at Mr. Oberoi through the rearview mirror.

He said, " I promise I'll make things right. "

Neel got his handkerchief out.

Neel asked, " How? "

" I haven't any plan yet but I assure you I'll get it done. "

Neel poured chloroform on the handkerchief.

Neel said, " I have someone else for the job. Till now your life is just a threat to me. "

" Please. You should let me try for a second time. "

" I don't believe in second chance gentleman. "

Neel quickly pressed the driver's face with the handkerchief poisoned with chloroform. A few moments later Oberoi stepped out of the cab and walked away. The driver was lying dead on his seat.